Iowa Wrestling held their annual awards banquet last night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawks placed third at the NCAA National Tournament last weekend. Iowa had at least five All Americans for the ninth straight year. This also marked the 32nd straight year that Iowa has had an NCAA National Finalist.
Jacob Warner was presented with the Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award. Warner was an NCAA Runner-Up at 197 lbs. this season. He also became a four-time All American. Warner finished the season with a 21-6 record with a team leading six major decisions and 14 wins against ranked opponents.
Michael Kemerer, Tony Cassioppi, Jaydin Eierman, and Abe Assad tied for the most pins on the team with three. True freshman Drake Ayala was presented with the John and Dorothy Sill Award for Most Dedicated Wrestler.
Six wrestlers were presented with Coaches Appreciation Award: Aaron Costello, Patrick Kennedy, Charles Matthews, Cullan Schriever, Vince Turk, and Myles Wilson.
Iowa had a team record 14 wrestlers named to the Academic All Big Ten Team earlier this week. https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2022/03/14-hawks-named-to-academic-all-big-ten-team/
2022 Award Winners
Mike Howard Most Valuable: Jacob Warner
Mike J. McGivern Most Courageous: Michael Kemerer
John and Dorothy Sill Most Dedicated: Drake Ayala
J. Donald Pike Sr., Highest Senior GPA: Michael Kemerer
Coaches Appreciation: Aaron Costello, Patrick Kennedy, Charles Matthews, Cullan Schriever, Vince Turk, and Myles Wilson
Most Pins (3): Michael Kemerer, Tony Cassioppi, Jaydin Eierman, and Abe Assad
All Americans: Austin DeSanto, Alex Marinelli, Michael Kemerer, Jacob Warner, Tony Cassioppi
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
