The IWLCA has announced that 49 institutions in Division I have earned Academic Squad honors, including three that have been named Merit Squads. Teams that have a collective GPA of 3.0 or greater earn the distinction of Academic Squad; the squads with the three highest team GPAs earned the honor of being named a Merit Squad. Wagner led all schools with a team GPA of 3.53 and was named a Merit Squad, as were Stanford and Hofstra. National Champion Northwestern earned Academic Squad honors, as did national semifinalists Maryland and Penn. Eleven of the 16 schools that played in the NCAA Championships were named Academic Squads.

2009 IWLCA Division I Merit Squads

Wagner - 3.53 GPA
Stanford - 3.523 GPA
Hofstra - 3.50 GPA

2009 IWLCA Division I Academic Squads
Albany
American
Binghamton
Boston College
Brown
Canisius
Cincinnati
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Drexel
Duke
Duquesne
Fairfield
Fresno State
George Washington
Georgetown
Harvard
Hofstra
James Madison
La Salle
Lafayette
Lehigh
Long Island
Manhattan
Maryland
New Hampshire
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Quinnipiac
Robert Morris
Rutgers
Sacred Heart
Saint Francis
Saint Joseph's
Siena
Stanford
Syracuse
Temple
Towson
Vanderbilt
Vermont
Villanova
Wagner
William & Mary

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The IWLCA has announced that nine institutions in Division II have earned Academic Squad honors, including three that have been named Merit Squads. Teams that have a collective GPA of 3.0 or greater earn the distinction of Academic Squad; the squads with the three highest team GPAs earned the honor of being named a Merit Squad. West Chester led all schools with a team GPA of 3.407 and was named a Merit Squad, as were Gannon and Belmont Abbey. National semifinalist C. W. Post earned Academic Squad honors, as did NCAA participant Mercyhurst.

2009 IWLCA Division II Merit Squads
West Chester - 3.407 GPA
Gannon - 3.345 GPA
Belmont Abbey - 3.21 GPA

2009 IWLCA Division II Academic Squads
Belmont Abbey
Bloomsburg
C.W. Post
Dowling
Gannon
Mercyhurst
Molloy
Pfeiffer
West Chester

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The IWLCA has announced that 62 institutions in Division III have earned Academic Squad honors, including three that have been named Merit Squads. Teams that have a collective GPA of 3.0 or greater earn the distinction of Academic Squad; the squads with the three highest team GPAs earned the honor of being named a Merit Squad. Vassar led all schools with a team GPA of 3.474 and was named a Merit Squad, as were the College of Notre Dame and Washington & Lee. National champion Franklin & Marshall earned Academic Squad honors as did national semifinalists Gettysburg and Hamilton. Thirteen of the NCAA participants earned Academic Squad honors.

2009 IWLCA Division III Merit Squads
Vassar - 3.474 GPA
College of Notre Dame 3.443 GPA
Washington & Lee - 3.438 GPA

2009 IWLCA Division III Academic Squads
Allegheny
Alvernia
Amherst
Bates
Bowdoin
Bridgewater
Bryn Mawr
Buffalo State
Catholic
Colby
Connecticut
Denison
Drew
Eastern
Elmira
Elms
Franklin & Marshall
Gettysburg
Goucher
Hamilton
Haverford
Hollins
Manhattanville
McDaniel
Messiah
Middlebury
Misericordia
Mount Holyoke
Nazareth
Neumann
University of New England
The College of New Jersey
North Central
College of Notre Dame
Oberlin
Oswego
Redlands
RPI
RIT
Rowan
St. Lawrence
St. Mary's
Saint Vincent
Smith
Stevens
Swarthmore
Trine
Trinity College
Tufts
Ursinus
Vassar
Virginia Wesleyan
Washington & Lee
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Western Connecticut State
William Smith
Williams
Wooster

2009-08-24