BREVARD, N.C. – The 2021 Brevard College women's lacrosse team has been selected as an Academic Honors Squad by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA). Rising senior midfielder KC Collins was honored by the IWLCA as well, earning a spot on the Division III Academic Honor Roll.

Brevard's team award marks the fourth time that the Tornados have secured Academic Honors Squad team honors, while Collins' honor is the tenth individual award for BC from the IWLCA in program history.

Brevard was one of 285 schools across Division I, II, III, and NAIA that the IWLCA honored as Academic Honor Squads for the 2020-21 academic year. To qualify for this prestigious honor, the women's lacrosse team must have posted a 3.2 or higher team GPA for the academic year.

Collins, a Wilderness Leadership & Experiential Education/Environmental Studies major, was one of 766 student-athletes from 282 different institutions on the 2021 IWLCA Division III Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for this honor, student-athletes must be a junior, senior, or graduate student and have earned a cumulative academic GPA of 3.50 or greater. 

For more information on the IWLCA and to view the complete lists of the 2020-21 IWLCA academic awards, go to www.iwlca.org.

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