Weiner Qualifies for NFHCA's Scholar of Distinction Award
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Goucher's Liz Weiner (New Bloomfield, Pa./West Perry) was recognized as a 2012 Gladiator by SGI/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Scholar of Distinction today.
Six from Goucher Make Div. III National Academic Squad
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Goucher's Liz Weiner (New Bloomfield, Pa./West Perry) was recognized as a 2012 Gladiator by SGI/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Scholar of Distinction today.
This award, being presented by the NFHCA for the first time, goes to student-athletes playing field hockey at a Division III institution who achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 2012-13 academic year. Weiner, a starting midfielder for the Gophers in 2012, is majoring in sociology and anthropology and has compiled a 3.95 GPA through her first five semesters at Goucher.
There were only 143 Division III Scholars of Distinction in the award's first year of existence.
The NFHCA also announced its 2012 Division III National Academic Squad and the recipients of its2012 Division III National Academic Team Award, both of which are sponsored by Gladiator by SGI.
Six members of Goucher's 2012 field hockey team made the National Academic Squad, which requires a player to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30. In addition to Weiner, the other Goucher players that qualified are Sarah Goldsmith (Killingworth, Conn./Haddam Killingworth), Demie Huffman (Granville, Ohio/Granville), Lindsay Jones (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr School), Caroline Less (Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) and Justine Ruhlin (Cornish, Maine/Sacopee Valley).
This is the fourth year in a row that Jones qualified to be on the National Academic Squad.
The National Team Academic Award goes to field hockey programs with a combined team GPA of 3.0 or above.
Megan Williams is proud of how hard her players worked both on the field and in the classroom in her first season as Goucher's head field hockey coach.
"I can say I'm thrilled with how well my team balanced the academic load with the athletics," she said. "I see much better days ahead for our program as far as on-field success, but we don't want that to compromise our academic achievements."