Senior Tanner Gardner (Berryton, Kans./Shawnee Heights) of the Stanford wrestling team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 3-Mar. 9.
Mar. 10, 2008
Senior Tanner Gardner (Berryton, Kans./Shawnee Heights) of the Stanford wrestling team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 3-Mar. 9.
Gardner captured his second consecutive Pac-10 title at the Pac-10 Wrestling Championships in Eugene, Ore. last week, becoming the first Stanford wrestler to win back-to-back conference titles in more than two decades. In the course of the tournament, the senior shattered the program's career win record (140) and the program's single-season pin record (19) and helped Stanford to its highest Pac-10 finish in school history (2nd). After pinning his first two opponents and defeating a top-20 wrestler in the title bout, he was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
This is Gardner's first Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor this year. Gardner returns to action at the NCAA Championships, Mar. 20-22, in St. Louis. He will be looking to become the first three-time All-American in school history and Stanford's second NCAA Champion.
Also Nominatined: Paul Kornfeld (Men’s Swimming), Alex Clayton (Men’s Tennis), Dylan Carney (Men’s Gymnastics), Casey Roche (Men’s Track and Field), Sean Ratliff (Baseball), Alissa Haber (Softball), Lauren Elmore (Women’s Gymnastics), Daphne Patterson (Lacrosse), Kawika Shoji (Men’s Volleyball).