College Wrestling: Six Wesleyan Wrestlers named Scholar All-Americans

Mount Pleasant — Six Iowa Wesleyan wrestlers have received Scholar All-American Honors.

Alaina Sunlin, Mia Palumbo, Zoi Smith, Joanna Vanderwood, Adaugo Nwachukwu and Destiny Campbell all picked up recognition for their academic success.

Nwachukwu, a nursing major at Wesleyan, was the 136-pound national champion and was named Iowa Wesleyan’s Female Athlete of the Year at last week’s Wesley’s.

Under the direction of former New London star Jake Kadel, the Wesleyan women finished this year ranked inside the top-25 in the NAIA rankings.