FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) released its conference honors for men's wrestling in conjunction with the conference tournament on Saturday, February 14, at Indiana Tech. Marian University earned a program record 18 All-WHAC honors, led by their six all-conference members and head coach
Steven Bradley, who was named the WHAC Coach of the Year.
Marian had five champions in the WHAC Tournament, led by seniors
Logan Wagner,
Anthony Hughes, and
Noah Hollendonner. Hughes and Hollendonner won their second career WHAC Championships at the league tournament, while Wagner earned his third career championship. Freshmen
Christian Arberry and
Anthony Rinehart collected their first championship titles as Knights, and
Jeff Dunasky Jr. also earned All-Conference Honors by finishing as the runner-up in his weight class.
In addition to the individual all-conference honors, head Coach
Steven Bradley joined the award groups as he was named the WHAC Coach of the Year, the first time in his career that he earned the honor. Bradley led the Knights to an 8-4 dual record this season, finishing as the runner-up in the regular season in the WHAC standings before leading the team to its first-ever WHAC Tournament Championship.
The Knights also earned 11 combined academic and character honors, with 10 members earning WHAC Academic Team awards to headline the special honors.
Marlin Williams was named as Marian's Champion of Character award winner, and was also one of the 10 Knights on the Academic Team. Joining Williams on the WHAC Academic Team were
Logan Richardson,
Jeff Dunasky Jr.,
Zach Wilson,
Peter Sells,
Isaac Richardson,
Jairo Ojeda,
Daniel Stanfield,
Braden Getz, and
Michael Yerian.
All 'of the year' honors are selected via a vote by conference head coaches. First and second team all-conference are determined by individual finish at the conference tournament.
Marian will compete at the 2026 NAIA National Championship next week, March 5-7. The brackets for the championship will be announced in the coming days.
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