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ST. LOUIS- UIndy Wrestling wrapped up its regular season Sunday, closing out the Great Lakes Valley Conference slate with the final two duals of the season at the GLVC finale at Maryville. Following the conclusion of the duals, the GLVC Wrestling postseason awards were voted on by the league's coaches.

Highlighting the day for the Greyhounds was Dawson Combest earning the league's Freshman of the Year honor, after he went 5-1 in GLVC competition, capped by a 5-2 win over #9 Nate Smalling Sunday afternoon. Combest was also the All-GLVC First Team honoree at 157, with Brody Conner taking second team All-GLVC honors at 184. Chase Wilkerson (133), Kyle Barkovich (149) and Zach Fry (197) all garnered Honorable Mention All-GLVC accolades. The Second Team honor was the third of Conner's career, while Barkovich earned his second honorable mention. Combest, Wilkerson and Fry all earned their first All-GLVC honors.

The Greyhounds went 1-1 in their final two duals of the GLVC season, opening the day with a 48-6 win over Ouachita Baptist and dropping a 27-10 dual to #2 McKendree to close out the league slate. Against Ouachita, UIndy took bonus points in the first eight bouts of the dual, trading pins and tech falls back and forth by weight class to take a 45-0 lead into the 197 match. Zach Fry pushed the score to 48-0 with a 6-1 upset decision over #7 Augustus Boyd. Wilkerson, Tylan Tucker, Jack Eiteljorge and Brody Conner all had pins in the win, with Matt McKinney, Combest, and Gleason Mappes all putting up five points with tech falls.

Against the eventual GLVC-champion #2 McKendree, UIndy stayed close through the first half of the dual, with the score knotted 10-10 after the 165 match. Wilkerson took a 2-1 win over Christian Mejia at 133, McKinney came away with a 13-2 major over Charles McNeal, and #11 Combest solidified his First-Team All-GLVC spot with his 5-2 win over #9 Nate Smalling. The score was tied 10-10 after 6 matches, but McKendree rattled off 4 straight wins to close out the dual with a 27-10 victory over the Hounds. The Greyhounds are now set to make their postseason run as they host regionals on February 29 in Nicosin Hall.