Overview
Four Chattanooga Mocs earned National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-America honors. The NWCA announced seniors Cooper Flynn and Mason Reinich alongside freshmen Will Anderson and Kade Rule for the honor.
 
Quotable
"I am very proud of these four guys. They show what we preach. We want to be the best in everything we do. That's on the mat, in the classroom and in the community." –Coach Kyle Ruschell
 
Breakdown

• The 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th honorees in program history.
• Fourth straight year with multiple honorees.
• Four ties the school record:
  2009-10: Demetrius Johnson, Jason McCroskey, Dean Pavlou, Brandan Wright
  2010-11: Demetrius Johnson, Jason McCroskey, Dean Pavlou, Brandan Wright
  2022-23: Logan Ashton, Jake Boyd, Rock Jordan, Franco Valdes
• Anderson went 10-6 in his inaugural season winning the Southeast Open (Fr./So.) and tying for fifth at the Kent State Open.
• Flynn was one of three Mocs with 20 wins on the campaign going 20-6. Two of those wins came at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in March following a win at 125 at the SoCon Championships.
• Flynn is a 2-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2024-25-Minnesota).
• Reiniche helped the Mocs to the 2026 SoCon dual season title with his work at 165. He was a fourth-place finisher at the Black Knight Invitational.
• It was his lone season in his hometown after spending the start of his career at Oregon State. He also won the award in 2024 for the Beavers.
• Rule went 18-7 winning SoCon Freshman of the Year honors. He claimed the league's title at 197 as a true freshman and wrestled in the NCAA Championships.

 
Mocs All-Time NWCA Scholar All-Americans
1997-98: Heath Eslinger, Nathan Funk
2006-07: Javier Maldonado
2007-08: Stephen Hromada, Javier Maldonado
2008-09: Jason McCroskey
2009-10: Demetrius Johnson, Jason McCroskey, Dean Pavlou, Brandon Wright
2010-11: Demetrius Johnson, Jason McCroskey, Dean Pavlou, Brandon Wright
2011-12: Dean Pavlou, Brandon Wright
2012-13: Dean Pavlou
2014-15; Sean Boyle, Jared Johnson, John Shrader
2015-16: Jared Johnson, John Lampe
2016-17: Jared Johnson
2017-18: Chad Pyke
2019-20: Tanner Smith
2021-22: Lincoln Heck, Drew Nicholson, Weston Wichman
2022-23: Logan Ashton, Jake Boyd, Rocky Jordan, Franco Valdes
2023-24: Jackson Hurst, Kaleb Snodgrass
2024-25: Jackson Hurst, Ty Tice
 
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