NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. - Led by a group of seven juniors and seniors who made the Academic Honor Roll, the Bard College women's lacrosse team has earned Academic Honor Squad recognition from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, it was announced Wednesday.

To make the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a junior, senior or graduate student with a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or greater. Three Bard juniors - Lily Clough, Khadija Ghanizada and Paige Gregg - and four seniors - Gillian Adkins, Emma Heffron, Roxanne Rouskas and Rachael Yoder - made the honor roll. Bard had never placed more than five players on the Academic Honor Roll previous to this year.

To be named an Academic Honor Squad, a women's lacrosse team must produce a cumulative team GPA of 3.2 or greater for the academic year. Bard women's lacrosse produced an overall GPA for the 2021-22 school year of 3.39.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Bard has earned Academic Honor Squad recognition from the IWLCA.

Click here to see the complete list of teams which were named Academic Honor Squads.
Click here to see all of the players who qualified for the Academic Honor Roll.