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Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week - Jan. 30, 2024

Jan 30, 2024

WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Josiah Hill, RS Jr., Little Rock (285 lbs., Bakersfield, Calif.)

  • Upset victory over #17 Boone McDermott sealed Little Rock's 20-17 team win over #16 Oregon State on Friday as the Trojans collected back-to-back wins over ranked team for the first time in program history
  • Earned a perfect 2-0 record over Little Rock's road swing down the West Coast this past weekend, collecting a 4-1 decision over #17 McDermott and a 15-5 major decision over Stanford's Mankowski
  • Moves to 17-8 on the season
  • 2nd Little Rock wrestler to win this award this season (Nasir Bailey, Dec. 28).  First time the Trojans have won this award twice in the same season

ALSO NOMINATED: Tye Monteiro, Stanford; Isaiah Crosby, Oregon State

InterMat Team Rankings (Tournament): No. 12 Arizona State, No. 21 Oregon State, T-No. 24 Cal Poly, T-No. 29 Little Rock    
InterMat Team Rankings (Dual):  No. 17 Stanford, No. 19 Arizona State, No. 21 Little Rock, No. 22 Oregon State,
NWCA Coaches Poll: No. 16 Stanford, No. 21 Oregon State,  No. 20 Little Rock, No. 23 Cal Poly, No. 24 Arizona State      

InterMat Individual Rankings: 

125 – No. 11 Richie Figueroa, ASU; No. 18 Nico Provo, STAN;  No. 19 Brandon Kaylor, OSU; No. 30 Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly      
133 – No. 7 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock; No. 9 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly; No. 26 Julian Chlebove, ASU;  No. 32 Gabe Whisenhunt, OSU     
141 – No. 18 Cleveland Belton, OSU; No. 31 Jason Miranda, STAN      
149 -  No. 4 Kyle Parco, ASU; No. 5 Chance Lamer, Cal Poly; No. 18 Nash Singleton, OSU; No. 21 Jaden Abas, STAN    
157 – No. 4 Jacori Teemer, ASU; No. 11 Daniel Cardenas, STAN; No. 31 Matt Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 32 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly      
165 – No. 13 Matthew Olguin, OSU; No. 25 Joey Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 26 Hunter Garvin, STAN      
174 – No. 10 Adam Kemp, Cal Poly;  No. 19 Lorenzo Norman, STAN; No. 24 Tyler Brennan, Little Rock   
184 – No. 4 Trey Munoz, OSU; No. 25 Tony Negron, ASU      
197 – No. 9 Stephen Little, Little Rock; No. 18 Nick Stemmet, STAN; No. 28 Justin Rademacher, OSU     
285 – No. 4 Cohlton Schultz, ASU; No. 22 Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly; No. 23 Boone McDermott, OSU 

NCAA Coaches' Individual Rankings (Jan. 22): 

125 – No. 10 Nico Provo, STAN; No. 17 Brandon Kaylor, OSU; No. 32 Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly      
133 – No. 6 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock; No. 10 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly; No. 21 Julian Chlebove, ASU; No. 22 Gabe Whisenhunt, OSU     
141 – No. 24 Cleveland Belton, OSU; No. 26 Jason Miranda, STAN      
149 -  No. 3 Kyle Parco, ASU; No. 5 Chance Lamer, Cal Poly; No. 10 Jaden Abas, STAN; No. 13 Nash Singleton, OSU 
157 – No. 4 Jacori Teemer, ASU; No. 6 Daniel Cardenas, STAN; No. 20 Matt Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 26 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly; No. 33 Isaiah Crosby, OSU 
165 – No. 13 Matthew Olguin, OSU; No. 24 Joey Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 25 Hunter Garvin, STAN      
174 – No. 7 Adam Kemp, Cal Poly; No. 14 Tyler Brennan, Little Rock; No. 17 Lorenzo Norman, STAN      
184 – No. 4 Trey Munoz, OSU; No. 25 Tony Negron, ASU; No. 31 Triston Willis, Little Rock      
197 – No. 10 Stephen Little, Little Rock; No. 15 Nick Stemmet, STAN; No. 25 Justin Rademacher, OSU     
285 – No. 11 Boone McDermott, OSU; No. 23 Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly; No. 30. Josiah Hill, Little Rock

2023-24 PAC-12 WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK

Date Wrestler
Nov. 7 Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State
Nov. 14 Tony Negron, Arizona State
Nov. 21 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State
Dec. 5 Nico Provo, Stanford
Dec. 19 Daniel Cardenas, Stanford
Dec. 28 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock
Jan. 3 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly
Jan. 9 Trey Munoz, Oregon State
Jan. 16 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly
Jan. 23 Cleveland Belton, Oregon State
Jan. 30 Josiah Hill, Little Rock