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(Lock Haven, Pa.) – The
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania NCAA Division I Wrestling
team earned recognition as one of the nation’s top academic
teams as released by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
The Bald Eagle squad was 13th on the NWCA’s
Top 25 Division I Wrestling Academic Teams list, sporting a
cumulative 3.024 grade point average for the 2000-2001 school
year.
Leading the way this season was Princeton University,
which established a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.430 over the year.
Stanford University (3.235), Boston College (3.226),
Harvard University (3.223), and Central Michigan University
(3.187), respectively, rounded out the top five academic teams.
Lock Haven was the only ranked program from the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and among Eastern
Wrestling League programs, was second only to #8 Cleveland State
University, whose wrestlers earned a 3.136 grade point average.
A total of 11 teams listed among the nation’s premier
academic squads also finished in the top 25 at the 2001 NCAA
Division I National Wrestling Championships, including the Bald
Eagles. In fact,
the LHU grapplers are the highest-ranked team academically among
those select programs.
The Lock Haven wrestling team, led by Head Coach Carl
Poff, finished 21st at the 2001 national
championships following a record-setting season in which they
went 21-2 in dual meets and captured the PSAC tournament title.
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