Kris Rumph Award Wrestler of the Week Week Of 2/1/2021 Sport Men's Wrestling School Wartburg College Year Junior Position Hometown Portage, Indiana High School Portage Wrestling – Wrestler of the Week Kris Rumph, Wartburg College Jr., Portage, Ind./Portage Rumph helped guide the No. 1/2-ranked Knights to two dual victories over No. 14/15-ranked Coe (23-21) and Simpson (45-6) at the Simpson Triangular on Jan. 30. The Portage, Ind. native won by fall in 5:54 over Coe’s No. 4-ranked and 2020 A-R-C Freshman of the Year Riley Wright. Rumph followed up his performance with a 21-6 technical fall win over Simpson’s Josh Bower. The junior improves his season record to 3-0 at 141 lbs. He is the second straight Wartburg wrestler to win the Wrestler of the Week honor (Zane Mulder). This makes first-career Athlete of the Week honors for Rumph and his second Wrestler of the Week honors (2/4/19).
