March 10, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale field hockey team earned the ZAG/NFHCA National Academic Team Award Monday. The Bulldogs also placed 11 individuals on the ZAG/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
The National Academic Team Award is presented to all teams that had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fall of 2007. The National Academic Squad recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 through the first semester of the 2007-08 academic year.
Yale's honorees were:
- Katie Bolling *, Fr., Ann Arbor, Mich. (undeclared)
- Katie Cantore **, So., Hershey, Pa. (undeclared)
- Stephanie Colantonio **, So., Watertown, Mass. (undeclared)
- Alyssa Jethani **, Jr., Vancouver, B.C. (political science & international studies)
- Lorrie Kiger ****, Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (classics)
- Ashley McCauley **, So., Rye, N.Y. (undeclared)
- Laura Pierce **, Jr., Rutland, Vt. (history of science/history of medicine)
- Ali Rotondo ***, Jr., Greenville, N.C. (history of science/history of medicine)
- Harriet Thayer **, Sr., Briarcliff, N.Y. (religious studies)
- Marissa Waldemore *, Fr., New Vernon, N.J. (undeclared)
- Julia Weiser **, So., Houston, Texas (undeclared)
*: number of times honored
report by Sam Rubin '95 (sam.rubin@yale.edu), Yale Sports Publicity