KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ivy Navarro of the University of Providence women's wrestling team was named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week, the NAIA announced on Wednesday.

Navarro, a senior from Lahaina, Hawaii, won the 101-lb. weight class at the Grand View Open last Saturday, one of the bigger NAIA tournaments on the entire season. Navarro, who has been the top-ranked 101-lb. wrestler all season, took down the #2, #4 and #6-ranked wrestlers en route to capturing the crown. For her performance, she was also named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Wrestler of the Week.

"If anyone has deserved this honor, it's been Ivy," head coach Matt Atwood said. "She's been a dominant wrestler all year. She does all the right things and takes care of business, both academically and on the mat. It's been a long-time coming. She's been deserving for quite awhile. It's a huge honor for her. It should be a huge confidence-builder for her that other people are taking recognition of what she's doing."

By winning the Grand View Open, Navarro has now won three tournaments on the year. She had previously won the Battle of the Rockies and the Maverick Open and finished 2^nd at the Missouri Valley Invite, losing to ranked NCAA-wrestler Olive Shore in her only loss of the season.

"The scary part is I don't think she wrestled her best this past weekend, and she was still a dominant force," Atwood said. "Her opponents were ranked high so she was a little more cautious and a little more calculated than what she usually is. Now that she saw how dominant she was in those matches, I expect her to be even more impressive going forward."  

Navarro isn't the only Argo wrestler to receive national recognition this week – Jordan Komac of the Argo men's wrestling team was also named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week. It is the first time all season that two wrestlers from the same school have received NAIA Wrestler of the Week honors.

Navarro is also the second Argo women's wrestler to be named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week this season – Ashley Gooman received the award on Nov. 17.

"It's a good week for Argo wrestling," Atwood said. "This is the second time we've got a National Wrestler of the Week award in our program this season and it happened the same week the men's program got the award as well. There's a lot of buzz going around our building and both programs are excited about what's next."

The Argos will next compete at the CCC Tournament, which will take place Feb. 27 in the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls, Mont.