June 9, 2005

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia wrestling program received two lofty national rankings for its overall team grade point average (GPA) and for its recent recruiting class. Virginia's wrestling program was ranked #22 in the country for the best overall team GPA and was listed among the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic Top-30 teams for its 2.9647 team GPA. UVa was also ranked #22 in the nation for its recent recruiting class in InterMat Wrestling's Top-25 recruiting class rankings. A detailed look at the Cavaliers' complete recruiting class will be announced at a later date.

UVa was the second highest rated school from the Commonwealth of Virginia and in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NWCA All-Academic Top-30 teams, and was the third highest rated school from the Commonwealth of Virginia and in the ACC in InterMat Wrestling's Top-25 recruiting class rankings.

Here is a complete look at the NWCA All-Academic Top-30 teams and InterMat Wrestling's Top-25 recruiting classes:

NWCA All-Academic Top-30 Teams

Rank	School		Team GPA
1. 	Brown		3.2762
2.	Princeton	3.2125
3.	Stanford		3.1758
4.	Duquesne	3.1522
5.	Central Michigan	3.1267
6.	Columbia	3.1069
7.	Sacred Heart	3.1055
8.	George Mason	3.0875
9.	West Virginia	3.0750
10.	Cornell		3.0742
11.	Michigan	3.0523
12.	Maryland	3.0498
13.	Slippery Rock	3.0488
14.	Oklahoma State	3.0260
15.	Northwestern	3.0243
16.	Lock Haven	3.0206
17.	Northern Iowa	3.0175
18t.	Harvard		2.9917
18t.	Cleveland State	2.9917
20.	Drexel		2.9742
21.	Penn State	2.9650
22.	VIRGINIA	2.9647
23.	Missouri		2.9634
24t.	Oklahoma	2.9542
24t.	Illinois		2.9542
26.	Garder Webb	2.9517
27.	Indiana		2.9514
28.	Millersville	2.9450
29.	Penn		2.9342
30.	Rider		2.9260

InterMat Top 25 Recruiting Classes (www.intermatwrestle.com)

Rank	School
1.	Iowa State
2.	Virginia Tech
3.	Cornell
4.	Penn
5.	Penn State
6.	Oklahoma State
7.	Hofstra
8.	Old Dominion
9.	Nebraska
10.	Iowa
11.	Minnesota
12.	West Virginia
13.	Northern Iowa
14.	Indiana
15.	Central Michigan
16.	Lehigh
17.	Illinois
18.	Northern Illinois
19.	Missouri
20.	Maryland
21.	Cal Poly
22.	VIRGINIA
23.	Kent State
24.	Ohio University
25.	North Carolina State

Honorable Mention: Buffalo, Cal-Davis, Clarion,
Eastern Michigan, Edinboro, Harvard, Michigan State,
North Dakota State, Purdue, Rider, The Citadel, West Point.

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