For the first time, fans can vote for the winner of the Hodge Trophy, the award for the top collegiate wrestler in the nation. Four-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake, a Lansing native, is one of the five finalists, along with Oklahoma State’s Jordan Oliver, Ohio State’s Logan Stieber, Penn State’s Ed Ruth and Oklahoma’s Kendric Maple.
The fan tallies will count for two of the 42 total votes for the trophy. Last year’s winner was Penn State’s David Taylor, the opponent that Dake defeated for the 165-pound crown last Saturday night in Des Moines.
Get your votes in on Thursday because the winner will be announced on Friday!
To vote, please look about halfway down the page at this link.
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How can it be anybody but Dake? Gives up no points until the finals and beats a monster opponent who has been pinning his way through. last year’s winner to boot. I would have voted for Taylor if it had gone the other way. Give the kid from the Ivy League school his just due!
Agree fully with Briggs. Don’t see why Dake’s school matters.