The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams for the 2013-14 wrestling season, and the North Dakota State wrestling program is among the nation’s top 30 for the fourth straight season.
The Bison registered a 3.061 team cumulative GPA to rank 26th in the nation using a system that includes 12 student-athletes from each program, 10 of which come from the wrestlers that were entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. NDSU has appeared in the top 30 every season since 2010-11.
Senior 165-pound All-American Steven Monk and junior heavyweight Evan Knutson were named to the NWCA Individual All-Academic Team, making NDSU one of 21 Division I schools with multiple individual honorees. It was the second NWCA All-Academic recognition of Knutson’s career and the first for Monk.
Monk registered a 3.226 cumulative undergraduate GPA and placed third at the NCAA Championships in March to become the highest national finisher in NDSU history. Knutson posted a 3.675 cumulative GPA and made his second appearance at the NCAA Championships.
NWCA All-Academic Team Top 30
1. Harvard, 3.3657
2. Old Dominion, 3.32
3. Gardner-Webb, 3.3167
4. Appalachian State, 3.31
4. Brown, 3.31
6. Duke, 3.304
7. Bucknell, 3.3
8. Stanford, 3.235
9. American, 3.21
10. Penn State, 3.1831
11. Oklahoma, 3.16
11. Ohio, 3.16
13. Kent State, 3.159
14. Drexel, 3.142
15. Indiana, 3.114
16. Virginia Tech, 3.103
17. Lehigh, 3.1
17. Cornell, 3.1
17. Princeton, 3.1
20. Oklahoma State, 3.0978
21. Utah Valley, 3.097
22. Minnesota, 3.094
23. Northwestern, 3.08
24. Ohio State, 3.066
24. Michigan, 3.066
26. North Dakota State, 3.061
27. The Citadel, 3.058
28. Nebraska, 3.0576
29. George Mason, 3.052
30. Eastern Michigan, 3.046
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