BOONE, N.C. — App State Wrestling had 22 student-athletes make the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was released Thursday.
That total contributed to the Mountaineers posting a semester GPA of 3.45, the best recorded mark in program history, during a year in which they went 9-3 with a school-record six NCAA qualifiers, including all four NCAA qualifiers who were products of North Carolina high schools.
The honor roll members were highlighted by five wrestlers who made the list for the Commissioner's Medal that is awarded to student-athletes who attain a GPA of 3.8 or higher throughout the year:
Matt Zovistoski,
Thomas Flitz,
Will Formato,
Brett Mordecai and
Joshua Spurlin. Zovistoski, Flitz and Formato were named NWCA Division I Scholar All-Americans in late April, while the other two Commissioner's Medal recipients were true freshmen who redshirted in 2019-20.
In addition to those five student-athletes, the other honor roll members for 2019-20 were, in alphabetical order:
Christian Beach,
Barrett Blakely,
Cody Bond,
Anthony Brito,
Michael Burchell,
Paul Carson,
Sean Carter,
Garrett Church,
Mason Fiscella,
Giuseppi Inserra,
Tyler Kellison,
Cary Miller,
Ramon Rodriguez,
Demazio Samuel,
Caleb Smith,
De'Andre Swinson-Barr and
Tim Warren.
