COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The IWLCA announced on Monday that the Maryland women's lacrosse team is one of 103 Division I programs to earn IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Squad honors. In addition, eight members of the Maryland women's lacrosse team were selected to the IWLCA Zag Sports Division I Academic Honor Roll.

To qualify for the prestigious Academic Honor Squad honor, women's lacrosse programs from around the nation had to post a 3.0 or higher team grade-point average for the academic year. As a team, Maryland earned a cumulative GPA of 3.34 and worked towards a 3.409 team GPA in the spring.
 
Individually, graduate student Alex McKay, graduates Taylor Hensh, Kathy Rudkin and Megan Whittle and rising seniors Kelsey Cummings, Jen Giles, Katherine Golladay and Meghan Siverson were all named to the Honor Roll.

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. 
 
Six of the eight Terps that nabbed Honor Roll accolades were also selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team last month. Additionally, Cummings, Giles, Golladay and Whittle were all named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, which is given to student-athletes across the conference who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year.
 
Giles, who completed her junior year as a marketing major, maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the 2017-18 school year.