CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The 2022-23 Harvard Softball team has posted the No. 5 GPA in Division I this year with a cumulative GPA of 3.74, per the NFCA. The team also earned 21 individual scholar-athlete honors.
 
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is composed of member coaches from collegiate, high school and junior softball teams. Of the 150 Division I coaches who submitted for the NCAA DI GPA award, the Harvard Softball team reported the fifth highest cumulative GPA. The top ten GPA's of NCAA DI teams are listed below:

1. Georgia State - 3.830; 2. Illinois State - 3.766; 3. Southern Illinois at Carbondale - 3.763; 4. Northern Illinois - 3.753; 5. Harvard - 3.740; 6. University of Toledo - 3.732; 7. Florida Gulf Coast - 3.730; 8. Eastern Illinois - 3.725; 9. Bucknell - 3.710; 10. University of Nebraska Omaha - 3.699

In addition, 21 Harvard athletes received individual NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors. To qualify for this distinction athletes must have maintained at least a 3.5 or better cumulative GPA for the 2022-23 academic year.
 
Harvard Softball scholar-athletes receiving this award are listed below:
 
Allison Heffley
Allison O'Heany
Anna Reed
Brianna Jewett
Julia Wilkinson
Kaitlin Lampson
Katie Arrambide
Kendall Jean
Lael Ayala
Lauren Bobowski
Lindsay G. Poulos
Mackenzie Tyler
Madi Mays
Marissa Zheng
Megan Welsh
Molly Dickerson
Priyanka Kaul
Ryan Grace
Savannah Fitzpatrick
Teagan Shaw
Trina Hoang