Spider Hockey Collect National Academic Team Award; Two Scholars of Distinction

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Spider Hockey Collect National Academic Team Award; Two Scholars of Distinction

02/23/2024 | Field Hockey

GENEVA, N.Y. – The University of Richmond Field Hockey team was named as one of 49 NCAA Division I programs to garner 2023 National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Team Award honors.

The NFHCA National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.5 or higher during the fall semester of the current academic year. Richmond was one of five Atlantic 10 programs to earn this honor.

Also, Anne Burns Fiveash and Thea Conomikes were recognized as NFHCA Division I Scholars of Distinction. Fiveash and Conomikes were two of 260 total student-athletes to be earn this honor across the country. The Scholars of Distinction program recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the 2022-23 academic year.