NWCA announces 2019-20 Academic Honors for men’s and women’s programs

Updated: June 12, 2020

Drexel, Maryville, Case Western Reserve, Embry Riddle, The University of The Cumberlands and Adrian College head up the 2020 National Wrestling Coaches Association’s Academic honors, within each division, which were based school’s cumulative grade point averages in 2019-20.

Each division’s leadership group established the criteria for their awards and how many teams are recognized. The National Junior College Athletic Association does not have a team award at this time.

The NWCA has also selected individual Academic All-Americans per division. WIN Magazine will list all of those Academic All-Americans in the June digital issue that will come out June 20. Click here or call 888-305-0606 to subscribe to WIN.

The following are the top college men’s and women’s academic wrestling programs, within the different divisions of the NCAA and NAIA.

NCAA Division I Schools – Men’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	Drexel University	3.590
2	American University	3.550
3	Harvard University	3.496
4	Gardner-Webb University	3.422
5	Utah Valley University	3.402
6	Stanford University	3.386
7	Sacred Heart University	3.377
8	Hofstra University	3.369
9	George Mason University	3.322
10	North Dakota State University	3.309
11	The Citadel	3.296
12	Franklin & Marshall College	3.294
13	Bucknell University	3.277
14	Northwestern University	3.276
15	Old Dominion University	3.251
16	North Carolina State University	3.250
17	Central Michigan University	3.240
18	Kent State University	3.232
19	Columbia University	3.232
20	Princeton University	3.229
21	Cornell University	3.222
22	Lock Haven University	3.220
23	Bloomsburg University	3.218
24	Duke University	3.208
25	Brown University	3.204
26	University of Northern Colorado	3.192
27	University of Oklahoma	3.181
28	Purdue University	3.163
29	Arizona State University	3.159
30	Cleveland State University	3.158

NCAA Division II Schools – Men’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	Maryville University	3.695
2	University of Indianapolis	3.513
3	Colorado School of Mines	3.384
4	Colorado Mesa	3.343
5	Augustana University	3.336
6	Mercyhurst University	3.334
7	Drury University	3.334
8	University of Nebraska at Kearney	3.310
9	Fort Hays State University	3.303
10	Newman University	3.269
11	Minnesota State University, Mankato	3.262
12	Northern State University	3.261
13	Urbana University	3.260
14	Chadron State College	3.222
15	Findlay	3.189
16	Gannon University	3.170
17	Ashland University	3.145
18	Seton Hill University	3.142
19	UW-Parkside	3.111
20	CSU Pueblo	3.083

NCAA Division III Schools – Men’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	Case Western Reserve University	3.817
2	Ithaca College	3.731
3	Stevens Institute of Technology	3.678
4	Washington & Lee University	3.674
5	Johns Hopkins	3.621
6	Springfield College	3.611
7	Wabash College	3.587
8	Wesleyan University	3.581
9	Augsburg University	3.567
10	Baldwin Wallace	3.550
11	University of Chicago	3.548
12	Williams College	3.527
13	Castleton University	3.524
14	Muhlenberg College	3.523
15	WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)	3.516
16	Olivet College	3.504
17	Roger Williams University	3.493
18	Trine University	3.475
19	Heidelberg University	3.469
20	New York University	3.465
21	York College of Pennsylvania	3.459
22	Johnson & Wales University	3.457
23	Ohio Northern University	3.453
24	Southern Virginia University	3.448
25	UW Eau Claire	3.440

NAIA Schools – Men’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	3.397
2	MSU-Northern	3.368
3	Morningside College	3.358
4	Indiana Tech	3.348
5	Graceland University	3.338
6	Grand View	3.310
7	Eastern Oregon University	3.291
8	Hastings College	3.276
9	Southeastern University	3.233
10	Baker University	3.214
11	Missouri Baptist University	3.213
12	University of the Cumberlands	3.199
13	Life University	3.154
14	Menlo College	3.152
15	University of Saint Mary	3.113

NAIA Schools – Women’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	University of the Cumberlands	3.545
2	Life University	3.544
3	Menlo College	3.486
4	Oklahoma City University	3.322

NCAA Schools – Women’s

Rank	Institution	GPA
1	Adrian College	3.645
2	King University	3.383
3	Colorado Mesa University	3.406
4	Gannon University	3.329
5	Lindenwood University	3.279
6	Augsburg University	3.060