IWLCA Announces 2010 Academic Squad
IWLCA Names Academic Squads and Merit Squads in Division I
Three schools designated as merit squads; 50 other schools also honored
The IWLCA has recognized three schools as earning Merit Squad status while 50 other institutions earned Academic Squad honors for the 2010 season. Institutions were named Merit Squads by virtue of having one of the top three team GPAs for the season; every school with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher earned Academic Squad honors. Hofstra University topped all schools in Division I for the 2010 season with a 3.492 GPA, while Stanford University (3.477) just edged Duke (3.471) to rank second.
Of the 53 institutions, ten participated in the NCAA Championships, including runner-up Northwestern University and semifinalist Syracuse University.
Merit Squads
Hofstra University
Stanford University
Duke University
Academic Squads
University at Albany
American University
Boston College
Brown University
Canisius College
University of Cincinnati
Colgate University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
University of Denver
University of Detroit Mercy
Drexel University
Duke University
Duquesne University
Fairfield University
University of Florida
Fresno State
The George Washington University
Georgetown University
Hofstra University
College of the Holy Cross
Iona College
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
University of Louisville
Manhattan College
Marist College
Monmouth University
University of New Hampshire
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Old Dominion University
Penn State University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Quinnipiac University
Robert Morris University
Rutgers University
Sacred Heart University
Saint Mary's College of California
Stanford University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Towson University
Vanderbilt University
University of Vermont
Villanova University
Virginia Tech
Wagner College
The College of William & Mary
Yale University
IWLCA Names Academic Squads and Merit Squads in Division II
Three schools designated as merit squads; seven other schools also honored
The IWLCA has recognized three schools as earning Merit Squad status while seven other earned Academic Squad honors for the 2010 season. Institutions were named Merit Squads by virtue of having one of the top three team GPAs for the season; every school with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher earned Academic Squad honors. Lake Erie College led all institutions with a 3.400 GPA. Philadelphia University ranked second with a 3.300 GPA, while Dowling College also earned Merit status with a 3.240 GPA.
Merit Squads
Lake Erie College
Philadelphia University
Dowling College
Academic Squads
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Dowling College
Lake Erie College
Mercy College
Mercyhurst College
Pfeiffer University
Philadelphia University
University of New Haven
Slippery Rock University
West Chester University
IWLCA Names Academic Squads and Merit Squads in Division III
Three schools designated as merit squads; 61 other schools also honored
The IWLCA has recognized three schools as earning Merit Squad status while 61 other earned Academic Squad honors for the 2010 season. Institutions were named Merit Squads by virtue of having one of the top three team GPAs for the season; every school with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher earned Academic Squad honors. Bates College ranked first with a 3.470 GPA, just edging Washington & Lee University, which posted a 3.458 GPA, and Vassar College, which had a 3.410.
Of the 64 institutions, 13 participated in the NCAA Championships, including NCAA runner-up Hamilton College and semifinalists Gettysburg College and Franklin & Marshall College.
Merit Squads
Bates College
Washington & Lee University
Vassar College
Academic Squads
Adrian College
Allegheny College
Alvernia University
Amherst College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Bridgewater College
Bryn Mawr College
Buffalo State College
Castleton State College
The Catholic University of America
Centenary College (N.J.)
Colby College
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Denison University
Drew University
Eastern University
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Immaculata University
Kenyon College
Lynchburg College
Manhattanville College
Marywood University
McDaniel College
Messiah College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Nazareth College
North Central College
SUNY New Paltz
Oberlin College
Ohio Wesleyan University
SUNY Oneonta
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Inst. of Technology
University of Rochester
Rowan University
Saint Vincent College
Salve Regina University
Sewanee: The University of the South
Skidmore College
St. Lawrence University
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore College
The College of New Jersey
Trinity College (CT)
Tufts University
Ursinus College
Vassar College
Virginia Wesleyan College
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Western New England College
Wheaton College (Mass.)
Williams College
Wilson College
The College of Wooster
