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For the second time this season, Nebraska wrestler Christopher Minto (165) has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Minto receives the award after taking his second-consecutive top-10 win and improving to 15-1 on the season. The Husker is the third to garner a weekly award, and puts Nebraska in the honors lineup for the fifth week this season.
Minto helped NU to two dominant Big Ten road wins, 38-6 at No. 18 Michigan and 38-3 at Michigan State, and is now ranked at No. 8 in the InterMat national rankings. In Ann Arbor, the Husker defeated last week’s Big Ten Freshman of the Week, No. 10 Beau Mantanona, with a 7-2 decision. Minto notched another win at MSU, taking down Jay Nivision 8-1. Unranked at the time, Minto is now No. 8 according to InterMat and Open Mat, and No. 11 for WIN.
The Husker is among elite freshman company, joining Penn State’s No. 4 Josh Barr (197) and Minnesota’s No. 4 Max McEnelly (184) as repeat Freshman of the Week honorees. The Big Red have had a highly decorated season, winning five Big Ten weekly accolades, trailing only No. 1 Penn State, who has claimed seven.
Prior to this season, the last Husker to be honored twice in a season with the Big Ten weekly award was Mikey Labriola in 2021-22. The last time three Big Red wrestlers were honored in weekly awards from the conference was in the 2018-19 season. In no season on record have the Huskers received weekly honors in more than three weeks, making the 2024-25 season the first.
Minto and the Huskers continue Big Ten competition on Friday, Jan. 31, hosting Wisconsin. The dual is set to begin at 8 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on BTN. Tickets for the penultimate home matchup can be purchased at huskers.com/tickets.
Jan. 30
W: Lucas Byrd, Sr., ILL
W: Dean Peterson, Jr., RU
F: Christopher Minto, NEB
Other Huskers honored this season:
Nov. 21
W: Ridge Lovett, Sr., NEB
F: Charlie Millard, MINN
Dec. 12
W: Antrell Taylor, So., NEB
W: Matt Ramos, Sr., PUR
F: Josh Barr, PSU
Jan. 16
W: Jaxon Smith, Jr., MD
W: Greg Kerkvliet, Sr., PSU
F: Christopher Minto, NEB
Jan. 23
W: Drake Ayala, Jr., IOWA
W: Ridge Lovett, Gr., NEB
F: Beau Mantanona, MICH