COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Wellesley College field hockey is one of 78 Division III programs to earn National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Team honors. 2025 marks the 16th consecutive year that the Blue have earned National Academic Team honors.

Wellesley had a team GPA of 3.63 for the fall semester and nine members of the team were named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

The National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year.

The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) is a nonprofit organization serving field hockey coaches and supporters of the game from across the United States. The mission of the association is to champion, strengthen, and celebrate field hockey coaches and the game. The NFHCA strives to be the organization that every field hockey coach looks to for the resources to grow in the game and the inspiration to stay in the game.