Two Penn State wrestlers named Hodge Trophy finalists with fan voting underway: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for March 26 include information on Hodge Trophy fan voting, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to dive into Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
Penn State national champions Mitchell Mesenbrink and Carter Starocci are finalists for the Hodge Trophy. It is college wrestling equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy. The winners of the 165 and 184 pound weight classes, respectively, are joined on the list of finalists by Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson. He upset Minnesota’s Gable Steveson in the 285-pound final last weekend in Philadelphia.
“That would be sweet,” Mesenbrink said Saturday when asked about what winning the Hodge Trophy would mean. “I think we have to, you know, realize a lot of this — the sweet thing about wrestling is it’s not — and what I’ve tried to do in my whole wrestling career is take it out of the judgment of others. So you can watch and it’s, like, you don’t have to be a master referee to score my matches. You can score them off of, okay, that’s a takedown. Okay, that’s maybe blatantly stalling, right? Stuff like that.
“But what is the Hodge Trophy? It’s a judgment award off of people that get to vote and stuff. There’s a bunch of different criteria for people to vote in that. … Obviously it would be freakin’ sweet. Walking into AWA, there’s two Dan Hodge trophies sitting on the table there. And I’ve done that — I’ve seen that since 2011. So, yeah, it would be really freaking sweet to get that. But at the end of the day it’s not everything.”
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Penn State fans can vote for the winner by clicking here. The winner will be announced next Monday.
Headlines of the day
10 under-the-radar players to watch in spring camp: McGonigal, PennLive
Penn State adds commitment from four-star in-state athlete David Davis: Fitz, BWI
Penn State Will Host a Spring Football Game, But it Won’t be Televised: Wogenrich, SI
Notes: Another receiver room rebuild, another tight end restock for Penn State this spring: Fitz, BWI
Penn State cornerback Antoine Belgrave-Shorter officially changes position to safety: Linderman, Daily Collegian
Penn State football injury updates: The latest on Anthony Donkoh, Andrew Rappleyea, and other Nittany Lions: Pickel, BWI
Inside 4-star LB Nick Abrams top five schools: Simmons, On3
What is the Penn State plan for the Blue-White game? Here’s what James Franklin said: Pickel, BWI
Quote of the day
“The thing that’s exciting about Drew, and you guys see him, he may be 6’5”, 235 pounds but he has a lot of growth and development. He’s a young kid. He has taken significant steps every single year as you guys I think are aware. He puts in a ton of time and knows how to prepare the right way both mentally and physically. I think Danny does a really good job with him as well.
“I think the room challenges him as well. When you bring in to new pieces the two new wideouts, that puts him in a position to coach and get those guys ready.”
PSU coach James Franklin on Lions quarterback Drew Allar.
