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Athletes of the Week

Blake Sorensen

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/2/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Wrestling
  • Bio
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Blake Sorensen (184, Sr., #6 NWCA, Denver, Iowa, Denver HS, Hawkeye CC)
  • Sorensen won both of his matches this week by fall to bring his record up to 21-5 with 13 pins, which leads the varsity competitors for the Peacocks
  • Defeated Ashton Bartlett of SMSU in 1:03 on Friday before pinning Kobina Henriques (4:43) in the second period after several takedowns
  • The win pushed Sorensen’s winning streak to six straight since his 7-4 loss to #1 Garrett Lineberger of Notre Dame College
  • Upper Iowa won 17 of the 20 matches wrestled this week posting a 30-9 win at SMSU and then claiming the 44-6 victory against Minot State at home
  • The Peacocks got a pair of wins from Matt Paulus (133), Trevor Duke (149), Jordan Rinken (157, #6 NWCA), Dalton Westerlund (174), Sorensen and Ricky Briggs (197), while Chris Paulus (125), Garrett Wangsness (125), Jordan Roths (141), Colbey Vance (165, #8 NWCA) and Logan Hopp (285, #6 NWCA) all posted one win
  • UIU scored six wins by fall and added a tech fall and three major decision as they posted bonus points in 10 of their 17 wins.
  • The Peacocks will face the Mavericks of Minnesota State this Thursday night in Mankato, Minn. at 7 p.m.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/18/2016 Shay Lierman Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
1/12/2016 Zak Benitz Men's Wrestling
1/12/2016 Carson Parker Men's Basketball
1/4/2016 Jimmy Roth Men's Basketball
1/4/2016 Jordan Rinken Men's Wrestling
12/15/2015 Josh Weeber Men's Basketball
12/15/2015 Ryan Parmely Men's Wrestling
12/7/2015 Damian Penichet Men's Wrestling
12/7/2015 Aleesha Cleaver Women's Basketball
12/1/2015 Luke Lenhart Men's Basketball
12/1/2015 Sam Ofstad Women's Basketball
11/23/2015 Aleesha Cleaver Women's Basketball
11/23/2015 Jordan Roths Men's Wrestling
11/16/2015 Whitney Kieffer Women's Basketball
11/16/2015 Jalen Amis Football
11/9/2015 Jalen Amis Football
11/9/2015 Bethani Jacobsen Women's Cross Country
11/2/2015 Alisha VanderWoude Volleyball
11/2/2015 Alex Wahl Football
10/26/2015 Cole Stephen Football
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