CHAPEL HILL—The NCAA champion 2016 University of North Carolina women's lacrosse team is an IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Squad for the 2015-16 academic year, the IWLCA announced. In order to qualify for this prestigious honor, the team must have posted a 3.0 or higher team grade point average for the year.
Earlier this summer, 20 of an all-time high 356 UNC student-athletes named to the 2015-16 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll were Tar Heel women's lacrosse players. In total, 20 of the 34 members of the women's lacrosse team qualified for Honor Roll status with a GPA of 3.