Ohio State heavyweight wrestler Kyle Snyder is one of the top athletes in the word. In the past year, he won an Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro and Big Ten and NCAA wrestling championships.
Tuesday, the Big Ten announced Snyder as the 2016-17 Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year. He is the first Buckeye athlete to win the award since wrestler Logan Stieber in 2014-15.
"I'm honored to win this incredible award, especially because of what its namesake, Jesse Owens, means to the Big Ten and specifically Ohio State," Snyder said in a statement.