SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Campbell’s Andrew Morgan has been named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for all competition Feb. 5-11. The selection is made by the league office.
Morgan picked up a big win over 14
th-ranked Matthew Waddell of Chattanooga on Feb. 8 for the 12
th win in his last 14 bouts. The redshirt senior from Fountain Valley, California, took a 5-0 decision over Waddell at 184 pounds to lead the Camels to a 26-11 victory, their sixth straight dual win. Morgan is now 24-5 overall and 3-0 in SoCon duals, ranking as high as sixth in the country at 184 pounds according to FloWrestling.
The weekly award is the second of Morgan’s career.
Campbell (8-2, 4-0 SoCon) has a big showdown ahead with Appalachian State (8-2, 5-0 SoCon) on Thursday at 6 p.m., with both teams entering the match undefeated in SoCon duals.
Also nominated: Will Formato (Appalachian State), Rodney Jones (Chattanooga), Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) and Chris Beck (VMI).
2019-20 SoCon Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 6 Quentin Perez, Campbell
Nov. 13 Andrew Morgan, Campbell
Nov. 20 Jonathan Millner, Appalachian State
Nov. 27 Josh Heil, Campbell
Dec. 4 Sean Carter, Appalachian State
Dec. 11 Conor Fenn, Davidson
Dec. 18 Korbin Meink, Campbell
Dec. 24 Fabian Gutierrez, Chattanooga
Jan. 8 Josh Heil, Campbell
Jan. 15 Noah Gonser, Campbell
Jan. 22 Codi Russell, Appalachian State
Jan. 29 Neal Richards, VMI
Feb. 5 Jonathan Millner, Appalachian State
Feb. 12 Andrew Morgan, Campbell
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