SOURCE: www.win-magazine.com

March 28, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer, fresh off winning a third NCAA championship, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, presented by ASICS.

The 165-pound Dieringer earned 27 of the 45 first-place votes to becomes the second Oklahoma State wrestler — joining former Cowboy Steve Mocco (2005) — to win the award that was created by WIN founder Mike Chapman in 1995.

The Dan Hodge Trophy is named after the former University of Oklahoma wrestler who won three NCAA championships (1955-57) and never allowed a takedown in his college career and pinned 36 of 46 victims.

Criteria for the award includes a wrestler's record, number of pins, dominance on the mat, past credentials, quality of competition, sportsmanship/citizenship and heart.