EDINBORO, Pa. – Edinboro University’s Chris Honeycutt (North Ridgeville, OH/St. Edward) has been named the Eastern Wrestling League Wrestler of the Year.  It marks the third straight year and fifth time in the last six years that a Fighting Scot wrestler has received the honor.

Bloomsburg’s John Stutzman was voted the EWL Coach of the Year and Max Thomusseit of Pittsburgh was recognized as the EWL Freshman of the Year.

Honeycutt finished fifth at 184 lbs. last weekend’s NCAA Division I National Championships in Philadelphia.  The junior ended the year with a 31-2 record after going into Nationals as the number one seed.

While making his third trip to Nationals, he earned All-American honors for the first time.  He won back-to-back matches to reach the quarterfinals before suffering his first loss of the season, 7-3 to eventual national champion Quentin Wright of Penn State.  

He came back to defeat tenth-seeded Josh Ihnen of Nebraska 4-3 to assure All-American honors, then handed fourth-seeded Travis Rutt of Wisconsin 6-5 in the consolation quarterfinals.  He would lose to Steve Bosak, the third seed, in the consolation semifinals before taking home first place with a medical forfeit over fifth-seeded Joe LeBlanc of Wisconsin.

Earlier in the year Honeycutt won his second EWL championship with a 7-2 decision over Thomusseit, one of two wins he had over the EWL’s top frosh.  He also captured his PSAC Championship, and won the Southern Scuffle for the second straight year.  In the Southern Scuffle he defeated Bosak 7-2 in the title match.

Honeycutt will enter his senior season with a 90-20 career record.