BROCKPORT, N.Y. - Ball State third-year field hockey head coach Stephanie Bernthal and her Cardinals made program history by placing the entire 24-member squad on the 2020 NFHCA (National Field Hockey College Association) Academic Squad. The total is the second-most amongst all NCAA Division I field hockey programs this season.
The National Academic Squad began in 2001, and this year's 24 representatives under Bernthal are the most Ball State has every placed on the list. Bernthal's squad had 16 players earn the accolade last season.
The Division I National Academic Squad program honors student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.