GORHAM, Maine  –  Competitors on the mat and in the classroom, the University of Southern Maine Huskies' wrestling program has 16 representatives on the 2024-2025 New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) All-Academic Team.
 
Among the 16 NEWA All-Academic Team recipients are two-time NCAA Division III All-Americans senior Colby Frost (Steep Falls, Maine/Bonny Eagle) and junior Jake Craig (Norridgewock, Maine/Skowhegan) – both Frost and Craig also earned National Wrestling Coaches' Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American honors earlier this semester.  Frost recently finished is degree in Health Sciences, while Craig is progressing toward a degree in Cyber Security.
 
Joining Frost and Craig with academic distinction are 14 more Husky wrestlers, including freshman Jason Canavan-Dwyer (Keene, NH/Keene) who was recently named to the NEWA All-Rookie team after a solid first-year campaign in Gorham. Canavan-Dwyer is a Business Finance major.
 
Seniors Anthony Mears (Lawrence, Mass./Central Catholic) and Kaleb Pool (Tucson, Ariz./Tucson) join Frost in wrapping up their outstanding careers athletically and academically.  Mears completed his degree in Business Management, while Pool earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering.
 
Along with Craig, juniors Jalen Charles (Port Jervis, NY/Middletown), Vinny Keeler (Rutherford, NJ) and Colin Sevigney (Wells, Maine) earned the academic honor. Charles and Sevigny are studying Elementary Education, while Keeler is working towards a degree in Marketing.
 
Five sophomores earned the honor: Hagen Chase (Searsmont, Maine/Belfast Area), Derek Cote (Lebanon, Maine/Noble), Scott Ingalls (Windham, Maine), Alberto Mendoza (McAllen, Texas/Sharyland), and Bruce Rasmusson (Hamlin, NY/Kendall). Chase is a Finance major, while Cote and Ingalls are working towards a degree in Exercise Science. Mendoza is pursuing a degree in Nursing, and Rasmusson is studying History.
 
Cesar Calderin (Hollywood, Fla./South Plantation), Nick Kotiw (Charleston, S.C./Wanda), and Silas Runez (Keene, NH)  join Canavan-Dwyer as Husky rookies earning the honor.  Calder is a Biology major, while Kotiw is studying Business Finance.  Runez is pursuing a degree in Sociology.
 
 

2024-2025 New England Wrestling Association All-Academic Team
Name	Class	Major	Hometown/High School
Cesar Calderin	Freshman	Biology	Hollywood, Fla./South Plantation
Jason Canavan-Dwyer	Freshman	Business Finance	Keene, NH/Keene
Jalen Charles	Junior	Elementary Education	Port Jervis, NY/Middletown
Hagen Chase	Sophomore	Business Finance	Searsmont, ME/Belfast Area
Derek Cote	Sophomore	Exercise Science	Lebanon, ME/Noble
Jake Craig	Junior	Cyber Security	Norridgewock, ME/Skowhegan
Colby Frost	Senior	Health Sciences	Steep Falls, ME/Bonny Eagle
Scott Ingalls	Sophomore	Exercise Science	Windham, ME/Windham
Vinny Keeler	Junior	Marketing	Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford
Nick Kotiw	Freshman	Business Finance	Charleston, SC/Wanda
Anthony Mears	Senior	Business Management	Lawrence, AMA/Central Catholic
Alberto Mendoza	Sophomore	Nursing	McAllen, TX/Sharyland
Kaleb Pool	Senior	Mechanical Engineering	Tucson, AZ/Tucson
Bruce Rasmusson	Sophomore	History	Hamlin, NY/Kendall
Silas Runez	Freshman	Sociology	Keene, NH/Keene
Colin Sevigney	Junior	Elementary Education	Wells, ME/Wells.

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