Zain Retherford wins Hodge Trophy
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After claiming the 149-pound NCAA Championship for a second season in a row, Penn State junior Zain Retherford has been named the 2017 Dan Hodge Trophy winner.
Wrestling: Retherford wins the Hodge Trophy
Wrestling: Retherford wins the Hodge Trophy
Article from WIN Magazine here:
https://www.win-magazine.com/2017/0...re-house-dan-hodge-trophy-presented-by-asics/
So first place votes:
Zain 33 (2 from fan vote)
Cox 5
Snyder 4
Nolf 3
https://www.win-magazine.com/2017/0...re-house-dan-hodge-trophy-presented-by-asics/
So first place votes:
Zain 33 (2 from fan vote)
Cox 5
Snyder 4
Nolf 3
Wonder if anyone got word to PD3 that this vote went down...
Congrats Zain! In my opinion, Jason Nolf was the most outstanding wrestler this season but Zain is such a hammer that it doesn't bother me either way. Nolf never had that overtime match or close match like Zain did with Sorenson and Collica. And IMO Kemerrer was a better quality win prefered to Sorenson even with Sorenson past creditals. Just an opinion but good for Zain, great kid.
On Off The Mat, during the NCAA Finals, they asked DT if he had 2 votes or 1 vote. He indicated that he had 1 vote.
From the article...for those that will be attending the PSWC Awards Luncheon...
As in past years, Retherford will be officially awarded the Hodge Trophy at the team’s wrestling banquet on April 9. He then will be publically presented the award a second time at a fall football game in the same Beaver Stadium where Taylor was presented his two Hodges in front of over 100,000 people sometime this fall.
As in past years, Retherford will be officially awarded the Hodge Trophy at the team’s wrestling banquet on April 9. He then will be publically presented the award a second time at a fall football game in the same Beaver Stadium where Taylor was presented his two Hodges in front of over 100,000 people sometime this fall.
Congrats to Zain! I'm curious how Bo didn't finish higher in the voting when he pinned his way through the tournament and then defeated Dean who was going for his 3rd title?
One vote, but each voter (pretty sure this hasn't changed) gets a 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and 4th Place vote. The math is simple after that...4 Points for a 1st Place vote, 3 Points for a 2nd Place vote, 2 Points for a 3rd Place vote, and 1 Point for a 4th Place vote. WIN used to publish the total points, now all they publish is the number of 1st Place votes.
Congrats Zain!!!
If he isn't already, you need to make sure Bo is on your Christmas card list.
If he isn't already, you need to make sure Bo is on your Christmas card list.
So that's 6 of the last 7 national championships, and 3 of the last 6 Hodge Trophies? Sounds like a pretty good run to me.
Honestly cant figure out how Nolf wasnt second. Nobody challenged him this year. No OT's or close matches. Maybe international success has some voting power? Snyder was dominant when he wrestled... but he didnt earn a place in the final selection, imo.
Honestly cant figure out how Nolf wasnt second. Nobody challenged him this year. No OT's or close matches. Maybe international success has some voting power? Snyder was dominant when he wrestled... but he didnt earn a place in the final selection, imo.
Cox was probably 2nd because he's a senior and a certain number of voters will go for the senior, official criteria be damned.
The current criticism is that his bow and arrow is intentionally dirty (he purportedly rotates the foot and knee on purpose). Got that straight from HR!
The current criticism is that his bow and arrow is intentionally dirty (he purportedly rotates the foot and knee on purpose). Got that straight from HR!
He's either stalling or torturing from the parallel position. Apparently, there's no in between.
Heil is the one who tortures by stalling.
Yeah, past credentials are supposed to be #5 on the list of criteria but the voter often seem to ignore that when voting.
Sure we know who won the hodge, but we still don't know what mat Pletcher and Carton are going to be on.
Congrats Zain!
Congrats Zain!
Sorensen beat Kemerer in freestyle before the season. Kemerers best position is probably on his feet...so if Sorensen won in free, I'd wager he was winning in folk too.
I would argue he probably should be 2nd, and Snyder should be the 4th given how little he wrestles in college anymore.
Good question -
Believe someone asked 2-time winner David Taylor about Hodge voting, during the ESPN3 discussion panel broadcast and he said he only gets one vote.
Well deserved a outstanding wrestler like Terry says " you get what you earned"..Job well done Zain congrats.
