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Athletes of the Week

Maleek Williams

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/29/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Wrestling
  • Bio
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Maleek Williams punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships with a championship semifinal win over Lindenwood's Danny Swan. Williams posted a 13-3 major decision to earn a shot at the regional title thanks to three takedowns, a reversal and a pair of two-point nearfalls.
 
Williams toed the line against Brett Velasquez of St. Cloud State in the title bout. After a nearly scoreless first period, the action went wild in the final 20 seconds.  After Velasquez scored a takedown, Williams got a reversal and four nearfall points as time ran out to lead 6-2.  Velasquez escaped in the second and later added a takedown to cut the gap to one, 6-5.  An escape by Willaims put the margin back to two, 7-5, but the match evened up when Velasquez got another takedown. Williams escaped again, but Velasquez kept the heat on and scored another takedown.  A restart with three seconds allowed Williams one last chance and he took advantage with a quick escape to send the match to overtime tied at 9-9.  A reversal in the first tiebreaker period by Velasquez gave the SCSU wrestler an 11-9 lead that held through the end of the match locking Williams in as the Super Region 3 Runner-up.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/7/2016 Chandra Smith Women's Cross Country
10/24/2016 Dimitri Morales Football
10/24/2016 Corel Carmichael Women's Soccer
10/16/2016 Blair Lyons Men's Soccer
10/16/2016 Eric Munoz Football
10/10/2016 Birgit Rijnders Women's Soccer
10/10/2016 Nicolas Corley Football
10/3/2016 Haley Poula Volleyball
10/3/2016 Jordyn Ostrowski Women's Soccer
9/26/2016 Chandra Smith Women's Cross Country
9/26/2016 Zach Gardner Football
9/19/2016 Alyssa Weber Women's Cross Country
9/19/2016 Derrick Portis Football
9/12/2016 Jarred Edmonds Football
9/12/2016 Brianne Fenton Women's Soccer
5/30/2016 Alisha VanderWoude Volleyball
5/30/2016 Jace Hanna Men's Basketball
5/2/2016 Sammy Garrett Softball
5/2/2016 Brooke Redmond Softball
4/27/2016 Bethani Jacobsen Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
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