By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Returning after one year away from the mat, Chadron State College redshirt senior Quade Smith claims the first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Wrestling Athlete of the Week award, announced Tuesday.

Men's Wrestler

Quade Smith, Chadron State (Senior (RS), 125 pounds, Layton, Utah)
Smith returned to the mat with a perfect stay at the Dakota Wesleyan Open on Nov. 8, winning the 125-pound title with a 5-0 record. Ranked the No. 14 wrestler in the 125-pound weight class, he opened the tournament with a 14-7 victory against No. 13 Sloan Johannsen of Northern State. Smith then posted back-to-back falls and a major decision to reach the final. In the second round, he needed just 1:50 to claim a fall against Jamestown’s Mario Fernandez; his third-round fall came at the 6:35 mark against Augustana’s Carter Katherman. A 12-2 major decision against Minnesota State-Moorhead’s Clayson Mele sent him to the final, where he won 4-0 against UMary’s Mason Gutenberger.

Others Nominated: AJ Hague, Colorado Mesa; Brandon Cody, Colorado School of Mines; Everest Sutton, CSU Pueblo; Terrell Kinlicheenie, New Mexico Highlands; Hunter Richardson, Western Colorado. 

About the RMAC

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.

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