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Yamashita HS

Kenji Yamashita

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/12/2015
  • Sport
    Wrestling - M
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Kenji Yamashita is the SFU Student Athlete Advisory Committee Athlete of the Week for January 12, 2015.

At the recent Olympia Duals, Yamashita, at 149-pounds, went 2-0 Saturday. He was undefeated at the two-day dual meet, winning two matches on Friday as well, finishing 4-0.
 
Yamashita was tied 3-3 with junior Jaywayne Fombrough (WP) in the first round when they went into a scramble and Yamashita managed to catch Fombrough in a cradle and pinned him with 10 seconds left. Yamashita's final match of the day against sophomore Orlando Guerra (NMHU) was tied 4-4 in overtime when he managed to score two points converting a single leg attack to a double for a 6-4 win with two seconds remaining in the extra period.
 
"Kenji is competing really hard and showing incredible composure in close matches against more experienced wrestlers," said head coach Justin Abdou. "His ankle was bothering him during the final match but he pushed through and he had the presence to switch tactics to his advantage to come out on top."


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/25/2015 Justin Buren Football
10/19/2015 Gabriel Lee Swimming - M
10/13/2015 Christina Dickson Soccer - W
2/9/2015 Sango Niang Basketball - M
2/9/2015 Erin Chambers Basketball - W
2/2/2015 Lindsey Butterworth Track and Field - W
2/2/2015 Cameron Proceviat Track and Field - M
1/19/2015 Lindsey Butterworth Track and Field - W
1/18/2015 Sango Niang Basketball - M
1/12/2015 Kenji Yamashita Wrestling - M
11/17/2014 Madeline Hait Volleyball - W
11/17/2014 Jordan Herdman Football
11/3/2014 Jordan Herdman Football
10/27/2014 John Mlikotic Golf - M
10/20/2014 Ryan Stanford Football
10/20/2014 Jordan Herdman Football
9/22/2014 Chris Crisologo Golf - M
9/22/2014 Oliver Jorgensen Cross Country - M
9/15/2014 Olivia Aguiar Soccer - W
9/15/2014 Kelsey Robinson Volleyball - W
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