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Duke’s Mitch Finesilver Leads All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Duke 149-pound senior Mitch Finesilver has been named the 2018-19 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team announced on Wednesday. In addition to claiming All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and capturing the ACC title in his weight class, Finesilver was a recipient of an ACC Postgraduate Scholarship and earned a spot on Duke’s fall semester Dean’s List with Distinction. The evolutionary anthropology major from Greenwood Village, Colorado is also a member of the 2018-19 NWCA Division I Scholar All-America Team. Finesilver finished his career ranked eighth in victories with 95 and became the Blue Devils’ fourth All-American in program history. His 33 wins in 2018-19 rank sixth on the program’s single-season charts. He was recently voted Duke’s Male Senior Athlete of the Year. Each of the ACC’s six wrestling programs are represented on the 20-member 2018-19 All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team, including a number of repeat honorees.

Senior Zack Zavatsky represents Virginia Tech on the All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team for the fourth consecutive year. Duke’s Josh Finesilver and Matt Finesilver, NC State’s Daniel Bullard, Sean Fausz and Hayden Hidlay and Pitt’s LJ Bentley were each recognized for the second year in a row. This year’s All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team includes four conference champions in Pitt’s Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), Duke’s Mitch Finesilver (149), NC State’s Hidlay (157) and Virginia Tech’s Zavatsky (184). Rest of the list and story at http://theacc.com/news/2019/5/1/dukes-mitch-finesilver-leads-all-acc-academic-wrestling-team.aspx?mc_cid=77748a53a8&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

May 2, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized