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Athletes of the Week

Dempsey King

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/2/2019
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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King improved to 13-3 in 2018-19 after winning all five bouts to secure the individual championship at 165 lbs. at the Citrus Open in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. King began his journey towards a title with a 15-0 technical fall win over Colin Honderd of Cornell College and won by decision over Sam Gross of John Carroll and James Murdoch of NYU Saturday. King earned a crucial win in overtime over Rodney Shepard of UNC Pembroke, 10-8, who was a 2018 Division II All-American and is ranked second nationally this season. King clinched the title with a 7-3 victory over fifth-ranked Andrew Tolbert of Ferrum in the championship match Sunday.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/10/2019 KhaVy Sangasy Women's Swimming & Diving
12/10/2019 Dempsey King Wrestling
12/2/2019 Kaidon Winters Wrestling
12/2/2019 Katie Cobos Women's Cross Country
11/18/2019 Curtis Nesbit Men's Basketball
11/18/2019 Hannah Weppner Women's Cross Country
11/5/2019 Hannah Weppner Women's Cross Country
11/5/2019 Andrew Rinaldi Men's Hockey
10/23/2019 Christine Cataldo-Smith Women's Soccer
10/23/2019 Logan Drackett Men's Hockey
10/15/2019 Samantha Russell Women's Swimming & Diving
10/15/2019 Simon Garno Men's Soccer
10/7/2019 Mia White Women's Soccer
10/7/2019 Nick Simone Men's Soccer
10/1/2019 Christine Cataldo-Smith Women's Soccer
10/1/2019 Hassan Eissa Men's Cross Country
9/23/2019 Verosh Jayanetti Men's Tennis
9/23/2019 Mia White Women's Soccer
9/16/2019 Hassan Eissa Men's Cross Country
9/16/2019 Kristen Zablonski Women's Tennis
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