May 222013
 

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams for the 2012-13 wrestling season, and the North Dakota State wrestling program has posted the 11th-best team grade point average in the country for the second consecutive year.

The Bison registered a 3.129 team cumulative GPA 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. This is the third straight year that NDSU has appeared on the NWCA All-Academic Top 30 list. Continue reading »

May 212013
 

Simley’s Jake Short and Apple Valley’s Jaryn Pipkins made history Tuesday as winners of the St. Paul Downtown Lions Club amateur athlete of the year awards during a banquet at the Prom Center in Oakdale.

Short, the top-ranked 152-pound wrestler in the nation, is the first winner from the Inver Grove Heights-based high school.

Pipkins, a basketball and track and field standout, is the third winner from Apple Valley, but first female winner from the high school. Continue reading at www.twincities.com

May 212013
 

Nick Dardanes, Scott Schiller, and Kevin Steinhaus receive individual recognition

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 Teams and Individual All-Academic wrestling team for the 2012-13 wrestling season.

There were a total of 10 teams showing up on the All-Academic squad that finished in the top 30 at this year’s NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Leading the way was 3x defending team champs Penn State and runner-up and third place finishers Oklahoma State and Minnesota. Minnesota landed at the No. 23 spot with a 3.069 cumulative GPA. Continue reading »

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