BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Four South
Dakota State University wrestling student-athletes have been
selected to the Western Wrestling Conference All-Academic team and
Commissioner’s Honor roll for the 2006-07 season.
Earning recognition on the WWC All-Academic team were junior Jason Stripling, sophomore Jeff Cooley and redshirt freshman Chris Moran. Senior Brad Gregory was the lone
representative on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete had to
secure a minimum of a 3.25 grade-point average, be a starter or key
reserve and a sophomore or higher in academic standing.
Stripling, a civil engineering major and Minneota, Minn., native, made
the squad with a 3.56 GPA, while Cooley, also a civil engineering
major, checked in with a 3.376 GPA. Moran, a Rapid City native,
compiled a 3.408 in biology.
Gregory, a senior from Glenwood, Iowa, made the Western Wrestling
Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a 3.081 GPA in Manufacturing
Engineering Technology.
SDSU's three selections to the academic squad were tied with Utah
Valley State for the most of any school.
South Dakota State ended the 2006-07 season with an 8-8-1 record and
placed three wrestlers in the finals of the NCAA West Regional on March
3.