2018-19 Olivet College Wrestling News
One hundred seventeen (117) Olivet College student-athletes have been named to the 2018-19 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll. Olivet succeeded the 100 plateau for the sixth time in school history.
Seven Olivet College wrestlers have earned National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American status. They are sophomore Dylan Briggs, senior Tyler Grimsley, freshman Liam Kinjorski, sophomore Cameron Mahlich, and freshmen Owen Miller, Hunter Murphy and Reese Wallis.
Olivet College junior Haydn Kinjorski and sophomore Trevor Piggott have been eliminated after day one of the 2019 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Each wrestler had a 1-2 record.
Two Olivet College wrestlers qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships, leading the Comets to a fourth-place finish (out of 19 schools) at the 2019 NCAA Division III Central Regional inside Wabash (Ind.) College’s Knowling Fieldhouse in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
The Olivet College wrestling team sits fourth after the first day of competition at the 2019 NCAA Division III Central Regional, hosted by Wabash College and at the Knowling Fieldhouse in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Olivet College head wrestling coach Brandon Brissette has been named the 2019 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Central Region Coach of the Year. This award was selected by his peers in the region and presented tonight prior to the start of the 2019 NCAA Division III Central Regional at Wabash (Ind.) College in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Five Olivet College wrestlers have earned 2019 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) honors. Highlighting this group is senior Tyler Grimsley who was named the MIAA’s Most Valuable Wrestler. The other honorees are freshman Reese Wallis, juniors Cole Hersch and Haydn Kinjorski, and senior Jacob Harvey.
Led by first-place finish by junior Nicholas Worden at 174 pounds, the Olivet College wrestling team finished in third-place at the 2019 Mid-States Invitational, hosted by Alma College and inside the Art Smith Arena in Alma.
The Olivet College wrestling team, ranked No. 15 in this week’s National Wrestling Coaches Association poll, secured the 2019 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) title with a 23-12 win over Adrian College tonight at the Merillat Center in Adrian.
The Olivet College wrestling team placed sixth at the 2019 Wheaton (Ill.) College/Pete Willson Invitational, held inside the King Arena in Wheaton, Illinois.
The Olivet College wrestling team is in 11th-place after the first day of the 2019 Wheaton (Ill.) College/Pete Willson Invitational at King Arena in Wheaton, Illinois.
Senior Tyler Grimsley’s pin at 165 pounds was the difference in the match, as the Olivet College wrestling team edged Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Alma College, 19-18, tonight at Art Smith Arena in Alma. With the win, the Comets clinch a share of the 2019 MIAA title and can win the outright title with a win at Adrian College on Jan. 31.
Olivet College sophomore Trevor Piggott has been tabbed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Wrestler of the Week. He is earning the honor for the second times this season.
At its benefit dual match last Thursday, the Olivet College wrestling program helped raise $1,410 for the Out of the Darkness organization. Olivet College assistant head coach Adam Wilson worked with the Inter-Society Council to help bring the Greek students to the match as well assist in the fundraising effort.
Trevor Piggott captured the 285-pound title to help the Olivet College wrestling team place sixth of 16 schools at the 2019 Cliff Keen-Mike Duroe Invitational, hosted by Cornell College inside the Small Multi-Purpose Center in Mount Vernon.
