Big Ten Wrestler of the Week J Jaggers, Ohio State University Jr., 141, Northfield, Ohio / St. Peter Chanel Jaggers stepped up in a big way to help the Buckeyes earn a dual win over No. 8 Penn State on Jan. 25. With No. 7 Ohio State trailing the Nittany Lions, 19-16, heading into the final bout of the night, No. 10 Jaggers pinned No. 5 Jake Strayer of Penn State in 3:25 to seal the OSU victory. The win at 141 marked the sixth time this season that the junior has beaten a top-20 wrestler and the second time he has defeated Strayer. Jaggers improved to 16-5 on the season with the win. This is Jaggers' first career weekly accolade. Last Ohio State WOW: T.J. Enright (2/7/07) Utah Valley State's Kjar honored by Western Wrestling Conference CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Utah Valley State's Ben Kjar has been named the Western Wrestling Conference's Wrestler of the Week as announced by league officials. Kjar, a 125-pound freshman from Centerville, Utah (Viewmont HS), was a perfect 5-0 last week and improved to 3-0 in WWC conference duals with a 10-4 decision of Air Force's Zach Valdez. Kjar was 4-0 at the Tracy Borah Duals on Saturday, with two wins by fall, one by major decision and one, over Western State's Eddie Lopez, in a 4-3 decision. Kjar's win against Air Force gave him 31 wins on the season, setting a Utah Valley single-season record. The Western Wrestling Conference is comprised of seven schools including the Air Force Academy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Utah Valley State and Wyoming. Others nominated: Air Force: Anthony Stegeman North Dakota State - Adam Aho Northern Colorado - Devan Lewis South Dakota State - Ryan Meyer George Mason's Oates honored by CAA FAIRFAX, Va. - Senior Randy Oates (Owings, Md./Northern) earned Colonial Athletic Association Co-Wrestler of the Week honors for his part in George Mason's 22-15 victory over Binghamton on Sunday. With the win, the Patriots improved to 9-3 overall and 5-2 in CAA duals. Wrestling at 174 pounds, Oates took on Binghamton sophomore Josh Patterson, ranked 19th in the nation by InterMat and 20th by Amateur Wrestling News at the time of the match. Forty-one seconds into the third and final period, Oates pinned Patterson to put the momentum back in Mason's favor. The Patriots trailed the Bearcats 12-10 heading into the match. Oates split the award with Dave Tomasette of Hofstra. Boston University's John Hall was named the CAA Rookie of the Week. The awards take into account all competition from the week of Jan. 22-28. The Patriots hit the mat again on Sunday, Feb. 3, taking on the Old Dominion Monarchs, the 22nd-ranked team in the nation in the latest USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Fieldhouse. Virginia Tech's Spellman honored by ACC GREENSBORO, N.C. - Virginia Tech's Tommy Spellman, a true freshman from Newton, N.J., was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week today, after capping a strong week with an upset over the nation's No. 10 wrestler. Spellman, who now has a 19-8 record this year, was 2-0 for the week as the Hokies split dual meets against North Carolina and Virginia. Against the Tar Heels on Saturday, Spellman pulled out a tough 3-1 sudden victory decision over Nick Tenpenny. The win was his first in an ACC meet. On Sunday, against No. 10 Rocco Caponi of UVA, Spellman recorded perhaps his biggest victory of the season. After scoring early in the match, he was able to hold on for the close 5-2 decision, handing Caponi just his second loss of the season, and earning the Hokies the points they would need to squeak out an 18-16 team win over the Cavaliers. Spellman and the Hokies, who are now 1-2 in the ACC and 5-5 overall, will host Ohio University this Friday evening and then take on UNC Greensboro Sunday afternoon. Tech's next league-meet will be on Feb. 15 at NC State. Missouri's Marable honored by Big 12 COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri sophomore Nicholas Marable (Collierville, Tenn.) was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week as announced today by the league office. The first Big 12 honor for the 165 pound grappler, this marks the second conference nod to a Tiger wrestlers this season. Sophomore Maxwell Askren, Missouri's 197 pounder, was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 14. Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation at 165 pounds, Marable defeated fourth-ranked Mack Lewnes, 3-2, in Missouri's Sunday afternoon home dual against No. 16 Cornell. Helping the Tigers to a 21-13 victory over the Big Red, Marable's victory was his eighth this season against a top-20 ranked opponent and second against a top five wrestler. This marked the third straight week that Marable wrestled a top-five grappler. Marable improved to 17-3 on the season after holding Lewnes to only two escapes. Scoring the only takedown of the match 1:30 into the first period, Marable managed an escape in the second after choosing down. Marable has not given up a takedown in six straight matches. All three of Marable's losses this season have come to No. 1 ranked opponents; then No. 1 Eric Tannenbaum of Michigan (7-4), No. 1 Keith Gavin of Pittsburgh at 174 pounds (7-3) and most recently to No. 1 ranked Mark Perry of Iowa (3-2 in overtime). Missouri becomes the third school in the Big 12 Conference to earn the weekly honor twice this season. Nebraska and Iowa State have also had two wrestlers awarded for their work on the mat. Missouri's second nod of the season ties the second highest number of league honorees, the highest, three coming last season when Ben Askren, Josh Wagner and Max Askren were recognized. The Tigers will return to Big 12 action this Saturday, Feb. 2 when they take on the No. 2 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at 7 p.m. (CT) in Lincoln. Missouri, 7-2-1, is currently 0-0-1 in Big 12 meetings.