NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. –  The IWLCA has named 319 schools across Division I, II, III, and NAIA as IWLCA 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. Three of the five Southern Conference programs - Furman, Mercer and Wofford - were named Academic Honor Squads, while 15 student-athletes earned spots on the Academic Honor Roll.

Mercer led the way with nine student-athletes on the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, while Furman placed five and Wofford's Abbi Pagano earned the prestigous honor for the Terriers. 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.

IWLCA's Academic Honor Squads release
IWLCA's Academic Honor Roll release
Furman's release
Mercer's release
Wofford's release

Furman honorees
Sydney Catts
Regan Lingo
Hannah Nodar
Rachel Sindler
Avery Whitehead

Mercer honorees
Samantha Brown
Haley Gerold
Caroline Kerr
Hannah Lind
Lily Morin
Jocelyn Pena
Emma Pizzo
Natalie Sannes
Eva Thorn

Wofford honoree
Abby Pagano