Mitchell Means (3/14/2011) - Athlete Awards

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3/14/2011
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Men's Wrestling
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Fort Hays State redshirt-freshman Mitchell Means finished his season with a fourth-place finish and All-American honors at the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships. The 149-pounder from Goddard, Kansas, followed up a championship semifinal loss with an 8-3 win over fifth-ranked Jacob Horn of St. Cloud State. The win earned placement in the consolation final round.

In the third-place bout, Means was paired with returning All-American Nate Herda of Augustana College. Means opened the match with a slick slide-by from a collar tie near the edge of the mat to score a takedown, but shortly thereafter gave up an escape. Herda then scored a takedown of his own to end the period with a 3-2 lead.

Means closed his season with a 34-11 mark, but was an impressive 22-6 against NCAA Division II opponents. Each of the in-division losses were to wrestlers ranked in the top four of the final poll of the season.

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