Arizona State's Hall named Pac-12 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year
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SAN FRANCISCO – Arizona State's Tanner Hall was named the Pac-12 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2019-20 season, the Conference office announced today. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the Pac-12 sponsors, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.
Hall, who hails from Meridian, Idaho, becomes the third Sun Devil to be named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for wrestling. The graduate student posted a 3.60 grade point average while earning his degree in electrical engineering. A two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association Academic All-America selection, Hall finished third (HWT) at the 2017 NCAA Championship to garner All-America honors. Hall has posted a 21-3 record this season and is currently ranked No. 5 by InterMat. His career record entering the postseason stands at 104-29.
Hall and his fellow Sun Devil teammates will compete at the Pac-12 Wrestling Championships on Saturday at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion. The early rounds of competition will be carried via live-stream on Pac-12 Now and Pac-12.com starting at 9:30 a.m. PT. Pac-12 Networks will cover the championship round live, starting at 6 p.m. PT. Tickets to attend the event are available at gostanford.com or by calling 800-STANFORD (option 4).
In order to be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50% of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution. Each Pac-12 institution may nominate one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport’s regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in the voting for the award.
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Pac-12’s 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, beach volleyball, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, men’s golf, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse, men’s rowing, women’s rowing, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, softball, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s track & field, women’s track & field, women’s volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2007-08 academic year
Also Nominated: Wyatt Gerl, CSU Bakersfield (3.29, Business Administration)
Previous Wrestling Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Hall, who hails from Meridian, Idaho, becomes the third Sun Devil to be named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for wrestling. The graduate student posted a 3.60 grade point average while earning his degree in electrical engineering. A two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association Academic All-America selection, Hall finished third (HWT) at the 2017 NCAA Championship to garner All-America honors. Hall has posted a 21-3 record this season and is currently ranked No. 5 by InterMat. His career record entering the postseason stands at 104-29.
Hall and his fellow Sun Devil teammates will compete at the Pac-12 Wrestling Championships on Saturday at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion. The early rounds of competition will be carried via live-stream on Pac-12 Now and Pac-12.com starting at 9:30 a.m. PT. Pac-12 Networks will cover the championship round live, starting at 6 p.m. PT. Tickets to attend the event are available at gostanford.com or by calling 800-STANFORD (option 4).
In order to be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50% of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum of one year in residence at the institution. Each Pac-12 institution may nominate one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport’s regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in the voting for the award.
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Pac-12’s 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, beach volleyball, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, men’s golf, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse, men’s rowing, women’s rowing, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, softball, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s track & field, women’s track & field, women’s volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2007-08 academic year
Also Nominated: Wyatt Gerl, CSU Bakersfield (3.29, Business Administration)
Previous Wrestling Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Year | Scholar-Athlete | School |
2019-20 | Tanner Hall | Arizona State |
2018-19 | Paul Fox | Stanford |
2017-18 | Nathan Butler | Stanford |
2016-17 | Peter Galli | Stanford |
2015-16 | Ian Nickell | CSU Bakersfield |
2014-15 | Chace Eskam | Arizona State |
2013-14 | Dalton Kelly | CSU Bakersfield |
2012-13 | Jake Meredith | Arizona State |
2011-12 | Nick Amuchastegui | Stanford |
2010-11 | Adam Hall | Boise State |
2009-10 | Jake Johnson | Stanford |
2008-09 | Thomas Kimbrell | CSU Bakersfield |
2007-08 | Tanner Gardner | Stanford |
