Congratulations to the following wrestlers for achieving Academic All State status, a considerable accomplishment considering the demands of school, wrestling practice, competitions, family and social life, etc.

CLASS LL
Sean Fields, Brien McMahon, 4th 145
Brian Jennings, Danbury, 1st 112
Charlie Costanzo, Danbury 1st 119
Tucker Schafer, Danbury, 1st 145
Humphrey Swift, Danbury, 2nd 285
Blake Summers, Glastonbury, 4th 125
Benjamin Pennant, Glastonbury, 6th 171
John Gouveia, Newtown, 2nd 130
Travis Tiger, Ridgefield, 5th 125
Sean Kellett, Shelton, 4th 103
Robert Ferrante, Shelton, 1st 125
Sean Marren, Shelton, 6th 130
Mike Frizinia, Shelton, 5th 171
Pat Gillen, Shelton, 2nd 215
Gordon Zachs, Simsbury, 4th 135
Audi Nash, South Windsor, 6th 112
Dylan Rinker, South Windsor, 3rd 125
Jake O’Dell, South Windsor, 2nd 145
Doug Foutaine, Southington, 3rd 119
Cory Seeger, Southington, 4th 140
Patrick Riera, Southington, 5th 152
Michael Monson, Southington, 1st 160
Dillon Ritchie, Southington, 2nd 189
Joey Battinelli, Stamford, 5th 103
Jason Camacho, Stamford, 3rd 130
Alex Camacho, Stamford, 2nd 135
D'Mel Willams, Stamford, 4th 171
Andrew Nederlof, Staples, 4th 160
Ricky Jorge, Xavier, 4th 112
Tyler Cunningham, Xavier, 4th 130
Thomas Abbate, Xavier, 1st 140
Dan Thompson, Xavier, 2nd 171

CLASS L
Patrick Michael, Branford, 3rd 130
Seth Vose, Bristol Central, 6th 140
Alex Smith, Bristol Central, 4th 215
Tim Chambers, Bristol Central, 1st 285
Mike Sheehan, Fairfield Ludlowe, 4th 171
Cameron Barnhard, Fair. Warde, 4th 103
Ian McAllister, Fairfield Warde, 1st 125
Eric Orrell, Farmington, 1st 119
Michael Ceruzzi, Hall, 2nd 160
Matthew Berman, Hall, 3rd 285
Eddie Carroll, Hand, 4th 119
John Jongbloed, Hand, 6th 135
Eric Anderson, Hand, 5th 140
Garrett Gitterman, Maloney, 3rd 112
Zachary Flashman, Masuk 5th, 145
Devon Carrillo, Middletown, 4th 152
Wesley Ruimerman, Middletown, 2nd 215
Robert Esposito, Newington, 6th 171
Andrew Gotowala, Newington, 6th 130
Nik Moreschi, Platt, 5th 130
Kevin Koenig, Platt, 3rd 160
Matt Rahman, Platt, 2nd 171

CLASS M
Joe Tripodi, Avon, 2nd 125
Matt Silver, Avon, 6th 140
Erik Lybeck, Avon, 6th 145
Mike Hogan, Avon, 5th 160
Ryan Quinn, Bacon Academy, 4th 130
P.J. Mickens, Bacon Academy, 2nd 145
Shaun Sullivan, Berlin, 3rd 112
Kevin Moss, Berlin, 1st 135
Justin Roncaioli, Berlin, 5th 140
Jack McKeever, Brookfield, 3rd 103
Forest Dolby, Cheney Tech, 3rd 125
Devon Perdue, Fermi, 6th 119
Robert Lonergan, Jonathan Law, 1st 103
Jet Krumweide, Jonathan Law, 6th 160
Alex Kappel, Jonathan Law, 5th 189
Taylor Gunnels, Ledyard, 2nd 130
Alex Manwaring, Ledyard, 4th 140
Dean Gilbert, Ledyard, 4th 152
Shane Sullivan, Ledyard, 2nd 160
Jessica Bennett, Montville, 2nd 103
Dan Kurasz, Montville, 5th 130
Dustin Wilcox, Montville, 2nd 152
Jesse Broderick, New Fairfield, 1st 140
Zach Harper, Plainville 4th, 125
Luke Olk, Rockville, 5th 152
Nick Giulietti, Sheehan, 2nd 140
Vinny Valente, Stratford, 4th 145
Joey Valente, Stratford, 6th 215
Reggie Allen, Waterford, 2nd 119
Shane Battista, Waterford, 1st 189
Ethan Shore, Guilford, 2nd 135

CLASS S
Richard Jones, Canton, 5th 160
Nathaniel Haller, Canton, 4th 171
Matthew Poppa, Derby, 2nd 103
Scott Gonzalez, East Catholic, 3rd 119
Matt Janiga Ellington, 6th 140
Brandon Walsh, Griswold, 3rd 135
Austin Jordano, Immaculate, 6th 103
Dennis Christe, Immaculate, 6th 125
Gavin Buckley, Immaculate, 1st 130
Tylor Herrick, Killingly, 3rd 130
Zach Cooke, Killingly 1st 140
Colin Beloin, Killingly, 5th 160
Drew Whitehead, Killingly, 2nd 215
Jake Alderman, Lyman Memorial, 4th 119
Tyler Tilbe, Nonnewaug, 1st 125
Kyle Bucciarelli, Nonnewaug. 1st 215
Frank Navarro, Old Saybrook, 4th 140
David Skau, Old Saybrook, 6th 145
Trevor Manuel, Old Saybrook, 4th 152
Dan Piscottano, Somers, 2nd 119
Troy Zachary, Somers, 2nd 135
Robert Garlick, Somers, 1st 152
Tim Vollaro, Somers, 1st 171
Rich Wood, St. Bernard, 2nd 125
Mike Daly, St. Bernard, 1st 135
Nick Roccapriore, Terryville, 3rd 152
Jon Draper, Terryville, 5th 171
Alan Sanford, Thomaston, 1st 103

Whom can be contacted to make sure that omitted wrestlers that qualified are added to this list? Thanks for any help anyone can give me...

Mr. Ford, I think that's Coach Voiland/Bacon.

Is there anyway for wrestlers to receive there certificate if they were unable to attend the banquet?

You should probably start with the Head Coach. It's his responsiblity to get the names of qualified wrestlers submitted.

Marshall Deane GIlbert 1st 285 Class S
Eric Parsons GIlbert 2nd 140 Class S

just a reminder that at every gathering of coaches (pre-season, seeding, scratches, open) there was a reminder about coaches needing to get acad all state info in on time...or you and your school would be the ones to hear about it later from parents.

What is the criteria required for being considered for Academic All State ? an certain GPA ?

According to the banquet program (available from CT Wrestling On-Line):

Academic All State:
> top 6 in LL, L, M, or S tourney
> average at least 85% in previous marking period and no grade lower than B (80%)
> maintain "highest level of behavioral discipline in eyes of the school's administration"

Don't ask me what the latter means, I'm just reporting (were I to speculate I'd think it means that someone in the school administration other than the coach has to sign off on a form).

Three wrestlers that were accidentally omitted are listed below. And yes, I am proud of my son and want to make sure people know that he has accomplished this status. I am also proud of his two teammates and feel all three deserve the recognition they worked so hard to attain.

Andrew Ford, Bethel, 1st M, 152
Brandon Lennox, Bethel 4th M, 171
Chris Valenti, Bethel 4th M, 285

As you should be (proud) Mr. Ford. You don't need to explain to anyone that you are proud of your son, he's a great kid. The only people who need explain anything are any coaches who don't ensure their wrestlers receive the recognition for being a STUDENT-athlete since that is what's really important here. Congratulations to the Bethel wrestlers.

Speaking specifically, the Bethel wrestlers being omitted was no one's fault. Both coach Owen (Bethel's coach) and coach Voiland (adminsitrator of the listings) did what they were supposed to do. It was an honest mistake as to why our three Bethel wrestlers were not included. A mixup in communication. I didn't mean to imply that it was anyone's "fault."