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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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12/2/2025 Josiah Turner Men's Basketball
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11/25/2025 Maddy Ramsgard Women's Basketball
11/18/2025 Therese Georgia Women's Cross Country
11/18/2025 Jackson Burger Men's Cross Country
11/11/2025 Madisen Pavoris Women's Swimming & Diving
11/11/2025 Josh Harkless Wrestling
11/4/2025 Addie Alvarez Women's Hockey
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