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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
3/9/2015 Becky Greiner Women's Track & Field
3/9/2015 Cassie Clayton Women's Hockey
3/3/2015 Tory Cain Wrestling
3/3/2015 Ali Binnington Women's Hockey
2/24/2015 Brad McGowan Men's Hockey
2/24/2015 Brenna Woodling Women's Swimming & Diving
2/16/2015 Markus Hines Men's Track & Field
2/16/2015 Kelly Fredette Women's Track & Field
2/9/2015 Sam Weinger Wrestling
2/9/2015 Jessica Glaz Women's Basketball
2/2/2015 Genevieve Senecal Women's Swimming & Diving
2/2/2015 Matt Giannino Men's Track & Field
1/26/2015 Josh Mitchell Men's Hockey
1/26/2015 Emilee Bulleid Women's Hockey
1/19/2015 Amanda White Women's Track & Field
1/19/2015 Nicholas Greenquist Wrestling
1/13/2015 Brad Mayville Wrestling
1/13/2015 Brenna Woodling Women's Swimming & Diving
1/5/2015 Julia Bender Women's Basketball
1/5/2015 Joe Stortini Men's Basketball
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