CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's lacrosse capped off its 2026 honors with academic awards from the IWLCA as the Crimson earned recognition as an Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Academic Honor squad while 12 student-athletes took home Honor Roll distinctions from the organization.
 
Harvard garnered its ninth consecutive Honor Squad award.
 
The Harvard honorees included seniors Despina Giannakopoulos, Kate Gilliam, Charlotte Hodgson, Abbie Izzo, Kate Izzo, Maeve O'Brien, and Hannah Shiels as well as juniors Rebecca Arpano, Callie Batchelder, Hattie Manser, Grace Mullahy, and Natasha Tribolet.
 
The Academic Honor Roll is reserved for juniors, seniors, or graduate students who have earned a cumulative academic GPA of 3.5 or greater.
 
To qualify as an Academic Honor Squad, teams must post a 3.2 or high team GPA for the academic year.

Harvard Academic Honor Roll Selections

Rebecca Arpano — Junior — Economics
Callie Batchelder — Junior — Psychology
Despina Giannakopoulos — Senior — Psychology
Kate Gilliam — Senior — Economics
Charlotte Hodgson — Senior — Government
Abbie Izzo — Senior — Neuroscience
Kate Izzo — Senior — Human Evolutionary Biology
Hattie Manser — Junior — Psychology
Grace Mullahy — Junior — Government
Maeve O'Brien — Senior — Molecular & Cellular Biology
Hannah Shiels — Senior — Molecular & Cellular Biology
Natasha Tribolet — Junior — Applied Mathematics