MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Five members of the Babson College field hockey team were recognized for their hard work in the classroom when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its Academic All-Conference team on Wednesday.

Senior Laney Reed (West Chester, Pa.) and juniors Ashley Braren (Westwood, Mass.) and Samantha Kelly (Rowley, Mass.) became two-time selections to the Academic All-Conference team, while junior Emma Smith (Kenilworth, Ill.) and sophomore Lauren Golden (New Albany, Ohio) were honored for the first time.

A business major and three-year veteran, Reed moved into the starting line-up this season and started at forward all 21 of her games. She finished fourth on the team in scoring with career highs of six goals and 12 points, and ranked second in the NEWMAC with five game-winning goals. She scored the only goals in the 1-0 NEWMAC tournament championship victory over No. 24 WPI and the 1-0 verdict over No. 7 Wesleyan in an NCAA tournament first-round clash.

A Business Analytics and Computational Finance major and three-year veteran, Braren appeared in 23 games with two starts, and finished fifth on the team in scoring with five goals and one assist for 11 points. She scored four of her goals against NEWMAC opponents and the other against Trinity in September. A finance major and three-year veteran, Kelly came off the bench to play in four games for the Beavers and has seen action in 18 career games.

A business major and three-year veteran, Smith started at back in all 23 of her games this season, while Golden, a business major and two-year veteran back, was one of five players to start all 24 games for the Beavers. Smith and Golden, who each scored two goals on the season, were part of a Babson back line that allowed just 22 goals in 24 games this season with 11 shutouts. The Beavers defense ranked 13th in Division III with a team 0.89 goals against average and surrendered just 10 goals during a program-record 18-game winning streak.

No. 3 Babson advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament semifinals for the second time in three years and third time since 2017. The Beavers won their 10th straight NEWMAC regular season title with a 9-0 mark and captured their fifth consecutive conference tournament title. The Green and White finished with a 22-2 overall record after a dramatic 2-1 double-overtime loss to No. 2 Johns Hopkins in the NCAA semifinal in a game that matched the only two Division III programs with six straight 19-win campaigns.

In order to be eligible for NEWMAC Academic All-Conference consideration, honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale after the 2025 spring semester, achieved second year academic status at her institution, and been a member of the team for the entire season.