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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Wrestling Team Places 17 on Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

A GWU wrestler is declared the winner

Four Student-Athletes Receive All-Conference Academic Recognition, with Two Earning Commissioner Medals

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—The Southern Conference (SoCon) has named 17 members of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï wrestling team to its Academic Honor Roll. Four team members also received All-Conference Academic recognition, and two earned the Commissioner Medal.

Representing the Runnin’ Bulldogs among the 2,734 student athletes across the SoCon on the Honor Roll team include:

  • Todd Carter, business administration.
  • Ty Edwards, biology.
  • Rocky Files, physical and health education.
  • Gunther Gerstenacker, exercise science.
  • Jeffrey Jacome, exercise science.
  • James Johnson, business administration.
  • Hunter Jones, sport management
  • Tyler Lamon, management.
  • Brendan Martin, undecided.
  • Nathan Pepin, biology.
  • Ty Porter, exercise science.
  • Jackson Potts, exercise science.
  • Matthew Roland, political science and international affairs.
  • Max Salerno, criminal justice administration.
  • Charlie Sly, biochemistry.
  • Isaac Stocker, sport management.
  • George Wilson, biology.

The SoCon Academic Honor Roll was established to recognize the conference’s academic success and consists of student-athletes who participated in conference-sponsored varsity sports and posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher for the academic year.

The award differs from the Academic All-Conference award, which is determined by cumulative grade point average and involves a participation requirement. Achieving this honor were Carter, Jacome, Pepin, and Wilson.

, who finished with a 3.97 GPA while completing his degree in business administration, and , who maintained a 3.84 GPA while majoring in biology, were recognized with the Commissioner Medal from the Southern Conference. They were among 846 student-athletes in the league who attained a grade point average of 3.80 or higher throughout the year.

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