LOUDONVILLE, NY – On Tuesday afternoon, the Siena Women's Lacrosse program was recognized for their hard work in the classroom this past season, as the team and 12 individuals earned academic awards from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.
The Saints earned honors as an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad, putting up a cumulative GPA of 3.61. Siena also saw 12 individuals named to the IWLCA Division I Honor Roll, the largest group to earn the award in program history. The 12 award winners for the Saints were
Alexis Bower,
Annie Brennan,
Hannah Field,
Emily Fiorillo,
Hayley Kmack,
Kelsey Lane,
Nicole McNeely,
Ally Mervine,
Julia Pelcher,
Emily Pomeroy,
Jillian Risavi, and
Mary Soures. All 12 were also named to the MAAC All-Academic Team in the spring.
The IWLCA has named 285 schools across Division I, II, III, and NAIA as IWLCA Academic Honor Squads for the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify for this prestigious honor, the women's lacrosse team must have posted a 3.2 or higher team GPA for the academic year. For individuals, the IWLCA honored 814 student-athletes from 99 different institutions on the 2021 IWLCA Division I Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for this honor, student-athletes must be a junior, senior, or graduate student and have earned a cumulative academic GPA of 3.50 or greater.
