Ohio Northern's Cody Lovejoy Wins Second Consecutive Elite 89 Award
By Tim Glon-Ohio Northern Sports Information
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Ohio Northern junior Cody Lovejoy was
named the 2014 NCAA Division III Wrestling Elite 89 Award winner
Saturday night at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at
the U.S. Cellular Center.
Lovejoy, a pharmacy major, becomes wrestling's first-ever repeat
winner of the prestigious award, given annually to the
student/athlete with the highest grade point average at each of the
NCAA's 89 Championships events.
He also won the award as a sophomore in 2013.
Lovejoy had the highest GPA among the 180 wrestlers that
competed at the 2014 NCAA III Wrestling Championships this
weekend.
He also earned All-America honors earlier in the day on Saturday
with a seventh place finish in the heavyweight division.
He posted a 3-2 record and finished his season with a 43-5
record.
"This is pretty cool, winning the award for a second consecutive
year," Lovejoy said. "Hopefully it will look really good on my
resume once I graduate. To get this award again and earn
All-America honors on the same day is something I will always
remember."
He also brings the fourth Elite 89 Award trophy to Ohio
Northern's campus, as Nate Fleming won the award in Division III
Men's Soccer in the Fall of 2012 and Nate Rosenbaum won the award
in Division III Men's Cross Country this past fall.