SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Chattanooga’s Carial Tarter has been named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for all competition from Feb. 16-22. The selection, Tarter’s first and the final one of the 2021-22 campaign, is made by the league office.
 
Tarter went 2-0 at 174 pounds last week, securing a 4-0 decision over Bellarmine’s Eric Beck on Friday, Feb. 18, before pinning Indiana’s Isiah Levitz in 6 minutes and 29 seconds in the Mocs’ 21-15 win over the Hoosiers on Sunday, Feb. 20. The sophomore doubled Chattanooga's lead with the pin, putting the Mocs up 18-6 entering the final three matches of the day. With the pin, the Kimberly, Alabama, native helped hand the Mocs their first Power-5 win since 2019 and with his two wins, improves to 11-13 overall and 8-11 in duals this season.
 
Chattanooga (9-10, 6-2 SoCon) concluded Southern Conference competition with its 44-0 win over Bellarmine and will take the next week off before they travel to Boone, North Carolina, to compete in the Southern Conference Championship on Saturday, March 5.
 
Also nominated: Cody Bond (App State), Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) and Finlay Holston (Davidson).
 
2021-22 SoCon Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 10         Josh Heil, R-Sr., 149, Campbell
Nov. 17         Caleb Smith, R-So., 125, App State
Nov. 24         Josh Heil, R-Sr., 149, Campbell
Dec. 8          Michael McAleavey, Grad, HWT, The Citadel
Dec. 15         Will Formato, R-Jr., 165, App State
Dec. 22         Thomas Flitz, Super Senior, 174, App State
Jan. 5           Josh Heil, R-Sr., 149, Campbell
Jan. 12         Sam Schroeder, So., 184, Bellarmine
Jan. 19         Jonathan Millner, R-Sr., 149, App State
Jan. 26         Taye Ghadiali, R-So., HWT, Campbell
Feb. 2           Fabian Gutierrez, Sr., 125, Chattanooga
Feb. 9           Drew Nicholson, Jr., 165, Chattanooga
Feb. 16         Jonathan Millner, R-Sr., 149, App State
Feb. 23         Carial Tarter, So., 174, Chattanooga