Pac-12 announces Wrestler of the Week

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Grant Willits, Oregon State
(RSo., 141 – Pueblo, Colo.)
• Willits went 2-0 on the week as the Beavers split with Presbyterian and No. 21 Campbell.
• Opened the week with a 6-1 decision over Presbyterian’s Reid Stewart.
• Followed with a 7-1 decision over No. 10 Josh Heil over Campbell.
• He is now 16-7 on the season for the Beavers.

Also nominated: Tom Lane, 197, Cal Poly (Scored 17 unanswered points for a 17-2 technical fall over California Baptist’s Arick Lopez); Russell Rohlfing, 749, CSU Bakersfield (Posted a pair of wins over Wyoming’s Jaron Jensen (6-0) and Northern Colorado’s Ethan Leake (17-0, TF); Shane Griffith, 165, Stanford (Posted a fall in 3:59 over Utah Valley’s Grant LaMont to improve to 21-0 this season).

Pac-12 Championships: The 2020 Pac-12 Wrestling Championships will take place Saturday, March 7 in Maples Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University. Tickets available at gostanford.com

This Week in Wrestling:
Thurs., Jan. 30 – Little Rock at SIU Edwardsville, 6 p.m. CT
Fri., Jan. 31 – Stanford at Arizona State, 6 p.m. MT (P12N)
Fri., Jan. 31 – Wyoming at Oregon State, 7 p.m. PT (P12N)
Sun., Feb. 2 – South Dakota State at Little Rock, 2 p.m. CT (lrtrojans.com)
Sun., Feb. 2 – CSU Bakersfield at Fresno State, 2 p.m. PT (Flowrestling)

InterMat Team Rankings (Tournament): No. 7 Arizona State; No. 15 Stanford
InterMat Team Rankings (Dual): No. 5 Arizona State; No. 14 Stanford
NWCA Coaches Poll: No. 5 Arizona State; No. 22 Stanford

InterMat Individual Rankings:
125 – No. 11 Brandon Courtney, ASU
133 – No. 20 Devan Turner, OSU
141 – No. 3 Real Woods, Stanford
149 – No. 18 Requir van der Merwe, Stanford
157 – Jacori Teemer, Arizona State
165 – No. 6 Josh Shields, ASU; No. 7 Shane Griffith, Stanford
174 – No. 10 Anthony Valencia, ASU
184 – No. 1 Zahid Valencia, ASU
197 – No. 5 Nathan Traxler, Stanford; No. 12 Thomas Lane, Cal Poly; No. 13 Kordell Norfleet, ASU
HWT – No. 6 Tanner Hall, ASU

2020 Wrestlers of the Week:
Jan. 8 Real Woods, 141, Stanford
Jan. 15 Zahid Valencia, 184, Arizona State
Jan. 22 Jackson DiSario, 125, Stanford
Jan. 29 Grant Willits, 141, Oregon State

2020 Wrestlers of the Week

Date Wrestler
Jan. 8 Real Woods, STAN
Jan. 15 Zahid Valencia, ASU
Jan. 22 Jackson DiSario, STAN
Jan. 29 Grant Willits, OSU