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Patrick Glory is one of 10 finalists for the Hodge Award, the top honor in college wrestling, after winning the 125-pound NCAA title.
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NCAA Champion Glory Named Hodge Trophy Finalist for Second Time
March 21, 2023 | Wrestling
For the second time in his career, Princeton senior Patrick Glory has been named one of 10 finalists for the Hodge Award, the top honor in college wrestling.
Fans can vote here for the Hodge through Friday, March 24 at 6 p.m. ET. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 27. The winner of the fan vote will receive five first-place votes to add to the tally of votes from previous Hodge winners, former coaches, media members and members from national wrestling organizations.
Glory ended the season with a 25-0 record with wins over two weight classes, going 21-0 at 125 and 4-0 at 133, sweeping two weekends of dual meets in January while wrestling at a weight other than 125 for the first time in his college career.
On the way to that perfect record, Glory won his third EIWA title, making him the fifth Princeton wrestler to do that, and was Princeton's first four-time EIWA finalist. At the NCAA Championships, a year after becoming Princeton's first national finalist in 20 years, Glory ended a 72-year drought without an NCAA individual champion for the program, running the table at the NCAAs to win the 125-pound title. Bradley Glass '53, who won the unlimited weight class in 1951, is Princeton's only other NCAA individual wrestling champion.
Glory's 25 wins on the year included 11 bonus-point wins, with five major decisions, four pins and two technical falls. Glory went through the EIWA Championships without allowing a point, and he outscored opponents 32-7 at the NCAA Championships.
Glory was also a finalist in 2020, when he entered the NCAA Championships with a 24-0 record before the championship meet was canceled due to the onset of the pandemic.
Fans can vote here for the Hodge through Friday, March 24 at 6 p.m. ET. The winner will be announced on Monday, March 27. The winner of the fan vote will receive five first-place votes to add to the tally of votes from previous Hodge winners, former coaches, media members and members from national wrestling organizations.
Glory ended the season with a 25-0 record with wins over two weight classes, going 21-0 at 125 and 4-0 at 133, sweeping two weekends of dual meets in January while wrestling at a weight other than 125 for the first time in his college career.
On the way to that perfect record, Glory won his third EIWA title, making him the fifth Princeton wrestler to do that, and was Princeton's first four-time EIWA finalist. At the NCAA Championships, a year after becoming Princeton's first national finalist in 20 years, Glory ended a 72-year drought without an NCAA individual champion for the program, running the table at the NCAAs to win the 125-pound title. Bradley Glass '53, who won the unlimited weight class in 1951, is Princeton's only other NCAA individual wrestling champion.
Glory's 25 wins on the year included 11 bonus-point wins, with five major decisions, four pins and two technical falls. Glory went through the EIWA Championships without allowing a point, and he outscored opponents 32-7 at the NCAA Championships.
Glory was also a finalist in 2020, when he entered the NCAA Championships with a 24-0 record before the championship meet was canceled due to the onset of the pandemic.
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