Four Wrestlers Earn NWCA Scholar All-American Honor

LARAMIE – The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced its Scholar All-Americans on Wednesday. Four University of Wyoming student-athletes earned the honor.

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Luke Willochell (133), Jared Hill (157), Riley Davis (174) and Eddie Neitenbach (184) all met the requirements. In order to qualify, a wrestler must have either earned All-American status with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; or been an NCAA qualifier with a 3.25 cumulative GPA or higher; or been a conference tournament participant with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher; or competed in at least 15 matches with a win percentage of .600 or higher with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Neitenbach captured his first-career All-American honor in Cleveland last month. Davis was a first-time NCAA qualifier who also logged a win in the tournament. Willochell was a first-time qualifier, as a freshman, and Hill finished eighth at the Big 12 Championships.

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From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things

Every state in our nation has chosen things that represent the state in one way or another to be official state things. Like a flower, or animal. Wyoming is no different.

The Equality State, or the Cowboy State, depending on which state slogan you want to go with, has a state flower. But did you know we also have a state tree and a state fish? Yes, we even have a state code.

To be an official thing, a member of the state legislature must write and submit a bill to the legislature declaring that a thing will be the official state thing. Then the legislature votes to pass the bill, or not, if it passes, the governor signs the bill into law and we have a new official state thing.

Here is what we have so far, all of Wyoming's official things. Now you can win big on Wyo Trivia Night if that's a thing that exists.

Gallery Credit: Ben Kuhns

- From Bison to Triceratops - All of Wyoming's Official Things