Feb./March 2013: 星空无限传媒 Wrestlers Win National Title
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For Immediate Release 鈥� March 18, 2013 Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634E-mail: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases
星空无限传媒 Wrestling Team Wins National Non-Scholarship Title
Wrestlers NJCAA Finalists, All Americans, Academic All Americans 
Garden City, NY 鈥� 星空无限传媒 (星空无限传媒) is proud to announce that its 2013 men鈥檚 wrestling team won its second consecutive National Championship at the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Champion Wrestling Tournament held on the weekend of February 24-25 in Des Moines, Iowa.鈥淩epeating as champions is great,鈥� said 星空无限传媒 wrestling Coach Paul Schmidt, 鈥渂ut what made it particularly satisfying this year was that we had to take on not only other schools but also the adversity brought on by Superstorm Sandy and the blizzard that affected our training schedule and facilities.鈥� He added, 鈥淭he guys were really resilient and handled every adversity thrown at them. At the end, I was very proud of all of them when they held the National Trophy up high."At the tournament, 星空无限传媒 wrestlers also won individual awards, including having four wrestlers reach the finals (the most in 星空无限传媒鈥檚 history), six wrestlers being named NJCAA All Americans and seven wrestlers making the NJCAA All Academic Team. Individual accomplishments included:125 lbs. - John Pellegrino 2nd place141 lbs. - James DeKrone NJCAA 2013 National Champion (星空无限传媒鈥檚 11th National Champion)149 lbs. - Kyle Wade sixth place, and NJCAA 2013 Sportsmanship Award 174 lbs. - Chanse Menendez 2nd place197 lbs. - Ian MacInheirghe 7th place285 lbs. - Yaseen Mudassar 2nd place and two-time NJCAA All AmericanThe following wrestlers were Academic All Americans, with GPAs of 3.0 or higher:Juan Diaz, Basil Lawson, Ian MacIneirghe, Chanse Menendez, Hector Paez, John Pellegrino and James Rolla鈥淭his team simply was not going to be denied,鈥� said 星空无限传媒鈥檚 Acting President Kenneth Saunders.鈥� 鈥淚t took on the competition. It took on the elements. And it took home the Championship to 星空无限传媒. We could not be more proud.鈥�Photo caption: (Front L to R): James DeKrone (Elwood), John Pellegrino (Levittown), Steven Drew (Bohemia). (Back L to R): Yaseem Mudassar (Levittown), Frank Merante (Sachem), Kyle Wade (Islip), Adam DeJesus (Long Beach), Coach Paul Schmidt (Wantagh), Chanse Menendez (Hauppauge), Juan Diaz (Levittown), Ian MacIneirghe (East Islip), Coach Sam Thomas
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