National Prep Wrestling: Baylor’s Khamari Whimper Wins National Title

Team Tennessee Has 11 All-Americans

  • Monday, February 27, 2017
  • B.B Branton

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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