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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
1/24/2022 Theo Heilman Men's Swimming & Diving
1/18/2022 Hana Solinger Women's Hockey
1/18/2022 Andrew Fox Men's Basketball
1/11/2022 Kaleesha Joseph Women's Basketball
1/11/2022 Shane Murphy Wrestling
12/8/2021 Brendan Kapp Men's Swimming & Diving
12/8/2021 KhaVy Sangasy Women's Swimming & Diving
12/1/2021 Kaleesha Joseph Women's Basketball
12/1/2021 Chase Lewis Men's Basketball
11/23/2021 Kaidon Winters Wrestling
11/23/2021 Kaleesha Joseph Women's Basketball
11/16/2021 Katie Cobos Women's Cross Country
11/16/2021 Christopher Horton Wrestling
11/9/2021 Kaidon Winters Wrestling
11/9/2021 Kimberly Dobie Women's Swimming & Diving
11/3/2021 John Lucas Men's Soccer
10/19/2021 Erin Allor Women's Soccer
10/19/2021 Will Calverley Men's Hockey
10/5/2021 Katie Hobler Women's Volleyball
10/5/2021 Adam Wuest Men's Soccer
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