Athlete Awards

Athlete of the Week

Dustin Baxter

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/6/2011
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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Saint John's University senior Dustin Baxter (Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley), who is ranked second nationally at 197 pounds, posted a perfect 3-0 record with a trio of major decisions as the sixth-ranked Johnnies went 2-1 at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Duals Dec. 3.

Baxter started the day with a 13-5 major decision of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Andy Borchardt and then bumped up a weight class to defeat Carl Gaul of Cornell (Iowa) 14-4 at heavyweight. He ended the day 16-4 major decision over Ryan Ward of Loras (Iowa) back at 197 pounds. Baxter is now 6-0 on the young season.

The Johnnies return to Wisconsin for the Duals at the Dells this Friday, Dec. 9. SJU is scheduled to face No. 15 Wisconsin-Whitewater at 6 p.m., followed by second-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse at 7:45 p.m. at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.




Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
5/12/2009 Griffin Hayes Track and Field
5/4/2009 Joe Daly Golf
4/28/2009 Jeff Nechas Golf
4/21/2009 Andrew Aebly Baseball
4/14/2009 Brayden Wagner Track and Field
4/7/2009 Eric Buss Track and Field
3/31/2009 Brett Kramer Baseball
3/23/2009 Mark Steelman Tennis
3/17/2009 Erik Diley Track and Field
3/9/2009 Minga Batsukh Wrestling
3/4/2009 Eric Buss Track and Field
2/24/2009 Mogi Baatar Wrestling
2/17/2009 Erik Diley Track and Field
2/10/2009 Aaron Burtzel Basketball
2/3/2009 Pat Connelly Hockey
1/27/2009 Aaron Burtzel Basketball
1/19/2009 Dustin Baxter Wrestling
1/12/2009 Wes Schlichting Swimming and Diving
1/6/2009 Chris Schwartz Basketball
12/9/2008 Mogi Baatar Wrestling
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