Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Matt Turek

Matt Turek

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/25/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Wrestling
  • Bio
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Turek and Zack Zelcs led the Gannon wrestling team to a seventh-place finish out of 14 teams at last weekend's NCAA Division II Super Regional One hosted by Kutztown University. Turek qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first time with a third-place regional finish at 125. The redshirt sophomore won four of five matches. The run included a pin, a technical fall and a major decision. Turek moved into the 125-pound semifinals with a technical fall and a 14-4 major decision against sixth seed Dereck Enders of Shippensburg. After a tight 7-6 loss in the semifinals, Turek rebounded with a pin of eighth seed Anthony Marino of East Stroudsburg in the wrestlebacks. He then captured third place with a 12-10 victory against the top seed Jeffrey Vesta of Newberry. Turek enters the national championships with a 27-7 overall record with a eight major decisions, four pins and three technical falls.


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10/5/2021 Taylor Lewis Women's Soccer
9/28/2021 Kayla Bevacqua Women's Soccer
9/28/2021 Kory Curtis Football
9/21/2021 Sarah White Women's Golf
9/21/2021 Connor Bennink Men's Golf
9/14/2021 Maggie Greenfield Women's Volleyball
9/14/2021 Jacob Lehotsky Men's Cross Country
9/7/2021 Sam East Football
9/7/2021 Lauren Sampson Women's Volleyball
3/29/2021 Deven Judy Baseball
3/29/2021 Kaity Stocker Softball
3/1/2021 Freddie Nixon Men's Wrestling
3/1/2021 Silvija Taraska Women's Swimming
2/22/2021 Seth Johnson Men's Water Polo
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