Burroughs Earns Second-Straight Big 12 Honor

Lincoln-The Huskers’ Jordan Burroughs has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Monday. A native of Sicklerville, N.J., he earns the honor after being named the Big 12’s Wrestler of the Month last Monday.

 

Burroughs won the individual title at 157 pounds to lead No. 6 Nebraska to the team crown at the 2008 Las Vegas Invitational last weekend. Burroughs, who was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler, posted a perfect 5-0 record over the weekend to improve his mark to 11-0 on the season.

 

The junior opened the tournament with two major decisions over Michigan’s Aaron Hynes (16-7) and North Dakota State’s Andrey Patselov (18-5) before wrapping up Friday’s competition with a 5-2 decision over Minnesota’s Tyler Safratowich. Burroughs was just as impressive on Saturday, posting decisions over two All-Americans. He earned a 3-2 victory over No. 5 J.P. O’Conner of Harvard in the semifinals, then moved on to claim a 10-8 win against the defending national champion and sixth-ranked Jordan Leen of Cornell in the finals.

 

Nebraska takes to the mat again on Dec. 20 when the Huskers dual No. 25 Kent State at 2 p.m. in the NU Coliseum.