EVANSTON, Ill. -- Twelve members of the Northwestern field hockey team have been named to the Zag Field Hockey/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Squad.
 
The Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad includes all student-athletes with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or greater through the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year. Additionally, sophomore Eva van Agt was named a Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or greater through the first semester.
 
Northwestern was honored with the National Academic Team Award. The honor is bestowed upon each team that achieved a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the first semester of the 2016-17 academic year.
 
NU individuals named to the NFHCA Academic Squad include:
 
Juliet Beatty, Sr.
Maggie Fitzgerald, Jr.
Isabel Flens, Sr.
Lily Gandhi, Fr.
Erica Hootstein, Fr.
Lily Katzman, Fr.
Kirsten Mansfield, So.
Pascale Massey, Jr.
Eva van Agt, So.
Charlotte Vaziri, Jr.
Lindsay von der Luft, Sr.
Katie Yeatts, Jr.
 

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