March 27, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. -
North Carolina's wrestling program was honored with four All-Atlantic Coast Conference selections Friday when the league office announced its annual award winners. Seniors Justin Dobies and Keegan Mueller and sophomores Mike Rappo and Nick Stabile earned spots on the all-conference squad for their top-two finishes at this year's ACC Championships.
Mueller, who posted a team-best 33-9 record this season, captured the Tar Heels' lone ACC title this season at 165 pounds. Dobies, Rappo and Stabile each posted runner-up finishes at the conference tournament.
All four Tar Heel all-league picks advanced to last week's NCAA Championships.
The complete list of 2009 ACC wrestling honorees is as follows:
2009 ACC Wrestler of the Year
Darrion Caldwell, NC State
2009 ACC Freshman of the Year
Jarrod Garnett, Virginia Tech
2009 ACC Wrestling Coach of the Year
Kerry McCoy, Maryland
2009 All-Atlantic Coast Conference
125 - Brendan Byrne, Jr., Maryland *
125 - Jarrod Garnett, Fr., Virginia Tech
133 - Steven Bell, Jr. Maryland *
133 - Mike Rappo, So., North Carolina
141 - Alex Krom, Jr., Maryland *
141 - Chris Diaz, So., Virginia Tech
149 - Darrion Caldwell, Jr., NC State*
149 - Nick Stabile, So., North Carolina
157 - Kody Hamrah, Sr., NC State*
157 - Jesse Dong, Fr., Virginia Tech
165 - Keegan Mueller, Sr., North Carolina *
165 - Mike Sewell, Sr., Virginia
174 - Chris Henrich, So., Virginia*
174 - Anthony Trongone, Fr., Virginia Tech
184 - Rocco Caponi, Sr., Virginia *
184 - Tommy Spellman, So., Virginia Tech
197 - Brent Jones, Jr., Virginia *^
197 - Hudson Taylor, Jr., Maryland
285 - Konrad Dudziak, Jr., Duke*
285 - Justin Dobies, Sr., North Carolina
* - indicates ACC Champion
^ - indicates ACC Championships Most Outstanding Wrestler
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