Wrestling | 1/17/2017 1:15:00 PM

ROCHESTER, NY - Sophomore Dempsey King (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) and senior Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) of the RIT wrestling team, shared Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week honors on Tuesday, for the week ending Jan. 15. 2017. It is the first weekly honor of the season for each wrestler.

King went 5-0 at 157 lbs., at the prestigious Budd Whitehill National Duals hosted by Lycoming College. Friday, he defeated Brett Beltz of Thiel, 9-5, pinned Scott Mattison of Wisconsin Eau-Claire in 2:10 and won a 5-0 decision over Luke Balina of The College of New Jersey. Saturday, King knocked off Michael DeCapua of Oswego, 12-2 and Gabriel Corrochano of Williams, 3-0. King is now 15-3 on the season and a perfect 9-0 in dual matches. It is King's third ECWC honor of his career.

Like King, Sepor went 5-0 at 141 lbs. at the Budd Whitehill National Duals. Friday, he won a major decision over Caleb-Lewis Cepero of Thiel (17-4), major decision over Scorr Worlund of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (10-2), and defeated Anthony Gagliano of The College of New Jersey (5-1) Saturday, Sepor won a major decision over Bryan Coll of Oswego, 13-4 and defeated Brandon Seyfried of Williams, 5-3. Sepor is now 18-1 on the season and a perfect 9-0 in dual matches.

RIT is right back in action on Saturday, at the ECWC Championships hosted by Oswego State at 10 a.m.