Nazar Kulchytskyy

Nazar Kulchytskyy

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/5/2013
  • Sport
    Wrestling
  • School
    UW-Oshkosh
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    165 pounds
  • Hometown
    Sosnivka, Ukraine
  • High School
    Prairie du Chien, Wis.
Kulchytskyy took first place at 165 pounds to lead UW-Oshkosh at the Pete Willson Invitational held Feb. 1-2 in Wheaton, Ill.  Kulchytskyy went unbeaten in four contests to raise his season record to 32-1 (19 pins).  He registered a 12-3 victory over Nick Fishback of UW-Parkside in the championship match.  En route to the title bout, Kulchytskyy pinned Brian Snyder of Case Western Reserve University (Ohio) in 50 seconds, scored a 26-10 win over Ethan Farmer of Wabash College (Ind.) and pinned Yousef Al-Ghoul of Elmhurst College (Ill.) in 2:10.

Also nominated:
UW-Eau Claire, Nathaniel Behnke, Freshman, 141 pounds, Bruce, Wis.
UW-La Crosse, Mason Geary, Freshman, 141 pounds, DeForest, Wis.
UW-Platteville, Peter Crocco, Senior, 157 pounds, Harvard, Ill.
UW-Whitewater, Jake Fredricksen, Senior, 133 pounds, Woodstock, Ill.