Jan. 30, 2008

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Utah Valley's Ben Kjar has been named the Western Wrestling Conference's Wrestler of the Week as announced by league officials.

Kjar, a 125-pound freshman from Centerville, Utah (Viewmont HS), was a perfect 5-0 last week and improved to 3-0 in WWC conference duals with a 10-4 decision of Air Force's Zach Valdez.

Kjar was 4-0 at the Tracy Borah Duals on Saturday, with two wins by fall, one by major decision and one, over Western State's Eddie Lopez, in a 4-3 decision. Kjar's win against Air Force gave him 31 wins on the season, setting a Utah Valley single-season record.

The Western Wrestling Conference is comprised of seven schools including the Air Force Academy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming.

The Wolverines (7-8, 1-2 in WWC) are off this week and will close out conference action next weekend at Northern Colorado (February 8) and at Wyoming (February 9).

Others nominated: Anthony Stegeman (Air Force), Adam Aho (North Dakota State), Devan Lewis (Northern Colorado), Ryan Meyer (South Dakota State)