Sean Harman Awarded Big 12 Wrestler of the Week
2/8/2022 10:50:00 AM | Wrestling
Harman defeated No. 10 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State last Sunday
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri wrestler Sean Harman was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday morning. The award is the first of Harman's career and Missouri's third weekly honor this season.
"It's great to see kids get rewarded that do things right and work hard," head coach Brian Smith said. "Sean's that kid. He's gone out there and beat three ranked opponents in a row and scored some key points for us."
Harman's upset victory against Oklahoma State's 10th-ranked Dustin Plott was a key swing match that helped the Tigers get back into Sunday's dual against the Cowboys. After giving up a takedown in the first period, Harman went into the third period on bottom in a 3-1 deficit. After an escape and a stall call on Plott tied the match, Harman and Plott went into a scramble with the Missouri wrestler finishing on top for the takedown. Plott escaped to shorten the lead to one point, but Harman would not relinquish the lead.
"Sean Harman has filled in in for [Peyton] Mocco last two weeks and it's just been unreal," head coach Brian Smith said Sunday after Harman's upset. "He beat a top-ten kid in the country; that's special. That's a freshman going out there and beating to ranked guys and we needed it."
Beginning the season behind returning NCAA qualifier Peyton Mocco at 174 pounds, an opportunity arose for Harman break into the starting lineup prior to the Tigers' Jan. 20 dual at Oklahoma. After dropping two matches to ranked opponents, Harman went into Missouri's Jan. 29 tri-dual against Wyoming and Utah Valley and picked up the first two ranked victories of his career.
Harman first beat Wyoming's 11th-ranked Hayden Hastings in a 4-2 decision, erasing a previously 0-3 record against the Wyoming Cowboy. He followed up the performance with a 17-4 major decision against Utah Valley's 32nd-ranked Kekana Fouret.
Harman and the Tigers will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. CT against No. 13 Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.
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