Mallory Velte named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week
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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
PHOTO: Mallory Velte competing at the WCWA Women’s College Nationals last weekend in Oklahoma City, Okla. Photo courtesy of SFU Athletics.
Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Simon Fraser) has been selected as TheMat.com Athlete of the Week on February 14, 2017.
Velte recently capped off her junior year for Simon Fraser University with a second-consecutive 143-pound WCWA Women’s College Nationals title last weekend in Oklahoma City, Okla.
She won five bouts over the weekend, each one of them coming by technical fall. Velte impressed, shutting out all of her opponents and outscoring them 43-0. Her championship performance earned her the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler honor.
Entering the event as the No. 1 seed, Velte opened with a pair of 10-0 techs over Gabi Hunter of Midland Lutheran and Raquel Gray of Grays Harbor.
In her quarterfinals match, she bulldozed her way past Missouri Baptist’s Sarah Bollinger, an eventual two-time All-American, 11-0.
Velte advanced to the finals for the second year in a row after taking out Desiree Zavala from Southern Oregon in the semifinals with a 12-0 win. It was one of only two matches that went into the second period.
Waiting for her in the finals was King’s Jessi Kee, the No. 2 seed, who already owned a career win over Velte.
Velte quickly took control of the bout, scoring eight points in the first period. The second period lasted only 18 seconds before the SFU junior wrapped up the bout and her second title with a 10-0 victory.
Velte finished in second place at the U.S. World Team Trials last November, and followed it up with a third-place finish at the U.S. Senior Nationals in December. She made her first U.S. National Team at 63 kg by finishing in third place at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Velte was a Junior World Team member in 2015.
Each week USA Wrestling will select an Athlete of the Week based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling from youth programs through the senior level.
To nominate a wrestler for this honor please send the athlete’s name, wrestling program and weekly and career accomplishments to Richard Immel at rimmel@usawrestling.org.
Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Simon Fraser) has been selected as TheMat.com Athlete of the Week on February 14, 2017.
Velte recently capped off her junior year for Simon Fraser University with a second-consecutive 143-pound WCWA Women’s College Nationals title last weekend in Oklahoma City, Okla.
She won five bouts over the weekend, each one of them coming by technical fall. Velte impressed, shutting out all of her opponents and outscoring them 43-0. Her championship performance earned her the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler honor.
Entering the event as the No. 1 seed, Velte opened with a pair of 10-0 techs over Gabi Hunter of Midland Lutheran and Raquel Gray of Grays Harbor.
In her quarterfinals match, she bulldozed her way past Missouri Baptist’s Sarah Bollinger, an eventual two-time All-American, 11-0.
Velte advanced to the finals for the second year in a row after taking out Desiree Zavala from Southern Oregon in the semifinals with a 12-0 win. It was one of only two matches that went into the second period.
Waiting for her in the finals was King’s Jessi Kee, the No. 2 seed, who already owned a career win over Velte.
Velte quickly took control of the bout, scoring eight points in the first period. The second period lasted only 18 seconds before the SFU junior wrapped up the bout and her second title with a 10-0 victory.
Velte finished in second place at the U.S. World Team Trials last November, and followed it up with a third-place finish at the U.S. Senior Nationals in December. She made her first U.S. National Team at 63 kg by finishing in third place at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Velte was a Junior World Team member in 2015.
Each week USA Wrestling will select an Athlete of the Week based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling from youth programs through the senior level.
To nominate a wrestler for this honor please send the athlete’s name, wrestling program and weekly and career accomplishments to Richard Immel at rimmel@usawrestling.org.
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