March 5, 2006
Wrestler of the Year
Minnesota's Cole Konrad
Wrestler of the Championships
Wisconsin's Tom Clum
Freshman of the Year
Minnesota's Dustin Schlatter
Coach of the Year
Minnesota's J Robinson
In addition the All-Big Ten conference first and second teams were named with the first team consisting of the champions from each weight class and the second team made-up of the runner-up in each division.
First Team All-Big Ten
Michigan's Ryan Churella; Michigan State's Nick and Andy Simmons; Minnesota's Roger Kish, Cole Konrad, and Dustin and C.P. Schlatter; Northwestern's Jake Herbert; Penn State Philip Davis; and Wisconsin's Tom Clum.
Second Team All-Big Ten
Illinois' Tyrone Byrd, Pete Friedl, Kyle Ott, Alex and Troy Tirapelle; Iowa's Mark Perry; Michigan's Greg Wagner; Minnesota's Mack Reiter and Matt Nagel; and Northwestern's Ryan Lang.
Sportsmanship Award Nominees
For the second time ever, the conference gave team sportsmanship honors to one inidividual from every squad as selected by his head coach. The student-athletes chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. These student-athletes are now candidates for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, as the Conference office will honor one male and one female student-athlete from each institution at the end of the school year.
The wrestling nominees for the honor include: Illinois senior Alex Tirapelle, Indiana sophomore Max Dean, Iowa senior Joe Johnston, Michigan senior Ryan Churella, Michigan State senior R.J. Boudro, Minnesota senior Matt Nagel, Northwestern senior John Velez, Ohio State junior Alex Picazo, Penn State junior James Yonushonis, Purdue senior Ben Wissel and Wisconsin junior Tyler Turner.
