PHILADELPHIA - With 16 Temple field hockey student-athletes named to the Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, the Owls tied for the most honors among all schools in the BIG EAST Conference.
Only Liberty matched Temple in the number of honorees among conference teams, which include all student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher during the fall semester.
Three Owls also earned the title of "Scholar of Distinction" for having a GPA of 3.9 or higher. Freshmen Kathryn Edgar, Maddie Lilliock and Maddie Merton were those three honorees, with both Edgar (Northern Ireland) and Merton (New Zealand) being international students.