The Official Newsletter of Villanova Athletics

Good morning, Nova Nation! Meet men’s basketball newcomer Malachi Palmer! 

What else is going on in Nova Nation?

🏆 Academic honors
⛳️ New addition
🔷 And much more!

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🔼 Best In Class. Wildcat student-athletes were elite in the classroom! They finished the spring semester with a 3.495 GPA. This marks the 15th-straight semester with a student-athlete GPA higher than 3.3. The field hockey team earned the Nnenna Lynch Award for the highest academic year GPA.

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🔼  High Fives. Ten Wildcats were named CSC Academic All-District this week, with six men and four women selected to at-large teams. Five different sports were represented with five selections from the men’s lacrosse team, two from women’s lacrosse, and one each from golf, rowing and water polo. Academic All-Americans will be announced July 8-9.

🔼 New Addition. Villanova golf has signed Brockton English for the 2025-26 season. He transfers as a graduate student from Drexel, where he played four seasons. He has been mentioned on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the last three seasons. He compiled a 74.6 stroke average during his senior season.

📅 WHAT’S AHEAD

Thursday 8/14

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Michigan @ 4:00 p.m.

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