North Dakota State University 184-pound junior Hayden Zillmer (Crosby, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS) has been named the Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week after an outstanding performance on the mat last week. The conference award was announced Tuesday by the league.
Zillmer recorded a pair of falls over the weekend as North Dakota State defeated Northern Colorado, 23-13, in the WWC opener on Friday, Jan. 16, and beat Boise State, 30-12, in a non-conference dual Sunday, Jan. 18. Both duals took placed at NDSU’s Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.
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Zillmer recorded his first fall at 4:12 against UNC’s Keith Johnson on Friday night. The Bison junior then pinned Boise State’s Xavier Callejas at 1:25 in the first period on Sunday.
The Crosby, Minnesota native improved to 23-4 overall and 7-0 in duals this season. Zillmer, who has six pins on the season, entered the weekend ranked No. 9 by InterMat in his weight division. NDSU has now won three straight duals to improve to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the WWC.
The conference honor is Zillmer’s third of the season and third of his career.
The Western Wrestling Conference, which is in its ninth year of competition, is comprised of six schools including the Air Force Academy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming.
Other Nominees
AFA: Josh Martinez, 125, Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek HS (2-0 in duals w/ wins over No. 15 Evan Silver of Stanford & Cal Poly’s Isaac Blackburn)
UNC: Trent Noon, 197, Sr., Oakdale, Calif./Clackamas CC (2-0 in duals w/ wins over No. 14 Nate Rotert of SDSU & NDSU’s Thomas Petersen)
SDSU: Alex Kocer, 149, So., Wagner, S.D./Wagner HS (2-0 in duals w/ wins over UNC’s Kyle Rodriguez & Boise State’s Travis Himmelman)
UW: Tanner Harms, 285, Jr., Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek HS (1-0 in duals w/ a win over No. 20 Adam Fager of UVU)
2014-15 WWC Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 4 – Cody Pack (South Dakota State)
Nov. 11 – Jesse Stafford (Air Force)
Nov. 18 – Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota State)
Nov. 25 – Cody Pack (South Dakota State)
Dec. 1 – Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming)
Dec. 8 – Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota State)
Dec. 15 – Evan Knutson (North Dakota State)
Dec. 22 – Tyler Cox (Wyoming)
Jan. 5 – Cody Pack (South Dakota State)
Jan. 12 – Josh Martinez (Air Force)/Issac Andrade (South Dakota State)
Jan. 20 – Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota State)
2014-15 WWC Dual Standings (http://www.westernwrestlingconference.com/school-bio/standings.html)
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School,Conf.,Overall
#18 Wyoming,2-0,6-2
South Dakota State,1-0,7-5
North Dakota State,1-0,4-3
Air Force,0-1,5-3
Utah Valley,0-1,1-4
Northern Colorado,0-2,1-4
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