BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- Nine members of the Bridgewater State University field hockey team have been selected to the 2020 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad.

The NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad program honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher through the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year.

Senior Meghan Welch (Hubbardston, Mass.); juniors Victoria Camara (Westport, Mass.), Aidan Ryan (Uxbridge, Mass.), Katie Swart (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Courtney Walsh (Newburyport, Mass.); and sophomores Juliana Golemo (Leicester, Mass.), Jordyn Perry (Nantucket, Mass.), Emma Schoonover (Somerset, Mass.) and Olivia Sheehan (Hanson, Mass.) all garnered the honor for Bridgewater State.

All told, over 2,050 student-athletes from more than 140 Division III institutions earned recognition on the 2020 NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad. Johns Hopkins University led all institutions with the most National Academic Squad selections, placing 28 student-athletes on the list. Haverford College had the second-most honorees with 27 student-athletes recognized.