March
7, 2006
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Twelve Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (IIAC) wrestlers and four IIAC wrestling teams were
recognized by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)
for their academic excellence by earning NWCA Scholar All-American
and NWCA Scholar Team Award honors announced in conjunction
with the NCAA Division III National Championship this past weekend.
Earning
NWCA Scholar All-American honors were:
| Wrestler
(weight class) |
School |
Yr. |
Hometown/High
School |
| Derek
Fuglsang (125) |
Coe |
Jr. |
Maquoketa,
Iowa/Maquoketa |
| John
Ugaste (197) |
Cornell |
Sr. |
Hawthorne
Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich |
| Darrin
Kaisand (174) |
Dubuque |
So. |
Grinnell,
Iowa/Grinnell |
| Kyle
Morrow (157) |
Dubuque |
So. |
Littleton,
Colo./Dakota Ridge |
| Dan
Ruter (133) |
Dubuque |
So. |
Buffalo
Lake, Minn./Buffalo Lake |
| Brad
Bishop (157) |
Loras |
Sr. |
Dixon,
Ill./Dixon |
| Jay
Figgins (197) |
Loras |
So. |
Clinton,
Iowa/Clinton |
| Nate
Hansen (125) |
Luther |
Jr. |
Gregory,
S.D./Gregory |
| Matt
Pyle (149) |
Luther |
Jr. |
Merrill,
Kan./Sabetha |
| Nate
Van Dyke (157) |
Luther |
So. |
Chelsea,
Iowa/South Tama |
| Robert
Kuennen (157) |
Wartburg |
Sr. |
Fort
Atkinson, Iowa/Turkey Valley |
| Ryan
Phillips (197) |
Wartburg |
Jr. |
Burlington,
Iowa/Burlington |
To be eligible for NWCA Scholar All-American honors, the student-athlete
must have a 3.2 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) for the previous, full
academic year and must have placed at the national qualifying
tournament (at least fourth if the national qualifying tournament
is a Conference tournament, or at least sixth for the NECCWA
and IIAC or if the national qualifying tournament is a regional
tournament). If the student-athlete did not qualify for the
National meet, he must have competed in two-thirds of the school’s
total scheduled NCAA sanctioned events and won at least 67 percent
of his matches.
The NWCA
recognized the top-20 teams with cumulative grade point averages
above 3.0. The University of Dubuque was fifth with a 3.38 cumulative
grade point average, Loras College was 14th with a cumulative
GPA of 3.270, Luther College was 15th with a 3.25 cumulative
GPA, and Cornell College was 19th with a 3.14 cumulative GPA.
To be eligible
for the NWCA Scholar Team Award, at least six of the 10-team
members had to compete in the national qualifying tournament.
Up to four members used who did not participate at the qualifying
tournament were required to compete in at least half of the
team’s competitions for the 2005-06 season.
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