Baima maintained a 3.65 grade point average in philosophy and humanities. Baima was also been named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association's All-Academic team each of the past three seasons. The men's at-large team includes student-athletes from the sports of crew, gymnastics, skiing, fencing, ice hockey, swimming, water polo, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, wrestling, golf and rifle.
Baima (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) capped his UNI career with a mark of 124-42, which ranks No. 6 on the Panthers' all-time win list. He was named Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Year this past season. Baima, 36-8 overall and 8-0 vs. WWC opponents in 2006-07, captured the 165-pound title at the 2007 West Regional and earned his fourth trip to the NCAA Championships. Baima earned the No. 5 seed at the 2007 NCAA Championships in the 165-pound bracket. He secured 11 wins over national qualifiers including: two over Johnny Galloway (Northern Illinois), Shawn Kitchner (Brown), Jason Kiessling (Maryland), Michael Cannon (American), Max Dean (Indiana), Dustin Noack (UC Davis), Michael Patrovich (Hofstra), Nick Pullano (Old Dominion) and Ryan Meyer (South Dakota State).
The Academic All-America® Teams program honors male and female student-athletes annually who have succeeded at the highest level on the playing field and in the classroom. Individuals are selected through voting by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America; a 2,000-member organization consisted of sports public relations professionals for colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. The University Division includes all Division I schools, the College Division includes Division II, III and NAIA programs.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA covering all NCAA championship sports.
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