Austin O'Connor among 25 most exciting wrestlers to watch in 2021-22 NCAA wrestling season
Posted Sep 23, 2021
10. Austin O’Connor, UNC: As a redshirt sophomore, O'Connor ran through the ACC, winning all of his bouts with the exception of one loss to Big Ten Champion Pat Lugo. Everything was set for O'Connor to chase the podium again, but COVID wrecked those plans. O'Connor took that adversity and turned 2021 into his storybook year, going undefeated.
(NCAA.com)
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