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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
12/5/2016 Jake Sepor Wrestling
12/5/2016 Cori Okada Women's Basketball
11/28/2016 Kendall Cornine Women's Hockey
11/28/2016 Myles Powell Men's Hockey
11/21/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
11/21/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
11/14/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
11/14/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
11/7/2016 Jake Sepor Wrestling
11/7/2016 Brenna Woodling Women's Swimming & Diving
10/31/2016 Steven Paine Men's Swimming & Diving
10/31/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
10/24/2016 Alex Dieroff Men's Swimming & Diving
10/24/2016 Colleen Albert Women's Rowing
10/17/2016 Terra Lanteigne Women's Hockey
10/17/2016 James Bailey Men's Cross Country
10/10/2016 James Martin Men's Rowing
10/10/2016 Taylor Blackwell Women's Rowing
10/3/2016 Emma Jones Women's Cross Country
10/3/2016 Jon Pelzar Men's Cross Country
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