Iowa's Spencer Lee named NCAA's most dominant wrestler
By any measure, Iowa’s Spencer Lee has been one of the most dominant athletes in college wrestling this season.
On Tuesday, the NCAA made it official.
Lee, a Franklin Regional graduate, was named winner of the Most Dominant Wrestler award for Division I.
Lee went 18-0 in matches against Division I opponents this season. He had four pins, nine technical falls, three major decisions and a forfeit, scoring bonus points for his team 17 times. The only opponent who managed to lose by decision to Lee this season was Michigan’s Jack Medley, who fell 8-1 in a dual meet.
The award is given to the wrestler who records the most average team points per match with a minimum of 17 matches wrestled. Lee averaged 5.0 points, finishing ahead of Penn State’s Mark Hall (4.70) and Princeton’s Pat Glory (4.54).
Northern Iowa’s Jacob Schwarm led Division I with 16 pins. George Mason’s Alex Madrigal led the country with 14 tech falls.
Lee is a leading candidate to win the Dan Hodge Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top performer in college wrestling. The award will be given out Monday.
Jonathan Bombulie is the TribLive assistant sports editor. A Greensburg native, he was a hockey reporter for two decades, covering the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for 17 seasons before joining the Trib in 2015 and covering the Penguins for four seasons, including Stanley Cup championships in 2016-17. He can be reached at jbombulie@triblive.com.
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