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Athletes of the Week

Sawyer Leppla

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/29/2016
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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WHEELING, W.Va. – After wrestling his way to his first NCAA Nationals appearance, Sawyer Leppla is the WJU Male Athlete of the Week!

Sawyer began the super-regional unseeded and wrestled his way to a fourth place finish. His previous best finish was sixth place in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.

Leppla won his final two matches, including a defeat of Collin Schildt of Kutztown University by decision, 8-4, to claim his spot at Nationals. He took down No. 4 Angelo Bortoluzzi, 11-4, to qualify for the fourth place match.

Leppla and his three teammates - Dominick Nania, Nolan Whitely, and Logan Bowman – will compete at the NCAA Division II Championships on March 11-12, in Sioux Falls, S.D.



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/6/2017 Mariah Callen Women's Basketball
2/6/2017 Tyler Zahnow Men's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Natasha Trott Women's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Kelsey Chambers Women's Track and Field
1/23/2017 Monica Burns Women's Basketball
1/23/2017 Preston Boswell Men's Basketball
1/16/2017 Anna Davis Women's Swimming
1/16/2017 Maxwell Lacey Wrestling
1/9/2017 Jaana Motton Women's Basketball
1/9/2017 Jacob Donahue Wrestling
11/21/2016 Dylan Taylor Wrestling
11/21/2016 Breanna Kramer Volleyball
11/8/2016 Tomas Caixeta Men's Swimming
11/8/2016 Kaitlyn Workman Women's Cross Country
10/10/2016 Hugh McAllister Rugby
10/10/2016 Kelsey Chambers Women's Cross Country
9/26/2016 Haley Kindall Volleyball
9/26/2016 Allan Hanson Rugby
9/20/2016 Teavon Spencer Men's Soccer
9/20/2016 Kenaida Mills Women's Golf
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