MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Wesleyan wrestling team earned a host of New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) end of year awards, as announced by the association on Tuesday afternoon. Three Cardinals earned All-NEWA honors while 13 earned a spot on the NEWA All-Academic Team.
CJ Shea headlines the group as an All-NEWA First Team selection, having gone 37-3 in the 2024-25 season while winning the 165 pound title and Most Outstanding Wrestler award at the NCAA Northeast Regional and going on to earn All-American honors with his seventh place finish at nationals. Over his final two years as a Cardinal, Shea won 66 matches while becoming the ninth Cardinal All-American in team history. He is a three-time All-Region wrestler and the first Cardinal to win a regional title at a weight class of less than 174 since 2010.
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The reigning NEWA Rookie of the Year
Hayden Myers '27 backed up a terrific rookie season with a 33-7 sophomore year that saw him placed third at 141 in the NCAA Northeast Regional, earning a qualifying spot into the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career. Ranked Top 10 nationally in his weight class for most of the year, Myers went 12-0 in the dual match portion of the season. He sports a 50-13 record in his two years at Wesleyan with 18 wins by pinfall.
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Making the NEWA All-Rookie Team is
Ronnie Christolin '28 who went 17-10 in his rookie season wrestling at 157 in the 2024-25 campaign. Christolin won a pair of matches in his first career NCAA Regional, earning All-Region honors with his eighth place finish at 157.
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The NEWA also announced the 2024-25 All-Academic Team and the Cardinals making the list included Shea, Myers, and Christolin along with
Joe Colon '25,
Aris Dashiell '25,
Jake Edwards '24, G'25,
Ike Guttentag '26,
Chris Hong '27,
Kellen Horst '26,
Akiva Lind '26,
Max Martinez '25,
Andrew Maiorini '25, and
Shailen Savur '25.
