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Men's Wrestling Gregg Petcoff

4 Mountaineers Earn NWCA Scholar All-American Honors

MANHEIM, Pa.  Mountaineers Jacob Blandford, Devin Gomez, Jackson Hallett, and Sage Harrison have earned National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NCAA Division II Individual Scholar All-American recognition, as announced by the NWCA Thursday afternoon.

Harrison is a two-time NWCA Scholar All-American, while Blandford, Gomez and Hallett each earn their first individual Scholar All-American honors.

Award criteria for the Scholar All-American team requires those earning All-America honors at the NCAA DII national championships to post a cumulative 3.00 grade point average, those who are national qualifiers to register at least a 3.25 GPA, and those wrestler who competed in four or more individual duals during the season to achieve at least a 3.50 GPA.

Both Gomez and Harrison on April 1 were named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic First-Team selections, while Blandford and Hallett earned inclusion on the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

Gomez, who posts a 3.513 GPA in exercise and sports science, was a national qualifier and the No. 6 seed in the 125 bracket at the DII tournament.

Harrison, with a 3.858 GPA in business administration, is a three-time RMAC All-Academic first-team honoree who placed sixth in the 197 bracket at the NCAA DII Super Region VI Championships.

Hallett also wrestles at 197, is a physics/applied physics major with a 3.78 GPA, and finished his 2025-26 season with a 5-4 overall record.

Blandford was 18-17 this season wrestling at 165 pounds. He has a 3.83 GPA in sociology.

NWCA Academic Scholar Team awards will be released on Friday, April 3.
    
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Players Mentioned

Jacob Blandford

Jacob Blandford

5' 9"
Sophomore
Devin Gomez

Devin Gomez

Redshirt Junior
Jackson Hallett

Jackson Hallett

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sage Harrison

Sage Harrison

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Jacob Blandford

Jacob Blandford

5' 9"
Sophomore
Devin Gomez

Devin Gomez

Redshirt Junior
Jackson Hallett

Jackson Hallett

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sage Harrison

Sage Harrison

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior