Cardinals Tied For Fifth In NFHCA National Academic Team Award Standings

BROCKPORT, N.Y. - The University of Louisville field hockey team was tied for fifth on the 2020 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I National Academic Team Award list as announced by the organization today. This marks the tenth straight year the Cardinals have earned the national team academic honor.

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 2020-2021 school year.

Virginia Commonwealth University earned the highest team GPA for the second-consecutive year with a mark of 3.84. Stanford University was second with a team-average 3.83.

Two ties made the traditional "Top Five" a top seven this year — the University of Maine and Yale University both posted a 3.81 for a third-place ranking while Dartmouth College, Rutgers University, and the University of Louisville were locked in a three-way tie for the fifth-spot with a 3.80 mark.

Louisville posted program-best a 3.809 team GPA in the fall semester. The Cardinals led all 79 NCAA Division I schools with 12 NFHCA Scholars of Distinction and 25 student-athletes named to the NFHCA Academic Squad.

Second-ranked Louisville (11-4, 1-2 ACC) produced an 8-2 record in the fall season and earned the No. 1 seed in the 2020 ACC Fall Championship, posting a runner-up finish to top-ranked North Carolina. The Cardinals are 3-2 in the spring season and will take on No. 9 Syracuse this weekend at Trager Stadium.

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Cardinals Tied For Fifth In NFHCA National Academic Team Award Standings

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