Eastern Michigan Athletics
Charlie Pienaar Named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week
12/13/2007 4:43:03 PM | Wrestling
Senior wrestler is a first-time winner
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eastern Michigan University senior wrestler Charlie Pienaar (Trafford, Pa.-Trafford) was named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week , December 13, 2007. He has a 3.84 GPA as a physical education major.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives
Pienaar, a senior on the 2007-08 EMU wrestling squad, posted a 2-2 record last week on the mat in the 184-pound weight class. The Trafford, Pa. native posted a 4-0 victory over Newberry College’s Keeno Griffen before following it up with a 13-3 major decision over Campbellsville’s Josh Deadrick. Both of Pienarr’s setbacks were extremely close, dropping a 4-3 double overtime match to Ohio’s Eric Schuth and a 3-2 setback to Liberty’s Nick Knowles.
The EMU wrestling team is off to a 4-0 start this season, the best for an Eagle wrestling team in school history and has won 10 of its last 11 dual matches dating back to last season.
Pienaar, whose brother, David Pienaar is a 141-pound sophomore on the EMU wrestling team, is the second EMU men's athlete to win the prestigious weekly MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award this season. Redshirt sophomore football quarterback Andy Schmitt (St. Johns, Mich.-St. Johns) won the award Sept. 27.
