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Fighting Illini wrestler John Lockhart was named a second team academic All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
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April 27, 2000
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Fighting Illini wrestler John Lockhart has been named a second team academic All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). Lockhart, a sophomore from Mahomet, Ill., has a cumulative grade point average of 3.28 and is majoring in kinesiology. He finished seventh in the nation during the 1999-2000 season at heavyweight and compiled a 32-7 record for the Illini.
The top Division I Wrestling Academic team during the 2000 year is Princeton, with a GPA of 3.3735 for the team members. Stanford ranks No. 2, with a 3.3080 GPA, followed by Brown with a 3.1767 GPA, Boston College with a 3.1407 GPA and Drexel with a 3.1018 GPA. Rounding out the top ten teams are Campbell, Cleveland State, Harvard, Duquesne and Ohio University.
The First Team is led by a pair of NCAA Champions, Cael Sanderson of Iowa State and Brad Vering of Nebraska. Sanderson, the 184-pound champion as a sophomore, has a 3.02 GPA in Art and Design. Vering, the 197-pound champion as a junior, has a 3.07 GPA in Diversified Ag. Studies.
Iowa State has the most First Team members with three, including Cael Sanderson, his older brother Cody Sanderson and Joe Heskett. Others on the First Team include Robert Rohn of Lehigh, Brandon Eggum of Minnesota, Richard Springman of Pennsylvania, Kirk White of Boise State, Larry Quisel of Boise State, Nick Muzashvili of Michigan State and Zachary Breitenbach of North Carolina State.
Iowa State also had the most total Academic All-Americans with five. A total of 27 universities had at least one Academic All-Americans this year.
2000 NWCA TOP 5 DIVISION I WRESTLING ACADEMIC TEAMS
| University | GPA |
| 1. Princeton University | 3.3735 |
| 2. Stanford | 3.3080 |
| 3. Brown University | 3.1767 |
| 4. Boston College | 3.1407 |
| 5. Drexel University | 3.1018 |
2000 NWCA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM:
| Cody Sanderson | Sr. | Iowa State | Pre-Med | 2nd NCAA | 3.5 |
| Cael Sanderson | So. | Iowa State | Art and Design | National Champ | 3.02 |
| Joe Heskett | So. | Iowa State | Speech Communication | 2nd NCAA | 3.15 |
| Brad Vering | Jr. | Nebraska | Diversified Ag. Studies | National Champ | 3.07 |
| Robert Rohn | So. | Lehigh | Accounting | 5th NCAA | 3.53 |
| Brandon Eggum | Sr. | Minnesota | APEC | 3rd NCAA | 3.15 |
| Richard Springman | Jr. | Pennsylvania | Mechanical Engineering | 5th NCAA | 3.25 |
| Kirk White | Sr. | Boise State | PE, Secondary Education | 5th NCAA | 3.53 |
| Larry Quisel | Sr. | Boise State | Civil Engineering | 2nd NCAA | 3.173 |
| Nick Muzashvili | Sr. | Michigan State | Supply Chain Management | 4th NCAA | 3.000 |
| Zachary Breitenbach | Jr. | N.Carolina State | Zoology | 3.992 | |
SECOND TEAM
| Kevin Baltz | Jr. | UT-Chattanooga | Law | NCAA Qualifier | 3.833 |
| John Cristian | Jr. | Campbell | Psychology | NCAA Qualifier | 3.87 |
| Billy Greene | Sr. | Campbell | Mathematics | NCAA Qualifier | 3.8 |
| Brandon Dansie | Sr. | Wyoming | Economics | 2nd Western Reg. | 3.763 |
| Matthew Picarsic | Jr. | Harvard | Economics | 3rd EIWA | 3.93 |
| Corey Hamrick | Sr. | Wyoming | Phys. Ed. - Teaching | NCAA Qualifier | 3.667 |
| Eric Schmiesing | Jr. | Hofstra | Applied Economics | 5th NCAA | 3.04 |
| Bryan Snyder | So. | Nebraska | Communication | 5th NCAA | 3.08 |
| John Lockhart | So. | Illinois | Kinesiology | 7th NCAA | 3.28 |
| Nathan Rickman | Jr. | James Madison | Intgr. Science & Technology | NCAA Qualifier | 3.696 |
| Clayton Hackerman | Sr. | Stanford | Linguistics | 3.72 | |
HONORABLE MENTION
| Clint Osborn | So. | North Carolina | English/Economics | NCAA Qualifier | 3.64 |
| Carl Fronhofer | Fr. | Pittsburgh | Undecided | NCAA Qualifier | 3.64 |
| David Dietrich | So. | Drexel | Elementary Education | NCAA Qualifier | 3.56 |
| Daniel Bednar | Jr. | Ohio | Chemical Engineering | NCAA Qualifier | 3.514 |
| Joe Henson | So. | Nebraska | Social Sciences | NCAA Qualifier | 3.51 |
| Jeff Knupp | So. | Penn State | Chemical Engineering | NCAA Qualifier | 3.53 |
| Rudy Ruiz II | Sr. | Stanford | Linguistics | NCAA Qualifier | 3.52 |
| Kevin Kurtz | Sr. | Harvard | Economics | 4th EIWA | 3.5 |
| Gregory Sawyer | So. | Seton Hall | Special Ed/Elementary Ed | 2nd ECWA | 3.511 |
| Nick Mengerink | Jr. | Pittsburgh | Biological Science | NCAA Qualifier | 3.43 |
| Jamie Groudle | Sr. | North Carolina | Business | 3rd ACC | 3.39 |
| Tony Wieland | Sr. | Northern Iowa | Junior HS Science Teaching | NCAA Qualifier | 3.44 |
| Steven Pregiato | Jr. | Boston College | Accounting | 3rd ECWA | 3.356 |
| Gerald Harris | So. | Cleveland State | Undecided | 3.28 | |
| Owen Elzen | So. | Minnesota | Pre-Kinesiology | NCAA Qualifier | 3.27 |
| Mike Fickell | Jr. | Pennsylvania | Finance & Management | NCAA Qualifier | 3.29 |
| Jonathan Gough | Sr. | Pennsylvania | Biological Basis of Behavior | NCAA Qualifier | 3.156 |
| Dionisios Papadatos | Jr. | Hofsta | Exercise Specialist | NCAA Qualifier | 3.294 |
| Dawid Rechul | So. | Harvard | Biology | 2nd EIWA | 3.25 |
| Charles Sageman | Fr. | Michigan State | Electrical Engineering | 3.214 | |
| Jeremy Sell | Sr. | Wyoming | Chemical Engineering | 2nd WAC | 3.298 |
| Raymond Stofko | Sr. | Drexel | Business and Administration | NCAA Qualifier | 3.31 |
| Phillip Mansueto | So. | Cleveland State | Education | 3.21 | |
| Kyle Hansen | So. | Northern Iowa | Construction Management | NCAA Qualifier | 3.15 |
| David Ilaria | So. | Seton Hall | Undecided | 3rd ECWA | 3.22 |
| Ed Mosley | Sr. | Harvard | Biology | NCAA Qualifier | 3.15 |
| Karl Nadolsky, Jr. | Fr. | Michigan State | Pre-Medical | NCAA Qualifier | 3.22 |
| Brad Wright | Sr. | Ohio | Business | NCAA Qualifier | 3.22 |
| Travis Kraft | So. | Eastern Michigan | Communications | 4th Mid-Amer | 3.116 |
| Mark Knauer | Jr. | Iowa State | Agriculture Education | NCAA Qualifier | 3.13 |
| Cole Sanderson | Jr. | Iowa State | Dietetics | NCAA Qualifier | 3.1 |
| Fikret Darzanoff | Jr. | Seton Hall | Criminal Justice | 2nd ECWA | 3.176 |
| Shane Hartzler | Jr. | Ohio | Education | 3rd Mid-Amer | 3.1146 |
| K.C. Rock | Sr. | Boise State | PE, Secondary Education | NCAA Qualifier | 3.076 |
