Sophomore was 3-0 last week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Appalachian State sophomore Kyle Blevins has been selected as the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for all competition from January 20-26.

Blevins went 3-0 on the week with two major decisions while wrestling at the 165 weight class. He defeated North Carolina State’s Ray Ward to pick up a key major decision in ASU’s 22-17 win over the Wolfpack on Wednesday and followed that with another major decision, an 18-4 win over Gardner-Webb’s Daved Pelsang. The sophomore capped the week by beating The Citadel’s Pierre Frazille, 3-1, to help ASU improve to 7-8 overall and 1-1 in the SoCon.

Other wrestlers receiving consideration this week were Chattanooga’s Niko Brown, VMI’s John Pope and Davidson’s Tyler Mullen.

2009-10 Southern Conference Wrestlers of the Week

Dec. 2       Jake Young, Chattanooga

Dec. 9       Odie Delaney, The Citadel

Dec. 16     Ronnie Ellsworth, VMI

Jan. 6        Andrew Saunders, UNC Greensboro

Jan. 13      Andrew Szymborski, VMI

Jan. 20      Austin Trotman, Appalachian State

Jan. 27      Kyle Blevins, Appalachian State