@MizzouWrestling’s Eierman, Mauller Earn Mid-American Conference Awards
4/3/2019 10:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Eierman is the league’s Wrestler of the Year for the second straight season; Mauller earns Freshman of the Year
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Wrestling, fresh off its fifth consecutive top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships and eighth straight league title, took home two major Mid-American Conference Awards as the league announced its annual award winners Wednesday (April 3). For the second consecutive season, RS junior 141-pounder Jaydin Eierman (Columbia, Mo.) is the MAC Wrestler of the Year following his third-place finish at the NCAA Championships and third consecutive MAC title last month. True freshman 149-pounder Brock Mauller (Columbia, Mo.) is the league's Freshman of the Year, the fifth Tiger to earn the award and first since Eierman in 2017.
The awards were voted on by the conference's head wrestling coaches following the conclusion of the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Tournament.
Eierman wrestled to a third-place finish at 141 pounds at the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships to earn his third consecutive All-America honor. His only loss at the NCAA Tournament came to top-seeded and two-time national champion Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell in a 6-5 decision.
A native of Columbia, Mo., Eierman's third-place finish earned him his third All-America honor in three seasons and it was his best finish ever at the NCAA Championships. Eierman finished his junior season with a 27-4 overall record and a team-high 17 falls. He now has 38 pins in his three years as a Tiger. He also claimed his third MAC Championship this season and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the MAC Championships.
Missouri true freshman Brock Mauller won the 149-pound 2019 MAC Championship and earned his first career All-American honor with a sixth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships. After burning his redshirt midway through his true freshman season, replacing injured All-American Grant Leeth, Mauller led all Mizzou wrestlers with 32 wins, the most by a Mizzou true freshman since three-time national champion J'den Cox had 38 in 2013-14.
A native of Columbia, Mo., Mauller earned his first career MAC title and posted an incredible 28-2 mark en route to earning the No. 4 seed at the NCAA Championships. His only two losses during the regular season came against Iowa State's Jarrett Degen, and Mauller defeated Degen when it mattered the most, earning a win at the NCAA Championships. Mauller finished sixth at the NCAA Championships and closed his true freshman season with a 32-5 overall record, earning his first career All-America honor.
