Takedown Report

College Wrestlers’ Awards — # 2

NWCA 2019-2020 NAIA MEN’S SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS
Manheim, PA – On Friday, the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced the full slate of 2019-2020 Scholar All-American Team and Individual honorees for NAIA Men with awards going to 73 individuals representing 25 institutions.
LINK: Top 10 Scholar All-American Teams
LINK: Individual Scholar All-Americans
“On behalf of the NWCA and our Board of Directors, I am excited to honor the amazing academic achievement demonstrated by this year’s Scholar All-American teams and individuals.”
Mike Moyer, NWCA Executive Director
In the team race, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University finished atop of the field with a 3.397 GPA followed by Montana State University-Northern (3.368) and Morningside College (3.358).
For the individual awards, Grand View University and Menlo College led the list of honorees with 5 All-Americans. In addition, seven other institutions had four honorees receiving recognition. …. story at https://portal.nwcaonline.com/articles/NWCA_News/NWCA-2019-2020-NAIA-MEN-S-SCHOLAR-3-4-2020

Eight undefeated wrestlers named Hodge Trophy finalists
Despite the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships, it is once again time to select the top wrestler in the collegiate ranks as voting will soon begin for the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy.
Eight Division I wrestlers, who finished the season undefeated going into the NCAAs, have been named as finalists for the award, which is presented each year by ASICS and called by many the “Heisman Trophy of wrestling”. This year’s finalists are (alphabetically) West Virginia sophomore Noah Adams (197), Northwestern junior Ryan Deakin (157), Princeton sophomore Pat Glory (125), Stanford freshman Shane Griffith (165), Iowa junior Spencer Lee (125), Ohio State senior Kollin Moore (197), Minnesota sophomore Gable Steveson (Hwt) and Cornell senior Charles Tucker (133). Official ballots for the Hodge Trophy Voting Committee made up of past all past Hodge winners, a retired college coach from each region, and national media members will begin on Monday, March 23. The ballot will include a breakdown of each wrestler’s record from this past season. …. story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2020/03/eight-undefeated-wrestlers-named-hodge-trophy-finalists/?mc_cid=db245e6947&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy Fan Vote
Fan voting for the 2020 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy has begun. The Hodge Trophy is the top award in college wrestling and has been presented annually since 1994 to the nation’s most dominant collegiate wrestler.
The award is named after Dan Hodge, the former three-time (1955-57) NCAA champion from the University of Oklahoma, who did not allow a takedown in his career and pinned 36 of 46 victims.
Voting Criteria
Criteria for the award include:
A wrestler’s record;
Number of pins;
Dominance on the mat;
Quality of competition;
Past credentials;
Sportsmanship/citizenship; and
Heart
The first four criteria are the primary criteria. Number of pins is an extremely important criteria. Part of the reason the award was created was to elevate the importance of the pin, and to motivate top collegians to go for the fall. The Hodge Trophy is a single-season award. However, if you have two candidates who are virtually equal, consideration can be given to past credentials, which is criteria No. 5. The last two criteria should be used to help guide voters to select a winner who also is a good representative of the sport. …. story at https://www.win-magazine.com/2020/03/hodge20/?mc_cid=e20a7e57a4&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Spencer Lee named finalist for James E. Sullivan Award
BY CHRISTOPHER BREWER, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | MARCH 23,
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa junior Spencer Lee has been named one of 10 finalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented annually since 1930 to the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Lee’s 2019 season included a NCAA wrestling championship and a United States Senior Nationals tournament title. He was a 2019 Academic All-Big Ten honoree and a member of the NWCA Academic All-America team. Fans can vote for finalists by visiting aausports.org. The public voting portal is open from Monday, March 23 at 11 a.m. (CT) through Monday, March 30 at 11 p.m. Fans can vote once per day. During the final round, hashtag voting will also count. Tweets and RTs using #VoteForSpencer and #AAUSullivanAward will count in the final tally.
The winner is determined by public vote, media vote, and committee vote.
The 10 finalists include Lee, Evita Griskenas (USA Rhythmic Gymnastics, Grant Holloway (Florida track & field), Markus Howard (Marquette basketball), Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon basketball), Trevor Lawrence (Clemson football), Dana Rettke (Wisconsin volleyball), Kyla Ross (UCLA gymnastics), Megan Taylor (Maryland Lacrosse), and Abby Weitzeil (Cal swimming & diving). …. story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/March/23/Spencer-Lee-named-Sullivan-Award-finalist?mc_cid=3137d16555&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Nick Baumler Named NSIC Co-Wrestler of the Year
Nick Baumler was named the NSIC’s Co-Wrestler of the Year along with Kolton Eischens of St. Cloud State University. Both seniors are two-time NCAA Division II All-Americans and won their respective weight class titles at the NCAA Division II Super Region V Championships at the end of February. …. story at https://uiupeacocks.com/news/2020/3/24/wrestling-nick-baumler-named-nsic-co-wrestler-of-the-year.aspx?mc_cid=a94878ac8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4bhttps://gopack.com/news/2020/3/24/wrestling-packwrestles-night-of-champions.aspx?mc_cid=a94878ac8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

St. Cloud State’s Bianchini, Costanzo & Eischens earn NSIC Awards
The St. Cloud State University wrestling team made a clean sweep of the 2019-20 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference awards as the Huskies claimed the league’s top three honors.  SCSU senior Kolton Eischens (Pierz, Minn./Healy H.S.) was named the 2019-20 NSIC Co-Wrestler of the Year, freshman Joey Bianchini (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Immaculate Conception H.S.) was named the NSIC Rookie of the Year and SCSU’s Steve Costanzo was named the NSIC Coach of the Year. …. story at https://scsuhuskies.com/news/2020/3/24/wrestling-st-cloud-states-bianchini-costanzo-eischens-earn-nsic-awards.aspx?mc_cid=a94878ac8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

NCAA announces the 2020 NCAA wrestling award winners
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released the winners and final standings for the 2020 NCAA wrestling awards in Divisions I, II and III.  
The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes who have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular season, conference tournaments and NCAA super regionals.
Leading the way as the Most Dominant Wrestler in each division are Spencer Lee of Iowa in Division I, Jared Campbell of Notre Dame (Ohio) in Division II and Troy Stanich of Stevens in Division III.
2020 RECAP: Here’s how Iowa won the Big Ten wrestling tournament
The award for most falls went to Jacob Schwarm of the University of Northern Iowa with 16 in Division I, Hayden Bronne of Tiffin in Division II with 20 and Marvin Cunningham of Johnson & Wales University (Providence) with 24.
The most tech falls award was earned by Alex Madrigal of George Mason with 14 in Division I, Ryan Vasbinder of McKendree with 10 in Division II and Stephen Maloney of Messiah with 16 in Division III.
Iowa’s Lee went 18-0 in Division I matches at 125 pounds for an average of 5.00 team points per match to edge out Mark Hall of Penn State (4.70) and Pat Glory of Princeton (4.54) for most dominant in Division I. The two-time NCAA champion had nine tech falls and four falls, while only having one match all season where he did not accumulate bonus points for the Hawkeyes. …. full list and story at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2020-03-24/ncaa-announces-2020-ncaa-wrestling-award-winners?mc_cid=a94878ac8d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

NWCA 2019-2020 NJCAA Scholar All-American Awards
Manheim, PA – On Thursday, the National Wrestling Coaches Association announced the full slate of 2019-2020 Scholar All-American honorees for the NJCAA with awards going to 94 individuals representing 28 institutions
LINK: Individual Scholar All-Americans
“On behalf of the NWCA and our Board of Directors, I am excited to honor the amazing academic achievement demonstrated by this year’s Scholar All-Americans,” said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. “We are proud to work with our NJCAA member coaches to honor outstanding student-athletes from across the country.”
The West Central District paced the field, with 27 individuals receiving honors followed by the North Central District with 15. The remaining districts were Eastern-A (11), Eastern-B (11), North (11), Central (8), Rocky Mountain (6), and West (5).
Pratt Community College (KS) led the list of honorees with 9 All-Americans. At the same time, Henry Ford College (MI) and Western Wyoming Community College had six honorees, and four other institutions had five. …. story at http://www.nwcaonline.com/nwca-2019-2020-njcaa-scholar-all-american-awards/?mc_cid=97441c20ca&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Pac-12’s Best
Griffith named Newcomer and Wrestler of the Year
STANFORD, Calif. –Shane Griffith has been selected the Pac-12 Wrestler and Newcomer of the Year, the conference announced Thursday. Griffith becomes the third Cardinal to be named Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year, joining Matt Gentry (2004) and Nick Amuchastegui (2012), and the fifth to earn the Newcomer of the Year honor along with Gentry (2002), Zack Giesen (2007), Jim Wilson (2014) and Joey McKenna (2016). “Shane is a tremendous student-athlete and an overall great example of someone that does the little things right,” said head coach Jason Borrelli. “He is very disciplined and consistent. He works hard, has tremendous passion, and is incredibly competitive.” Griffith was 28-0 in his rookie campaign – the best start to a career in program history. The Westwood, New Jersey, native, is also a finalist for the Dan Hodge Trophy, presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate wrestler. The Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds, Griffith’s 28-match winning streak is the second-longest in school history. He led the team in wins and falls (9) this season. Eighteen of his 28 wins were by bonus points and he registered six wins over ranked opponents. In addition to his conference title, Griffith won the Battle at The Citadel, the Roadrunner Open and the Southern Scuffle. He earned Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference championships and was twice named Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week. …. story at https://gostanford.com/news/2020/3/26/wrestling-pac-12s-best.aspx

Berlin Earns WIAC Wrestler of the Year Nod
MADSION, Wis. – UW-Stevens Point wrestling junior Matt Berlin (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) was named the WIAC Wrestler of the Year, the league office announced on Friday (March 27).  Berlin becomes the second-straight and sixth overall UWSP recipient of the top honor in the conference.
 WIAC Release
 Berlin went 32-0 on the year at 133 for the Pointers, the second UWSP wrestler to go an entire season undefeated.  He had win over foes from Division I, Division II and an NAIA two-time All-American.  Berlin was the only WIAC wrestler to go undefeated on the year with 30 or more wins.  
He was the WIAC Champion at 133 and won the Upper Midwest Region in the only weight class with four nationally-ranked wrestlers.  Along the way, Berlin was the 133 champion at the Pointer Open, Dan Gable Open and Pete Willson Invitational.  Berlin was headed to the NCAA Championships as the No. 2 ranked wrestler in his weight class and the only undefeated competitor in the 133 bracket. …. story at https://athletics.uwsp.edu/news/2020/3/27/wrestling-berlin-earns-wiac-wrestler-of-the-year-nod.aspx?mc_cid=5dfdb1c828&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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