NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale field hockey team had 13 student-athletes named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad for the 2026 season. The NFHCA announced the awards on Wednesday.
The National Academic Squad recognizes those student-athletes who have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 through the first semester of the 2025-26 academic year.
This is the first in a series of annual NFHCA academic awards that will be announced shortly. The NFHCA Scholar of Distinction Awards, recognizing student-athletes who had GPAs of 3.9 or higher through the first semester of the 2025-26 academic year, will be announced Friday. The NFHCA National Academic Team Awards, recognizing teams that had a GPA of 3.50 or better for the fall of 2025, will be announced Feb. 17.
Yale's 2025 NFHCA National Academic Squad honorees:
- Issy Baileff **, Sophomore, Undeclared; Epsom, Surrey, England/Reed's School
- Gigi Caldero **, Sophomore, Undeclared; New Canaan, Conn./Greenwich Academy
- Kaitlyn Chang **, Sophomore, Undeclared; Houston, Texas/St. John's School
- Victoria Collee **, Sophomore, Undeclared; Laren, The Netherlands/Gemeentelijk Gymnasium Hilversum
- Tabs Collier ***, Junior, Psychology; Barnet, London, England/Haileybury College
- Carys Isherwood *, First-Year, Undeclared; London, England/Alleyn's School
- Lore Laniyan *, First-Year, Undeclared; Houston, Texas/St. John's School
- Emma Mueller *, First-Year, Undeclared; Barrington, R.I./Barrington
- Ella Ou *, First-Year, Undeclared; Houston, Texas/The Kinkaid School
- Emma Ramsey *, Junior, Undeclared; Summit, N.J./Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
- Amelie Schwarzkopf *, First-Year, Undeclared; Berlin, Germany/Dreilinden Gymnasium
- Hettie Whittington ***, Junior, Economics; Guildford, Surrey, England/Surbiton
- Maddy Zavalick ****, Senior, Psychology; Newington, Conn./Deerfield Academy
*: number of times honored
