SELINSGROVE, PA – Eight Susquehanna University field hockey players have been honored with selection to the 2006 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Squad, the NFHCA has announced.

To be named to the National Academic Squad, student-athletes must maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better through the first semester of the 2006-07 academic year.

In addition, the Susquehanna team, coached by Amy Cohen, was one of 90 schools recognized for maintaining a overall team grade-point average above 3.0 during the 2006 field hockey season.

Earning National Academic Squad status from Susquehanna were sophomore Kristen Epting (Hamburg, PA/Hamburg), a 3.51 biology major; senior Jenni Iacovone (Woodstown, NJ/Woodstown), a 3.46 psychology major; sophomore Lyndsay Meabon (Dillsburg, PA/Northern), a 3.27 broadcasting major; junior Becki Nash (Glen Rock, PA/Lancaster Mennonite), a 3.72 public relations major; junior Christine Ottley (West Chester, PA/Unionville), a 3.29 graphic design major; senior Ashley Rowell (Wilmington, DE/Concord), a 3.71 elementary education major; junior Megan Sites (Loysville, PA/West Perry), a 3.58 human resource management major; and junior Julie Yingling (Gettysburg, PA/Gettysburg), a 3.49 broadcasting major.