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Kohawks earn national academic honors

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - After placing in the top five at the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history, the Kohawk wrestling team has earned another top five national finish. This time the honor comes in the classroom and not on the wrestling mat.

Coe has been honored as a Top 25 Scholar Team by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). Coe finished third with a 3.4813 cumulative team GPA. Williams College and Olivet College ranked above the Kohawks. Coe is the highest placed team in the nation between the NCAA Championship placing and NWCA Scholar Top 25.

Along with a top five team finish, four Kohawks were named NWCA Scholar Athletes. Business majors Tyler Burkle (Coggon, Iowa/North Linn) and Greg Lalla (Iowa City, Iowa/City), along with physics major Rob Kramer (Swisher, Iowa/Prairie) and Education major Jared Carder (Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg) all earned 3.2 or higher GPA's to make the list. All Four Kohawks will return to the team next year, with them three being sophomores and Lalla a junior.

Burkle, whom became Coe's first wrestling National Champion, had the ninth highest GPA at 3.8515 of the 102 honored as Scholar All-Americans.