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ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Students Named to Academic All-MAC Team

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ senior Tommy Sasfy (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) and sophomore Andrew Candiello (Pittsburgh, Pa.) were named to the 2013 Academic All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Wrestling Team, as selected by conference faculty representatives.

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ senior Tommy Sasfy (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) and sophomore Andrew Candiello (Pittsburgh, Pa.) were named to the 2013 Academic All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Wrestling Team, as selected by conference faculty representatives. Of the eight MAC wrestling institutions, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ was one of just two teams with multiple wrestlers receiving the honor.

Sasfy also earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2011 and claimed Academic All-MAC honorable mention in 2012. A life science major, he has a 3.43 cumulative grade point average. This season, he placed fifth at the MAC Championships and grabbed sixth place finishes at the Ashland Open and Cleveland ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Open.

Candiello won nine matches on the year and claimed his first career MAC dual victory on Feb. 1 at Eastern Michigan. He has a 3.71 GPA as a pre-med, biology major.

The duo helped the Golden Flashes finish second in the MAC regular season standings at 4-1. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ finished 24th in the final team standings of the NCAA Championships, its fourth Top 25 finish in the last five seasons.

POSTED: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
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