For the fourth straight season, the NDSU wrestling program is listed among the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s annual Division I All-Academic Top 30 teams for the 2013-14 wrestling season.
The Bison registered a 3.061 team cumulative grade-point average to rank 26th in the nation using a system that includes 12 student-athletes from each program, 10 of which come from the wrestlers that were entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. NDSU has appeared in the top 30 every season since 2010-11.
Senior 165-pound All-American Steven Monk and junior heavyweight Evan Knutson were named to the association’s Individual All-Academic Team, making NDSU one of 21 Division I schools with multiple individual honorees. It was the second NWCA All-Academic recognition of Knutson’s career and the first for Monk.
Monk registered a 3.226 cumulative undergraduate grade-point average and placed third at the NCAA championships to become the highest national finisher in NDSU history. Knutson posted a 3.675 cumulative grade-point average and made his second appearance at the NCAA championships.
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education