The NCAA News - News and Features

June 1, 1998

Wrestling all-academic teams and individuals announced

More than 200 student-athletes were recognized on the respective division National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) all-academic teams for the past year.

Princeton University repeated as the Division I academic champion with a grade-point average of 3.423. The team GPA is calculated by averaging the cumulative GPA of 10 wrestlers from each team. Eight of those wrestlers must have competed in their team's qualifying tournament.

Among the Division I honorees were three national champions, Tim Hartung of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jeff McGinness of team champion University of Iowa; and Stephen Neal of California State University, Bakersfield.

To be eligible, a varsity student-athlete must have a 3.000 grade-point average or better (based on a 4.000 scale) and meet one of the following athletics criteria: (1) win at least 60 percent of his matches; (2) place in the top four at the respective conference meet; (3) qualify for the NCAA championships.

In Division II, Colorado School of Mines won the team academic title for the third time in the award's five-year existence.

The Division II team included champions Jody Strittmatter of the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, and John Simpson of Colorado Mines. George Thompson of North Dakota State University and Mike Shadwinkel of Adams State College made the team for the fourth time.

To be nominated for the Division II team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.000 GPA (on a scale of 4.000). He also must be in at least his second full year at his school, be a varsity member of his team, demonstrate a high degree of skill, and have a minimum of two letters of recommendation (academic advisor and coach) submitted on his behalf.

Wabash College won the inaugural team academic award for Division III. The individual honorees included national champions Henry Gerten and Jim Peterson of team champion Augsburg College, plus John Gemmell of Ithaca College.

To make the Division III squad, student-athletes needed a 3.200 GPA (based on a 4.000 scale) or better over the two previous semesters. Consideration also was given to those who did not meet that criterion, but had a 3.200 or better overall GPA. Athletically, wrestlers must have placed at least fourth in their conference qualifier or sixth in their regional qualifier, wrestled in at least half of their scheduled competitions and have a minimum winning percentage of .500. Wrestlers who have won at least two-thirds of their matches and competed in two-thirds of their team's schedule competitions the previous year also are eligible.

Division I teams

1. Princeton, 3.423; 2. (tie) Brigham Young and James Madison, 3.153; 4. Columbia, 3.129; 5. Nebraska, 3.050; 6. Stanford, 3.040; 7. Central Michigan, 2.990; 8. Chattanooga, 2.980; 9. Pittsburgh, 2.934; 10. Penn State, 2.923.

11. West Virginia, 2.910; 12. Wyoming, 2.904; 13. Campbell, 2.898; 14. (tie) Virginia and Navy, 2.893; 16. Northwestern, 2.841; 17. Buffalo, 2.804; 18. Cal State Bakersfield, 2.791; 19. Michigan, 2.780; 20. Drexel, 2.762.

21. Bucknell, 2.755; 22. Iowa, 2.750; 23. Pennsylvania, 2.730; 24. Rutgers, 2.709; 25. (tie) Army and UC Davis, 2.700.

Division I individuals

First team: Casey Cunningham, Central Michigan.; Jason Gleasman, Syracuse; Jeremy Goeden, Northern Illinois; Tim Hartung, Minnesota; William Lacure, Michigan; Mike Mason, West Virginia.; Jeff McGinness, Iowa; Stephen Neal, Cal State Bakersfield; Sam Neider, Northwestern; Airron Richardson, Michigan; Ryan Tobin, Nebraska; John Withrow, Pittsburgh.

Second team: William Closson, Lehigh; Brandon Dansie, Wyoming; Sanders Freed, Oregon State; Corey Hamrick, Wyoming; Nick Mengerink, Pittsburgh; Chris Miller, Brigham Young; Andrei Rodzianko, Pennsylvania; Aaron Simpson, Arizona State; Marvin Vike, Central Michigan; David Wells, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Honorable mention: John Carvalheira, Rider; Gregory DeGrand, Michigan State; Brandon Eggum, Minnesota; Malik Elliott, Northwestern; Heath Eslinger, Chattanooga; Roland Ferris Jr., Central Michigan; Nathan Funk, Chattanooga; Michael Garofalo, Buffalo; James Harshaw, Virginia; Justin Hurst, Rutgers; John Kelly, Brigham Young; Sam Kline, West Virginia; David Lombardy, American; Patrick Maginn, Army; Chris Mansueto, George Mason; Gan Ahkee McGee, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; James McLean, Rutgers; Scott Munson, Nebraska; Todd Palmisano, Rider; Bob Patnesky, West Virginia; Brandon Paulson, Minnesota; Matthew Roth, Virginia; Cody Sanderson, Iowa State; Gary Sanderson, Brigham Young; Scott Schatzman, Northwestern; Steven Schmidt, Oklahoma State; Eric Schmiesing, Hofstra; Jeremy Sell, Wyoming; Chris Snyder, Central Michigan; Jeff Tufano, Wyoming; Brad Vering, Nebraska; Craig Welk, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; William Wineberg, Purdue; Angelo Zegarelli, West Virginia.

Division II teams

1. Colorado Mines, 3.319; 2. Truman State, 3.287; 3. South Dakota State, 3.224; 4. Chadron State, 3.119; 5. Northern Colorado, 3.173; 6. North Dakota State, 3.121; 7. Central Missouri State, 3.074; 8. Gannon, 3.072; 9. Minnesota-Morris, 3.063; 10. Pittsburgh-Johnstown, 3.053.

11. Ashland, 2.962; 12. Northern State, 2.935; 13. Augustana (South Dakota.), 2.925; 14. Fort Hays State, 2.885; 15. Shippensburg, 2.882.

Division II individuals

First team: Kevin Allison, Chadron State; Troy Barbush, Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Matt Brucklacher, Northern Colorado; Benny Charles, Southern Colorado; Howard Fullhart, South Dakota State; Isaac Greely, Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Brent Hendricksen, Augustana (S.D.); Justin Hoopman, Chadron State; Brad Kieffer, Truman State; Jaison Klingensmith, Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Ryan Marx, St. Cloud State; Wayne Mooney, North Dakota State; Mike Ross, Colorado Mines; Mike Shadwinkel, Adams State; Marc Schulze, Mankato State; Jason Schumacher, Augustana (South Dakota.); John Simpson, Colorado Mines; Matt Skattum, Northern State; Jody Strittmatter, Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Matt Surber, Central Oklahoma; Brandon Terry, Nebraska-Kearney; George Thompson, North Dakota State; Ryan Thorpe, Northern State; Pat Timm, South Dakota State; Chad Wickman, South Dakota State.

Second team: Scott Antoniak, Nebraska-Omaha; Calvin Buhler, Truman State; Rafael Calixto, American International; Tyke Conover, Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Eric Dodds, North Dakota State; Jake Holscher, Chadron State; Chris Johnson, Central Missouri State; Matthew Johnson, Central Missouri State; Dan Kinsella, Nebraska-Omaha; Kris Lynk, Minnesota-Morris; Jason Mohlman, Central Missouri State; Randy Rager, Minnesota-Morris; Seth Septer, Northern Colorado; Travis Shives, Mankato State; Robert Sistek, Northern Colorado; Joseph Veres III, Ashland; Brady Wegesin, Ashland; Justin Willuweit, Nebraska-Kearney; Doug Yeager, Central Missouri State; Chris Zink, North Dakota.

Honorable mention: Aaron Althoff, South Dakota State; Chris Benner, Truman State; Patrick Bergin, Minnesota-Morris; Jason Brilz, Nebraska-Omaha; Kenneth Cox, Gardner-Webb; Jamie Foley, Longwood; Brian Friedrichs, Minnesota-Morris; Jon Fry, Gannon; Jeff Himelspach, Minnesota-Morris; Keith Hoffman, Shippensburg; Ryan Holgate, Colorado Mines; Mark Mast, Longwood; Derek Maynard, Gannon; Grant Mulligan, Colorado Mines; Jonathan Nichols, San Francisco State; Derek Outland, Augustana (South Dakota.); Benjamin Peake, North Dakota State; Glen Peterson, South Dakota State; Sonny Ranz, Moorhead State; Jess Struve, Minnesota-Morris; Kevin Sullivan, American International; Tyler Swarm, Nebraska-Kearney; Lawrence Tatekawa, Northern Colorado; Daniel Vargas, American International; Chad Weldon, Colorado Mines; Scott Wence, Truman State.

Division III teams

1. Wabash, 3.39; 2. Augsburg, 3.37; 3. Elmhurst, 3.35; 4. Western New England, 3.24; 5. Olivet, 3.32; 6. New York U., 3.15; 7. Rochester Institute of Technology, 3.12; 8. Springfield, 3.07; 9. Messiah, 3.03; 10. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2.81.

Division III individuals

118-pound class -- Corey Bauer, Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Jay Field, Buena Vista; Kevin Fleenor, Western New England; Henry Gerten, Augsburg; Eric Kelly, King's (Pennsylvania); Dustin Rich, Norwich; Neal Rodak, Chicago; Dominic Schanen, Lakeland; Martin West, Williams; Zachary Weiglein, Wartburg.

126-pound class -- Casey Doyle, Wartburg; John Gemmell, Ithaca; Brian Jones, Augsburg; Jonathan Kanavich, Western New England; Matthew Lindholm, Simpson; Jonathan Pitonzo, Western Maryland; Martin Scarpato, Gettysburg; Michael Timm, St. John's (Minnesota); Craig Vettori, Springfield; Sanders Watson, Binghamton.

134-pound class -- Mike Burden, Monmouth (Illinois); Craig Bowen, Olivet; Joseph Dietrich, Case Reserve; Dave Eastwood, Springfield; Michael Gaugler, Messiah; Benjamin Hahlen, John Carroll; Michael Husslein, Elmhurst; Jamie Larkin, Augsburg; Leo Mulvey, Norwich; Brandon Reichel, Augsburg; Thomas Valenti, Heidelberg; Brian Wallis, Buena Vista.

142-pound class--Bryan Brunk, Western New England; Ross Buchinger, Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Josh Cagle, Augsburg; Jonathan Cone, Millikin; Jerry Grammes, Wilmington (Ohio); Josh Hardman, Manchester; Todd Haverdill, Mount Union; Stephen Jones, Cortland State; Kevin Lesoine, King's (Pennsylvania); Justin Lynn, Rochester Institute of Technology; J. Kirby Martin, Messiah; Jeffery Meyer, Buena Vista; Kelly Patterson, Binghamton; Adam Thronson; Matthew Young, Simpson.

150-pound class -- Peter Blavanz, Swarthmore; Tony Brescol, Manchester; Jeffery Campbell, Olivet; Mike Carlson, Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Casey Christesen, Wartburg; Anthony Dietrich, Case Reserve; Harold Hellen, Wisconsin-Platteville; Wade Johnson, Augsburg; Marcus Kurtz, Coe; Joseph Maiani, Ohio Northern; Tom Massaro, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher Nord, St. Olaf; Keith Parent, Norwich; Seth Rementer, New York University; Matthew Romsdahl, Augsburg; Nathan Samblanet, John Carroll; Matthew Strobl, St. John's (Minnesota).

158-pound class--Carson Andorf, Wartburg; Donald Asper, Ursinus; Justin Baker, Augsburg; Lance Bodeen, St. John's (Minnesota); Brian Borkowski, Plymouth State; Rob Bruce, New York University; Sean Clark, Thiel; Michael Grandchamp, Scranton; Darrick Snyder, North Central.

167-pound class--Mike Hoskins, Lawrence; Benjamin Jobgen, Wartburg; Gregory Madalena, Coast Guard; Nathaniel McElhaney, Ursinus; Jim Peterson, Augsburg; John Roden, Springfield; Mario Trafficante Jr., Wisconsin-Whitewater.

177-pound class--James Ayers, John Carroll; Michael Cruickshank, College of New Jersey; Daniel Emerson, Wabash; Andrew Lien, St. John's (Minnesota); Andy Majetic, Monmouth (Illinois); Andrew Melton, Wisconsin-La Crosse; Jason Venne, Norwich; Jamie Yonkin, Lycoming.

190-pound class--Ryan Carr, Plymouth State; Ryan Gardner, Lycoming; Dan Garner, York (Pennsylvania); Andrew Gartner, Millikin; Tyler Kruse, Heidelberg; Alec Stall, Swarthmore.

Heavyweight class--Kenneth Adams, Western New England; Daniel Baney, Thiel; Scott Bayer, Monmouth (Illinois); Joe Gaboury, Springfield; Phillip Klamm, Wisconsin-Whitewater; Eric Kubatske, Augustana (Illinois).