NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.- The Juniata women's lacrosse team was recognized as an Academic Honor Squad for the 2020-21 academic year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Additionally, seven student-athletes were named to the 2021 IWLCA Division III Academic Honor Roll.
The IWLCA has named 319 schools across Division I, II, III, and NAIA as 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.
The IWLCA honored 922 student-athletes from 190 different institutions on the 2021 IWLCA Division III 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.
The seven student-athletes that were named to the honor roll are:
Talia Bertrando (Lititz, Pa. / Warwick)
Arielle Danchenko (Palm City, Fla. / South Fork)
Cindy Kernick (Crescent, Pa. / Moon Area)
Fiona McDonald (Langhorne, Pa. / Neshaminy)
Isabella Medaris (Monroe, Conn. / Masuk H.S.)
Mary Oster (Lusby, Md. / Patuxent H.S.)
Paige Riker (Sussex, N.J. / Vernon Township)
