Penn State senior All-American James Yonushonis (Philipsburg, Pa.) was the Nittany Lion recipient of the honor. Yonushonis, an All-American at 174 in 2006, went 30-6 this year and leaves Penn State with an 83-50 career record.
Honorees for wrestling are Illinois' Cassio Pero, Indiana's Angel Escobedo, Iowa's Eric Luedke, Michigan's Casey White, Michigan State's Franklin Gomez, Minnesota's Jayson Ness, Northwestern's Eric Metzler, Ohio State's Chris Vondruska, Penn State's James Yonushonis, Purdue's Jake Patacsil and Wisconsin's Tyler Turner.
These 11 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.
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