Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team earned a trio of academic honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association over the past week.

On February 11, the Ducks placed 18 student-athletes on the Division III National Academic Squad. The honor recognizes undergraduate student-athletes who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher through the fall semester and were nominated by their NFHCA member coaches. Representing Stevens were Rosella Birns, Taylor Brooks, Aleah Dinmore, Maeryn Erdheim, Lauren Flynn, Brooke Hughes, Julia Katz, Jess Kopernick, Emilia Lopes, Gabi Moroney, Kelly Nadzan, Maggie Neumann, Julianna O'Sheal, Ava Pelletier, Kylee Scherer, Elizabeth Sullivan, Natalie Ward, and Lily Wierzbicki. Erdheim, Lopes, Moroney, Neumann, and Sullivan each earned the distinction for the fourth consecutive year.

Seven Ducks were also named NFHCA Scholars of Distinction, an award presented to student-athletes who recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the fall semester. Birns, Brooks, Dinmore, Hughes, Katz, Neumann, and Sullivan earned the honor, with Neumann and Sullivan collecting their fourth straight Scholar of Distinction recognition. In addition, Stevens was named a recipient of the NFHCA Team Academic Award, which is presented to programs that post a team GPA of 3.50 or higher during the fall semester of the academic year.