Portions of story courtesy of iwlca.org 

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) honored 568 NCAA Division II student-athletes from 65 different institutions on the 2025-26 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll on Wednesday, July 22nd. 

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. 

Seniors Jayna Barnden (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Marin Paulenko (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), as well as junior Mackenzie Stroisch (Arnold, Mo.), represented McKendree with its three honorees. For Barnden, it is her second time achieving Honor Roll status. 

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