Riley Kauzlaric
  • English
  • Class of 2020
  • Coal City, IL

Coal City's Kauzlaric Named to NWCA All-Academic Team for UW-Whitewater Wrestling

2018 Mar 9

Riley Kauzlaric, a native of Coal City, IL, graduate of Coal City High School and sophomore on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team, has been named to the 2017-18 National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III All-Academic Team.

Kauzlaric finished the season with a 22-9 record competing at 197 pounds. He won the Harper Open on Jan. 27, finished as runner-up at the Spartan Mat Classic on Jan. 13 and placed third at the Willie Myers Open on Jan. 20. He also finished fifth at the CUW Open on Nov. 18.

Kauzlaric, an English major, was featured on uwwsports.com and by the Daily Jefferson County Union in January after his poetry was published in "Wisconsin's Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology".

Kauzlaric qualified to be recognized by carrying at least a 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the previous full academic year. Competitively, he won more than 67 percent of his matches and competed in half of the Warhawks' scheduled NCAA events.