March 6, 2007

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Eight members of the NCAA Champion Maryland field hockey team were earned a place on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic Squad. Junior Kendall Beveridge and senior Megan Fox are on the team for the third-consecutive year. Maryland is one of 55 NCAA Division I field hockey squads who have achieved a team grade point average of 3.0 or above for the fall 2006 semester.

To be eligible for the National Academic Squad, a student-athlete must have achieved at least a 3.0 for the fall 2006 semester. Kendall Beveridge (Frederick, Md.) is a marketing and business management major and earned a 4.0 in the fall. Megan Fox (Zionsville, Pa.) also earned a 4.0 in marketing and business management. The two are the 17th and 18th players in the history of the program to be named to the National Academic Squad at least three times.

Sophomore Sarah Scholl (Center Valley, Pa.) and redshirt-sophomore Kimberly Ziegler (Kingsville, Md.) earn the academic honor for the second time. A letters and sciences major, Scholl earned a 3.15 GPA, while starting 19 of 25 games for the Terps on the forward line. Ziegler, also a forward, earned a 3.71 GPA in biological engineering in the fall and scored a career-high five goals on the season. She was recently named to the Academic All-ACC team.

First time honorees are freshman Kate Effland (Myersvsille, Md.), freshman Kristina Foster (Medford, N.J.), freshman Alicia Morawski (Grosse Point, Mich.) and sophomore Danielle Keeley (Elkton, Md.).

Five Terrapins in all earned 4.0 GPA's during the fall semester, while also capturing the 2006 NCAA Championship. Seniors Emily Trycinski (Nazareth, Pa.) and Honda Award winner and National Player of the Year Paula Infante (Santiago, Chile) were among the five. Both were also recently selected Academic All-ACC.

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