University of Northern Iowa Athletics
UNI Wrestling named to NWCA Scholar All-America Team, 4 earn individual honors
5/2/2022 12:41:00 AM | Wrestling
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - UNI wrestling is among the top 20 on NWCA's 2021-2022 Scholar All-America Team list, and four Panthers earned scholar all-America honors.
The NWCA announced the full slate of 2021-2022 Scholar All-America Team and Individual honorees for Division I with awards going to 289 individuals representing 74 institutions.
For the individual awards, NC State and Wisconsin led the list of honorees with eight scholar all-American selections. In all, the Scholar list includes 188 national qualifiers, 56 all-Americans, 13 national finalists, and six national champions.
All four of UNI's 2022 Division I Individual Scholar All-Americans earned a spot at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in March. Parker Keckeisen earned his second all-America honor with a third-place finish.
In the team race, Long Island University finished atop the field with a 3.626 GPA followed by Hofstra's 3.575, and Cleveland State's 3.553.
Wrestling recorded the highest fall GPA among UNI's men's programs in fall 2021. Six Panthers recorded a 4.0 in the fall 2021 semester.
The NWCA announced the full slate of 2021-2022 Scholar All-America Team and Individual honorees for Division I with awards going to 289 individuals representing 74 institutions.
For the individual awards, NC State and Wisconsin led the list of honorees with eight scholar all-American selections. In all, the Scholar list includes 188 national qualifiers, 56 all-Americans, 13 national finalists, and six national champions.
All four of UNI's 2022 Division I Individual Scholar All-Americans earned a spot at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in March. Parker Keckeisen earned his second all-America honor with a third-place finish.
- Kyle Biscoglia,sophomore, 133 pounds, Biology and Biochemistry
- Lance Runyon,redshirt freshman, 174 pounds, Movement and Exercise Science
- Parker Keckeisen, redshirt freshman, 184 pounds, Construction Management
- Tyrell Gordon, sophomore, 285 pounds, Criminology & Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement
In the team race, Long Island University finished atop the field with a 3.626 GPA followed by Hofstra's 3.575, and Cleveland State's 3.553.
Wrestling recorded the highest fall GPA among UNI's men's programs in fall 2021. Six Panthers recorded a 4.0 in the fall 2021 semester.
TOP 30 SCHOLAR TEAM ALL-AMERICA
Rank Institution GPA- Long Island University 3.626
- Hofstra University 3.575
- Cleveland State University 3.553
- North Dakota State University 3.542
- Campbell University 3.484
- Utah Valley University 3.472
- South Dakota State University 3.465
- Stanford University 3.457
- University of Northern Colorado 3.454
- Franklin & Marshall College 3.441
- Davidson 3.428
- George Mason University 3.428
- Central Michigan University 3.427
- Brown University 3.420
- American University 3.419
- Sacred Heart University 3.418
- Cornell University 3.417
- Kent State 3.415
- UNI 3.406
- North Carolina State University 3.402
- Drexel University 3.393
- Harvard University 3.379
- Ohio University 3.378
- Purdue University 3.367
- Duke University 3.366
- Northwestern University 3.343
- UA Little Rock 3.338
- University of Michigan 3.333
- Bucknell University 3.330
- University of Pennsylvania 3.329
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