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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
1/7/2019 Jordan Marchese Women's Hockey
1/7/2019 Abbott Girduckis Men's Hockey
1/2/2019 Dempsey King Wrestling
1/2/2019 Jake Hamacher Men's Hockey
12/10/2018 Harley Wilson Women's Track & Field
12/10/2018 Curtis Geiger Men's Track & Field
12/3/2018 Sedera Zbranak Women's Swimming & Diving
12/3/2018 Kaidon Winters Wrestling
11/26/2018 Will Atkinson Men's Basketball
11/26/2018 Terra Lanteigne Women's Hockey
11/19/2018 Sabrina Wolfe Women's Basketball
11/19/2018 Logan Drackett Men's Hockey
11/12/2018 Brittney Gout Women's Hockey
11/12/2018 Darren Brady Men's Hockey
11/5/2018 Joe Lupisella Wrestling
11/5/2018 Katie Hobler Women's Volleyball
10/29/2018 Alyssa Salls Women's Soccer
10/29/2018 Nate Verso Men's Soccer
10/22/2018 Erik Brown Men's Hockey
10/22/2018 Katie Hobler Women's Volleyball
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