Dempsey King earns Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference All-Academic honors

2016 Mar 28

Dempsey King of the RIT wrestling team was named to the 2016 Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference (ECWC) All-Academic Team on Thursday, March 17.

Recipients of this honor must have a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or higher (through the last eligible grading period of the current academic year) while completing an entire season as a member of a conference institution's wrestling team. Freshmen and transfers that have been enrolled full-time for at least one semester are eligible to receive this honor. A total of 47 wrestlers were honored as members of the ECWC All-Academic Team.

King, a civil engineering technology major, emerged as RIT's top newcomer, despite battling injuries to record an impressive 22-9 record with nine wins via pin in 2015-16. He is a two-time ECWC Rookie of the Week and won the title at 149 lbs. at the 50th annual RIT Invitational on Dec. 5. King also recorded RIT's highest grade-point average at 3.79.