Augustine Wins ELITE 90 Award for NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship
3/22/2025 7:00:00 PM | Wrestling
PHILADELPHIA – Redshirt-junior Luca Augustine is the recipient of the NCAA ELITE 90 award for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He was presented the award during the awards ceremony Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center prior to the start of the Championship matches.
Augustine is the first student-athlete from Pitt to earn the ELITE 90 award and the first wrestler from the Atlantic Coast Conference to win the award.
Augustine is an academic senior with a 3.94 cumulative GPA in biology. The Waynesburg, Pa., native earned the No. 15 seed in the national tournament after recording a 17-7 record and finishing as the runner-up at 174-pounds at the ACC Championships. Augustine finished the national tournament with a 3-2 record and was just one win short of becoming an All-American.
The Elite 90 award honors the exceptional achievements of student-athletes. This prestigious accolade is given to those who have not only excelled at a national championship level in their sport but have also achieved the highest academic standards among their peers. The Elite 90 is proudly awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships.
Eligible student-athletes are sophomores or above academically who have participated in a sport for at least two years with their school. All ties are broken by the number of credits completed. For more information on the Elite 90 award winners, go to www.ncaa.org/elite90.
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