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All-CC Wrestling Team; Arnold Named Wrestler of Year

All-CC Wrestling Team; Arnold Named Wrestler of Year

Derek Arnold, Ursinus; AJ Kowal, Stevens

 

Complete All-Centennial team

First Team

Cl

Wt

Hometown/High School

Paul Bewak, Johns Hopkins +

Sr

125

Greensburg, Pa. / Hempfield Area

Ryan O'Boyle, McDaniel *

Jr

133

North Reading, Mass. / Central Catholic

Christian Hoogheem, Ursinus

Jr

141

Deerfield, Ill. / Deerfield

Derek Arnold, Ursinus *

Soph

149

Centreville, Va. / Westfield

Mike Polizzi, Stevens (A) #

Sr

157

Montville, N.J. / Montville

CJ Caserta, Stevens

Gr

165

Mt. Arlington, N.J. / Roxbury

AJ Kowal, Stevens

Fr

174

Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton

Pat Rooney, Merchant Marine

Soph

184

Belgrade, Minn. / Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa

Ricky Fisher, Merchant Marine

Jr

197

Nashville, Tenn. / Father Ryan

Chris Florek, Stevens *

Sr

285

Mendham, N.J. / West Morris Mendham

 
 
 
 

Honorable Mention

Cl

Wt

Hometown/High School

Chris Donaldson, Ursinus #

Sr

125

Wilmington, Del / Salesianum School

Keven Hoogheem, Ursinus (A)

Jr

133

Deerfield, Ill. / Deerfield

Issac Hammonds, Merchant Marine

Soph

141

Dover, Ohio / Dover

Zack Wilhelm, Stevens

Fr

149

Tuckerton, N.J. / Southern Regional

Rich Jasinski, Ursinus (A) ^

Sr

157

Sellersville, Pa. / Pennridge

Logan Yox, McDaniel

Sr

165

Westminster, Md. / Liberty

Jared Forman, Johns Hopkins

Soph

174

Oceanside, Calif. / Rancho Buena Vista

Dan Manganaro, Ursinus #

Sr

184

Horseheads, N.Y. / Horseheads

Ian Gimbar, Muhlenberg

Sr

197

Hellertown, Pa. / Saucon Valley

Matan Peleg, Ursinus (A) #

Soph

285

Vadnais Heights, Minn. / Mounds View


+ 1st team All-Centennial in 2012 and 2013
* 1st team All-Centennial in 2014
^ 1st team All-Centennial in 2013 and 2014
# Honorable Mention All-Centennial in 2014
(A) Named to 2015 Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll

 

Wrestler of the Year – Derek Arnold, Ursinus, Soph., 149
Rookie of the Year
– AJ Kowal, Stevens, Fr., 174
Coach of the Year
– Joe Favia, Stevens
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
– Keven Hoogheem, Ursinus, Jr.

 

Notes

  • Champions at the Centennial Conference meet are named first-team All-Centennial, while runners-up receive honorable mention.
  • Arnold is the seventh Ursinus wrestler to earn Wrestler of the Year honors and first since Eddie Murray in 2005
  • Bewak became the 23rd wrestler to win three Centennial titles and earn first-team All-Conference honors three times. He joins Paul Marcello '13 as the Blue Jay representatives in the elite group.
  • O'Boyle, Arnold and Florek repeated as first-team selections, while Bewak returns to the elite squad after a year's absence.
  • Kowal is the first Stevens grappler to earn Rookie of the Year honors.
  • Ursinus leads the gold medal count in Conference history with 53 while McDaniel is second with 41. Muhlenberg is third with 38, followed by Merchant Marine (25), Gettysburg (21), Johns Hopkins (20), Stevens (17), Swarthmore (2), Washington and Lee (2) and New York University (1).
  • Hoogheem, a biology major, is the recipient of Conference's Scholar-Athlete award, presented to a member of the junior or senior class with the highest cumulative GPA on the All-Centennial team.
  • Four students were also named to the Conference Academic Honor Roll, which recognizes sophomores, junior and seniors who are key performers and have a 3.40 cumulative grade point average or higher.

 

All-Sportsmanship Team

Matt Laux, Gettysburg, Sr., Bethesda, Md.

Evan Johnson, Johns Hopkins, Sr., Honolulu, Hawaii

Logan Yox, McDaniel, Sr., Westminster, Md.

Nic Watson, Merchant Marine, Sr., Cocoa Beach, Fla.

Che Chengsupanamit, Muhlenberg, Jr., Bangkok, Thailand

DJ Albonico, New York U., Sr., Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.

Chris Florek, Stevens, Sr., Mendham, N.J.

Derek Arnold, Ursinus, Soph., Centreville, Va.

Evan Kuefffner, Washington and Lee, Fr., Grass Lake, Mich.