After the dust has settled from the NCAA wrestling tournament, one more question remains before the 2017-18 can be officially wrapped up: Who will be this year’s Hodge Trophy winner?
The WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy, the equivalent of football’s Heisman, is given each year to the nation’s best college wrestler.
This year, Penn State has two finalists — defending Hodge Trophy winner Zain Retherford and junior Bo Nickal. They are joined on the list by fellow national champions Seth Gross of South Dakota State and Zahid Valencia of Arizona State. Among them, Retherford is the lone senior.