Irving, Texas (April 26, 2023) – A total of seven Wyoming Cowboy wrestlers earned Academic All-Big 12 honors as announced by the league office on Wednesday morning with four Pokes landing First-Team honors and three Pokes earning Second-Team honors.
Jacob Wright led the charge of first-team honorees as the only Cowboy that posted a 4.00 GPA. Joining Wright on the First-Team is the trio of
Mason Ding,
Warren Carr and
Terren Swartz. For Wright and Swartz, this is their second straight season earning Academic All-Big 12 First team honors while it's the first such career honor for Carr and Ding.
The trio of
Job Greenwood,
Cole Moody and
Brett McIntosh made the Academic All-Big 12 Second team marking the second straight year that Moody and Greenwood have received the honor. For McIntosh, it is his first career academic All-Big 12 honor.
Athletes holding above a 3.00 GPA qualified for all-academic honors while First-Team honors were earned by athletes who maintained above a 3.20 GPA while competing in over 20% of the competitions during the season.