Bellarmine's Mayer named SoCon wrestler of the week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Bellarmine’s Daulton Mayer has been selected as the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for the week of Feb. 5-11.  

The native of Mentor, Kentucky, went 2-0 last week with heavyweight wins versus The Citadel and Davidson.  

In both wins, Mayer closed out the matches with pins, defeating The Citadel’s Adam Ortega and Davidson’s DJ Spring. Mayer’s victory over Ortega helped seal the 23-17 team win for the Knights, and his triumph against Spring occurred 33 seconds into the match as Bellarmine won the dual 42-3. These two pins bring his season total to 13, which is second in the NCAA in that category. 

The senior teaching major improved to 18-10 on the season. In the heavyweight class, Mayer is ranked first among SoCon wrestlers in the most recent FloWrestling rankings. 

Bellarmine now looks ahead to SoCon matchups between Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb on Feb. 14.  

Also nominated: Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga), Levi Hopkins (Campbell), Adam Ortega (The Citadel), Patrick Jordon (VMI) 

2024-25 SoCon Wrestler of the Week

Nov. 6 Patrick Jordon, So., VMI 

Nov. 13 Braxton Lewis, Jr., VMI 

Nov. 20 Taye Ghadiali, Gr., Campbell 

Nov. 27 Patrick Brophy, R-So., Citadel 

Dec. 11 Chad Bellis, Sr., App State  

Dec. 18 T.K. Davis, R-Fr., Gardner-Webb 

Dec. 25 Shannon Hanna, Gr., Campbell 

Jan. 1 No Nominations 

Jan. 8 Sergio Desiante, So., Chattanooga 

Jan. 15 Wynton Denkins, So., Campbell  

Jan. 22 Luke Uliano, R-Jr., App State  

Jan. 29 AJ Rallo, R-Fr., Bellarmine  

Feb. 5 Tanner Peake, Jr. Davidson 

Feb. 12 Daulton Mayer, Sr. Bellarmine