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Athletes of the Week

Brunk

Ross Brunkhardt

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/14/2012
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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A senior from Colorado, Brunkhardt worked overtime, literally, to go 2-0 this past weekend as UNK beat Colorado Mesa and Western State.

Coming off a 3-1 OT victory over 8th-ranked Adam Carey of CSU-Pueblo on Jan. 26th, Brunkhardt continued to live on the edge as he used a last second takedown to beat No. 8 Nick Peterson of CMU, 3-1, Friday night.

Things were even tougher  Saturday against 20-match winner Kyle Piatt of Western. Brunkhardt capped an 11 minute match by riding out Piatt to claim a 3-2 victory and also give the Lopers a 20-10 lead in the dual.

Brunkhardt is currently 12-4 with two majors.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
4/19/2010 Jena Isaacson Women's Track and Field
4/19/2010 Kirstie Hiatt Softball
4/13/2010 Kristen Messbarger Women's Tennis
4/13/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
4/5/2010 Andrew Haake Baseball
4/5/2010 Sam Murphy Women's Track and Field
3/30/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
3/30/2010 Tabitha Kreutzer Women's Track and Field
3/24/2010 Blake Cover Baseball
3/24/2010 Kristen Messbarger Women's Tennis
3/15/2010 Dane Tobey Men's Track and Field
3/15/2010 Kamarudeen (Marty) Usman Wrestling
3/8/2010 Alissa Larsen Softball
3/8/2010 Kyle Conzemius Men's Tennis
3/1/2010 Kamarudeen (Marty) Usman Wrestling
3/1/2010 Jared Loschen Baseball
2/22/2010 Akeem Morissaint Men's Basketball
2/22/2010 Rich Mourer Men's Track and Field
2/15/2010 Marty Molina Men's Track and Field
2/15/2010 Andre O'Connor Baseball
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