GILBERT, AZ - The Juniata field hockey team earned the 2017 Zag Field Hockey / NFHCA Divsion III National Academic Team award. Madison Miller (York, Pa./West York) and Lindsay Scholten (Apex, N.C./Brookfield) were recognized as NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction.

The Division III National Academic Team Award recognizes those programs that earned a team GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the 2017-18 academic year.

The Division III Scholars of Distinction program recognized 242 student-athletes representing 105 schools as 2017 Zag Field Hockey / NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction. The program recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 2017-18 academic year.