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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
3/18/2019 Colette Rigas Women's Lacrosse
3/18/2019 Alden Dupuis Men's Hockey
3/11/2019 Torie Adler Softball
3/11/2019 Dempsey King Wrestling
3/4/2019 Martine Bosch Women's Track & Field
3/4/2019 Max Gloskey Men's Track & Field
2/25/2019 Curtis Geiger Men's Track & Field
2/25/2019 Amy Adams Women's Swimming & Diving
2/18/2019 Terra Lanteigne Women's Hockey
2/18/2019 Ryan Barnable Men's Lacrosse
2/11/2019 Harley Wilson Women's Track & Field
2/11/2019 Curtis Geiger Men's Track & Field
2/4/2019 Jack Smith Men's Track & Field
2/4/2019 Sabrina Wolfe Women's Basketball
1/28/2019 Ian Andriano Men's Hockey
1/28/2019 Mililani Rosare Women's Swimming & Diving
1/21/2019 Curtis Geiger Men's Track & Field
1/21/2019 Kathryn Kennedy Women's Hockey
1/14/2019 Joe Wang Men's Swimming & Diving
1/14/2019 Colleen Eckl Women's Track & Field
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