IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Redshirt freshman Brandon Sorensen has been named the top 149-pound rookie in the country by Amateur Wrestling News. The national wrestling publication announced its all-rookie team Tuesday.
Sorensen (40-6) earned All-America honors with a fourth place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships. He led Iowa with 40 wins, one shy of tying Ed Banach's single season freshman record, and finished runner-up at the Big Ten tournament.
The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native is the fifth freshman to earn All-America honors under head coach Tom Brands, and the first Hawkeye to win 40 matches in a single season since 1999 (Jody Strittmatter, T.