Cobbers Place Five On NWCA Individual Scholar All-American List
Concordia had five student-athletes receive National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Men’s Individual Scholar All-American honors.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (3/24/26)---Concordia had five student-athletes receive National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Men's Individual Scholar All-American honors.
Sam Dioszeghy (Jr., Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS), Will Freking (Jr., Alpha, Minn./Jackson County Central HS), Zaniyan Iron Eyes (Fr., Pine Ridge, S.D./Lakota Tech), Jack Major (So., Cold Spring, Minn./ROCORI HS) and Mason Swanson (Sr., Willmar, Minn.) all received the NWCA top scholar award for the 2025-26 season.
The Cobbers have now had at least one NWCA Scholar All-American in 18 straight seasons.
Dioszeghy earns his second straight Scholar All-American award while Freking, Iron Eyes, Major and Swanson all claim the honor for the first time in their careers.
In order to qualify as a Scholar All-American, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 GPA over the last two semesters or hold a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Athletically, they have to place in the Top 8 at the regional tournament or compete in at least 15 matches with a win percentage above 66 percent.
Cobber Scholar Academic All-Americans
Sam Dioszeghy
- 3.44 GPA
- Major: Biology
- 14-3 in 2026 with nine pins
- Won the Northland Open, finished second in both the MSU Moorhead Dragon Open Red Division and North Country Invite Gold Division
Will Freking
- 3.92 GPA
- Major: Business and Masters in Business Analytics
- 16-14 in 2026 with five pins
- Finished eighth at the NCAA Region VII Meet and placed second at the Cobber Last Shot Open
Zaniyan Iron Eyes
- 3.82 GPA
- Major: Political Science
- 13-5 in 2026 with six pins
- Won the North Country Invite Gold Division and was fifth in the Freshman Division at the Augsburg Invite
Jack Major
- 3.98 GPA
- Major: Biology and Healthcare Leadership
- 19-16 in 2026 with 10 pins
- Finished sixth at the NCAA Region VII Meet and placed third in the North Country Invite Gold Division and third in the UW-Stevens Point Pointer Open Silver Division
Mason Swanson
- 3.20 GPA
- Major: Business Management
- 19-11 in 2026 with five pins
- Finished eighth at the NCAA Region VII Meet, won the gold division at the North Country Invitational and the red division at the MSU Moorhead Dragon Open
Past Cobber Scholar All-Americans
2025 - Connor Chloupek, Sam Dioszeghy, Alex McPhee, Aidan Ruddy
2024 - Ty Bisek, Ayden Friese, Eli Hunt, Kellen Schauer, Gabe Zierden
2023 - Eli Hunt, Ty Bisek, Cade Lundeen, Gabe Zierden, Jake Prunty, Tyler Bents
2022 - Kellen Schauer, Chase Dockter
2021 - Ben Bogart, Kellen Schauer, Bret Wilson, Tyler Bents, Alex Skaare, Connor Chloupek, Gabe Zierden, Jake Arends
2020 - Cade Lundeen, Kellen Schauer, Alex Skaare, Gabe Zierden
2019 - Ben Bogart, Travis Deegan, Bret Wilson, Adam Jaeger
2018 - Kody Van Den Eykel
2017 - Travis Deegan, Aaron Dick, Adam Presler, Cole Sladek, Kody Van Den Eykel
2016 - Ricky Briggs, Gabe Foltz, Jakob Stageberg
2015 - Gabe Foltz, Sebastian Gardner, Jake Krogstad, Jakob Stageberg
2014 - Sebastian Gardner, Jake Krogstad, Kyle LeDuc
2013 - Sebastian Gardner, Kyle LeDuc
2012 - Kyle LeDuc
2011 - Ross Dankers, Phil Moenkedick
2010 - Ross Dankers, Phil Moenkedick
2009 - Phil Moenkedick
2006 - Lee Rahrlien
1999 - Nathan Reiff
1992 - Steve Larsen, Kevin Pavelko, Mike Rhyn
1991 - Chip Halverson, Dan Schultz
1990 - Chip Halverson, Mike Northcutt
1989 - Mike Northcutt
1986 - Tom Raedeke