MOUNT VERNON, IOWA . . . Twelve Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) wrestlers were named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-America Team announced on Tuesday.

Wrestler	School	Yr.	Hometown/High School
Art Bradford	Loras	So.	Verona, Ill./Seneca HS
Paul Cleary	Loras	Sr.	El Paso, Ill./El Paso HS
Garrett Kurth	Luther	Sr.	Waukon, Iowa/ Waukon HS
Garrett South	Luther	So.	Cumberland, Iowa/C&M HS
Brian Black	Upper Iowa	So.	Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo HS
Andy Geerts	Upper Iowa	Sr.	New Hampton, Iowa/New Hampton HS
Brent Meyers	Upper Iowa	Sr.	Postville, Iowa/Postville HS
Scott Michels	Upper Iowa	Jr.	Osage, Iowa/Osage HS
Kevin Bratland	Wartburg	Sr.	Dakota City, Iowa/Humboldt HS
Brandon Brissette	Wartburg	Jr.	Bay City, Mich./Western HS
Mark Sturm	Wartburg	So.	Armstrong, Iowa/Emmetsburg HS
Ryan Sturm	Wartburg	So.	Armstrong, Iowa/Emmetsburg HS

Of the 12 wrestlers earning Scholar All-American honors, eight were All-Americans at the 2003 National Championships last weekend (Cleary, Kurth, South, Black, Meyers, Bratland, Ryan Sturm, Mark Sturm).

To be eligible for NWCA Scholar All-American honors, the student-athlete must have a 3.2 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) for the previous, full academic year and must have placed at the national qualifying tournament (at least fourth if the national qualifying tournament is a Conference tournament, or at least sixth for the NECCWA and IIAC or if the national qualifying tournament is a regional tournament). If the student-athlete did not qualify for the National meet, he compete in two-thirds of the school’s total scheduled NCAA sanctioned events and have a winning percentage of at least 67 percent.