SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Campbell’s Caleb Hopkins has been named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for all competition from Feb. 3-9. The selection is made by the league office.
 
Hopkins earned his second wrestler of the week honor of the season after recording a 5-2 win over No. 12 Matthew Waddell of Chattanooga and a 41-second pin over Bellarmine’s Samuel Woolf, which is a season-best time. The Palmer, Alaska, native began the day with the pin over Woolf and went on to defeat Waddell, playing a  crucial part in the Camels’ 17-15 win over the Mocs. Hopkins finished the season 9-1 overall and went undefeated for the second straight year in SoCon duals. His lone loss was to No. 2 Hunter Bolen from Virginia Tech on Jan. 2. 
 
Campbell (8-1, 7-0 SoCon) won its third straight SoCon dual title and secured its second consecutive undefeated conference season with wins over Chattanooga and Bellarmine on Friday. The Camels travel to Boone, North Carolina, on Feb. 28 for a chance to claim their third straight championship title at the 2021 SoCon Wrestling Championship. 
 
Also nominated: Michael McAleavey (The Citadel), Kyle Gorant (Davidson), RJ Mosley (Gardner-Webb), Bernadino Gomez (Presbyterian), Colton Landers (Chattanooga) and Zach Brown (VMI).
 
2020-21 SoCon Wrestlers of the Week
Jan. 6         Benjamin Barton, R-Sr., 157, Campbell
Jan. 13       Will Formato, R-So., 165, App State
Jan. 20       Caleb Hopkins, R-So, 184, Campbell
Jan. 27       Austin Murphy, Jr., 174, Campbell
Feb. 3        Codi Russell, R-Sr., 125, App State
Feb. 10       Caleb Hopkins, R-So., 184, Campbell