Derek Koehn (12/11/2012) - Athlete Awards

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Derek Koehn

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12/11/2012
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Men's Wrestling
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Derek Koehn has been named Athlete of the Week for his performance at the Newman Invitational over the weekend. Koehn also was named MIAA Wrestler of the Week for his performance.

Koehn went 3-1 for the week and was the champion of the Newman Invitational at 157 pounds on Sunday. After a first round bye, Koehn won three straight matches to take his respective weight class. He opened with a 7-2 victory over Trent Robb of Neosho County Community College. Next he defeated Cory Dauphin of Central Oklahoma, the No. 7 ranked wrestler nationally at 157 pounds by a tight 3-2 margin. This avenged a 2-0 loss to Dauphin just two nights earlier in dual action with UCO. Koehn then knocked off the No. 3 ranked wrestler at 157 pounds in Ouachita Baptist's Bobby Williams by a 2-1 margin to win his class. He is now 17-3 overall on the season.

The 157-pound junior is a native of Pittsburg, Kan. where he competed at Pittsburg High School.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
11/14/2011	Katelyn Edwards	Women's Basketball
11/7/2011	Taylor Elkinton	Volleyball
11/7/2011	Kyle Perry	Football
10/31/2011	Tracie Hileman	Volleyball
10/31/2011	Travis Patzner	Men's Soccer
10/24/2011	Anthony Sheppard	Football
10/24/2011	Cindy Benitez	Women's Soccer
10/17/2011	Jenna Ulrich	Volleyball
10/17/2011	Diego Cabral	Men's Soccer
10/10/2011	Adrian Ramirez	Men's Soccer
10/10/2011	Alex Hendee	Men's Cross Country
10/3/2011	Ricky Jacques	Football
10/3/2011	Kiley Johansen	Women's Golf
9/26/2011	Madison Schwartz	Volleyball
9/26/2011	Joanne Glynn	Women's Soccer
9/19/2011	Melissa Skovira	Women's Tennis
9/19/2011	Ricardo Yeverino	Men's Soccer
9/12/2011	Alex Whitehill	Football
9/12/2011	Raven Boettger	Women's Cross Country
9/6/2011	Korey Allison	Football