Eight Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers were selected to All-PSAC Teams, including three First-Team members, and Head Coach Pat Pecora earned his third straight PSAC Coach of the Year Award when the league office released this year's honorees on Wednesday.  All-PSAC Wrestling Teams were voted on by the league's coaches.
 
NCAA Super Region I Champions Trevon Grey (125 lbs.), Jacob Ealy (149 lbs.), and Nate Smith (157 lbs.) were named to the All-PSAC First-Team, while two-time National Qualifier Caleb Morris (141 lbs.) three-time All-American and 2023 Super Region I Champion Brock Biddle (174 lbs.) and 2023 National Qualifier Isaiah Vance (285 lbs.) earned spots on the second team.  In addition, Alex Weber (184 lbs.) and 2023 National Qualifier Dakoda Rodgers (197 lbs.) were named to the third team.
 
Pecora, the PSAC coach of the Year following the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons, led his Mountain Cats to a 15-0  dual meet record, including a perfect 7-0 in PSAC matches.   Pitt-Johnstown claimed its 25^th NCAA Regional title and its seventh consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship.  Eight of his Mountain Cats qualified for the Division II National Championships, including four who won regional crowns and two others who came away with All-America honors.
 
Along with the PSAC honor, Pecora was selected the NWCA Regional Coach of the Year for the 21^st time in his 47-year career at Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Pecora holds college wrestling's all-time wins mark with 646.  Pecora earned his record 617^th career win and snapped a 46-year-old record to become college wrestling's all-time winningest coach when his Mountain Cats defeated Mercyhurst, 22-12, on February 7, 2020.
 
Gray, Ealy, and Smith are all first-team selections for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Gray, a red-shirt freshman, went 22-6 overall and 14-1 in dual meets in 2022-23 on his way to winning his first NCAA Regional Championship at 125 lbs. and qualifying for the National Tournament.  Ealy, the top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 149 lbs. for much of the season, was 29-2 overall and 15-0 in dual meets.  He placed fifth at the National Tournament to become a three-time NCAA All-American, while Smith became a two-time All-American by placing fifth at Nationals.  He was 23-6 overall and 15-0 in dual meets.
 
Morris, Biddle and Rodgers were second-team choices.  Morris, a two-tine National Qualifier was19-7 overall and 10-1 in dual meets. Biddle, a five-time NCAA National Qualifier and three-time NCAA All-American, went 24-8 and became the Mountain Cats' 26^th wrestler to reach 100 career victories, and Rodgers , a third-place finisher at the regional tournament, qualified for his first NCAA National Tournament.  He was 23-10 overall and 13-3 in dual meets.
 
Weber and Vance were third-team All-PSAC choices to round out the eight Pitt-Johnstown honorees.  Weber was 13-5 overall, 9-2 in dual meets and finished sixth at the regional tournament after having to injury default.  Vance, the Super Region I runner-up at 285 lbs., advanced to his first National Tournament.  Vance was 20-4 overall and 10-1 in dual meets.  His 14 wins by fall led the Mountain Cats.

2022-23 PSAC Wrestling Major Award Winners
Athlete of the Year: Eric Bartos, Mercyhurst
Freshman of the Year: Jake Niffenegger, Mercyhurst
Coach of the Year: Pat Pecora, Pitt-Johnstown
 
2022-23 PSAC WRESTLING FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Wt.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown / Previous School
125	Trevon Gray	Pitt-Johnstown	R-Fr.	Chesapeake, VA / Oscar F. Smith
133	Eric Bartos	Mercyhurst	Sr.	Valley City, Oh. / Buckeye High School
141	Jake Niffenegger	Mercyhurst	Fr.	Cincinnati, Oh / LaSalle High School
149	Jacob Ealy	Pitt-Johnstown	Jr.	Aliquippa, Pa. / Hopewell
157	Nate Smith	Pitt-Johnstown	Sr.	Murrysville, Pa. / Franklin Regional
165	Alex Farenchak	Gannon	Gr.	Painesville, Ohio / Riverside
174	Dillon Walker	Mercyhurst	So.	Cincinnati, Ohio / Lasalle High School
184	Matt Weinberg	Kutztown	R-So.	Philadelphia, Pa. / Archbishop Ryan
197	Joel Leise	Gannon	R-Sr.	Transfer, Pa. / Reynolds
285	John Meyers	Seton Hill	Jr.	Greensburg, PA Greensburg Salem

 
2022-23 PSAC WRESTLING SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Wt.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown / Previous School
125	Jose Diaz	Gannon	R-Sr.	Valparaiso, Ind. / Wheeler
133	Devin Flannery	Millersville	R-Jr.	Wantage, N.J. / High Point Regional
141	Caleb Morris	Pitt-Johnstown	Sr.	Waynesburg, PA Waynesburg Central
149	Nick Young	Gannon	Gr.	Batavia, N.Y. / Alexander
157	Dom Means	Gannon	R-Sr.	Pittsburgh, Pa. / Central Catholic
165	Brandon Connor	Millersville	R-Jr.	Sinking Spring, Pa. / Wilson
174	Cole Casilio	Gannon	R-Fr.	Wilcox, Pa. / Johnsonburg Area
184	Brock Biddle	Pitt-Johnstown	R-Sr.	Martinsburg, PA / Central Martinsburg
197	Luke McGonigal	Mercyhurst	Sr.	Frenchville, Pa. / Clearfield High School
285	Isaiah Vance	Pitt-Johnstown	So.	New Stanton, PA / Hempfield

 
2022-23 PSAC WRESTLING THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

Wt.	Name	School	Cl.	Hometown / Previous School
125	Brady Carter	E. Stroudsburg	Fr.	Lacey Township, N.J. / Lacey Township
133	Cameron Enriquez	E. Stroudsburg	Jr.	Stroudsburg, Pa. / Stroudsburg
141	Jimmy Ryan	Gannon	R-So.	Staten Island, N.Y. / Monsignor Farrell
149	Craig Cook	Millersville	Sr.	Burlington, N.J. / Burlington Township
157	Avery Shay	Shippensburg	Gr.	New Fairfield, Ct. New Fairfield
165	Dalton Gimbor	Kutztown	R-Fr.	Bernville, Pa. / Hamburg
174	Alex Weber	Pitt-Johnstown	R-So.	Jefferson Hills, PA / Thomas Jefferson
184	Cole Hivnor	Gannon	Fr.	Painesville, Ohio / Lake Catholic
197	Dakoda Rodgers	Pitt-Johnstown	So.	Acme, PA / Connellsville
285	Danny Schieb	Shippensburg	R-Jr.	Hegins, Pa. Tri-Valley