The first d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week for the 2019-2020 season is Gabriel McDaniel of Johnson & Wales. Wrestling at 141, McDaniel won a very tough weight at the Ithaca Invitational. The weight class featured two 2019 All-Americans and another NCAA qualifier. Wrestling out of the 4th seed, McDaniel picked up a pair of major decisions to start the tournament before winning 17-2 in against the #5 seed in the quarterfinals. This matched McDaniel up with two-time All-American and 2018 NCAA Champion Ben Brisman of Ithaca. McDaniel scored a pair of takedowns and come out on top of a 5-3 decision. This moved him to the finals where he defeated teammate Jordan Robinson by a 3-0 score.
McDaniel, a sophomore from McDonough, Georgia, began last season 9-2 before an injury ended his freshman campaign. He is now 5-0 to start the year. Johnson & Wales will next compete this weekend at the Journeyman Duals in Troy, New York.
JWU’s Back ups were one of the reasons their starters were so good. Maybe you guys should should put JWU in the team rankings next time around.
JWU ranked in no time. Helluva performance Gabe!
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