GREENVILLE, S.C. – The 6^th-ranked UNC Pembroke wrestling team raked in a bevy of awards Friday afternoon when the Braves saw Scott Joll named Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Year,  Avery Buonocore named Freshman of the Year, and sent four student-athletes – Joll (1^st Team), Keegan Roberson (1^st) Logan Seliga (2^nd), and Jake Piccirilli (2^nd)  – to All-Conference Carolinas honors. 

The announcement marked the fifth-straight year that the Black & Gold has had three or more wrestlers decorated with all-conference nods. It is the fourth career all-conference honor for Seliga, as well as the second time Piccirilli has earned a selection. Joll becomes just the second Brave to be named his conference's Wrestler of the Year, joining Blaze Shade who took home ECAC Wrestler of the Year honors during the 2015-16 season. Buonocore joins UNCP assistant coach, Nick Daggett, as the only two Braves to have been named Freshman of the Year. 
 
A native of Belle Vernon, Pa., Joll closed out the regular season with a perfect 24-0 record, including a 5-0 mark against ranked opponents. The graduate student was 9-0 in Conference Carolinas action, and racked up 15 pins and five tech. falls. Joll was the 174-pound champion at the prestigious Midwest Classic in December, and enters Conference Carolinas Wrestling Championship action as the #1-ranked wrestler in his weight class.

A product of Wilmington, N.C., Buonocore finished the regular season with a 19-5 record, logging 11 pins and two tech. falls. The newcomer was 3-2 in Conference Carolinas matches, and was the 141-pound champion at the Georgia Open, as well as taking runner-up finishes at both the King Open and Citrus Invitational. 
 
Seliga, another Belle Vernon, Pa. native, takes a 10-1 record into this weekend's Conference Championship, and finished the regular season with eight pins and a tech. fall. The redshirt junior took champion honors at 125 pounds in the 42nd Annual Pembroke Classic, and is currently ranked fifth in his weight class.
 
A Woodstock, Ga. native and 149 pounder, Piccirilli put together a 21-2 regular season, including a 7-1 mark in conference action. The junior has racked up 18 bonus point victories, to go along with a first-place finish at the Georgia Open and an eighth-place finish at the Midwest Classic. Piccirilli is currently the fifth-ranked wrestler at 149 pounds.

Roberson, a Chicago, Ill. product and 157 pounder, heads into the Conference Championship with a 28-5 record, including a 6-1 clip in league action. The sophomore has tallied 18 bonus point wins, including ten via pinfall. The #6-ranked 157 pounder collected a first-place finish at the King Open, a third-place finish at the Pembroke Classic, and took fourth place at the Midwest Classic.