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Athletes of the Week

Kaidon Winters

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/26/2018
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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Winters finished 4-1 on the weekend at 157 lbs., finishing as runner-up at the NCAA Mideast Regional to earn his first NCAA Championship berth. Winters opened the weekend by defeating Thomas Michaels of Keystone College with a fall in 2:31. He knocked off John Sheedy of Scranton, 4-2 before defeating Christopher Kummerer of Elizabethtown in the quarterfinals, 3-2. On Sunday, Winters cemented his NCAA Championship berth by defeating No. 9 Austin Whitney of Ithaca, 8-4 in the semifinals. Winters fell to No. 4 Zach Wilhelm of Stevens in the championship match. Winters improved to 40-8 on the season with a program-record 21 pins. He is just the second Tiger in program history to reach 40 wins in a season.


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4/7/2026 Emily Greb Women's Tennis
4/7/2026 Jackson Rusiecki Baseball
3/31/2026 Joe Holenstein Men's Lacrosse
3/31/2026 Samantha Crisci Women's Track & Field
3/24/2026 Luke Albanese Men's Swimming & Diving
3/24/2026 Gwen Petrie Women's Swimming & Diving
3/17/2026 Kate Carlone Softball
3/17/2026 Josh Harkless Wrestling
3/10/2026 Jack Luensmann Baseball
3/10/2026 Zoe Heffernan Women's Lacrosse
3/3/2026 McKenna Porter Women's Swimming & Diving
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