Athlete Awards

Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week

Matt Surprenant

Matt Surprenant

  • Award
    Prairie Fire Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/19/2014
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • Bio
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Surprenant won title in the 184 pound bracket at the 2014 Northern Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Championships hosted by Milwaukee School of Engineering on February 15.

Surprenant, the bracket’s #2 seed, received a bye in the opening round.  He posted a 14-0 major decision over Jared Schaaf of Lakeland College in the semifinals to advance to the championship match.

Standing in the way of Surprenant and a conference championship was #1 seed Austin Bellile of MSOE.  A familiar foe, Bellile defeated Suprenant in three close decisions during the regular season.

The fourth time was the charm as Surprenant pinned Bellile at the 4:33 mark of the match to win the conference title.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/29/2014 Chantal Heckman Women's Basketball
1/22/2014 Madeline Bruce Women's Swimming & Diving
1/14/2014 Grace Theisen Women's Basketball
1/8/2014 Matt Surprenant Wrestling
12/18/2013 Clarice Bernett Women's Swimming & Diving
12/11/2013 Esai Ponce Wrestling
11/20/2013 David Jones Men's Basketball
11/13/2013 Madeline Bruce Women's Swimming & Diving
11/6/2013 Gabe Moreno Men's Cross Country
10/30/2013 Terence Lau Men's Soccer
10/23/2013 Maxwell Gatyas Men's Soccer
10/16/2013 Jordan Willits Football
10/9/2013 Terence Lau Men's Soccer
10/2/2013 Charlie Harned Men's Soccer
9/25/2013 Lauren Metcalf Volleyball
9/18/2013 Nathaniel Logie Men's Soccer
9/11/2013 Maxwell Gatyas Men's Soccer
9/4/2013 Ella Petersen Women's Soccer
5/14/2013 Joe Puntoriero Men's Outdoor Track and Field
5/8/2013 Phil Tallman Baseball
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