SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Southern Conference named Appalachian State University wrestler Denzel Dejournette as the conference's wrestler of the week, the SoCon office announced on Wednesday.  It is the second time in as many weeks that Dejournette has earned wrestler of the week honors. 

On Sunday at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia, Dejournette posted a 5-0 record on his way to first place in the heavyweight division. Dejournette is a perfect 14-0 on the season with a 4-0 dual record and has tallied four pins. 

Dejournette started the Keystone Classic with a 6-1 decision victory over Rider's Andrew Marr. In the second round Dejournette earned another decision over Gage Hutchison (Eastern Michigan), 9-4. Dejournette pinned Alex Macki (South Dakota State) 2:10 into the quarterfinal. In the Semifinal, Dejournette defeated Nathan Butler (Stanford) by a 2-0 decision. Dejournette capped off his tournament with 6-3 decision against Havard's David Ng in the final.

After another tournament victory, Dejournette jumped four spots to No. 13 Wrestling insider Magazine (WIN) and remained No. 16 in the Open Mat poll.

Head coah JohnMark Bentley had this to say about his undefeated heavyweight: "I'm really proud of Denzel and the way he has competed so far this year!" 

Dejournette is one of seven Mountaineers to win the award multiple times and is the first wrestler in school history to win the honor in back-to-back weeks. The Mountaineers have been named wrestler of the week 33 times since 2000-01.

2014-15 SoCon Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 5         Kevin Birmingham, Davidson
Nov. 12       Dalton Henderson, VMI
Nov. 19      Denzel Dejournette, Appalachian State
Nov. 26      Denzel Dejournette, Appalachian State