Mason Parris wins 2023 Hodge; Starocci, Diakomihalis finish second, third
SOURCE: www.win-magazine.com
March 27, 2023

 


NEWTON, Iowa - After injuring his neck in the 2021 World Team Trials, Michigan's Mason Parris wrestled the entire 2021-22 college season battling through pain and loss of feeling in his left side.

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Now, six months later after capturing an NCAA title in dominant fashion and compiling an unblemished 33-0 season record, Parris has officially been named the recipient of the 2023 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy awarded to the nation's top college wrestler.

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The third straight heavyweight to win the Hodge - after Minnesota's Gable Steveson won in 2021 and 2022 - Parris comfortably won the vote as he acquired 38 out of 64 first-place votes. The Hodge Trophy Voting Committee is a retired college coach from each region of the country, a representative from each of the national wrestling organizations, select national media members and past Hodge winners. Second-place Carter Starocci (Penn State, 174 pounds) received 14 first-place votes while four-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell, 149) received six first-place votes.


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