Beavers Lead the Way in Conference Athlete of the Week Cornell and Buena Vista athletes were selected as Iowa Conference Athletes of the Week on Monday. Adam Jones and Rick Schweitzberger of Buena Vista and Emily Cline from Cornell were chosen by a three-member committee of sports information directors from the Iowa Conference colleges.
Nominations are open to any sports information director in the conference.
Schweitzberger, a senior from Kingsley, received the weekly award in wrestling. He was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the Cornell Invitational over the weekend when he won the 133-pound championship. His only match closer than 13 points was a 4-2 overtime decision over Mike Corsiglia of Coe in the championship match of the Cornell tournament. His victory in the semifinals was the 100th of his college career and he became the 11th Buena Vista wrestler to reach that plateau. Schweitzberger was an All-American for Buena Vista in 1998.