CHANDLER, AZ- The National Field Hockey Coaches Association in conjunction with released its National Academic Squad. The squad recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the 2015-16 academic year. 13 members of the Juniata Field Hockey team were selected.

The members of the 2015-16 squad representing Juniata are:

Katie Alexander (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg)

Sarah Bilheimer (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom)

Alison Groft (Hanover, PA/ South Western)

Kelsey Leibelsperger (Fleetwood, PA/Fleetwood)

Megan Martin (Cumberland, RI/Cumberland)

Sara Mills (Latrobe, Pa./ Greater Latrobe)

Sarah More (Wilmington, DE/Mount Pleasant)

Molly Nowell (Greencastle, PA/Greencastle-Antrim)

Elise Onjack (Bangor, PA/Bangor Area)

Melissa Rutherford (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville)

Lindsay Scholten (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield)

Meredith Shephard (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia)

Rachel Weigel (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita)

Bilheimer, Groft, Leibelsperger, and Rutherford are four-year award recipients. In addition, Shephard was named a Scholar of Distinction for maintaining a GPA of 3.90 or higher.