Six Field Hockey Players Named to National Academic Squad
Six University of Maine field hockey student-athletes were named to the 2014 Gladiator by SGI/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Squad. Four of the six Black Bears received the honor for the fourth year in a row.
Seniors Zoe Berkey of Duncan, British Columbia; Hannah Keating of York, Maine; Rebecca Paradee of Gardiner, Maine; and Holly Stewart of North Vancouver, British Columbia were honored for the fourth time in their careers. They had a 3.30 grade point average or higher during the first semester of 2014–15.
Sophomore Sydney Veljacic of Coquitlam, British Columbia and first-year Madison Cummings of Belfast, Maine also were named to the squad.
Stewart and Veljacic were named Scholars of Distinction by the NFHCA for having a 3.9 grade point average or better in the first semester. Maine also earned the National Academic Team Award for obtaining a 3.0 team grade point average or higher during the first semester.
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