INDIANAPOLIS – Upper Iowa redshirt-junior Lawson Losee and McKendree junior Lydia Krauss have respectively been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference/Athletic Solutions Wrestler of the Week in men’s and women’s wrestling, it was announced by the league office Thursday.
MEN’S WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
#4 Lawson Losee, #22 Upper Iowa
R-Jr. | 174 | Riceville, Iowa
Major: Conservation Management
Team Results: No Team Scores at Luther College Open (11/15)
- Won 174-lb division at Luther College Open, giving up zero offensive points
- Pinned Cornell College’s Logan Pausch (13-2)
- Beat Cortland State’s Joey Visciano (19-1) by tech fall
- Defeated UW-Eau Claire’s Preston Carlisle (7-2) by decision and Luther’s Bryce McDonough via injury default
- Took down No. 2 Drake Hayward of Minnesota State (5-1) via decision to win the tile
- Improved to season record to 7-0
- Earns second career Wrestler of the Week Award (12/10/24)
- Last Peacocks’ Wrestler of the Week: Joshua Gaye (1/28/25)
WOMEN’S WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
Lydia Krauss, #2 McKendree
Jr. | 160 | Boyne City, Mich.
Team Results: 51-1 W at #24 Lindenwood, 39-6 W vs. Wayland Baptist (11/16)
- Went 2-0 at Lindenwood Duals
- Pinned Lindenwood’s Ryan Garthoeffner in just 41 seconds
- Defeated NAIA’s No. 4 wrestler – Wayland Baptist’s Mercy Adekuoroye – via pin (4:33)
- Earns first-ever Wrestler of the Week Award for the Bearcats