CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The recipient of the NCAA ELITE 90 award for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Luca Augustine, was named the 2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines the Wrestling All-ACC Academic Team announced on Thursday.
The first ACC wrestler to earn the ELITE 90 award, which is awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships, Augustine is majoring in biological sciences with plans to pursue a career in the medical field.
A three-time NWCA Scholar All-American, earning honors for a third-straight time this season, Augustine finished as the runner-up at the 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship at 174 pounds to earn All-ACC honors. An NCAC qualifier for the third time in his collegiate career, the redshirt junior finished the season with a 20-9 overall record and advanced to the Round of 12 at the NCAA Championship, finishing just one win short of becoming an All-American.
A total of 43 student-athletes, including 12 All-ACC members, were named to the 2024-25 Wrestling All-ACC Academic Team, with each of the league’s seven programs boasting multiple selections.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in at least 50 percent of their team’s matches on the season.
2024-25 ACC Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Luca Augustine, Pitt
2024-25 Wrestling All-ACC 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
Nick 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
Kai Orine, NC State, Liberal Studies (Master's)
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