Led by national champion Khamari Whimper of Baylor, 11 Tennessee wrestlers earned All-American honors (placing top 8) at the 82nd Annual National Prep Wrestling Championship held this past weekend at Lehigh (Pa.) University.
Fifteen D-II wrestlers from Baylor, Christian Brothers, Father Ryan, MBA and McCallie wrestled under the banner of Team Tennessee and competed in non-school singlets in the tournament in agreement with TSSAA policy which states once a state tournament is completed individuals and teams cannot represent their school in further competition that school year.
Whimper is the first Tennessee wrestler to win a national prep title since McCallie's Brian Card (101 pounds) in 1971 and Whimper was awarded the tourney's Outstanding Wrestler Award.
List of All-Americans by School:
McCallie, w/ 4 All Americans - Brock Herring (7th), Ethan Dendy (5th), Judah Duhm (7th), River Henry (2nd)
Baylor, w/ 2 All Americans (1 Champion) - Mason Reiniche (2nd), Khamari Whimper (champion)
Father Ryan, w/ 2 All Americans - Raymond Eason (7th), George Hooker (7th)
MBA, w/ 2 All Americans - Gabriel Elkin (6th), Bruce Wittman (8th(
Christian Brothers, w/ 1 All American- Trevor Brown (4th)
Individual Results
106-
Paul Killian, Father Ryan - DNP
113-
No entry
120-
Gabriel Elkin, MBA, 6 seed - 5th Place
Zach Ward, McCallie (at-large) - DNP (0-2)
126-
Raymond Eason, Father Ryan, 7 seed - 6th Place
Michael Elkin, MBA (at-large) - DNP
132-
Brock Herring, McCallie, 10 seed - 7th Place
138-
Trevor Brown, CBHS, 9 seed - 4th Place
145-
Bruce Wittman, MBA, 9 seed - 8th Place
Thomas Sell, McCallie (at-large) - DNP (1-2)
152-
Ethan Dendy, McCallie, 7 seed - 5th Place
Mason Reiniche, Baylor, 9 seed (at-large) - 2nd Place
160-
No entry
170-
Khamari Whimper, Baylor, 2 seed - Champion
182-
Judah Duhm, McCallie, 3 seed - 7th Place
195-
No entry
220-
George Hooker, Ryan, 13 seed - 7th Place
285-
River Henry, McCallie, 2 seed - 2nd Place
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