University of New Hampshire Athletics
UNH Receives NFHCA National Academic Team Award
2/21/2022 11:55:00 AM | Field Hockey
BROCKPORT, N.Y. – The University of New Hampshire field hockey team earned a 2021 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I National Academic Team Award. The announcement was made Monday by the NFHCA.
The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year. All nine America East programs and 79 D-I programs overall received this accolade in 2021.
The 2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad, which recognizes student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the fall 2021 semester, was announced Feb. 9. A total of 10 Wildcats were honored.
One of those 'Cats was sophomore Olivia Watson (Easton, Pa.), who was also named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction on Feb. 12 for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the fall 2021 semester.
The other 2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad honorees were: seniors Isabelle Danahy (Chelmsford, Mass.), Tia Raspante (Sandwich, Mass.), Tori Palumbo (Ayer, Mass.) and Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands); juniors Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) and Jemma Woods (Frimley, England); and sophomores Reagan Calcari (St. Louis, Mo.), Gigi Fay (Lancaster, Mass.) and Lindsay Lee (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
New Hampshire has played in the America East Championship tournament 14 of the last 15 years. The Wildcats boasted an All-American, two All-Northeast Region Team honorees and the America East Defensive Player of the Year this past season.
The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year. All nine America East programs and 79 D-I programs overall received this accolade in 2021.
The 2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad, which recognizes student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the fall 2021 semester, was announced Feb. 9. A total of 10 Wildcats were honored.
One of those 'Cats was sophomore Olivia Watson (Easton, Pa.), who was also named a NFHCA Scholar of Distinction on Feb. 12 for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the fall 2021 semester.
The other 2021 NFHCA National Academic Squad honorees were: seniors Isabelle Danahy (Chelmsford, Mass.), Tia Raspante (Sandwich, Mass.), Tori Palumbo (Ayer, Mass.) and Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands); juniors Molly McAteer (Annapolis, Md.) and Jemma Woods (Frimley, England); and sophomores Reagan Calcari (St. Louis, Mo.), Gigi Fay (Lancaster, Mass.) and Lindsay Lee (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
New Hampshire has played in the America East Championship tournament 14 of the last 15 years. The Wildcats boasted an All-American, two All-Northeast Region Team honorees and the America East Defensive Player of the Year this past season.
Players Mentioned
MF
/ Field Hockey
M
/ Field Hockey
M
/ Field Hockey
F
/ Field Hockey
B
/ Field Hockey
M
/ Field Hockey
F
/ Field Hockey
M/B
/ Field Hockey
GK
/ Field HockeyMonday, March 16
Tuesday, November 04
Sunday, September 26
Friday, September 24