The 2020 Flo NCAA Award For Most Improved Wrestler
The 2020 Flo NCAA Award For Most Improved Wrestler
The nominees for the most improved NCAA D1 wrestler of the 2019-20 season.
Nobody got the ending they wanted from the 2019-20 season. Covid-19 canceled the NCAA Championship Tournament, truncating a superb season before it could be properly concluded. But that doesn't mean we can't honor the extraordinary efforts the student-athletes put forth on the mat.
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The 2020 Nominees for the Most Improved Wrestler
125: Pat Glory, Princeton
Glory placed sixth as a freshman but had earned the #2 seed at the 2020 NCAAs. The New Jersey Native was 30-7 last season but finished this season undefeated, having won the Princeton Open, Midlands, and the EIWAs.
149: Pat Lugo, Iowa
A four-time NCAA qualifier, Lugo's highest finish at the Big Dance was eighth last season. But going into the 2020 tournament Lugo locked up both the #1 seed in a brutally stacked weight class. Lugo won Midlands and avenged his only loss on the season, to Sammy Sasso, at Big Tens.
184: Taylor Lujan, Northern Iowa
Another four-time qualifier, Lujan finished in the round of 12 at the last two NCAA Tournaments. Previously, Lujan's best seed at NCAAs was seventh, this year, Lujan secured up the #1 seed after winning the Big 12 Championship and finishing the season on 19-match winning streak.
285: Mason Parris, Michigan
The phrase 'jumped-levels' may get worn out over the course of a collegiate season, but it is the best way to describe Parris' incredible growth from his true freshman to true sophomore seasons at Michigan. After a bloodround finish and a 33-9 record to finish the 2019 season, Parris peeled off 28 straight wins to start the 2020 season, losing for the first time in the Big Ten finals to #1 seed Gable Steveson.
174: Dylan Lydy, Purdue
Lydy suffered double-digit losses in each of his first three seasons at Purdue. The Indiana native kicked it up a notch for his senior campaign, losing only twice, to the #1 and #2 seeds, winning the CKLV, Midlands, and finishing as runner-up at the Big Ten Championship while sporting a 31-2 record. He received the #4 seed at the 2020 NCAAs, besting last year's seed of 11th.
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