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Cerminara Honored By Amateur Wrestling NewsBUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo freshman Kyle Cerminara (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) was recently honored by Amateur Wrestling News as a fifth-team member of its All-Rookie Teams, which honor the achievements of freshmen competitors at all levels (NCAA Division I, II and III and NAIA).
Cerminara posted a 1-2 record at the NCAA Tournament where he faced collegiate wrestling icon Cael Sanderson of Iowa State and finished just two wins shy of becoming UB's first All-American at the Division I level. He was the fourth first-year wrestler that head coach Jim Beichner brought to the NCAA Championships and the 17th overall in Beichner's seven years of coaching at UB. Cerminara also became the first person to earn Athlete of the Year honors in his or her first year at UB since women's swimmer Inger Rooneem did so in 1997-98. The Mid-American Conference was well-represented on the AWN Rookie Honor Roll, with
six of the 60 honorees coming from conference schools. Cerminara was joined by Ohio's Jake
Percival (First Team, 149 pounds) and Jeremiah Beltran (Fourth Team, heavyweight), Central Michigan's
David Boylard (Second Team, 157 pounds) and Russ Vanderhayden (Fourth Team, 184 pounds) and
Northern Illinois' Sam Hiatt (Third Team, 133 pounds). |
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