NWCA releases 2006-07 All-Academic Teams & Individuals
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by Jason Bryant
The National Wrestling Coaches Association has announced its annual All-Academic Top 30 and individual All-Academic wrestling teams for the 2006-07 season.
The 2006-07 Top 30 teams has a new champion, as Duke University edged Stanford and last year's winner, Brown - with an overall team GPA of 3.3861. Coach Clar Anderson's squad has continually excelled in the class room.
Stanford came in second as second-year coach Kerry McCoy's squad sported a 3.368, followed by Princeton - one of two Ivy League schools in the Top 10. The Tigers scored a 3.1890 amongst its 12 combined entries.
Brown didn't fall too far from the top as Dave Amato's team came in third with a team GPA of 3.3649.
Northern Iowa rounded out the top five and is one of two West Region/Western Wrestling Conference teams in the Top 10. The Panthers came in fifth with a 3.1441 overall GPA.
Rounding out the Top 10 were: Duquesne (East Region, 3.1036), American (EIWA, 3.0950), Drexel (CAA, 3.0383), Northwestern (Big Ten, 3.0152) and North Dakota State (3.0151).
North Dakota State makes the list in its first full season as a Division I championship-eligible team.
A pair of NCAA Champions found their way onto the All-Academic Team in the form of Missouri's senior 174-pounder Ben Askren and Northwestern junior 184-pounder Jake Herbert.
Askren repped a 3.19 GPA in Geography to compliment his undefeated season, while Herbert's 3.06 in Communication Studies complimented his own undefeated season.
Business major Tyler McCormick of Missouri had the top GPA among wrestlers that were All-Americans in 2007. The junior sported an impressive 3.95 in Business Management
Among Bucky Maughan's North Dakota State wrestlers, 197-pounder Jacob Bryce came in third overall with a 3.93 in Business Administration. Brown had two wrestlers in the Top 10 individually - Shawn Kitchner (Mechanical Engineering, 3.92) and Levon Mock (Commerce, 3.75).
Boise State's Luke Smith had a 3.88 in Biology, good for fourth. The rest of the Top 10 were: Tanner Gardner, Stanford (Public Policy, 3.88); Dustin Tillman, Columbia (Political Science, 3.85); Max Dean, Indiana (Marketing Operations Management, 3.83); Wynn Michalak, Central Michigan (Mathematics, Physical Education, 3.81) and Jason Trulson, Arizona State (Biolgy, 3.74).
Overall, of the 57 wrestlers named to the All-Academic Team, 38 different schools were represented with American, Brown, Central Michigan, Duke, Duquesne, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Stanford all having more than one representative.
Northern Iowa led all schools with five wrestlers named All-Academic.
By weight class, 165 and 197 pounds had the most representatives, with 10 in each weight.
"This is something the NWCA, it's board members and staff are always pleased to announce," said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. "It's one thing to always talk about how good these guys are on the mat, but we must remember that academics are more important than any particular sport, and it's great to see these programs doing it in the classroom."
"What I'm most pleased about this year is the cross-section of teams in the Top 25," added Moyer. "It's not just your Ivy League teams or your highly-competitive academic environments, it's schools from the little conferences as well as the power conferences that are ensuring their wrestlers are becoming suited for life after college."
For teams to be eligible for consideration, teams comprise 12 student athletes, including the 10 wrestlers that were the entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. If teams had less than 10 entries for their respective qualifier, they may fill those spots with wrestlers that competed in at least one varsity dual during the season.
Individually, wrestlers must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, been an NCAA qualifier or won 60 percent of his total schedule - and must have competed in at least 60 percent of said schedule. The other way to qualify for the All-Academic team is have a 3.0 cumulative and been an NCAA All-American.
NWCA All-Academic Wrestling Team 2006-07
Top 30 All-Academic Teams
Rank School Name Actual GPA
1 Duke University 3.3861
2 Stanford University 3.368
3 Brown University 3.3649
4 Princeton University 3.189
5 University of Northern Iowa 3.1441
6 Duquesne University 3.1036
7 American University 3.095
8 Drexel University 3.0383
9 Northwestern University 3.0152
10 North Dakota State University 3.0151
11 Davidson College 2.991
12 Eastern Michigan University 2.9755
13 California State University-Bakersfield 2.9441
14 Univeristy of North Carolina-Greensboro 2.915
15 Central Michigan University 2.9116
16 Northern Illinois University 2.9075
17 Penn State University 2.8991
18 Lock Haven University 2.894
19 Harvard University 2.8871
20 Purdue University 2.8791
21 Columbia University 2.868
22 Cornell University 2.8516
23 University of California-Davis 2.8408
24 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2.8301
25 Oklahoma State University 2.8213
26 Kent State University 2.8134
27 US Naval Academy 2.8116
28 University of Missouri-Columbia 2.8078
29 Indiana University-Bloomington 2.7929
30 Michigan State University 2.7902
All-Academic Team
Name School Year GPA Major Weight Accomplishments
Tyler McCormick Missouri JR 3.95 Business 133 6th Place NCAA
Jacob Bryce North Dakota State SO 3.93 Business Administration 197 NCAA Qualifier
Shawn Kitchner Brown SR 3.92 Mechanical Engineering 165 NCAA Qualifier
Luke Smith Boise State SO 3.88 Biology 184 27-16
Tanner Gardner Stanford RSJR 3.88 BA Public Policy/ MA Sociology 125 7th Place NCAA
Dustin Tillman Columbia SR 3.85 Political Science 165 17-11
Max Dean Indiana SR 3.83 Marketing Operations Management 165 NCAA Qualifier
Wynn Michalak Central Michigan SR 3.81 Mathematics & Physical Education 197 NCAA Qualifier
Levon Mock Brown JR 3.75 Commerce, Organizations & Entrepreneurship 285 NCAA Qualifier
Jason Trulson Arizona State SR 3.74 Biology 197 NCAA Qualifier
Greg Perz Eastern Illinois RSJR 3.73 Industrial Technology 184 NCAA Qualifier
Josh Zupancic Stanford RSJR 3.66 American Studies 157 7th Place NCAA
Nick Baima Northern Iowa SR 3.65 Philosophy & Humanitie 165 Round of 12
Damian Swietlik American SR 3.63 Business/International 149 5th EIWA
Alex Clemsen Edinboro SR 3.63 Marketing & Finance 184 4th Place NCAA
Newly McSpadden Oklahoma State SO 3.60 Sociology 157 NCAA Qualifier
Brandon Mason Oklahoma State SO 3.60 Biology/Pre-Med 174 5th Place NCAA
Cody Midlam Duquesne JR 3.58 Pharmacy 157 NCAA Qualifier
Jason D. Stripling South Dakota State JR 3.56 Civil Engineering 285 22-6
Christian Smith Liberty SR 3.54 Social Science 125 NCAA Qualifier
Aaron Glover Duke JR 3.53 Psychology/Markets & Management Studies 165 4th place ACC
Chris Vondruska Ohio State GRAD 3.53 Sport & Exercise Humanities 165 NCAA Qualifier
Eric Luedke Iowa SR 3.49 Health & Sports Studies 174 3rd Place NCAA
Dustin Noack UC Davis SO 3.49 Animal Science 165 NCAA Qualifier
Daniel Shvartsman Duke SR 3.48 Economics History & Russian 149 3rd ACC
Lior Zamir Penn JR 3.47 Finance 184 NCAA Qualifier
Kyle Anson Northern Iowa RSFR 3.46 Accounting 133 NCAA Qualifier
Justin Herbert Franklin & Marshall SO 3.43 Environmental Science 165 16-10
Maxwell Askren Missouri RSFR 3.42 Undeclared 197 NCAA Qualifier
Jared Ricotta Duquesne SR 3.41 Health Management 184 NCAA Qualifier
Tim Frank Duquesne SR 3.39 Entrepreneur 197 2nd East Region
Colby Goetsch Northern Iowa SR 3.36 Math & Finance 157 20-9
Eric Parker CS-Bakersfield SR 3.35 History 285 16-8
Craig Brester Nebraska SO 3.35 Mechanized Systems Management 197 NCAA Qualifier
Nathan Morgan Oklahoma State JR 3.34 Civil Engineering 141 4th Place NCAA
Ryan Williams Old Dominion SO 3.33 Business Management 141 3rd CAA
Chad Sportelli Kent State RSSR 3.33 Sports Management 125 NCAA Qualifier
Tony Lyssiotis Eastern Michigan SR 3.32 Political Science 197 21-12
Mike Cannon American SO 3.31 Business Administration 165 NCAA Qualifier
Ryan Hluschak Drexel JR 3.31 Business-Marketing 157 8th Place NCAA
Ryan Osgood Northern Iowa SR 3.30 Criminology 149 NCAA Qualifier
John Heleniak Millersville SO 3.29 English Education 174 NCAA Qualifier
Seth A. Martin Lock Haven SR 3.29 Health-Physical Education 157 NCAA Qualifier
T.J. Morrison Rider JR 3.29 Entrepreneurial 197 NCAA Qualifier
Mike Tamillow Northwestern JR 3.26 Learning & Organizational Change 197 7th Place NCAA
Andrew Anderson Northern Iowa RSSO 3.23 Business Management 197 NCAA Qualifier
Luke Feist Stanford RSSO 3.22 Civil Engineering 174 NCAA Qualifier
C.P. Schlatter Minnesota JR 3.22 Nursing 157 6th Place NCAA
Jake Strayer Penn State JR 3.22 Kinesiology 133 7th Place NCAA
Brian Perry Stanford RSSR 3.21 Economics 165 NCAA Qualifier
Ben Askren Missouri SR 3.19 Geography 174 1st Place NCAA
Jordan Leen Cornell SO 3.15 Nutritional Studies 149 8th Place NCAA
Matthew Stolpinski Navy JR 3.10 General Science 174 4th Place NCAA
Jake Herbert Northwestern SR 3.06 Communication Studies 184 1st Place NCAA
Mike Pucillo Ohio State RSFR 3.05 Communications 184 6th Place NCAA
Bubba Gritter Central Michigan SR 3.02 Physical Education 285 5th Place NCAA
Jeff Jaggers Ohio State SO 3.00 Communications 141 7th Place NCAA
The 2006-07 Top 30 teams has a new champion, as Duke University edged Stanford and last year's winner, Brown - with an overall team GPA of 3.3861. Coach Clar Anderson's squad has continually excelled in the class room.
Stanford came in second as second-year coach Kerry McCoy's squad sported a 3.368, followed by Princeton - one of two Ivy League schools in the Top 10. The Tigers scored a 3.1890 amongst its 12 combined entries.
Brown didn't fall too far from the top as Dave Amato's team came in third with a team GPA of 3.3649.
Northern Iowa rounded out the top five and is one of two West Region/Western Wrestling Conference teams in the Top 10. The Panthers came in fifth with a 3.1441 overall GPA.
Rounding out the Top 10 were: Duquesne (East Region, 3.1036), American (EIWA, 3.0950), Drexel (CAA, 3.0383), Northwestern (Big Ten, 3.0152) and North Dakota State (3.0151).
North Dakota State makes the list in its first full season as a Division I championship-eligible team.
A pair of NCAA Champions found their way onto the All-Academic Team in the form of Missouri's senior 174-pounder Ben Askren and Northwestern junior 184-pounder Jake Herbert.
Askren repped a 3.19 GPA in Geography to compliment his undefeated season, while Herbert's 3.06 in Communication Studies complimented his own undefeated season.
Business major Tyler McCormick of Missouri had the top GPA among wrestlers that were All-Americans in 2007. The junior sported an impressive 3.95 in Business Management
Among Bucky Maughan's North Dakota State wrestlers, 197-pounder Jacob Bryce came in third overall with a 3.93 in Business Administration. Brown had two wrestlers in the Top 10 individually - Shawn Kitchner (Mechanical Engineering, 3.92) and Levon Mock (Commerce, 3.75).
Boise State's Luke Smith had a 3.88 in Biology, good for fourth. The rest of the Top 10 were: Tanner Gardner, Stanford (Public Policy, 3.88); Dustin Tillman, Columbia (Political Science, 3.85); Max Dean, Indiana (Marketing Operations Management, 3.83); Wynn Michalak, Central Michigan (Mathematics, Physical Education, 3.81) and Jason Trulson, Arizona State (Biolgy, 3.74).
Overall, of the 57 wrestlers named to the All-Academic Team, 38 different schools were represented with American, Brown, Central Michigan, Duke, Duquesne, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, and Stanford all having more than one representative.
Northern Iowa led all schools with five wrestlers named All-Academic.
By weight class, 165 and 197 pounds had the most representatives, with 10 in each weight.
"This is something the NWCA, it's board members and staff are always pleased to announce," said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. "It's one thing to always talk about how good these guys are on the mat, but we must remember that academics are more important than any particular sport, and it's great to see these programs doing it in the classroom."
"What I'm most pleased about this year is the cross-section of teams in the Top 25," added Moyer. "It's not just your Ivy League teams or your highly-competitive academic environments, it's schools from the little conferences as well as the power conferences that are ensuring their wrestlers are becoming suited for life after college."
For teams to be eligible for consideration, teams comprise 12 student athletes, including the 10 wrestlers that were the entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. If teams had less than 10 entries for their respective qualifier, they may fill those spots with wrestlers that competed in at least one varsity dual during the season.
Individually, wrestlers must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, been an NCAA qualifier or won 60 percent of his total schedule - and must have competed in at least 60 percent of said schedule. The other way to qualify for the All-Academic team is have a 3.0 cumulative and been an NCAA All-American.
NWCA All-Academic Wrestling Team 2006-07
Top 30 All-Academic Teams
Rank School Name Actual GPA
1 Duke University 3.3861
2 Stanford University 3.368
3 Brown University 3.3649
4 Princeton University 3.189
5 University of Northern Iowa 3.1441
6 Duquesne University 3.1036
7 American University 3.095
8 Drexel University 3.0383
9 Northwestern University 3.0152
10 North Dakota State University 3.0151
11 Davidson College 2.991
12 Eastern Michigan University 2.9755
13 California State University-Bakersfield 2.9441
14 Univeristy of North Carolina-Greensboro 2.915
15 Central Michigan University 2.9116
16 Northern Illinois University 2.9075
17 Penn State University 2.8991
18 Lock Haven University 2.894
19 Harvard University 2.8871
20 Purdue University 2.8791
21 Columbia University 2.868
22 Cornell University 2.8516
23 University of California-Davis 2.8408
24 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2.8301
25 Oklahoma State University 2.8213
26 Kent State University 2.8134
27 US Naval Academy 2.8116
28 University of Missouri-Columbia 2.8078
29 Indiana University-Bloomington 2.7929
30 Michigan State University 2.7902
All-Academic Team
Name School Year GPA Major Weight Accomplishments
Tyler McCormick Missouri JR 3.95 Business 133 6th Place NCAA
Jacob Bryce North Dakota State SO 3.93 Business Administration 197 NCAA Qualifier
Shawn Kitchner Brown SR 3.92 Mechanical Engineering 165 NCAA Qualifier
Luke Smith Boise State SO 3.88 Biology 184 27-16
Tanner Gardner Stanford RSJR 3.88 BA Public Policy/ MA Sociology 125 7th Place NCAA
Dustin Tillman Columbia SR 3.85 Political Science 165 17-11
Max Dean Indiana SR 3.83 Marketing Operations Management 165 NCAA Qualifier
Wynn Michalak Central Michigan SR 3.81 Mathematics & Physical Education 197 NCAA Qualifier
Levon Mock Brown JR 3.75 Commerce, Organizations & Entrepreneurship 285 NCAA Qualifier
Jason Trulson Arizona State SR 3.74 Biology 197 NCAA Qualifier
Greg Perz Eastern Illinois RSJR 3.73 Industrial Technology 184 NCAA Qualifier
Josh Zupancic Stanford RSJR 3.66 American Studies 157 7th Place NCAA
Nick Baima Northern Iowa SR 3.65 Philosophy & Humanitie 165 Round of 12
Damian Swietlik American SR 3.63 Business/International 149 5th EIWA
Alex Clemsen Edinboro SR 3.63 Marketing & Finance 184 4th Place NCAA
Newly McSpadden Oklahoma State SO 3.60 Sociology 157 NCAA Qualifier
Brandon Mason Oklahoma State SO 3.60 Biology/Pre-Med 174 5th Place NCAA
Cody Midlam Duquesne JR 3.58 Pharmacy 157 NCAA Qualifier
Jason D. Stripling South Dakota State JR 3.56 Civil Engineering 285 22-6
Christian Smith Liberty SR 3.54 Social Science 125 NCAA Qualifier
Aaron Glover Duke JR 3.53 Psychology/Markets & Management Studies 165 4th place ACC
Chris Vondruska Ohio State GRAD 3.53 Sport & Exercise Humanities 165 NCAA Qualifier
Eric Luedke Iowa SR 3.49 Health & Sports Studies 174 3rd Place NCAA
Dustin Noack UC Davis SO 3.49 Animal Science 165 NCAA Qualifier
Daniel Shvartsman Duke SR 3.48 Economics History & Russian 149 3rd ACC
Lior Zamir Penn JR 3.47 Finance 184 NCAA Qualifier
Kyle Anson Northern Iowa RSFR 3.46 Accounting 133 NCAA Qualifier
Justin Herbert Franklin & Marshall SO 3.43 Environmental Science 165 16-10
Maxwell Askren Missouri RSFR 3.42 Undeclared 197 NCAA Qualifier
Jared Ricotta Duquesne SR 3.41 Health Management 184 NCAA Qualifier
Tim Frank Duquesne SR 3.39 Entrepreneur 197 2nd East Region
Colby Goetsch Northern Iowa SR 3.36 Math & Finance 157 20-9
Eric Parker CS-Bakersfield SR 3.35 History 285 16-8
Craig Brester Nebraska SO 3.35 Mechanized Systems Management 197 NCAA Qualifier
Nathan Morgan Oklahoma State JR 3.34 Civil Engineering 141 4th Place NCAA
Ryan Williams Old Dominion SO 3.33 Business Management 141 3rd CAA
Chad Sportelli Kent State RSSR 3.33 Sports Management 125 NCAA Qualifier
Tony Lyssiotis Eastern Michigan SR 3.32 Political Science 197 21-12
Mike Cannon American SO 3.31 Business Administration 165 NCAA Qualifier
Ryan Hluschak Drexel JR 3.31 Business-Marketing 157 8th Place NCAA
Ryan Osgood Northern Iowa SR 3.30 Criminology 149 NCAA Qualifier
John Heleniak Millersville SO 3.29 English Education 174 NCAA Qualifier
Seth A. Martin Lock Haven SR 3.29 Health-Physical Education 157 NCAA Qualifier
T.J. Morrison Rider JR 3.29 Entrepreneurial 197 NCAA Qualifier
Mike Tamillow Northwestern JR 3.26 Learning & Organizational Change 197 7th Place NCAA
Andrew Anderson Northern Iowa RSSO 3.23 Business Management 197 NCAA Qualifier
Luke Feist Stanford RSSO 3.22 Civil Engineering 174 NCAA Qualifier
C.P. Schlatter Minnesota JR 3.22 Nursing 157 6th Place NCAA
Jake Strayer Penn State JR 3.22 Kinesiology 133 7th Place NCAA
Brian Perry Stanford RSSR 3.21 Economics 165 NCAA Qualifier
Ben Askren Missouri SR 3.19 Geography 174 1st Place NCAA
Jordan Leen Cornell SO 3.15 Nutritional Studies 149 8th Place NCAA
Matthew Stolpinski Navy JR 3.10 General Science 174 4th Place NCAA
Jake Herbert Northwestern SR 3.06 Communication Studies 184 1st Place NCAA
Mike Pucillo Ohio State RSFR 3.05 Communications 184 6th Place NCAA
Bubba Gritter Central Michigan SR 3.02 Physical Education 285 5th Place NCAA
Jeff Jaggers Ohio State SO 3.00 Communications 141 7th Place NCAA
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