Eric DeVos Award Wrestler of the Week Week Of 1/8/2017 Sport Men's Wrestling School Wartburg College Year Junior Position Hometown Okoboji, Iowa High School Waverly-Shell Rock Wrestler of the Week Eric DeVos, Wartburg College Sr., 174lbs., Okoboji, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock DeVos went 4-0 at the NWCA National Duals to help the Knights claim their seventh straight NWCA National Dual title and the programs 11th overall Dual vs. Wheaton, Wartburg won 37-2; won by 15-2 major decision vs. Logan Walkup Dual vs. #15 Baldwin Wallace, Wartburg won 35-3; won by fall (1:00) vs. Graham Montague Dual vs. #6 Johnson & Wales, Wartburg won 30-4; won by 8-2 decision vs. #8 Stephen Jarrell Dual vs. #3 Augsburg, Wartburg won 31-9; won by fall (1:33) over Austin Boniface The Knights have been in the finals for 15 years (since the competition's inception) DeVos increased his winning streak to nine and remains undefeated on the year at 9-0, where all but one of DeVos' wins this year have been with bonus points DeVos earned All-Iowa Conference honors for the 2015-2016 season as he placed first at the regional championships 2015-2016 NCAA All-American (National Runner-up) Ranked No. 2 at 174 pounds in the January 2nd NWCA division III national rankings
