Lansing Sun

East Lansing -- Michigan State field hockey graduate Ashley Harlock from Livonia, Michigan, has earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-District honors, as announced by the association on Tuesday, July 16.

Harlock is the field hockey program's first-ever CSC (formerly CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-American.

Harlock has excelled in athletics, academics, community service, and leadership throughout her MSU career. A three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten recipient, she maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a double major in neuroscience and human biology. In May, she graduated from MSU's Honors College and earned a spot on the Dean's List every semester at MSU.

A Rhodes Scholarship nominee and national finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, Harlock was honored at the Student-Athlete Support Services Academic Gala with both the President's Award (as the highest GPA of MSU's graduating student-athletes) and also received the prestigious Gwendolyn Norrell Community Service and Leadership Award. She is also MSU's female recipient of the Big Ten's Wayne Duke Postgraduate Scholarship. Harlock is pursuing a Neuroscience PhD program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

In addition to being a 2023-24 team captain, Harlock dedicated numerous hours enhancing the college experience for her fellow student-athletes. She served as the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, actively participating in various community service activities such as the Student-Athlete Food Drive, Be The Match, and March is Reading Month. This year, she was also a member of the MSU Student Leadership Council, the MSU Athletic Council, and a representative on the Big Ten Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.