Program-Record Twenty Demon Deacons Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad

2/8/2022 1:42:00 PM | Field Hockey

83 percent of this year’s team received the prestigious academic accolade and ranks third in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

BROCKPORT, N.Y. - A program-record 20 Wake Forest field hockey student-athletes were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I National Academic Squad, as announced by the organization on Tuesday morning.

Members of the National Academic Squad must achieve a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the current academic year, and be nominated by their NFHCA member coach.

83 percent of Wake Forest's 2021 squad received the prestigious accolade and ranked third in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Additionally, this marked Abby Carpenter and Laia Vancells' fourth-straight year on the list.

This national recognition comes on the heels of Wake Forest placing a program-high tying seven individuals on the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic All-ACC team on Jan. 24.

Please find the full list of honorees below.

Demon Deacons on the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad

Ashley Arnold
Lilly Avrigian
Abigail Carpenter
Olivia Corthals
Grace Delmotte
Maggie Dickman
Elisha Evans
Nat Friedman
Immie Gillgrass
Tori Glaister
Sloan Isen
Safa Jan
Lilly Lancaster
Meike Lanckohr
Hannah Maxwell
Brooke McCusker
Meredith Medvetz
Laia Vancells
Kennedy Wainwright
Eleanor Winants