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Schlatter named NWCA Academic All-American

May 17, 2005

University of Minnesota redshirt freshman C.P. Schlatter has been selected to the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Academic All-American Team. The St. Paris, Ohio, native sports a 3.267 grade-point-average in pre-medicine.

Schlatter qualified for his first NCAA Championship last March after placing fourth at the Big Ten Championships. After recovering from an offseason knee injury, Schlatter overcame a mid-season weight change to 157 pounds, as well as a skin infection suffered late during the regular season. He finished with a 17-11 record in his first full season with the Golden Gophers.

Each year the NWCA honors its Academic Top Thirty Division I wrestling teams, as well as an individual All-Academic Team.

Brown University captured honors as being the top ranked academic wrestling team with a team GPA 3.2762. This is the first time that Brown was honored with this achievement. The Bears were closely followed by Princeton University with a 3.2125 followed by Stanford University (3.1758), Duquesne University (3.1522) and Central Michigan (3.1267). Rounding out the top ten teams in order were: Columbia University, Sacred Heart University, George Mason University, West Virginia University and Cornell University. Cornell University was the lone team to finish in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships with a fourth place finish and top ten academically. Team rankings are selected by taking the average GPA of each team’s starting ten wrestlers along with two backups that wrestled in at least one varsity match. The average grade point average of the top-30 teams was 3.037.

The Division I All-Academic individual team was headlined by NCAA Champions Zach Esposito of Oklahoma State University, Ryan Bertin of Michigan and Greg Jones of West Virginia University. All three wrestlers also earned All-Academic honors in 2004. Bertin is a four-time All-Academic award winner while achieving All-American honors on the wrestling mat four times. NCAA Runner-ups Ben Askren of Missouri and Kyle Ott of Illinois have also been named to the All-Academic team for the second consecutive year.

The University of Michigan and Central Michigan University tied for the most members on the All-Academic team with four each. This year’s All-Academic team was composed of wrestlers from 35 universities, 55 NCAA qualifiers, and 20 All-Americans. The average GPA of the team was a 3.4165.

The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) commands the absolute belief that intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the educational mission. Wrestling has established a clear and undeniable track record of developing student-athletes with a high degree of integrity, discipline, and perseverance

“On behalf of the NWCA Board of Directors I would like to congratulate the student-athletes and coaches who are being honored with 2005 NWCA All-Academic recognition. This achievement is a testament to the hard work and dedication that the athletes have exhibited in the wrestling room and classroom,” commented NWCA President Ron Beaschler.

2005 NWCA Division I All-Academic Team

School, Name, Year, G.P.A, Major Accomplishment

NWCA All-Academic Top 30 Teams

Rank, School Name/Team, GPA

  1. Brown University, 3.2762
  2. University,Princeton Univerity, 3.2125
  3. Stanford University, 3.1758
  4. Duquesne University, 3.1522
  5. Central Michigan University, 3.1267
  6. Columbia University, 3.1069
  7. Sacred Heart University, 3.1055
  8. George Mason University, 3.0875
  9. West Virginia University, 3.075
  10. Cornell University, 3.0742
  11. University of Michigan, 3.0523
  12. University of Maryland, 3.0498
  13. Slipperry Rock University, 3.0488
  14. Oklahoma State University, 3.026
  15. Northwestern University, 3.0243
  16. Lock Haven University of PA, 3.0206
  17. University Of Northern Iowa, 3.0175
  18. Harvard University, 2.9917
  19. Cleveland State University, 2.9917
  20. Drexel University, 2.9742
  21. Penn State University, 2.965
  22. University of Virginia, 2.9647
  23. University of Missouri, 2.9634
  24. University of Oklahoma, 2.9542
  25. Illinois University, 2.9542
  26. Gardner Webb University, 2.9517
  27. Indiana University, 2.9514
  28. Millersville University of PA, 2.945
  29. University of Pennsylvania, 2.9342
  30. Rider University, 2.926