Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 8/13/10

Philadelphia University was named a Merit squad and was recognized by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) as one of the top three Division II women’s lacrosse teams in the country for grade point average.

Philadelphia University had a GPA of 3.30, good for second in the country behind Lake Erie College (3.40).

Meanwhile in Division I, Drexel,, La Salle, Lehigh, Penn, Temple and Villanova were recognized as an Academic squad for having a GPA of at least 3.0.

Also in Division II, West Chester earned Academic status while Bryn Mawr, Eastern
Haverford College, Immaculata, Swarthmore and Ursinus earned Academic status in Division III.

Division I
Merit Squads
Hofstra
Stanford
Duke

Academic Squads (Philly)
Drexel
La Salle
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Temple
Villanova

Other academic squads
Albany
American
Boston College
Brown
Canisius
Cincinnati
Colgate
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Detroit Mercy
Duke
Duquesne
Fairfield
Florida
Fresno State
George Washington
Georgetown
Hofstra
Holy Cross
Iona
Lafayette
Louisville
Manhattan
Marist
New Hampshire
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Old Dominion
Penn State
Princeton
Quinnipiac
Robert Morris
Rutgers
Sacred Heart
Saint Mary’s
Stanford
Syracuse
Towson
Vanderbilt
Vermont
Virginia Tech
Wagner
William & Mary
Yale

Division II

Merit Squads
Lake Erie
Philadelphia University
Dowling

Academic Squad (Philly)
West Chester

Bloomsburg
Dowling
Lake Erie
Mercy
Mercyhurst
Pfeiffer
New Haven

Division III

Merit Squads
Bates
Washington & Lee
Vassar

Academic Squads (Philly)
Bryn Mawr
Eastern
Haverford College
Immaculata
Swarthmore
Ursinus

Other Academic squads
Adrian
Allegheny
Alvernia
Amherst
Bates
Bowdoin
Bridgewater
Buffalo State
Castleton State
Catholic
Centenary
Colby
Colorado
Connecticut
Denison
Drew
Franklin & Marshall
Gettysburg
Hamilton
Kenyon
Lynchburg
Manhattanville
Marywood
McDaniel
Messiah
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Muhlenberg
Nazareth
Notre Dame (Md.)
New Paltz
Oberlin
Ohio Wesleyan
Oneonta
Rensselaer (RPI)
RIT
Rochester
Rowan
Saint Vincent
Salve Regina
Sewanee
Skidmore
St. Lawrence
St. Mary’s (Md.)
Stevens
The College of New Jersey
Trinity (CT)
Tufts
Vassar
Virginia Wesleyan
Washington & Lee
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Western New England
Wheaton
Williams
Wilson
Wooster

Tags: Philadelphia University, Scholar-Athlete