Tanner Kriss (3/17/2014) - Athlete Awards

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Tanner Kriss

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3/17/2014
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Men's Wrestling
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Kriss earned All-American status by finishing sixth at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio (Mar. 14-15). He and C.J. Napier gave Fort Hays State its first All-Americans in wrestling since the 2010-11 season.

Kriss won his first two matches of the tournament to assure a top-six placement at 197 pounds and his first All-American honor as a Tiger. He scored a tight 2-1 decision by tiebreaker in overtime in his first match of the tournament against Sam Mangum of Western State, then won by a tight 3-2 decision over Joe Brandt of Ashland in the quarterfinals.

He took the No. 1 wrestler in the nation, Romero Cotton of Nebraska-Kearney to overtime in the semfinals, but Cotton won with a late takedown in the sudden victory period, falling just short of the national championship match.

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