AMES – Iowa State 197-pounder Christian Carroll has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. It marks the first Big 12 weekly honor by a Cyclone this season and the first of Carroll’s young career.
Carroll (pictured at top via Cyclone Athletics), in his collegiate dual debut, earned a top-15 win over Stanford’s No. 13 Nick Stemmet on Friday.
The redshirt freshman exploded for two takedowns in the opening minute of the match to set an early tone, and added a reversal and a third takedown in the second period, to secure a comfortable 11-7 decision over Stemmet.
The win moved Carroll up in several wrestling outlets’ rankings, most notably, in FloWrestling’s where he went from unranked to the No. 13 197-pounder nationally.
Iowa State is back in action Friday, Nov. 15 against Navy in Hilton Coliseum at 7 p.m.