AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE NCWA TO MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR ATHLETES
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
All-American - Top 8 men and top 3 women in each weight class are awarded the NCWA All-American Honor & Medal
All-Academic Team Member - Female & male athletes that qualify & compete at the National Championships with a 3.25 Cumulative GPA
National Champion - Champions of the 11 men's and 8 women's weight classes
Most Outstanding Wrestler - As voted on by the coaches, the most outstanding champion in the men's and women's divisions.
Men's Coach of the Year - As nominated and voted upon by the coaches in Men's DI & DII competition divisions
Women's Coach of the Year - As nominated and voted upon by the coaches in the Women's Division
TEAM AWARDS
Collegiate Cup Team Champion Award based upon combined points scored in the National Duals and the National Championships
NCWA All-Around Top Teams 5 Places based upon combined points scored in the National or Regional Duals & National Tournament
All Academic Team Award based upon the average of the top 8 Conference Qualifying Athletes Cumulative GPA's
Women's National Championship Team Top point earner at the season ending Women's National Championships
Women's National Runner Up Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DI National Tournament Champion Team Top DI point earner at the season ending Men's National Championships
DI National Runner up Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DI 3rd Place Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DII National Champion Team Top DII point earner at the season ending Men's National Championships
DII National Champion Team Runner-up Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DII 3rd Place Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
Dual Team National Champion Awarded based upon dual team tournament results
Dual Team National Runner-up Awarded based upon dual team tournament results
ALUMNI HONORS and AWARDS
Founders Club - Awarded to the establisher of a new and surviving college wrestling program.
The NCWA Alumni Association Members Vote on the Following Awards
NCWA Circle of Champions
NCWA Hall of Honor
NCWA Hall of Fame - Legend
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All-Academic Awards Procedure
This work must be completed by the Conference Board while doing their results documents at the conclusion of the conference tournament. The GPA's used shall be taken only from registrar certified academic eligibility forms used for entry into the conference tournament.
All-American - Top 8 men and top 3 women in each weight class are awarded the NCWA All-American Honor & Medal
All-Academic Team Member - Female & male athletes that qualify & compete at the National Championships with a 3.25 Cumulative GPA
National Champion - Champions of the 11 men's and 8 women's weight classes
Most Outstanding Wrestler - As voted on by the coaches, the most outstanding champion in the men's and women's divisions.
Men's Coach of the Year - As nominated and voted upon by the coaches in Men's DI & DII competition divisions
Women's Coach of the Year - As nominated and voted upon by the coaches in the Women's Division
TEAM AWARDS
Collegiate Cup Team Champion Award based upon combined points scored in the National Duals and the National Championships
NCWA All-Around Top Teams 5 Places based upon combined points scored in the National or Regional Duals & National Tournament
All Academic Team Award based upon the average of the top 8 Conference Qualifying Athletes Cumulative GPA's
Women's National Championship Team Top point earner at the season ending Women's National Championships
Women's National Runner Up Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DI National Tournament Champion Team Top DI point earner at the season ending Men's National Championships
DI National Runner up Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DI 3rd Place Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DII National Champion Team Top DII point earner at the season ending Men's National Championships
DII National Champion Team Runner-up Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
DII 3rd Place Team Award based upon points scored in the National Championship Tournament
Dual Team National Champion Awarded based upon dual team tournament results
Dual Team National Runner-up Awarded based upon dual team tournament results
ALUMNI HONORS and AWARDS
Founders Club - Awarded to the establisher of a new and surviving college wrestling program.
The NCWA Alumni Association Members Vote on the Following Awards
NCWA Circle of Champions
NCWA Hall of Honor
NCWA Hall of Fame - Legend
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All-Academic Awards Procedure
This work must be completed by the Conference Board while doing their results documents at the conclusion of the conference tournament. The GPA's used shall be taken only from registrar certified academic eligibility forms used for entry into the conference tournament.
- Any athlete that is listed in the team or individual category must have competed in the Conference Tournament or received an appropriate waiver and were granted a wildcard to the National Championship.
- The Conference Board should identify any NCWA D1 team that competed with eight (8) or more athletes at their conference tournament.
- For each of the identified teams, the Conference Board shall enter into a spreadsheet (Excel, Google Sheets, etc), a separate tab for each team, the following information:
- name (First Name Last Name) of the athlete who competed at the Conference Tournament,
- the school name, and
- the GPA for that student;
- Additionally, the Conference Board shall enter into the spreadsheet, in a separate tab, the:
- first name (First Name Last Name) of the athlete who competed at the Conference Tournament,
- last name,
- school,
- academic year,
- eligibility year, and
- GPA for the competing athlete;
for any individual student-athlete who completed two semesters of college (listed as academic year SO or higher) and has a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher. Athletes from any team, any division shall be listed here - even if they are listed separately with their team.
The Conference Board will send an electronic copy of the Conference Academic Eligibility Forms for all teams AND the All-Academic spreadsheet to NCWA Secretary (Lelan Brotherman and a conference chairman designee (Rick Bolhuis) when they submit Conference Tournament Results.
For each team forwarded by a conference, the top eight GPAs will be used to calculate a team AVERAGE GPA to the nearest thousandth.
This average GPA will be used to determine the top-10 All-Academic Teams.
The individual data will aid in determining the All-Academic Individuals Awards.