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Minnesota Wrestling celebrates 2002-03 season at awards
banquet
April 28, 2003
The 2003 Big Ten Champion and NCAA Runner-up University of
Minnesota wrestling team held its annual awards banquet at the Four
Points Sheraton in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday night to honor the
athletes that led the Golden Gophers to their third consecutive
conference title and seventh straight top-three NCAA finish.
Seniors Jared Lawrence and Luke Becker ended their careers as
four-time All-Americans and were named the Most Outstanding and Most
Dedicated Wrestlers. Fellow senior Ryan Lewis earned the Most
Valuable Wrestler for the 2002-03 season. 2003 NCAA Champion Damion
Hahn was awarded the Fraser Dean Most Couageous Award and was named
Most Exciting Wrestler.
A complete list of the award winners is below.
- Most Valuable: Ryan Lewis
- Most Outstanding: Jared Lawrence & Luke Becker
- Fraser Dean Most Courageous: Damion Hahn
- Most Dedicated: Jared Lawrence & Luke Becker
- Chris Berglin Most Improved: Bobbe Lowe
- Most Exciting: Damion Hahn
- Most Falls: Ryan Lewis (15)
- Outstanding Freshman: Matt Nagel
- Freshman Outstanding Academic Award: Danny
Williams
- Upperclassman Outstanding Academic Award: Andrew
Strand
- All-American Awards: Bobbe Lowe (8th, 125 pounds), Ryan
Lewis (2nd, 133 pounds), Jared Lawrence (2nd, 149 pounds), Luke
Becker (4th, 157 pounds), Jacob Volkmann (3rd, 165 pounds, Damion
Hahn (1st, 197 pounds)
- Senior Awards: Ryan Lewis (133), Derek Phillips (141),
Jared Lawrence (149), Luke Becker (157), Garrett Lowney (HWT)