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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
1/16/2012 Jasmine Poles Women's Track & Field
1/16/2012 Jamie Dorren Men's Track & Field
1/9/2012 Tory Cain Wrestling
1/9/2012 Leslie Havens Women's Basketball
1/2/2012 Chris Saracino Men's Hockey
1/2/2012 Anne Wapshare Women's Basketball
12/12/2011 Kevin Christiansen Men's Swimming & Diving
12/12/2011 Katie Baldwin Women's Swimming & Diving
12/5/2011 Kayla Wheeler Women's Basketball
12/5/2011 Tory Cain Wrestling
11/28/2011 Kolbee McCrea Women's Hockey
11/28/2011 Brendan Harder Men's Basketball
11/21/2011 Courtney Tennant Women's Basketball
11/21/2011 Sean Sercu Wrestling
11/14/2011 Rory Bruce Wrestling
11/14/2011 Erin LaFave Women's Cross Country
11/7/2011 Mark Cornacchia Men's Hockey
11/7/2011 Kolbee McCrea Women's Hockey
10/31/2011 Tenecia Hiller Women's Hockey
10/24/2011 Matt Giannino Men's Cross Country
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