Augustana's Moni Griffin named CCIW Women's Wrestling Athlete of the Week

Augustana College's Moni Griffin has been recognized as the CCIW Women’s Wrestling Student-Athlete of the Week after her performance at the Luther Open. Competing in the 131-pound weight class, Griffin achieved a 5-0 record at the event held last Saturday, recording four pins and a technical fall in less than four minutes total mat time.

Griffin, a junior from Chicago, began her run with two first-period pins against Emma Warth (22 seconds) and Ashton Hofeling (50 seconds), both from Southeastern. In the quarterfinals, she pinned Mia Ahrendsen of Hawkeye in 39 seconds. She then earned a 10-0 technical fall over Wartburg’s Kaydn Meyer in just 1 minute and 16 seconds before finishing with a 36-second pin against Upper Iowa’s Kylee Shoop to claim the title.

With these results, Griffin improved her season record to 6–3.

The weekly CCIW Women’s Wrestling Student-Athlete honors for the current season have also included Viola Pianetto from Elmhurst on November 11 and Riley Rayome from North Central on November 4.

"Griffin’s Dominant Run at Luther Open Earns CCIW Women’s Wrestling Weekly Honor"