MANHEIM, Pa. – Three members of the No. 6 ranked Baker University wrestling team were named 2016 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NAIA All-Academic team award winners for their efforts away from the wrestling mat.
The three Wildcats to earn the award include Kyler Atwood, Colby Crank and Connor Middleton.
To be nominated for consideration for the All-Academic team, a wrestler must have at least a 3.25 grade-point average and be a 2016 NAIA national championship qualifier or have a 3.0 GPA and earned All-American honors at the 2016 championships in Topeka.
In all, 24 All-Americans comprised the 2015-16 NAIA All-Academic team. Twenty-two different schools had at least one representative on the individual team with 17 of those having multiple All-Academic honorees.
All three Wildcats competed in Topeka, Kansas at the 2016 NAIA Wrestling national championships. Atwood qualified in the 197-pound weight class, while Middleton finished as an All-American taking home fifth-place in the 165-pound class.
Crank became Baker’s third wrestling NAIA national champion, by winning the 157-pound national title. He joined Bryce Shoemaker who won the 133-pound championship in 2014 and Victor Hughes who won the 149-pound title in 2016.
| Baker (KS) | Colby Crank | Sr | 157 | Psychology | Champion | 22-2 |
| Baker (KS) | Kyler Atwood | Jr | 197 | Business | Qualifier | 23-15 |
| Baker (KS) | Connor Middleton | Sr | 165 | Business | 5th Place | 29-15 |
| Benedictine College | Stephen Loosbrock | Sr | 197 | Masters in business | Qualifier | 34-8 |
| Calumet | Tyler W McCoy | Sr | 197 | Business Management | Qualifier | 10-8 |
| Campbellsville (Ky.) | Charles Sharon | Jr | 174 | Math | 8th Place | 22-10 |
| Campbellsville (Ky.) | Nathan Knauf | Sr | 197 | Business | Qualifier | 12-7 |
| Campbellsville (Ky.) | Sean Black | So | 165 | 6th Place | 27-13 | |
| Campbellsville (Ky.) | David Sparks | So | 141 | christian studies | Qualifier | 22-14 |
| Concordia (NE) | Foster Bunce | Jr | 149 | Business | Qualifier | 14-11 |
| Concordia (NE) | Ken Burkhardt, Jr. | Jr | 197 | Education | 7th Place | 32-13 |
| Cumberland (Tenn.) | Nate Croley | Jr | 157 | Special Education | 7th Place | 25-6 |
| Cumberland (Tenn.) | Orlando Nawade | Jr | 165 | Mathematics | Qualifier | 22-12 |
| Cumberland (Tenn.) | Peter Donchev | Jr | 165 | Management | Qualifier | 10-16 |
| Cumberland (Tenn.) | Matt Carroll | Jr | 184 | Special Education | Qualifier | 11-12 |
| Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Jade Kramer Hoisington | Sr | 285 | History | Qualifier | 7-12 |
| Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Trever David Devestern | Sr | 165 | Business | 7th Place | 21-4 |
| Dickinson State (N.D.) | Seth Daniel Ehlang | Jr | 149 | Biology | Qualifier | 26-7 |
| Dickinson State (N.D.) | Clinton Taylor Hodel | Sr | 165 | History | 3rd Place | 32-2 |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Anton King | Jr | 149 | Meteorology | 7th Place | 12-14 |
| Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Brenn Schiess | Jr | 157 | Global Security and Intelligence Studies | Qualifier | 23-13 |
| Grand View | Dallas Houchins | Sr | 165 | Applied Math | 2nd Place | 30-4 |
| Grand View | Grant Henderson | So | 157 | Secondary Education - Pre - BA | 2nd Place | 22-6 |
| Great Falls (Mont.) | Justin Whitman | Jr | 141 | Qualifier | 20-21 | |
| Great Falls (Mont.) | Luke Schlosser | Sr | 125 | 5th Place | 26-8 | |
| Great Falls (Mont.) | Michael Ayala | Jr | 174 | Qualifier | 16-15 | |
| Indiana Tech | Darryl Grayson | Sr | 184 | Industrial Manufacturing Engineering | 3rd Place | 37-5 |
| Indiana Tech | Collin Crume | Sr | 133 | Sports Management | 7th Place | 21-16 |
| Indiana Tech | John Weldon | Jr | 165 | Criminal Justice | Qualifier | 32-9 |
| Life University | Garrett Webb | So | 141 | Exercise Science | Qualifier | 23-11 |
| Life University | Dalton Bailey | So | 197 | exercise Science | 4th Place | 37-4 |
| Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | James Flint | So | 125 | Criminal Justice | 4th Place | 22-8 |
| Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Daniel Leonard | Jr | 141 | Psychophysiology | Qualifier | 17-8 |
| Missouri Baptist University | William Upson | Sr | 149 | Exercise Science | Qualifier | 16-2 |
| Missouri Baptist University | Andrew Mahone | So | 197 | Business Administration | Qualifier | 30-12 |
| Missouri Valley | Gabi Musallam | Sr | 285 | Criminal Justice | 3rd Place | 20-3 |
| Missouri Valley | Jake Ekster | Sr | 141 | Biology | 5th Place | 10-4 |
| Missouri Valley | Donovan Fouchey | 197 | Exercise Science | 6th Place | 25-12 | |
| Morningside (Iowa) | Steven Garcia | So | 149 | Integrated Community Service | 4th Place | 27-7 |
| Morningside (Iowa) | Dakota Drenth | Fr | 157 | Elementary Education | Qualifier | 19-14 |
| Northwestern (Iowa) | Zachary Fishman | Sr | 174 | Sociolgy | 5th Place | 29-7 |
| Northwestern (Iowa) | Brandon Shuler | So | 165 | Undecided | Qualifier | 17-14 |
| Oklahoma City | Derek Sivertsen | Jr | 174 | Accounting | 7th Place | 36-12 |
| Southern Oregon | Tyler Cowger | Jr | 149 | HPEL | 2nd Place | 28-6 |
| Wayland Baptist (Texas) | Michael Napier | Sr | 184 | Religion | 5th Place | 30-8 |
| Williams Baptist College | Joshua Chiles | So | 197 | Biology | Qualifier | 27-10 |
| Williams Baptist College | Tyler Dibert | So | 184 | Finance | Qualifier | 25-11 |
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