This wrestler was named MVP of the Cliff Keen National Duals, earned all-American honors, captured the ECWC individual title and hopes to continue his streak this season. Learn how he does it all.
Senior Seth Ecker and graduate student Jeremy Stierly are listed in the wrestling team’s history as two of eight national champions, but they will also be remembered for their contributions in the classroom.
Vindication shows itself in different forms, as was the case for senior Seth Ecker and graduate student Jeremy Stierly winning individual titles at the NCAA Championships yesterday in La Crosse, Wis. Ecker defeated all the competitors in the 133-pound weight class, while Stierly took first in the 149-pound category.
Though most college fraternities and teams aim to create familial bonds between members, this year’s wrestling team already has three sets of brothers to help build unity.
Collectively, the wrestling team is ranked fourth in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association rankings, but five individual Bombers with dominant performances last season have been motivated to achieve individual glory this season.
By Kevin McCall, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 9, 2011
With an overall record of 12–2 and six wrestlers ranked at the top of their individual weight classes, the wrestling team’s athletes continue to support one another and tweak their technique on their way to another run at a national title.