WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: Richard Figueroa, R-So., Arizona State (125 lbs., Sanger, Calif.)

• Knocked off Top 10 opponents on back-to-back days
• Defeated No. 2 Luke Stanich (Lehigh) on Saturday, Feb. 24 (5-3 decision), the 2nd time in his career Figueroa has had a Top 2 win
• Defeated No. 7 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) on Sunday, Feb. 25 (4-3 decision)
• Moves up from #24 to #19 in his weight class in the InterMat individual rankings 
• Improves to 9-5 on the season
• 2nd time winning this award, having previously won in December 2022
• 3rd different Sun Devil to win this award this season

ALSO NOMINATED: Stephen Little, Little Rock; Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly

InterMat Team Rankings (Tournament): No. 12 Arizona State, No. 21 Little Rock , T-No. 22 Oregon State, T-No. 30 Stanford   
InterMat Team Rankings (Dual): No. 16 Arizona State, No. 19 Little Rock, No. 20 Oregon State,  No. 21 Stanford 
NWCA Coaches Poll: No. 16 Arizona State, No. 18 Little Rock, No. 20 Stanford, No. 21 Oregon State, RV: Cal Poly        

InterMat Individual Rankings: 

125 – No. 17 Brandon Kaylor, OSU; No. 18 Nico Provo, STAN; No. 19 Richie Figueroa, ASU; No. 29 Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly         
133 – No. 6 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock; No. 12 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly; No. 26 Julian Chlebove, ASU        
141 – No. 15 Jesse Vasquez, ASU; No. 20 Cleveland Belton, OSU        
149 -  No. 3 Kyle Parco, ASU; No. 11 Chance Lamer, Cal Poly; No. 15 Jaden Abas, STAN    
157 – No. 3 Jacori Teemer, ASU; No. 8 Daniel Cardenas, STAN; No. 31 Matt Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 33 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly         
165 – No. 23 Joey Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 24 Hunter Garvin, STAN; No. 33 Chance McLane, ASU       
174 – No. 9 Adam Kemp, Cal Poly;  No. 23 Tyler Brennan, Little Rock; No. 33 Matthew Olguin, OSU     
184 – No. 4 Trey Munoz, OSU; No. 32 Tony Negron, ASU         
197 – No. 9 Stephen Little, Little Rock; No. 17 Nick Stemmet, STAN; No. 26 Justin Rademacher, OSU        
285 – No. 4 Cohlton Schultz, ASU; No. 21 Josiah Hill, Little Rock; No. 22 Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly; No. 23 Boone McDermott, OSU 

NCAA Coaches' Individual Rankings (Feb. 15): 

125 – No. 16 Nico Provo, STAN; No. 17 Brandon Kaylor, OSU; No. 27 Richard Figueroa, ASU; No. 32 Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly         
133 – No. 6 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock; No. 12 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly; No. 20 Julian Chlebove, ASU; No. 30 Gabe Whisenhunt, OSU        
141 – No. 20 Cleveland Belton, OSU; No. 28 Jason Miranda, STAN         
149 -  No. 3 Kyle Parco, ASU; No. 9 Chance Lamer, Cal Poly; No. 11 Jaden Abas, STAN; No. 25 Nash Singleton, OSU    
157 – T-No. 3 Jacori Teemer, ASU; No. 6 Daniel Cardenas, STAN; No. 23 Matt Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 26 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly   
165 – No. 24 Joey Bianchi, Little Rock; No. 25 Hunter Garvin, STAN         
174 – No. 9 Adam Kemp, Cal Poly; No. 20 Tyler Brennan, Little Rock        
184 – No. 4 Trey Munoz, OSU; No. 27 Tony Negron, ASU; No. 33 Triston Willis, Little Rock         
197 – No. 10 Stephen Little, Little Rock; No. 14 Nick Stemmet, STAN; No. 27 Justin Rademacher, OSU        
285 – No. 20 Boone McDermott, OSU; No. 23 Josiah Hill, Little Rock; No. 25 Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly

2023-24 PAC-12 WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK