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@MizzouWrestling’s Erneste Named to the 2019 Academic All-MAC Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling All-American senior 133-pounder John Erneste (Kansas City, Mo.) is one of 23 Mid-American Conference wrestlers named to the 2019 Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team, announced Monday by the league office. This is the third consecutive year that Erneste has made the cut for the academic honor. He owns a 3.706 grade-point average as he is pursuing his MBA.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling All-American senior 133-pounder John Erneste (Kansas City, Mo.) is one of 23 Mid-American Conference wrestlers named to the 2019 Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team, announced Monday by the league office. This is the third consecutive year that Erneste has made the cut for the academic honor. He owns a 3.706 grade-point average as he is pursuing his MBA.

Erneste is coming off his finest season in a Mizzou singlet, earning All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at last month's NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He closed his senior season with a 22-7 overall record with 10 pins among those 22 wins. He claimed his third individual MAC title at 133 last month as well.

Mizzou will host its annual year-end banquet this Sunday (April 14) at 1 p.m. at Mizzou Arena. Erneste will be one of three seniors honored at the event.

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