BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference announced Monday the winner of this week’s Wrestler of the Week. The weekly awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
West Liberty’s Gabe Blissenbach and Wheeling’s Jack Dinwiddie have been named the MEC Co-Players of the Week.
 
Blissenbach, a sophomore from Lisbon, Ohio, won the 174-pound champion at the Fairmont State Open. Blissenbach powered through the field to capturing the 174-pound title, earning multiple bonus-point victories along the way and closing out the championship with a dominant technical fall. 
 
Dinwiddie, a freshman from Wadsworth, Ohio, led the Cardinals at the Fairmont State Open, earning his first collegiate weight class victory. He won the gold in the 141-pound weight class after finishing 4-0 across four matches. He would earn two MEC victories along the way, including a tech fall against West Liberty's Matt Englehardt. He would add decisions over Unattached wrestler Johnny Bainac and Ethan Mitchell. He improved his record to 15-6 on the season with the effort.
 
025 MEC WRESTLER OF THE WEEK
11/3: Tanner Halling, Frostburg State & Colby Whitehill, Glenville State
11/10: Colton Stoneking, Fairmont State & Gavin Harper, Wheeling
11/17: Lucas Talley, Fairmont State
11/24: Tanner, Halling, Frostburg State & Josh Woyan, Fairmont State
12/1: No Wrestler of the Week
12/8: Tony Wood, West Liberty
12/15:  Logan Powell, Davis & Elkins & Colton Stoneking, Fairmont State
12/22: Carter Winegardner, West Liberty
1/5: Gabe Blissenbach, West Liberty & Jack Dinwiddie, Wheeling