East Division Wrestler of the Week
DJ McGee, George Mason, Redshirt Sophomore, 157 lbs.
DJ finished second at 157 pounds at the Midlands Championship, becoming only the second wrestler in program history to make the finals (and tied as the highest-place winner). He went 4-1 on the weekend. He beat wrestlers from Michigan State, Stanford, Harvard (nationally ranked Harrington), and Lehigh.

Co-West Division Wrestlers of the Week
Blake West, Northern Illinois, Redshirt-Junior, 125 lbs.
West went 4-1 and defeated a pair of ranked opponents as he took second place at the 60th Midlands Championships. West opened his appearance at the two-day tournament with a bye in the 125-pound bracket, West defeated Patrick Adams of Northwestern in a 10-2 major decision. West posted a 6-3 decision over Ben Monn of George Mason before defeating No. 29 Princeton's Ethan Rivera in a 7-1 decision. West defeated No. 17 Max Gallagher of Penn in a 6-3 decision in the semifinals to reach the championship bout. West, who is ranked No. 26 in Intermat, faced off against No. 18 Dean Peterson of Rutgers in the championship, falling 8-7 to take runner-up honors.
 
Johnny Lovett, Central Michigan, graduate Student, 157 lbs.
Central Michigan's Johnny Lovett went 4-0 to win the 157-pound division at the prestigious Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Lovett, a graduate student who is ranked 19th nationally by FloWrestling and 21st by InterMat, posted a 3-2 tie-breaker 2 victory over George Mason's D.J. McGee in the championship match. McGee is ranked 25th by InterMat, 28th by FloWrestling and was second in the MAC preseason rankings. Lovett was ranked third in the MAC preseason rankings. Lovett, who is 11-3 on the season, opened the tournament with back-to-back major decision victories and then defeated Dylan Evans of Pitt, 5-2, in the semifinals.