The field hockey team at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, and nearly its entire roster was recognized by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) for academic excellence. Team members include Maleah Hess of Lititz and Laura Horner of Lancaster. Hess is a junior majoring in psychology, and Horner is a senior majoring in history.

The team was awarded a 2020 NFHCA Division III National Academic Team Award, which recognizes the institutions that achieved a minimum team grade point average of 3.0 during the first semester of the 2020-21 academic year.

Individually, 18 players out of the 21 on the roster were named to the 2020 NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad. The Academic Squad includes all student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or greater through the first semester of the 2020-21 academic year. Hess and Horner were among those named to the Academic Squad.