Blue Hens Take Home CAA Team Academic Excellence Award

NEWARK, Del.-The University of Delaware field hockey team has undisputedly been one of the most dominant programs in collegiate sports, winning five straight conference titles to date, with a national championship as recently as 2016.

Now the Blue Hens can add another award to their mantle as they were honored with the CAA Team Academic Excellence award.

"As a program, we strive to achieve at the highest level both on and off the field. We want our student-athletes to have success in academics and athletics and I'm proud of the hard work that our student-athletes have put forth in all areas," head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof said.

This honor is awarded to recognize the institution with the highest collective grade point average in all 22 sports sponsored by the CAA. The team GPA is a calculation of the grade point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution's roster throughout the final day of their respective championship seasons during the 2017-18 academic year.

With the offseason reaching its end, the Blue Hens look to continue their recent success and claim a sixth straight conference title as they begin their 2018 regular season at Ohio State on Friday, August 24.

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Blue Hens Take Home CAA Team Academic Excellence Award

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