The National Wrestling Coaches Association recently announced its 2003 NWCA Division I wrestling academic teams.

Sacred Heart University captured team honors for the second consecutive year with a 3.412 grade-point average. Duquesne University finished second for the second consecutive year with a 3.332 average, followed by Central Michigan University, Brown University and Princeton University.

Team rankings are selected by taking the average GPA of each team's starting 10 wrestlers along with two back-ups who wrestled in at least one varsity match. The average grade-point average of the top-25 teams was 3.072.

Two NCAA champions -- Ryan Bertin of the University of Michigan and Robbie Waller of the University of Oklahoma -- highlight the individual rankings. Bertin won the championship in the 157-pound class, while Waller was the 165-pound champion. The first team also includes NCAA runner-ups Carl Fronhofer of the University of Pittsburgh and Alex Tirapelle of the University of Illinois, Champaign.

Central Michigan led all universities with six wrestlers on the team. This year's team was composed of wrestlers from 37 universities and included 45 NCAA qualifiers and 22 all-Americans. The average GPA of the team was 3.520.

Following are the team and individual standings for the 2003 NWCA all-academic teams:

Teams

1. Sacred Heart, 3.412; 2 Duquesne, 3.320; 3. Central Michigan, 3.285; 4. Brown, 3.270; 5. Princeton, 3.230; 6. Eastern Michigan, 3.200; 7. (tie) Stanford and Harvard, 3.141; 9. Indiana, 3.130; 10. James Madison, 3.082; 11. Penn State, 3.070; 12. Lock Haven, 3.048; 13. Columbia, 3.020; 14. Michigan, 3.010; 15. Northern Illinois, 3.005; 16. Illinois, 3.004; 17. Cleveland State, 2.995; 18. West Virginia, 2.970; 19. Maryland, 2.965; 20. Edinboro, 2.936; 21. Clarion, 2.934; 22. Hofstra, 2.9309; 23. Northern Iowa, 2.909; 24. Binghamton, 2.906; 25. (tie) Arizona State and Pennsylvania, 2.890.

Individuals

First team

Curtis Owen, Arizona State, graduate school; Jesse Daniel Jantzen, Harvard, sociology; Alex Tirapelle, Illinois, accounting; Ryan Bertin, Michigan, business administration; Justin D. Ruiz, Nebraska, communication science; Eric Scott Owen, Northern Illinois, graduate school/sports management; Shane Roller, Oklahoma State, psychology; Robbie Waller, Oklahoma, English; Josh Moore, Penn State, business management; Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh, sociology.

Second team

Collin Danvers Robertson, Boise State, Spanish/secondary education; Nick Ciarcia, Brown, business/economics; Jason Mester, Central Michigan, sport studies; Radley J.Martinez, Clarion, business management; Dustin Richard Tillman, Columbia, political science; Clint Wattenberg, Cornell, nutritional science; Pat Diaz, James Madison, international business; Scott Moore, Penn State, criminal law and justice; Michael Messina, Sacred Heart, history; Matthew Feast, Pennsylvania, business; Anthony Jon Black, Wisconsin, kinesiology.

Honorable mention

Rocky Smart, Arizona State, history; Jerome Joe, Binghamton, computer science; Benjamin VomBaur, Boise State, history/secondary education; Brett Faustman, Central Michigan, graduate school/management information systems; Kyle Stoffer, Central Michigan, finance; Jason Borrelli, Central Michigan, business management; Tylan Morgan, Central Michigan, public communication; Vince Bartges, Citadel, business administration; Erik Reed Norgaard, Columbia, political science; Marc Allemang, Duquesne, education; Adam Gilmore, Eastern Michigan, math education; Zachary Pyles, Eastern Michigan, chemistry; Greg Schaefer, Indiana, physical education; Ty Matthews, Indiana, biology; Stephen Kodish, James Madison, kinesiology; Michael B. Maney, Lock Haven, secondary education; Kyle Smith, Michigan, organizational studies; Patrick Owen, Michigan, general studies; Kenny Burleson, Missouri, marketing; Jordan Robert Holm, Northern Iowa, pre-med; Jededia Cheyanne Pennell, Oregon State, pre-med; Jason Harless, Oregon, general science; Mark Becks, Penn State, business management; Joe Looke, Princeton, economics; Greg Parker, Princeton, computer science; Anthony Reynolds, Sacred Heart, mathematics; Robert Belville, Sacred Heart, business; Jason Cardillo, Slippery Rock, undeclared; Lucas William Lefever, Air Force, civil engineering; Adam Nathaniel Britt, Virginia Military Institute, civil engineering; Robert Seidel, Virginia, graduate school; Shane Domingo Cunanan, West Virginia, physical education; Brandon Lauer, West Virginia, physical education.