INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Loyola University Maryland was one of 326 schools across all NCAA and NAIA divisions named an IWLCA Academic Honor Squad for the 2021-22 academic year, with an additional 14 Greyhounds recognized individually on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association's national Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the IWLCA Wednesday.
To qualify for this prestigious honor, teams were required to post a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher during 2021-22 academic year. Loyola easily surpassed that standard, finishing with a team GPA of 3.582 while earning its sixth Patriot League Championship in eight years and advancing to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015.
Loyola has received Academic Honor Squad accolades for nine-straight seasons under head coach
Jen Adams, while the Greyhounds have had multiple Honor Roll recipients in each of the last eight years.
To be named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a junior, senior or graduate student athletically, with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. A total of 1,013 individuals from 106 different institutions earned a spot on the NCAA Division I Academic Honor Roll, with graduate student
Elli Kluegel – the IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year – highlighting all honorees.
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll