Ed Ruth Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; January 17, 2012 – Penn State Nittany Lion wrestler Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the week ending Jan. 15, 2012. The honor is the second for the Nittany Lion sophomore and he shares this week’s with Ohio State’s Logan Stieber.

The Lion All-American, ranked No. 2 at 174, was unstoppable in a 2-0 road weekend for Penn State in Big Ten action. Ruth made short work of No. 9 Lee Munster of Northwestern, blistering the top-ten Wildcat to the tune of an 18-3 technical fall at the 5:37 mark. Ruth helped spark Penn State to a 38-3 dismantling of No. 17 Northwestern in Evanston. Two days later, Ruth posted an equally quick 17-2 tech fall over Wisconsin’s Matt Liegel at the same 5:37 mark. Ruth’s win was part of Penn State’s 43-0 shutout of Wisconsin in Madison. The shut-out was Penn State’s first ever in a Big Ten dual and was the first shut-out of Wisconsin since 1958. Ruth improves to 19-0 on the year with six pins, six techs and three majors.

The honor is the third for Penn State this year as junior Bryan Pearsall (Lititz, Pa.) won on Dec. 20 and sophomore All-American David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio) won on Jan. 3.