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Nolan B.
  • marketing and business administration
  • Class of 2017
  • Clearfield, Pa.

Warriors pick up NWCA Scholar honors

2017 Mar 30

For the second time in three years, the Lycoming College wrestling team has tied a school-record with three NWCA Scholar All-Americans in seniors Nolan Barger (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area) and Seth Lansberry (Klingerstown, Pa./Line Mountain) and junior Brandon Conrad (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg), as the team also earned NWCA Division III All-Academic Top 30 Team honors for the fourth time in program history.

To be eligible for the NWCA Scholar All-American award, a student-athlete must carry a cumulative GPA better than 3.20 or have earned a 3.20 GPA in the past two semesters and meet one of three criteria: qualify for the NCAA Championships, place in the NCAA Regional or win more than 66 percent of his matches.

Barger is the first four-time Scholar All-American in program history and the first three-time All-American. As a senior, the business marketing and finance major finished 36-8 overall with a team-best 16 pins, while finishing sixth at 165 pounds at the NCAA Championships. He took second at the NCAA Mideast Regional and at the MAC Championships. The senior posted a 139-28 record in his career, finishing his time with the blue and gold second in school history in career wins and second with 47 falls.

Lansberry earned his first Scholar All-American honors as an ecology major after earning his second All-American accolades at the NCAA Division III Championships. The senior enjoyed a season for the ages, going 41-2, racking up a school-record 40-match winning streak to start the year. During that time, he won titles at the MAC Championships and the NCAA Mideast Regional before finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships at 149 pounds. Lansberry is just the second Warrior to win 40 matches in a season, while he set a school-record with 13 technical falls. His career record of 145-23 is also a school-best, while his 25 technical falls and 27 major decisions are also records.

Conrad, a chemistry major, earns the Scholar All-American honors for a second straight year after going 31-8 overall and finishing fifth at the NCAA Mideast Regional at 174 pounds. He won his first tournament title in college by taking first at the Messiah Invitational and placed at all three other tournaments the Warriors competed in. Conrad, a two-time regional placewinner, is 80-39 in his career with 24 pins. He earned CoSIDA Academic All-American and Scholar All-American honors in 2015-16 after going 36-13.

The Warriors also made an appearance on the NWCA Division III All-Academic Top 30 Teams list for the first time since 2009, as the team's GPA was good for 29th in the nation. To be awarded this honor, the team GPA is calculated as an average of the top 14 student-athletes on each team, with the first 10 being regional starters and the next four backups who competed in at least half the team's events.

The Warriors enjoyed one of the finest seasons in the 24-year career of head coach Roger Crebs, as the team posted an 18-3 dual meet record, finished third at the Budd Whitehill National Duals, won the RIT Invitational, its first tournament win in 12 years, and also hit a high-water mark by taking seventh at the NCAA Mideast Regional. Crebs also became the school's all-time leader in coaching wins during the season, surpassing the mark of 376 set by Budd Whitehill from 1956-93.