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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
2/27/2017 Sam Weinger Wrestling
2/27/2017 Cori Okada Women's Basketball
2/20/2017 Alex Dieroff Men's Swimming & Diving
2/20/2017 Sedera Zbranak Women's Swimming & Diving
2/13/2017 Daniel Giuliano Men's Track & Field
2/13/2017 Jess Calzolari Women's Track & Field
2/6/2017 Tara Lynch Women's Basketball
2/6/2017 Dempsey King Wrestling
1/30/2017 Jenna de Jonge Women's Hockey
1/30/2017 AJ Horde Men's Basketball
1/23/2017 Steven Paine Men's Swimming & Diving
1/23/2017 Sedera Zbranak Women's Swimming & Diving
1/16/2017 Matthew Lienhard Men's Track & Field
1/16/2017 Caitlin Wallace Women's Hockey
1/9/2017 Isaiah Ocasio Wrestling
1/9/2017 Cori Okada Women's Basketball
1/2/2017 Troy Pierre-Louis Men's Basketball
1/2/2017 Jessica Glaz Women's Basketball
12/12/2016 AJ Horde Men's Basketball
12/12/2016 Kendra Bush Women's Track & Field
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