
Twelve Hoosiers Recognized on NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
2/9/2022 10:20:00 AM | Field Hockey
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Twelve Indiana Field Hockey players were named to the 2021 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Squad on Tuesday morning.
To qualify for the distinction, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.3 GPA or higher through the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.
"I'm incredibly proud of how hard our student-athletes work in the classroom," Indiana Field Hockey head coach Kayla Bashore said. "Their dedication reaches beyond the field, and it showed at the end of the fall semester with a 3.49 team cumulative GPA."
Indiana's 12 honorees are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.
Sofia Arrebola Garcia | Midfield | Santander, Spain
Peyton Becker | Forward | Pocomoke City, MD.
Jemima Cookson | Forward | Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Meghan Dillon | Forward | Phoenixville, PA.
Taylor Etling | Back | Saint Louis, MO.
Brinley Foster | Midfield | Camp Hill, PA.
Sophie Giltrap | Midfield/Back | Auckland, New Zealand
Mary Kate Kesler | Midfield | Louisville, KY.
Kayla Kiwak | Forward | Harding, PA.
Arabella Loveridge | Goalkeeper | Auckland, New Zealand
Jes McGivern | Midfield | West Deptford, N.J.
Kennedy Reardon | Midfield/Forward | Lafayette Hill, PA.
For Becker, Kesler, and McGivern, this was each their fourth time making the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
#GoIU
To qualify for the distinction, a student-athlete must have attained a 3.3 GPA or higher through the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.
"I'm incredibly proud of how hard our student-athletes work in the classroom," Indiana Field Hockey head coach Kayla Bashore said. "Their dedication reaches beyond the field, and it showed at the end of the fall semester with a 3.49 team cumulative GPA."
Indiana's 12 honorees are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.
Sofia Arrebola Garcia | Midfield | Santander, Spain
Peyton Becker | Forward | Pocomoke City, MD.
Jemima Cookson | Forward | Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Meghan Dillon | Forward | Phoenixville, PA.
Taylor Etling | Back | Saint Louis, MO.
Brinley Foster | Midfield | Camp Hill, PA.
Sophie Giltrap | Midfield/Back | Auckland, New Zealand
Mary Kate Kesler | Midfield | Louisville, KY.
Kayla Kiwak | Forward | Harding, PA.
Arabella Loveridge | Goalkeeper | Auckland, New Zealand
Jes McGivern | Midfield | West Deptford, N.J.
Kennedy Reardon | Midfield/Forward | Lafayette Hill, PA.
For Becker, Kesler, and McGivern, this was each their fourth time making the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
#GoIU
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