Augustine Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Six on All-ACC Academic Team
5/1/2025 12:05:00 PM | Wrestling
PITTSBURGH – Luca Augustine added another prestigious accolade to his resume, being named the 2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Pitt also had six Panthers named to the All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference office Thursday afternoon.
Augustine is the fourth recipient from the program to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, joining Tyler Wilps (2015), Jake Wentzel (2021), and Nino Bonaccorsi (2023).
Augustine holds a 3.94 cumulative GPA in biology and was the recipient of the NCAA ELITE 90 Award and earned his third NWCA Scholar All-American honors earlier this year. The redshirt-junior finished as the runner-up at the ACC Championships at 174-pounds and advanced to the Round of 12 at the NCAA Championships – just one win shy of earning All-American status. The three-time NCAA qualifier earned the No. 15 seed in the national tournament in March and finished the season with a 20-9 overall record.
Earning selections to the 2025 All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team were Augustine, graduate student Nick Babin (finance), redshirt-freshman Tyler Chappell (undeclared), redshirt-sophomore Jared Keslar (law, criminal justice, and society), redshirt-sophomore Dayton Pitzer (communications), and redshirt-sophomore Mac Stout (communications). Augustine earned his third selection to the academic team while Keslar earned his second selection.
The All-ACC Academic Team honors the student-athletes who have achieved a minimum 3.0 grade point average for their career and minimum 3.0 grade point average for the most recently completed semester, along with competing in at least 50 percent of the team's scheduled matches.
Pitt head coach Keith Gavin has now seen 30 of his individual wrestlers earn All-ACC Academic honors over the past eight seasons, including at least four on five occasions.
2024-25 All-ACC Wrestling Academic Team
Name, School, Academic Major
Raymond Adams **, Duke, Political Science
Connor Barket **, Duke, Computer Science
Kwasi Bonsu **, Duke, Psychology
Gaetano Console **, Duke, Biology
Logan Ferrero ***, Duke, Psychology
Ethan Grimminger, Duke, Biology
David Hussey, Duke, Economics
SP O'Donnell, Duke, Public Policy
Nicholas Tattini, Duke, Political Science
Cade Lautt**, North Carolina, Management and Society
Lachlan McNeil**, North Carolina, Business Administration
Spencer Moore**, North Carolina, Statistics and Analytics
Nolan Neves, North Carolina, Exercise and Sport Science
Ethan Oakley, North Carolina, Educational Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (Master's)
Derek Fields ***, NC State, Sport Management
Dylan Fishback, NC State, Business Administration
Troy Hohman, NC State, Business Administration
Kai Orine, NC State, Liberal Studies (Master's)
Tyler Tracy, NC State, Anthropology
Isaac Trumble, NC State, Sport Management
Luca Augustine ***, Pitt, Biological Sciences
Nick Babin, Pitt, Finance
Tyler Chappell, Pitt, Undeclared
Jared Keslar **, Pitt, Law, Criminal Justice, and Society
Dayton Pitzer, Pitt, Communication
Mac Stout, Pitt, Media & Professional Communications
Jaden Abas, Stanford, Sociology (Master's)
Grigor Cholakyan, Stanford, Undeclared
Hunter Garvin, Stanford, Science, Technology and Society
Tyler Knox, Stanford, Undeclared
Peter Ming, Stanford, Management Science and Engineering
Jason Miranda, Stanford, Human Biology
Tye Monteiro, Stanford, Undeclared
Lorenzo Norman, Stanford, Undeclared
Nick Stemmet, Stanford, Science, Technology and Society
Steven Burrell, Virginia, Undeclared
Dylan Cedeno, Virginia, Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education (Master's)
Gabe Christenson, Virginia, Commerce (Master's)
Griffin Gammell, Virginia, Commerce
Justin Philips, Virginia, Education (Non-Degree)
Nick Hamilton **, Virginia, Commerce
Mac Church, Virginia Tech, Exercise and Health Science
Sam Latona *****, Virginia Tech, Agricultural and Life Sciences
Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech, Human Development
Lennox Wolak, Virginia Tech, Business Administration (Master's)
** - two-time honoree
*** - three-time honoree
**** - four-time honoree
***** - five-time honoree
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