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Remembering Nick D'Angelo '84

| By: JCUSID
Nick D’Angelo is the only Blue Streak to ever be a CoSIDA Academic All-American in two sports.
The John Carroll University community mourns the loss of the late Blue Streak Hall of Famer Nick D'Angelo '84, who passed away on April 23 in Painesville, Ohio. 

Nick D'Angelo was born in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Americo and Alice D'Angelo. He attended Lake Catholic High School before attending John Carroll University. While donning the Blue & Gold, D'Angelo had an impressive career in both football and wrestling. 

During his football career, he was team captain senior year and JCU's most valuable defensive back for 1981, 1982, and 1983. He led the team in tackles, setting the JCU record his senior year with 128 total tackles. In addition to his team honors, he was also first team All-PAC in 1983 and second team All-PAC in 1982. D'Angelo also earned national honors, winning Associated Press All-American honors as a linebacker. 

His wrestling career also boasted plentiful accomplishments, as he was a three-time All-American wrestler and won a national championship in the 190 pound weight class in 1983. He was JCU's 14th national champion wrestler. In his other NCAA appearances, he placed second in 1984 and placed third in 1982. He was also a two-time PAC champion and graduated with an impressive career record of 77-14-2. 

While playing for the Blue Streaks, he earned eight varsity letters, ten All-American honors, and was the NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient. 

Notably, D'Angelo was John Carroll's first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American. He won in both 1982 and 1983 after successful seasons on the gridiron. He won again in 1983 and 1984 as a wrestler, posting a 3.5 GPA as a history major. 

D'Angelo is the only Blue Streak to ever be a CoSIDA Academic All-American in two sports. He is one of only five individual wrestlers to be a CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Nick D'Angelo was a first-ballot inductee into the JCU Hall of Fame in 1994 for both football and wrestling. 

After graduating from John Carroll in 1984, D'Angelo attended Akron University Law school ('87) and served as an attorney for over three decades in Northeast Ohio. He continued his passion for athletics in coaching and attending his children's sporting events. 

D'Angelo is survived by his two children, Alexander and Carrington; mother, Alice; brother, Sal ('85); nephews and niece, Sam, Nicholas, and Natalie; and many beloved cousins.

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