NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. - The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association has named 319 institutions across NCAA Divisions I, II and III, and the NAIA, as Academic Honor Squads for the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify, the team must have posted a 3.2 or higher cumulative GPA for the academic year.

Bard College qualified for the fourth consecutive season, this time with a 3.49 GPA. In addition, five players made the Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible, student-athletes must be a junior, senior or graduate student with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or greater. Gillian Adkins, Belle Coffey, Kady Drorbaugh, Sophie Niles and Melissa Rosenthal qualified, giving Bard the most individual qualifiers in the history of the women's lacrosse program.

Click here to see all of the institutions who were recognized as Academic Honor Squads.
Click here to see all of the individuals who made the Academic Honor Roll.

The Raptors did not play this spring due to COVID-19. Bard is hopeful to play a full women's lacrosse season in 2022.