IRVING, Tex. --- A record 20 UNI wrestlers picked up Big 12 All-Academic honors on Wednesday as the conference announced its winter sport honorees for the 2022-23 season.
18 Panthers landed spots on the league's first team for maintaining a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (GPA) or better, another program record, while another pair of UNI student-athletes were named to the second team with a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19. The program's previous record for All-Conference Academic selections came in 2021 with 18. UNI joined the Big 12 Conference as an affiliate member for wrestling in 2017-18.