WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A two-time NWCA All-American, Brian Shermeyer will enter his first year as an assistant coach with the Lycoming College wrestling team in 2023-24, 31
st-year head coach
Roger Crebs announced on Thursday, June 29.
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Shermeyer, a four-year letterwinner at Messiah University, spent the past two years as a graduate assistant at Western New England College, mentoring one All-American and helping the team to a ninth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA North East Regionals.
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At Messiah, Shermeyer was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier at 174 pounds in 2019 and 2020, earning NWCA Third-Team All-American honors in 2020 after the NCAA Championships were cancelled due to COVID-19. He took fifth at the NWCA Championships in 2021 to earn his second All-American honors, helping him finish his career with a 74-36 record.
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In addition, Crebs announced
Hadyn Swartwood would move into a role as an assistant coach after spending the past two years as a volunteer assistant.
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A two-time NCAA qualifier at 174 pounds, Swartwood went 103-33 in his career, becoming the eighth Warrior in program history to reach 100 career wins against King's College on Jan. 26, as he won 76 percent of his career matches, the seventh-best mark in program history for a 100-match winner. He collected 41 falls, third in program history, and 11 tech falls, seventh.
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Swartwood was also three-time Middle Atlantic Conference Champion (2017, '18, '20) and named 2017 MAC Rookie of the Year. He was named a Third Team NWCA All-American in 2020 after the NCAA Championships were cancelled due to COVID.
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The Warriors finished the 2022-23 season with a 10-5 record under 30th-year head coach
Roger Crebs, posting a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional where four wrestlers placed for the team.
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