Wrestling | April 10

MANHEIM, PA—Academic honors continue to roll in for the Northern Illinois University wrestling program as the Huskies earned team scholar All-America honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) on April 10.
 
The Huskies are No. 12 in the nation with a 3.536 team grade point average and the second highest Mid-American Conference school to receive this honor.
 
This is the latest academic award to come for the Huskies after Blake West (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee), Jacob Christensen (Durham, Calif./Durham), Tommy Bennett (Evergreen Park, Ill./Brother Rice), and Collin Arch (Palmyra, Mo./Palmyra) received NWCA Scholar All-American honors on April 2.
 
West, Christensen, Bennett, and Arch were joined by Jake Evans (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria) and Brett Smith (Troy, Mo./Buchanan) in receiving Academic All-MAC honors on April 1.
 
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