How long has it been since we've had a dominant heavyweight?
2022-23 Wrestling Awards: MVP, Best Pin, Top Redshirt, etc.
We look at MVP, Best Pin, Most Improved, Best New Starter, and Top Redshirtwww.cornnation.com2022-23 Wrestling Season Awards
MVP: Mikey Labriola (Sr.) - 174 pounds [He went 30-2 as a Sr, Career at NU was 110-28]
Best Pin" Lenny Pinto vs. Anthony Montalvo (Arizona St.) [In his first year, Pinto went 24-11]
Most Improved: Liam Cronin (Sr) - 125 pounds [impressive 24-6 as a senior,]
Best New Starter(s): Brock Hardy (R-Fr.) - 141 pounds
-AND- Silas Allred (R-Fr.) - 197 pounds [Hardy going 30-8 and Allred finishing his year 28-7.]
Redshirt(s) of the Year: Jacob Van Dee (Fr.) - 125 pounds. [Van Dee went 10-4 on the year but appeared in two duals]
-AND-
Harley Andrews (Fr.) - 285 pounds [Andrews was dominant as a redshirt, going 22-2 with 12 wins via pinfall.]
Rulon?How long has it been since we've had a dominant heavyweight?
That's the last one I can remember.Rulon?
That's the last one I can remember.
1995 | Tolly Thompson | HWT | 1st |
1996 | Tolly Thompson | HWT | 3rd |
1997 | Tolly Thompson* | HWT | 3rd |
1993 | Rulon Gardner | HWT | 4th |
1990 | Joe Malecek | HWT | 7th |
1982 | Gary Albright* | HWT | 7th |
1985 | Gary Albright | HWT | 2nd |
1986 | Gary Albright* | HWT | 3rd |
1954 | Max Kitzelman | HWT | 3rd |
1958 | Dan Brand | HWT | 4th |
Oh yeah, I remembered Tolly. I just thought Rulon came after Tolly. Losing my memory...Our last All American at HWY/285 was last year in Christian Lance. He finished 8th.
Then we had a long drought of no All Americans.
Before him it was Tolly Thompson in 1995-997 where he finished first (our only National Champ at HWY) then 3rd both times at NCAA finals.
1995 Tolly Thompson HWT 1st
1996 Tolly Thompson HWT 3rd 1997 Tolly Thompson* HWT 3rd
Rulon was in 1993 where he finished fourth at the NCAA tournament.
Others:
1993 Rulon Gardner HWT 4th
1990 Joe Malecek HWT 7th
This is the guy I watched while at NU:
1982 Gary Albright* HWT 7th
1985 Gary Albright HWT 2nd 1986 Gary Albright* HWT 3rd
1954 Max Kitzelman HWT 3rd 1958 Dan Brand HWT 4th
I did too.Oh yeah, I remembered Tolly. I just thought Rulon came after Tolly. Losing my memory...