Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Jake Burford 2020-21 head shot

Jake Burford

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/15/2021
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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Burford finished with a 3-0 record last week to help the Warhawks to a 2-1 record, including wins over No. 14 UW-Eau Claire and UW-Platteville. On Tuesday, he recorded four points in the third period on his way to a 5-4 decision over the Blugolds' Jake Drexler, who is ranked sixth in the nation by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and eighth by D3wrestle.com. On Friday, Burford topped Sam Wenzel of No. 5 UW-La Crosse by 9-1 major decision. Wenzel is listed in the Contender category by D3wrestle.com. He completed the week later that day by moving up one weight class to defeat Caden Fry by 5-0 decision at 157 pounds. Burford is now 4-0 for the season with two major decisions.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/7/2019 Olivia Kraft Women's Tennis
10/7/2019 David Fassbender Men's Cross Country
9/30/2019 Savannah Curtis Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Garrett Morgando Men's Soccer
9/23/2019 Kaleb Kaminski Football
9/23/2019 Paige Nierman Women's Tennis
9/16/2019 David Fassbender Men's Cross Country
9/16/2019 Jessie Braun Women's Cross Country
9/16/2019 Ashton Sinak Women's Golf
9/16/2019 Hozai Ceballos Men's Soccer
9/9/2019 Sara Klimisch Women's Soccer
9/9/2019 Mark McGrath Football
9/8/2019 Jake King Men's Soccer
9/8/2019 Kelly Storti Women's Golf
7/18/2019 Nate Trewyn Football
7/18/2019 Brittany Robinson Volleyball
5/6/2019 Connor Spear Baseball
5/6/2019 Noah Jensen Baseball
4/29/2019 Bella Matthias Softball
4/29/2019 Matt O'Sullivan Baseball
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