Week 11: GPAC Wrestlers of the Week

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following men's and women's wrestler-of-the-week for contests played January 26-February1, 2026. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2025-2026 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program. 

Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Wrestler-of-the-Week

MEN
Zander Ernst, Morningside University– 165lb Weight Class

Morningside University wrestler Zander Ernst is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Wrestler-of-the-Week.  Zander, a junior from Aurelia, Iowa, went 2-0 on the week in a pair of duals. He defeated No. 20 Jackson Remmers of Dakota Wesleyan with a 10-1 major decision. He picked up another major decision win, 20-6, in a dual victory over Jackson Balmer of Briar Cliff. As a team the Mustangs went 1-1 for the week.

WOMEN
Reagen Gallaway, Hastings College – 138/145lb Weight Class
Hastings College wrestler Reagen Gallaway is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Wrestler-of-the-Week.  Gallaway, a junior from Kearney, Nebraska, went 5-1 during the week, including two first period pins over top 10 opponents. She had a critical pin in their 23-22 dual win at Midland, wrestling at 145 on Friday. On Saturday, she wrestled at 138 and began with a pin in less than a minute. Gallaway then pinned seventh-ranked Lexi Ritchie of Lindsey Wilson at the 1:06 mark and in the quarterfinals, winning by tech fall. She went on to pin eighth-ranked Isabelle Hawley of William Penn 47 seconds into the semifinal match before losing by tech fall to the top-ranked wrestler at 145, Esther Kolawole of William Penn, in the final.