Manheim, Pa. (April 11, 2024) - The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) announced its 2024 NCAA Division III Scholar All-America awards, and eight Alvernia University Men's Wrestling student-athletes earned individual Scholar All-American honors.

Garrett Gehr, Gavin Hollingsworth, Isaac Kassis, Matthew Lackman, Avery Leonard, Mauro Pellot-Vazquez, Keito Shaw and Aidan Swann earned the honor this year for Alvernia. 

In order to qualify for NWCA Scholar All-American honors, wrestlers must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA and be either a regional place winner or win 66% of their competitions with a 15 match minimum.

This is the first NWCA honor for Gehr, Hollingsworth, Kassic, Lackman, Pellot-Vazquez, Shaw, and Swann. This is Leonard's second NWCA Scholar All-American honor. He was also a Scholar All-American last season. 


A total of 418 wrestlers from 100 Division III institutions earned NWCA All-American honors for the 2023-2024 season.