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    71 kg U17 World Champion Joseph Sealey (photos courtesy of Martin Gabor/UWW) Competition from the U17 World Championships wrapped up on Sunday and for the first time since the revival of the event, in 2011, the United States won the team title in men's freestyle. Not only did team USA win, they dominated the field. If there were any doubts about that statement, the four wrestlers in action on Sunday reaffirmed them with their performance. All three of the American finalists (Domenic Munaretto, Luke Lilledahl, and Joseph Sealey) all captured gold medals, while Max McEnelly claimed a bronze medal. The four Americans on Sunday outscored their competition by a 35-1 margin. That was a microcosm of the men's freestyle team's entire tournament. The team went 34-6 and posted 190 team points, which was a new record for the event. Second place India finished with a distant 64 points. Of the ten wrestlers on the 2022 team, nine came away with medals and four were gold. That marked the second team that the US produced four world gold medalists, as the 2017 squad did the same thing (Kurt McHenry, Will Lewan, Aaron Brooks, Greg Kerkvliet). Below are the results from the final day of action in Rome. 45 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Domenic Munaretto (USA) over Bashir Verdiyev (Azerbaijan) 2-0 51 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Luke Lilledahl (USA) over Mohammad Asadi (Iran) 10-1 71 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Joseph Sealey (USA) over Raul Caso (Italy) 12-0 92 kg Men's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match - Max McEnelly (USA) over Sahil Jaglan (India) 11-0
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    110 kg U17 World Champion Koy Hopke (photos courtesy of Kadir Caliskan/UWW) It was more of the same for the men's freestyle team in session one of Saturday at the U17 World Championships from Rome, Italy. Three of the five wrestlers who started their tournaments this morning (Domenic Munaretto - 45 kg; Luke Lilledahl - 51 kg; and Joseph Sealey - 71 kg) all advanced to the gold medal match at their respective weights. This trio combined to win ten bouts on the day and only two of them went the full distance. In the medal matches, things were a bit more difficult for the Americans as they lost three of their four gold medal contests. The lone winner for the USA was big man Koy Hopke at 110 kg. Hopke survived an early onslaught from Levan Lagvilava (France), who immediately registered a pair of points on step out's. As had been the case in the semifinals, Lagvilava ran out of steam as the match progressed. Once the French heavyweight started to slow, Hopke took over. After a takedown and exposure from a deep armbar, Hopke looked poised to seal the deal with a fall. However, the official stopped the hold as Lagvilava grimaced and grabbed at the injured appendage. From that point, it was all Hopke and he cruised to an 11-6 win. Settling for the silver medal on the day were Christian Castillo (48 kg), Jax Forrest (55 kg), and Tyler Kasak (65 kg). The fifth member of the first day's worth of competitors, Zack Ryder, was the only one who didn't have a medal locked in at the start of the day. That changed as Ryder dominated Muhammadamin Abduloev (Tajikistan) physically in an 8-0 victory. Before Saturday's medal rounds began, the United States team already had clinched the team title, a feat they had never accomplished since the reinstatement of Cadet Worlds in 2011. The last two teams (2019 and 2021) brought home silver. The U17 World Championships will wrap up tomorrow as Munaretto, Lilledahl, and Sealey look to win gold medals, while Max McEnelly looks for bronze. 45 kg Men's Freestyle Qualification - Domenic Munaretto (USA) over Ningappa Genannavar (India) 10-0 Quarterfinals - Domenic Munaretto (USA) over Arman Harutyunyan (Armenia) 10-0 Semifinals - Domenic Munaretto (USA) over Amirmohammad Navazi (Iran) 8-2 Gold Medal Match - Domenic Munaretto (USA) vs. Bashir Verdiyev (Azerbaijan) 48 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Vasif Baghirov (Azerbaijan) over Christian Castillo (USA) 5-3 51 kg Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Luke Lilledahl (USA) over Ben Tarik (Morocco) 12-1 Quarterfinals - Luke Lilledahl (USA) over Dimitar Biserkov (Bulgaria) 10-0 Semifinals - Luke Lilledahl (USA) over Nurdanat Aitanov (Kazakhstan) 4-1 Gold Medal Match - Luke Lilledahl (USA) vs. Mohammad Asadi (Iran) 55 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Daryn Askerbek (Kazakhstan) over Jax Forrest (USA) 11-10 60 kg Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Kyler Larkin (USA) over Vladimir Azaryan (Armenia) 5-2 Quarterfinals - Taiga Ogino (Japan) over Kyler Larkin (USA) 2-1 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** 65 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Ilyas Isayev (Azerbaijan) over Tyler Kasak (USA) 5-3 71 kg Men's Freestyle Qualification - Joe Sealey (USA) over Bleonit Bytyci (Kosovo) 10-0 Round of 16 - Joe Sealey (USA) over Alisher Zholdasaby (Kazakhstan) 12-1 Quarterfinals - Joe Sealey (USA) over Aslan Ozturk (Turkey) 10-0 Semifinals - Joe Sealey (USA) over Razmik Yepremyan (Armenia) 11-0 Gold Medal Match - Joe Sealey (USA) vs. Raul Caso (Italy) 80 kg Men's Freestyle Bronze medal match - Zack Ryder (USA) over Muhammadamin Abduloev (Tajikistan) 8-0 92 kg Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Max McEnelly (USA) over Sherzod Poyonov (Uzbekistan) 11-1 Quarterfinals - Max McEnelly (USA) over Andriyan Valkanov (Bulgaria) 11-0 Semifinals - Kamil Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan) over Max McEnelly (USA) 12-2 Bronze Medal Match - Max McEnelly (USA) vs. Ibrahim Benekli (Turkey)/Sahil Jaglan (India) - Winner 110 kg Men's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Koy Hopke (USA) over Levan Lagvilava (France) 11-6
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    2021 All-American Louie DePrez (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: The Binghamton Bearcat Lou DePrez makes his third consecutive Top-20 list in as many years, this time as the Top Cat. Despite three losses and moving up a weight, DePrez only had two majors of his nine bonus point wins which helped him claim the 1 spot. Close on DePrez's tail was Jaxon Smith and Cam Caffey, who both wrestled 29 regular season matches (the most wrestled by any in the Top-20), though technically Smith wrestled 28 and Caffey 27, as they had some non-D1 competition. Smith finished as the highest Redshirt in any Top-20, with the help of five pins and two majors in his last 11 matches of the season. Caffey had a similar streak, winning his last 10 matches, but of those matches, only two were won by bonus (two majors). Whenever a wrestler transfers into the Big Ten, their Fantasy Stock gets questioned. As was the case with Greg Bulsak moving from Clarion to Rutgers for his final season of eligibility. Bulsak proved the doubters (yes me, I had some hesitation) wrong. With almost a 60% bonus rate against D1 competition in the regular season, Bulsak actually had a fighter's chance of finishing 2nd at the weight. Two of his four losses were in sudden victory and, had he won those two matches, would have been right behind DePrez as a runner-up. Tied for the Best PPM in the 197 Top-20, Stephen Buchanan finds himself at #6 solely because of his loss by pin to #12 on the list (Owen Pentz). Had Buchanan only lost by decision? He'd be in the Top-4. National Champion Max Dean came out firing with six straight bonus wins to start the season. He would go on to only have one loss (by decision), and only three wins by decisions, but in a weight where 90% of the Top-20 wrestled over 20 matches, 16 by Dean just wasn't enough firepower. Four All-Americans made the 197 Top-20 this season. Who Missed The Cut: Missing the cut by 0.2 PPM, Yonger Bastida (ISU) finished at #21 with the same number of Fantasy Points as Rocky Elam, despite beating him in the last match of the regular season. What did him in? Probably that loss by pin against Silas Allred (NEB) at the Daktronics Open. Cleveland State's Ben Smith also finished with 44 Fpts and a PPM of 2.1 to be #22. National Finalist Jacob Warner (IOWA), may have wrestled four matches at the Luther Open, but from a Fantasy perspective, it's like he didn't even weigh in. He won three matches by bonus over non-D21 competition and then Medically Forfeited to teammate Zach Glaser in the Finals. That left Warner with 13 countable matches, which he only won by bonus twice (two majors) and lost by decision three times. Warner finished at #39 with 23 Fpts. One of the biggest surprises of the NCAA Tournament was Gavin Hoffman (OHST) taking home 6th place as a 21 seed. With seven losses in the regular season, it's no wonder how he didn't crack the Top-20. Especially when he only recorded two countable bonus wins of his 18 matches. Even though he was injured mid-season and only wrestled in 10 matches, AJ Ferrari (formerly of OKST), only had two wins by decision to finish at #23 with 43 Fpts. Eric Schultz (NEB) and Jay Aiello (UVA) finished out their senior seasons as #24 and #25 respectively (42 and 41 Fpts). And, tell me if you've heard this before in this article, the main reason they are not higher on this list is due to the low match count totals (15 for Schultz and 12 for Aiello). Other notables to miss the cut include: Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT) at #26 with 40 Fpts, Braxton Amos (WISC) at #27 with 39 Fpts, Kordell Norfleet (ASU) at #29 with 38 Fpts, and Michael Beard (formerly of PSU) at #35 with 26 Fpts.
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    Christian Castillo's last-second quarterfinal win (photo courtesy of UWW/Kadir Caliskan) On Friday morning, the men's freestyle team hit the mat for the first time at the U17 World Championships in Rome, Italy. Things couldn't have gone too much better as the American team won 13 of 14 matches and put four wrestlers into tomorrow's gold medal matches. Christian Castillo (48 kg), Jax Forrest (55 kg), Tyler Kasak (65 kg), and Koy Hopke (110 kg) all have only one match standing between them and a world championship. Hopke was the outlier and was generally dominant throughout his three bouts today. Only one went the entire four minutes and that was “just” a nine-point victory (11-2). Castillo, Forrest, and Kasak all were pushed and looked to be vulnerable, at one point or another; however, each persevered and clinched a spot in the finals. Castillo has one of the highlights of the tournament, when he found himself down to Arshia Haddadi (Iran) on criteria (after a questionable challenge was ruled in favor of the Iranian), with only four seconds remaining in the bout. Unphased, Castillo attempted a flying squirrel and actually got the two points needed for a victory. Forrest also had a last-second win, but his came in the semifinals rather than the quarters. Trailing by a point with :15 seconds left on a restart, Forrest was on the offensive. After a brief scramble, Vaibhav Patil (India) appeared to be very close to a takedown; however, Forrest wrestled through the position and locked up one of his own at the edge with :02 seconds remaining to win 8-7. A failed challenge made it 9-7. Kasak used a beautiful throw-by with under ten seconds left in the Round of 16 contest to take a 6-6 lead on criteria. His opponent, Akobir Rahimov (Uzbekistan), challenged the call, which ended up being upheld, leading to a 7-6 final score for the American. Two American women, Gabriella Gomez (46 kg) and Valerie Hamilton (61 kg), both wrestled for gold medals on Friday. Both were on the losing end of one-sided bouts against opponents from powerhouse nations. Gomez was bested 13-0 by Koko Matsuda (Japan) and Hamilton fell to Savita (India), 12-0. The final medal tally for the women's squad is three. Gomez and Hamilton, along with Erica Pastoriza (43 kg) all came away with silver medals. Tomorrow the final five men's freestyle wrestlers will start their tournament, while the first half will wrestle for medals. 48 kg Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Christian Castillo (USA) over Ozgur Caglayan (Turkey) 10-0 Quarterfinals - Christian Castillo (USA) over Arshia Haddadi (Iran) 8-6 Semifinals - Christian Castillo (USA) over Rassoul Galbouraev (France) Fall Gold Medal Matchup - Christian Castillo (USA) vs. Vasif Baghirov (Azerbaijan) 55 kg Men's Freestyle Qualification - Jax Forrest (USA) over Takuto Osedo (Japan) 12-2 Round of 16 - Jax Forrest (USA) over Sandro Hungerbuehler (Switzerland) 10-0 Quarterfinals - Jax Forrest (USA) over Zalkarbek Tabaldiev (Kyrgyzstan) 10-6 Semifinals - Jax Forrest (USA) over Vaibhav Patil (India) 9-7 Gold Medal Matchup - Jax Forrest (USA) vs. Daryn Askerbek (Kazakhstan) 65 kg Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Tyler Kasak (USA) over Akobir Rahimov (Uzbekistan) 7-6 Quarterfinals - Tyler Kasak (USA) over Bohdan Oliinyk (Ukraine) Fall Semifinals - Tyler Kasak (USA) over Ankit (India) Fall Gold Medal Matchup - Tyler Kasak (USA) vs. Ilyas Isayev (Azerbaijan) 80 kg Men's Freestyle Qualification - Reza Soleimanian (Iran) over Zack Ryder (USA) 10-0 Repechage Matchup - Zack Ryder vs. Slavi Stamenov (Bulgaria) 110 Men's Freestyle Round of 16 - Koy Hopke (USA) over Ramini Gulitashvili (Georgia) 14-3 Quarterfinals - Koy Hopke (USA) over Mateusz Pudlowski (Poland) 11-2 Semifinals - Koy Hopke (USA) over Khikmatullo Kurbonov (Uzbekistan) 12-2 Gold Medal Matchup - Koy Hopke (USA) vs. Levan Lagvilava (France) 46 kg Women's Freestyle Gold Medal Matchup - Koko Matsuda (Japan) over Gabriella Gomez (USA) 13-0 61 kg Women's Freestyle Gold Medal Matchup - Savita (India) over Valerie Hamilton (USA) 12-0
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    American University's Maximillian Leete (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) If you have ever seen American University's Maximillian Leete wrestle, you may notice his matches are a little unique. You may notice his style is very "in your face" while grabbing wrists and trying to maintain hand control the entire time while in the neutral position. Then suddenly the opponent breaks Max's grip, freeing his arms. They separate right in the middle of the mat, and the whistle blows. The ref re-positions them in the middle. They both slightly grasp each other's wrist/hand area before the whistle blows to restart them. This is one example of how the sport of wrestling has implemented a rule to allow athletes with certain disabilities (in this case, blindness) to compete, and succeed, in the sport. This reset in position is clearly stated in the handbook. According to the NCAA rule book, "…each wrestler shall have the fingers on one hand over and the fingers of the other hand under the opponent's fingers. Fingers shall not extend to the palms." Basically, the wrestlers must remain in constant contact with at least one hand without ever breaking apart once the whistle blows. To get some more clarification on the rule, I spoke with NCAA Division 1 referee, Scott Bricker. Fortunately, he has refereed Max in the past, among other EIWA matches. He explained that before the individual match, he flips his disc. Whichever color earns choice, that wrestler gets to choose if they want to start with their right hand on top, or right hand underneath their opponent's. The position was explained to me by Scott, "if your right hand is on top of your opponent's, your left hand will be on the bottom of theirs, and vice versa." To better visualize for me, I imagine the over-under position, but with hands (one is over, the other is under). Once contact is broken, the wrestlers restart. Every restart, the wrestlers must reverse positions with their opponent's hands, in the scenario described above. Because of Max's official diagnosis, his opponents must follow these sets of rules. Max stated his diagnosis is "Degenerative Myopia." Myopia, as some of you may know, is nearsightedness. Since his case is more severe than most, he is considered legally blind by today's standards. Degenerative, unfortunately, means that his case is getting worse as time passes. This condition is one you are born with and is also genetic on his mother's side. Max explained he has a cousin with the same condition, who is, interestingly, a D1 soccer prospect - as a goalie. Not kidding. The family's athletic abilities are impressive. Maximillian Leete was a three-sport varsity athlete in all four years of high school. He understands the humor when he told me he was the tennis captain his senior year. His exact words after telling me this were "which is kind of funny." He was also one of the state's best field goal kickers. He was so talented, in fact, he was looking to kick for the football team and wrestle in college. He had a few options to do so but chose to wrestle at American. American University does not have a varsity football team, so his kicking days may be over. It is great to see his sense of humor about it. When he described his vision to me, "what I see is mostly shapes and colors, and shadowy figures." As an example, it starts every morning when he wakes up. If his glasses are not right by his nightstand, it can be a real struggle to find them. This is just one of the few issues he deals with on a daily basis due to his vision. It's certainly one of those things we all take for granted. It was not until after his freshman year in high school that Maximillian even realized his diagnosis allowed him to "level the playing field" against his opponents, thanks to another EIWA assistant coach. Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov, the current assistant coach at Harvard University, helped Maximillian realize his full potential in the sport of wrestling. Leete's family is from the greater Boston area. Coach "Muz" runs a wrestling club, where Max has wrestled since he started at a young age. Coincidentally, Muzaffar is an American University alum, where he was a two-time EIWA champion, one-time NCAA All-American and represented Uzbekistan at the Senior level. After discussions with the family, they all came to an agreement that he should start utilizing this specialized rule set, mostly as a form of safety for Max. As a former wrestler at this level, I can undoubtedly see why this is a danger for both wrestlers. With the emphasis on head injuries within the last decade, this is a no-brainer. I'm sure I am in the majority when I say, safety is the top priority. As we discussed this topic for a few minutes, I finally summed up the audacity to ask (playing devil's advocate, of course) if he felt that forcing opponents to wrestle his style was an advantage to him. For the record, I gulped as I asked this hard-hitting question - not knowing how he'd handle it. He was a good sport and understood my point of view, while somewhat agreeing with me. "Some wrestlers, especially at the 125lb weight class, do not like to hand fight," he said. It's pretty evident that the lighter the weight class, the less hand fighting you see. He continued, "I've adapted to wrestle by feel. I am more comfortable in the upper body." You do not see many opponents who are able to sustain the constant pace and pressure Maximillian engulfs them in. American University's Maximillian Leete (photo courtesy of Jay Mutchnik) Unfortunately, Max did have to deal with negativity in high school every now and then. The accusations of him faking his disability (even with legal paperwork signed by doctors), and claiming this rule was "unfair" to the opponent would occur from unruly parents - not shocking right? He did not let it rattle him, as he kept wrestling unphased when it would happen. On a positive note, the outrageous claims have been pretty much non-existent at the college level. "Everyone is more understanding of the situation, and of the sport in general," he said. "From the whistle, it's all about the hand fight." I have to agree with him; it's still wrestling. After our conversation, I've concluded that, yes, this rule may be a slight advantage to him and his style - but, when compared to his opponent's ability to see, his advantage is far outweighed by the advantage of having full eyesight. When it comes to coaching Max, you also need to adapt your way of doing things. Max, for obvious reasons, cannot sit and watch coaches explain technique at practice. They must physically do the move on Max. "I just have to be honest with them when I need to throw on my glasses and physically feel the move in order to learn it." When it comes to coaching during a match, Max has special nonverbal cues he orchestrates with his leaders in the corner. Since he cannot see the scoreboard, his coaches need to have excellent communication with him. A wrist tap to the corner is him asking for the time left in the period. A head tap is asking for the score and time. Maximillian praised Coach Joey Dance, who was a 2x All-American at Virginia Tech as a 125lb wrestler. The way Coach Dance, and the rest of the staff, have adapted to helping Max meet his needs is what was most impressive to him. With only Coach Dance's fourth year of coaching in the books (his first at American), this is a unique circumstance to find yourself in as such a young coach at this level. Being able to adapt to something so unique, while still finding your feet in the coaching aspect is something worth noting. Coach Dance agreed that he has been "challenged to adapt" as well. It's a learning process for him as much as it is for Maximillian. Dance returned the praise, stating that Leete "always asks the right questions, and has put in countless hours on the mat to add to his technique." Coach Dance explained how the wrestler is constantly reaching out for individual work over the summer, which is evident by his fourth-place finish in freestyle at the U20 U.S. Championships during the early summer. The confidence within Max, himself, is growing according to Coach Joey Dance. Dance told me, "One of my favorite things about Max is that he always stays true to himself, no matter the situation." This year's team and individual goals for Maximillian Leete prove his confidence may be higher than it's ever been. "There's no more excuses this year. No more 'first-season with a new staff' excuses. No more 'all freshman line-up' excuses. We had our growing year. It's time to go." He believes the Eagles of American University can be a .500 team this year. After winning only one dual meet last season, there is room to improve. Individually, he sees himself as an EIWA finalist and finding himself on the podium at NCAAs. "These are the goals I laid out with my coaches. Now, it's time to get myself in the best physical and mental shape to do that. I'm so excited for pre-season to begin." When Maximillian is not on the mat, you can find him working towards his goal of becoming a registered yoga instructor. Personally, I'm a huge yoga fan for athletes - especially when it comes to wrestlers. The stretching helps with flexibility and, maybe the most underrated aspect, it helps with the mind helping visualize goals and assist with "shutting off outside noise" as he poetically describes. It is great for non-athletic goals too. He remembers his first hot yoga experience as "competitive against yourself" as he drew parallels to the sport of wrestling, he continued "…at the end of the day, that's all wrestling is." I concur. The training process in this sport is, largely, being better than you were yesterday. You need to have a competitive nature. Well put, by the astute young man! Leete's hard work translates to the classroom as well. He was one of five American University wrestlers named to the NWCA D1 Scholar All-American Team. Sidenote, the team's combined GPA last season was 3.419, good enough for 15th best in the nation. His leadership will be expected next season to help lead the team down the right path to success. He is a pre-justice and law major, with a minor in women, gender, and sexuality studies. During his recruiting process, his main focus was academics, while wrestling was secondary. He mentioned looking at other academically prestigious universities like Brown and The University of Virginia. When asked why he chose American, he said the internships, and overall job opportunities in the nation's capital are unmatched. There are very few, if any, better cities to study pre-law as a college undergrad. In the future, he plans to attend law school, furthering his education. "I'm very passionate about pursuing being a lawyer. There are always guest speakers in our classes that give honest opinions and reviews of the occupation from a day-to-day perspective." He mentioned former and current district attorneys, and public defenders, among others in similar careers, that have been speakers. For Max, his current focus is on family law or divorce law, connecting portions of his minor studies into his law career. "Anything with people and relationships and how we interact with each other," he explained was his passion. He would like to write, research, and publish papers on this exact topic. In a world where a majority of people (especially of college-age) interact via social media in short-form exchanges, it is refreshing to see someone like Maximillian interested in breaking that mold to understand it better. It takes one wrestler like Maximillian Leete to better your wrestling team. More importantly, it takes one person like Maximillian Leete to make the world a better place.
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    Arizona State head coach Zeke Jones (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Arizona State's head coach Zeke Jones has agreed to a five-year contract extension to keep him in Tempe through the 2026-2027 season. "Zeke has proven himself to be one of the best wrestling coaches in the country," Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson said. "The way he's managed to turn the Arizona State program around and return us to prominence is inspiring and exactly what we brought him on to do eight years ago.” Jones responded that the contract extension starts at the top of the ladder. “It always starts with the president and athletic director,” Jones said. “They care about the sport and want to see it be successful. Guys like Sun Devil Wrestling Executive Board, they are supportive, love the sport and willing to give time and resources to the program too.” Since Jones took over the program in 2014, he has become one of the winningest coaches in ASU history, leading the Sun Devils to back-to-back NCAA team trophies, four Pac-12 team titles, 25 All-America honors, and 32 individual conference titles. “We have done some monumental things, broke a lot of records and reset history,” Jones said. Jones decided to take the offer because Arizona State has always felt like home to him and his family. “It's where I started my journey after high school,” Jones said. “I have loved wrestling since I was a kid but made my biggest gains when I went off to college. It was life-forming. It was where I was able to grow as a man, husband, coach, and father. ASU created all that for me.” In addition, Jones decided to stay in the desert because he could not pass up on an opportunity that very few are handed. “There's no guarantee in life with anything,” Jones said. “The opportunity to lead the Sun Devils in the future is an opportunity that very few get to experience. It's a fantastic school with a great wrestling tradition and I'm excited about what we can do in the future.” ASU staff and wrestlers did celebrate the extension. However, they kept it calm and collected. “They were congratulatory, which was nice,” Jones said. “However, it was more of a formality because we love this partnership we are in. The commitment was on both sides from my family and I to the athletic department and the university side too. It's like a marriage that's good.” In the next few years, Jones hopes to help his wrestlers succeed on and off the mat, earning their degrees and winning at the highest levels. However, there is one goal Jones has still yet to check off his box. “We want more Master's degrees, more Pac-12 Championships, more NCAA champions.,” Jones said. “ Ultimately, we are still striving for the big one. We want to add to some of our success and get into some uncharted territory.” Although he is eager to hunt down an NCAA team title, he is grateful for the contract extension. Plus, he is thankful for the Sun Devil community which has been supporting him all the way. “Thanks to everybody who has supported our effort at Arizona State, to my family and I, we are excited,” Jones said. “We are not going to stop until we get on top.”
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    The 2022 NCAA Champions; 5 from Penn State (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to another edition of the summer mailbag! It's Friday morning and I'm dabbling in some U17 Worlds while writing this. The problem I've always had with some of these events is having to watch in the middle of the night. I just can't do it. But I do love some early morning competition. There's nothing quite like the sounds of whistles and squeaking shoes on the mat to jolt you awake. It's almost Pavlovian at this point since we all grew up going to some tournaments and camps that start at the crack of dawn. Sometimes I even cut a little weight when I wake up and then hit the scales before having a bagel and a juice box just to get that old-time feeling back. Alright, I'm rambling. Let's get to the mailbag as very important matters like Penn State champs and painting toenails are on the docket this morning. What school would you most like to see add wrestling and why that team? Wiems19 Notre Dame of course. Toss in a Clemson and now you have an ACC with eight teams. Both schools already have wrestling history and enough money to fund programs that can find immediate success. The ACC already has a TV deal with ESPN (and the ACC Network). With these additions, the conference can become the clear number two in the country. Next thing you know, the Worldwide Leader is regularly airing duals on one of their actual networks. Next thing you know, Friday Night Duals with Shawn Kenney and Rock Harrison is the hottest thing on ESPN2. That's how you grow the sport. If Gable does not come back, how likely is it that Penn State ends up with five champions? What are we going to do with Clay Sauertieg if this happens? Richard Mann I give it about a fifteen percent chance. The Fightin' Caels seem to make the extraordinary look easy these days, as they've already accomplished this feat twice in the last few years, but it's still a tall task. Even after all we've seen I can't just lock in RBY as “next topic.” Fix is just too good and you never know when he finally puts it together in the finals. I am starting to think Starocci is “next topic,” but his two finals wins were both in overtime and Mekhi Lewis isn't going anywhere. After a year of adjusting to 174 under his belt, anything is possible for the New Jersey Hokie. Think 2017 Sadulaev compared to 2018 and beyond Sadualev. Once he adjusted, it was all over for the rest of the world. Aaron Brooks might be the biggest lock of the bunch. I'll never pick against him. But he's not invincible and still has two monsters at his weight in Hoagie Hidlay and Parker Keckeisen. The road will not be easy. Max Dean also had to scratch and claw his way to the top of the podium last season and will have his share of landmines to deal with if he wants to get there again. He's no lock. Now we get to G.D. Kerkvliet. Is he good enough to win it all? Absolutely. A lock? Far from it. This is why I'm not keen on Gable Steveson coming back. It takes away all the fun of the weight. We know he can beat Mason Parris. We also know he has problems with Cassioppi of Iowa. On top of that, Parris tends to beat Cassioppi on the reg. I haven't even mentioned Cohlton Schultz yet and he made the finals last year. So can they do five champs again? Sure they can. It will be tough but one thing we do know is that when Cael's guys get to the finals, they usually perform quite well. As far as our dear friend Clay is concerned, he has to spend the rest of the year rooting for the Cowboys and Phillies. We can let him have this one. I often let my daughters paint my toenails (girl dad life). Sometimes they let me pick the colors. What color should I choose? Luke Wise I'm not sure asking a color-blind person this question is the best idea. Your best bet is probably something to match your eye color. Or maybe something light to bring out the summer vibes. A light blue or green might be your best bet. Maybe paint a couple of flowers on there. It's open-toe season and if we have to stare at your nasty feet for three months at least give us some art. I repeat my question from last week, plus if a picture is worth a thousand words, please give me your interpretation of this. Seth Petarra First off, I don't remember your question from last week and I don't think you do, either. For those without access to Twitter, this man sent me a picture of Danny DeVito wearing a derby, holding some kind of stringed instrument along and a lemon, while holding a limoncello in the other hand. It's quite the scene. All it makes me think about is when the Always Sunny in Philadelphia star made a drunken appearance on The View, because he was up all night knocking back limoncellos with George Clooney. How many people can say that “Yo T, remember when I showed up hammered on that talk show, because I got wasted with George Clooney the night before?” Saying I passed out on Willie's couch because I had too many Bud Heavies at the local Easton watering hole just doesn't have the same charm to it. Alright all you Jagoffs and Jaggettes, this guy needs to put the keyboard away and get to his day job. Enjoy Cadet/U17/U16 or whatever they are calling Worlds this weekend. There's nothing better than watching the future stars of the sport make their mark. I shall cheer for them. This Iranian on right now looks about 27 years old.
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    Minnesota's Strength and Conditioning Coach Scott McWilliams (photo courtesy of Minnesota athletics) Wrestlers are known for their unique mental toughness and work ethic on and off the mat. Strength and conditioning coaches play an important role in not only developing them as athletes, but play an important role in keeping them healthy through the season. With load management becoming increasingly common across all sports, their importance is only increasing. I had the chance to interview strength and conditioning coaches Gary Calgano of Oklahoma State, Scott McWilliams of Minnesota, and Seth Diters of Virginia Tech. All work extensively with their schools' wrestling programs. Here are their responses to questions about their roles with collegiate wrestling. How did you begin working with the wrestling team? Gary Calgano (OSU) - I literally was assigned wrestling here at Oklahoma State by the former AD, Terry Don Phillips. Stroke of luck you could say. Seth Diters (VT) - I accepted this position at VT a year ago and the job is baseball and wrestling. I've worked baseball my entire career but grew up wrestling, so I always had a passion for the sport. So this job couldn't be a better fit. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - I got hired as the Gophers Wrestling Strength Coach in September 2016. Prior to this, I was an assistant wrestling coach and strength coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. A good friend of mine from grad school was one of the hockey strength coaches here, at the time, and when the wrestling strength coach position opened, he gave me a heads up, and I was fortunate enough to be hired on staff. How would you describe your experiences working with wrestlers compared to athletes in other sports? Gary Calgano (OSU) - The intensity level is off the charts. Plus the willingness to put in the work for them is learned at an early age. I truly believe that's what sets them apart from most other sports. Seth Diters (VT) - These guys are awesome. Hardworking and respectful. These guys want to be the best and it shows in their work ethic, but that's ultimately most kids. Athletes don't commit to a school to be mediocre. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - My experience working with wrestlers is what makes this career so enjoyable for me. I have worked with a wide variety of different sports teams along the way and have immense appreciation for the talent and dedication any athlete has, but I've grown up around wrestling, so I have a natural bias towards it. I think having the passion and appreciation for this sport goes a long way in getting quality work out of the wrestlers when I'm with them. While I'm sure it's fun to get to work with wrestlers, what's one thing that's hard about working with wrestlers, even if it's not a serious issue? Gary Calgano (OSU) - One thing that took me some getting used to is the team/individual dynamic. We can have a big dual win but a young man may have gotten beat in his individual match. So I had to learn to temper my enthusiasm during the next lift to make sure everyone kept their head up. I hope that made sense. Seth Diters (VT) - They are such tough kids, sometimes it's hard to get them to understand it's okay to go light sometimes. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - One of the most difficult things about working with wrestlers is helping them with weight management. Especially when guys first get to college, they've maybe been able to cut corners or think they have a system that works, but in reality, is not going to be effective at this level. Wrestlers are creatures of habit and to help educate each one of them on how their individual routines need to improve takes a lot of trial and error. Getting them to be professionals and utilize every hour of the day, as a chance to increase their performance, not just the hours of practice or lifting, is an ever-changing puzzle to figure out. Do you work with the coaches to develop training programs? Gary Calgano (OSU) - Yes sir. I absolutely do. I talk regularly with Coach Smith and the staff. I never wrestled myself, so I try to get as much information from them as I possibly can. Seth Diters (VT) - Absolutely. I'm here to complement what the coaches do. The kids don't sign to lift weights, they come to wrestle, so I have to compliment the program. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - My coaches are awesome. They give me complete autonomy when it comes to strength and conditioning with the guys. I think other strength coaches who do not have a background in the sport that get "assigned" wrestling as one of their teams do not get the freedom I do. My coaches will certainly let me know if I'm missing something, but for the most part, they have too much other stuff to focus on to micromanage the help I'm trying to provide. How does your training change throughout the season? Gary Calgano (OSU) - It changes from the amount of days we lift per week to the volume of each workout. I am constantly switching exercises as well to provide the CNS (central nervous system) with proper stimulation. We try to keep the intensity high no matter what phase we are in. Seth Diters (VT) - Just depends on what time of year it is. Offseason we go pretty hard, but as we near competition we shift focus to a lot more mat work. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - Our training throughout the season is ultimately dictated by (upcoming) competition and travel. Early in the season, our weight room volume decreases and we start to move away from absolute strength. October into November is one of the more difficult times of the year and my focus is on helping the guys adjust to making weight routinely, while still getting quality work in. As the season goes along, we'll always touch on maintaining strength as much as possible, but the majority of the weight room work shifts to a velocity-based philosophy. As soon as duals are done and we're peaking for Big Tens and NCAAs, I give the starting ten guys some autonomy to pick certain movements they like (or don't like) to get the most out of shorter lifts. With load management becoming more prominent in the sport, do you play a role in those decisions and if yes how so? What effect does this have on training? Gary Calgano (OSU) - Yes and no. Coach Smith has been crazy successful as an athlete and also as a head coach, so he knows what to look for especially during the season. If he notices a guy needs to be off the mat, then he will send them down to me to get an extra lift in for the week. I will visit with him and the staff if I notice any wrestler that is dragging for some reason. Good, open lines of communication are key. Seth Diters (VT) - We do some basic jump monitoring, but so much of the monitoring comes from building relationships with these kids and adjusting based on how they feel day-to-day. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - Load management is rapidly becoming such a big topic of conversation, as I think it shows there is an approach to help wrestlers perform better than the old school thought process of 'more is better.' I have learned a lot from our wrestling coaching staff on how they try to peak the guys. Our wrestlers consistently outwrestle their seeds at the conference and national tournament, and I think a huge reason behind it is because my coaches care so much about when to push, but more importantly when to back off. Intentional focus on quality work will help an athlete a lot more than doing a bunch of extra work for the sake of quantity. In season, I weigh the guys in every day before practice and am at every practice (and obviously lifts too), so I have a good amount of insight from the guys on how I think they're operating. For my role in load management, I get to sit in on daily staff meetings where upcoming practice plans are discussed and the coaches are really receptive to hearing my feedback on what I'm noticing on any given individual. I use these conversations to match the work I have planned in the weight room. I see load management making a big shift towards wearable technology such as Whoop or Oura Rings. I am fascinated by anything to help educate the athletes on understanding how their habits affect performance but in reality, it comes down to having a good coach's eye and simple, honest conversations with the athletes. Why is a good strength and conditioning coach or coaching team important for college athletes? Gary Calgano (OSU) - I think that a good strength coach can teach so many valuable life lessons. From the little things like being on time, to learning to give your best effort every single day. Not just to provide a good workout program but also to provide them with the confidence they need to power past any obstacle life might throw at you. Seth Diters (VT) - We wear so many different “hats” other than S&C. We are here to create high-functioning, good young men and women, so it's so important to have a well-rounded person in strength and conditioning. Scott McWilliams (UMN) - A strength and conditioning coach only gets a couple hours with the athletes each week to help them move better, make them a little faster, stronger, and more injury resilient. During the year, those hours spent together really only add up to play a small role in the athlete's overall development. But every athlete across the country at this level is extremely talented, works hard, and has the resources to succeed. A good strength coach is hopefully able to embrace the fact their impact might be small but it also might be that small aspect that separates their athletes from the majority.
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    46 kg U17 world finalist Gabriella Gomez (photo courtesy of Martin Gabor; UWW) The action continued today from Rome as the second five weights in women's freestyle got underway and the first series of medals were handed out. The star of Wednesday's action, Erica Pastoriza, squared off with the 2022 Asian Champion, Ritika, and had to settle for the silver medal after losing via fall. Even in her loss, Pastoriza joined an elite company of women's wrestlers in the United States. Since the reintroduction of Cadet Worlds, in 2011, Pastoriza is only the fourth American woman to make the finals on two occasions. Marina Doi (11/12), Ronna Heaton (15/16), and Emily Shilson (17/18) are the only others to do so. In addition to Pastoriza, three of her teammates also competed for medals, Thursday. Shelby Moore (57 kg), Sydney Perry (65 kg), and Kaiulani Garcia (73 kg) all came up short in their quest for hardware. Moore and Perry both had to win repechage bouts earlier in the day, just for the chance to compete for bronze. The second crop of women in action for the American team yielded two additional finalists, Gabriella Gomez (46 kg) and Valerie Hamilton (61 kg). Gomez's path to the finals included a fall and a tech, before a bout decided by criteria in the semifinals. She'll have Japan's Koko Matsuda in the gold medal match. The UWW database doesn't have any information on Matsuda; however, since she's Japan's representative it suffices to say, she'll be very tough. Hamilton was sternly tested in her first two bouts. She prevailed over Yen Yi Li (Chinese Taipei), 7-6, before pinning Petra Mrackova (Czech Republic), while trailing on the scoreboard. Hamilton will have India's Savita, a 2022 Asian Champion, in tomorrow's gold medal match. Before these women competed for their gold medals, the men's freestyle team will get underway. 40 kg Women's Freestyle Quarterfinals - Yagmur Karabacak (Turkey) over Megan Valdez (USA) 8-6 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** 43 kg Women's Freestyle Gold Medal Match - Ritika (India) over Erica Pastoriza (USA) Fall 46 kg Women's Freestyle Qualification - Gabriella Gomez (USA) over Yelyzaveta Kulakivska (Ukraine) Fall Quarterfinals - Gabriella Gomez (USA) over Daniella Beky (Norway) 12-1 Semifinals - Gabriella Gomez (USA) over Kornelia Laszlo (Hungary) 3-3 Gold Medal Match - Gabriella Gomez (USA) vs. Koko Matsuda (Japan) 53 kg Women's Freestyle Round of 16 - Elena Ivaldi (USA) over Manar Elmasry (Egypt) 8-7 Quarterfinals - Khaliun Byambasuren (Mongolia) over Elena Ivaldi (USA) Fall 57 kg Women's Freestyle Repechage - Shelby Moore (USA) over Annatina Lippuner (Switzerland) 10-0 Bronze Medal Match - Ulmeken Esenbaeva (Uzbekistan) over Shelby Moore (USA) 4-2 61 kg Women's Freestyle Round of 16 - Valerie Hamilton (USA) over Yen Yi Li (Chinese Taipei) 7-6 Quarterfinals - Valerie Hamilton (USA) over Petra Mrackova (Czech Republic) Fall Semifinals - Valerie Hamilton (USA) over Sevinch Sultonova (Uzbekistan) 5-0 Gold Medal Match - Valerie Hamilton (USA) vs. Savita (India) 65 kg Women's Freestyle Repechage - Sydney Perry (USA) over Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine) 6-6 Bronze Medal Match - Zharkynai Nurlan Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan) over Sydney Perry (USA) 7-0 69 kg Women's Freestyle Quarterfinals - Veronika Vilk (Croatia) over Jasmine Robinson (USA) Fall ***Eliminated from medal contention*** 73 kg Women's Freestyle Bronze Medal Match - Alina Yertostik (Kazakhstan) over Kaiulani Garcia (USA) Fall
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    Top fantasy 184 lbers Hunter Bolen (left) and Trey Munoz (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki/Tony Rotundo) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: #1 at 184 this year was… a tie! Both wrestled 23 matches, both had 3.3 PPM averages, and both ended with 76 Fpts. Trey Munoz and Hunter Bolen took different paths this season but ended up at the same destination: Bolen had seven wins by pin, four techs, and two majors while Munoz tallied five pins, three techs, and four majors. Munoz had one less loss and two more decisions than Bolen. The two-time All-American freshman (yeah, you read that right), Parker Keckeisen put in a dominant regular season that had only one loss (a close 3-2 decision to Aaron Brooks at the National Collegiate Duals). Of his 20 matches won, only two were within four points and one within two points with the rest being well out of reach of his opponent. The Wolfpack holds the #4 AND #5 spots this year with the Hoagie Boy edging out the redshirt Joey Milano by one Fpt. National Champ Aaron Brooks only wrestled 14 matches, but his bonus rate was 71.4% with only three decisions in the regular season, which helped propel him to #8 over wrestlers like Kyle Cochran or Lane Malczewski, who wrestled twice as many matches. Speaking of Kyle Cochran, he showed up and showed out this past season. In 2021, Cochran was 4-5 and in 2020 (at 165) went 12-9. This past season, he posted career bests in win percentage, bonus rate, and fantasy production landing at #11 on this list. Donnell Washington started the season looking like he was destined to wear the Pin Crown for the 2022 season. Eight of his first nine matches were won by Fall, but then only wrestled seven more matches going 4-3 (netting only 4 Fpts). Needless to say, that fantasy head start helped with getting juuuust inside of the Top-10. San Marino's favorite son started his season just outside of the New Year at the Illinois Matmen Open. Myles Amine won the bracket and finally got that win over Mark Hall (though that didn't count for fantasy). About half his matches were won by bonus and only one loss to eventual Champ Aaron Brooks. All eight All-Americans made the Top-20 at 184 this season. Who Missed The Cut: Even with only three losses and one more match than the tied #20 wrestlers, Gavin Kane (UNC) fell one Fpt short to end the season as #22. Now, Kane spent the beginning of the 2022 season down at 174, where he suffered two of his three losses and recorded one bonus point win. After bumping to 184, Kane rattled off 11 straight wins (five being by bonus). Jeremiah Kent (MIZZ) finished one point behind Kane, despite wrestling five more D1 matches than Kane. Kent looked to be starting strong, with his first four matches totaling +21 Fpts (two pins, one tech, and one major). But with four losses totaling -16 Fpts, it was just a little too much to overcome and landed Kent as #23. #24 Fantasy wrestler Michael Battista (UVA) had a string of 12 wins and one loss to start the season, but in his last five matches, he either won (twice) or lost (three times) by Major to end with 34 Fpts. Other notables to miss the cut include: Taylor Venz at #25 with 32 Fpts, David Key (NAVY) at #28 with 29 Fpts, Cade King (SDSU) at #41 with 20 Fpts, Abe Assad (IOWA) at #44 with 16 Fpts (and an average of 1 PPM), and Tate Samuelson (formerly of WYO) at #45 also with 16 Fpts (and a 0.8 PPM average).
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    2021 U17 World Champion Erica Pastoriza in the 2022 semifinals Competition in Greco-Roman at the U17 World Championships wrapped up on Wednesday, while the women's freestyle team hit the mat for the first time. Yesterday, the Greco team hit an important milestone as Joel Adams won the first gold medal by an American since Cohlton Schultz did so in 2017. Today more history was rewritten as Cody Merrill won a bronze medal at 92 kg. It marked the first time since 2013 that the American Greco squad had earned more than one medal at U17 Worlds. In 2013, it was Cade Olivas and Jon Jay Chavez who brought home the hardware. Merrill made it to the semifinals on Tuesday, which clinched a berth in today's bronze medal matchup. His opponent was Marcell Gyuricza (Hungary), an eleventh-place finisher at the European Championships in freestyle. Gyuricza got on the board first with a point via passivity, but could not add to it in the ensuing par terre exchange. With just over :20 seconds remaining in the opening period, Merrill got on the board with a push and led via criteria. Despite his lead, Merrill pushed the pace in the second and seemingly wore down his Hungarian opponent. With under a minute remaining in the contest, Gyuricza pulled Merrill into a front headlock; however, the American quickly drug out of it and hustled around for an insurance takedown. Gyucricza conceded victory and sat down with about :04 seconds left on the clock and didn't pursue a winning score. That made the final 3-1 in Merrill's favor. While the majority of the world team's focused on Rome, Merrill was in action less than a week ago, winning a Junior National freestyle title at one of the deepest weights in Fargo (195 lbs) Day one in women's freestyle was productive as 2021 U17 world champion Erica Pastoriza put herself in a position to repeat as she made the 43 kg finals. Right off the bat, Pastoriza faced what proved to be her toughest challenge of the day with Elvina Karimzada (Azerbaijan). Pastoriza prevailed 7-4, but not without a fight from Karimzada. At the 2021 World Championships, Karimzada was fifth in the 40 kg weight class won by Pastoriza, though the two did not meet. In both the quarter and semifinals, Pastoriza was able to open up her offense and won via tech. All that's standing between her and a date with US history (possibly the first woman to win multiple U17 world titles) is 2022 Asian Champion Ritika (India). In addition to Pastoriza, three other US women are in the medal hunt. Shelby Moore (57 kg), Sydney Perry (65 kg), and Kaiulani Garcia (73 kg) are all in repechage at their respective weights. Each will need two wins tomorrow to claim a bronze medal. 92 kg Greco-Roman Bronze Medal Match - Cody Merrill (USA) over Marcell Gyuricza (Hungary) 3-1 60 kg Greco-Roman Repechage - Yussuf Ashrapov (Kazakhstan) over Zan Fugitt 14-5 71 kg Greco-Roman Repechage - Arvin Khosravy (USA) over Mihael Lukac (Croatia) 3-1 Bronze Medal Match - Ibrahim Ozdemire (Turkey) over Arvin Khosravy (USA) 5-3 43 kg Women's Freestyle Qualification - Erica Pastoriza (USA) over Elvina Karimzada (Azerbaijan) 7-4 Quarterfinals - Erica Pastoriza (USA) over Dominika Konkel (Poland) 10-0 Semifinals - Erica Pastoriza (USA) over Arina Abdullina (Kazakhstan) 12-2 Finals Matchup Erica Pastoriza (USA) vs. Ritika (India) 49 kg Women's Freestyle Round of 16 - Fabiana Rinella (Italy) over Audrey Jimenez (USA) 9-2 57 kg Women's Freestyle Qualification - Shelby Moore (USA) over Michalina Ignaszak (Poland) 11-0 Round of 16 - Shelby Moore (USA) over Alina Filipovych (Ukraine) 11-8 Quarterfinals - Sowaka Uchida (Japan) over Shelby Moore (USA) 10-0 Repechage Matchup - Shelby Moore (USA) vs. Mirijam Hansen (Norway)/Annatina Lippuner (Switzerland) winner 65 kg Women's Freestyle Round of 16 - Sydney Perry (USA) over Szonja Szabo (Hungary) 5-0 Quarterfinals - Anju Sato (Japan) over Sydney Perry (USA) 3-0 Repechage Matchup - Sydney Perry (USA) vs. Daria Konstantynova (Ukraine) 73 kg Women's Freestyle Qualification - Priya (India) over Kaiulani Garcia (USA) 3-1 Repechage Matchup - Dominika Pochowska (Poland) vs. Kaiulani Garcia (USA)
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    2022 NCAA runner-up Ridge Lovett (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Nebraska! NCAA Qualifiers (82) 2022 #19 Chad Red (141); #10 Ridge Lovett (149); #10 Peyton Robb (157); #27 Bubba Wilson (165); #9 Mikey Labriola (174); #10 Taylor Venz (184); #3 Eric Schultz (197); #12 Christian Lance (285) 2021 #13 Liam Cronin (125); #8 Chad Red (141); #5 Ridge Lovett (149); #28 Caleb Licking (157); #14 Peyton Robb (165); #4 Mikey Labriola (174); #8 Taylor Venz (184); #2 Eric Schultz (197); #12 Christian Lance (285) 2020 #29 Alex Thomsen (125); #14 Ridge Lovett (133); #6 Chad Red (141); #9 Collin Purinton (149); #13 Peyton Robb (157); #5 Isaiah White (165); #10 Mikey Labriola (174); #7 Taylor Venz (184); #3 Eric Schultz (197); #21 David Jensen (285) 2019 #18 Zeke Moisey (125); #16 Chad Red (141); #2 Tyler Berger (157); #7 Isaiah White (165); #10 Mikey Labriola (174); #9 Taylor Venz (184); #14 Eric Schultz (197); #17 David Jensen (285) 2018 Jason Renteria (133); Chad Red (141); #13 Colton McCrystal (149); #8 Tyler Berger (157); #11 Isaiah White (165); #7 Taylor Venz (184); Eric Schultz (197) 2017 #5 Tim Lambert (125); #7 Eric Montoya (133); #9 Colton McCrystal (141); #4 Tyler Berger (157); #7 TJ Dudley (184); #7 Aaron Studebaker (197); #13 Collin Jensen (285) 2016 #13 Tim Lambert (125); #7 Eric Montoya (133); Anthony Abidin (141); #7 Jake Sueflohn (149); Tyler Berger (157); #10 Austin Wilson (165); #16 Micah Barnes (174); #7 TJ Dudley (184); #8 Aaron Studebaker (197); Collin Jensen (285) 2015 Tim Lambert (125); Eric Montoya (133); #9 Anthony Abidin (141); #4 James Green (157); Austin Wilson (165); #1 Robert Kokesh (174); #16 TJ Dudley (184); #15 Aaron Studebaker (197); Collin Jensen (285) 2014 #12 Tim Lambert (125); #6 Jake Sueflohn (149); #1 James Green (157); Austin Wilson (165); #3 Robert Kokesh (174); #8 TJ Dudley (184); Collin Jensen (285) 2013 Ridge Kiley (141); #9 Jake Sueflohn (149); #4 James Green (157); Austin Wilson (165); #4 Robert Kokesh (174); #8 Josh Ihnen (184); Caleb Kolb (197) NCAA Champions None NCAA All-Americans 2022: Ridge Lovett (149 - 2nd); Peyton Robb (157 - 4th); Mikey Labriola (174 - 7th); Eric Schultz (197 - 7th); Christian Lance (285 - 8th) 2021: Chad Red (141 - 6th); Mikey Labriola (174 - 3rd) 2019: Chad Red (141 - 8th); Tyler Berger (157 - 2nd); Isaiah White (165 - 5th); Mikey Labriola (174 - 6th) 2018: Chad Red (141 - 7th); Tyler Berger (157 - 3rd); Taylor Venz (184 - 4th) 2017: Eric Montoya (133 - 6th); Tyler Berger (157 - 5th); TJ Dudley (184 - 3rd); Aaron Studebaker (197 - 5th) 2016: Eric Montoya (133 - 5th); Austin Wilson (165 - 7th); TJ Dudley (184 - 2nd) 2015: James Green (157 - 3rd); Robert Kokesh (174 - 3rd); TJ Dudley (184 - 8th) 2014: James Green (157 - 3rd); Robert Kokesh (174 - 4th) 2013: James Green (157 - 7th); Robert Kokesh (174 - 3rd) NWCA All-Americans Chad Red (141 - First Team) Collin Purinton (149 - Second Team) Isaiah White (165 - First Team) Mikey Labriola (174 - Second Team) Taylor Venz (184 - First Team) Eric Schultz (197 - First Team) Round of 12 Finishers Chad Red (2022 - 141) Taylor Venz (2019, 2021, 2022 - 184) Isaiah White (2018 - 165) Tim Lambert (2017 - 125) Colton McCrystal (2017 - 141) Anthony Abidin (2015, 2016 - 141) Jake Sueflohn (2013, 2016 - 149) Tyler Berger (2016 - 157) Aaron Studebaker (2015, 2016 - 197) Eric Montoya (2015 - 133) Josh Ihnen (2013 - 184) Big Ten Champions 2015: Robert Kokesh (174) 2014: James Green (157); Robert Kokesh (174) Big Ten Runner's-Up 2022: Eric Schultz (197) 2021: Ridge Lovett (149); Taylor Venz (184); Eric Schultz (197) 2020: Eric Schultz (197) 2019: Chad Red (141); Tyler Berger (157) 2017: Tim Lambert (125) 2016: TJ Dudley (184) 2014: Jake Sueflohn (149) 2013: Jake Sueflohn (149); James Green (157) Dual Record 2021-22: 6-5 2021: 7-1 2019-20: 11-3 2018-19: 12-5 2017-18: 10-4 2016-17: 12-4 2015-16: 11-6 2014-15: 14-1 2013-14: 12-2 2012-13: 11-6 Big Ten Tournament Placement 2021-22: 7th 2021: 3rd 2019-20: 2nd 2018-19: 5th 2017-18: 5th 2016-17: 4th 2015-16: 4th 2014-15: 7th 2013-14: 5th 2012-13: 7th NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 5th (59.5 points) 2021: 12th (38 points) 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 10th (51 points) 2017-18: 9th (47 points) 2016-17: 9th (59.5 points) 2015-16: 8th (58 points) 2014-15: 9th (59 points) 2013-14: 11th (43.5 points) 2012-13: 13th (38 points) Head Coaching History Mark Manning (2000 - present) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Tim Lambert: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#5, #12, #13 seeds), 2017 Big Ten runner-up, 2017 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 133 - Eric Montoya: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#7 seed x2), 2x NCAA All-American (5th, 6th), NCAA Qualifier for Campbell 141 - Chad Red: 5x NCAA Qualifier (#6, #8, #16, #19 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (6th, 7th, 8th), 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 2019 Big Ten runner-up 149 - Ridge Lovett: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#5, #10, #14 seeds), 2022 NCAA runner-up, 2021 Big Ten runner-up 157 - James Green: 4x NCAA All-American (3rd, 3rd, 7th, 7th), 2014 NCAA #1 seed, 2014 Big Ten Champion, 2x Big Ten finalist 165 - Robert Kokesh: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#1, #3, #4, #8 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (3rd, 4th, 3rd), 2x Big Ten Champion, 2012 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 174 - Mikey Labriola: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#4, #9, #10 x2 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (3rd, 6th, 7th), 2020 NWCA Second Team All-American 184 - TJ Dudley: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#7 x2, #8, #16 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (2nd, 3rd, 8th), 2016 Big Ten Runner-Up 197 - Eric Schultz: 5x NCAA Qualifier (#2, #3 x2, #14 seeds), 2022 NCAA 7th Place, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American, 3x Big Ten runner-up 285 - Christian Lance: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#12 seed x2), 2022 NCAA 8th Place Recruiting Number of Big Boarder's Per Year 2022: #17 Harley Andrews (OK); #25 Antrell Taylor (NE); #84 Jacob Van Dee (PA); #130 Reese Davis (OK) 2021: #7 Lenny Pinto (PA); #17 Jagger Condomitti (PA); #138 Adam Thebeau (IL) 2020: #12 Dominick Serrano (CO); #35 Jeremiah Reno (MO); #38 Silas Allred (IN); #81 Nathan Haas (CA); #90 Elise Brown Ton (TX) 2019: #29 Ridge Lovett (ID); #34 Kevon Davenport (MI) 2018: #20 Brock Hardy (UT); #21 Peyton Robb (MN); #23 Alex Thomsen (IA) 2017: #5 Mikey Labriola (PA); #32 Jason Renteria (IL); #56 Wyatt Wriedt (IA) 2016: #6 Chad Red (IN); #9 Beau Breske (WI); #30 Eric Schultz (IL); #99 Taylor Venz (MN); #126 Johnny Blankenship (MO); #145 Luke Weber (MT) 2015: #50 Kris Williams (IL); #71 Jacob Armstrong (UT); #97 Patrick Grayson (VA) 2014: #17 Tyler Berger (OR); #21 Hayden Tuma (ID); #45 Derek White (OK); #74 Colton Adams (NE); #85 Nick Bennett (MI) 2013: #142 Colton McCrystal (IA) For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NC State
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    Top fantasy 174 lber Matt Finesilver (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: Atop the 174 standings sits a Blue Devil by the name of Matt Finesilver who edged out a Dragon, in Michael O'Malley, by one Fpt, despite O'Malley wrestling in 10 less regular season matches. Even with Finesilver having five losses, including one loss by pin, and O'Malley having 10 pins (against D1 competition), the top spot came down to their match on December 4, 2021, where Finesilver ended the day with his hand raised over O'Malley's. The two NCAA finalists were separated by only two points with Mekhi Lewis getting the #3 spot while Carter Starocci, though having less matches and a higher PPM, slotted in at #5. Breaking them up was Logan Messer of George Mason, who used three tournaments to power his way in between the two finalists (though he did not qualify for the tournament himself). True freshman Sal Perrine had a quietly wonderful regular season having only two losses to Ethan Smith (OHST) and Mason Kauffman (NIU) from his 22 total D1 matches. He did so despite only five wins by bonus (including a win by DQ in his last match of the regular season). Comparatively, Cade DeVos had 10 more matches wrestled, five not being D1 competition, but due to having more losses, his PPM fell slightly lower to land him at #7. Rounding out the Top-10 are two All-Americans who, from a Fantasy perspective, were almost identical in Logan Massa and Michael Labriola. Once again, just as in the #1 and #2 at this weight, the better placing came due to their head-to-head match on February 2, 2022. Massa was victorious 4-1 and got the #8 placement. Moving up two weights from his 2021 campaign, Hayden Hidlay only had 13 matches to work with, but still was able to get the #14 spot. That with a loss by going to #20 on this list Clay Lautt. Had Hidlay won that match, he would have overtaken Chris Foca for the #10 spot. One Redshirt made the Top-20 at 174 with NC State's Jacob Null grabbing the #12 spot, though this coming year, he'll be working those points for the Boilermakers. Six All-Americans made the 174 Top-20 this season. Who Missed the Cut: Two All-Americans fell short of the 37 Fpts and 2.1 PPM thresholds: 4th Place Michael Kemerer (IOWA) and 6th Place Dustin Plott (OKST). Kemerer only had nine matches under his belt for the regular season, due to lingering injuries. Despite some counting him out, Kemerer battled to a fourth palace finish, but could only get the #39 spot with 24 Fpts. Meanwhile, Dustin Plott was 27th with a few more matches than Dr. Kemerer, and had 32 Fpts. Last season's All-American Ethan Smith (OHST) fell two points shy of making the Top-20, but it was teammate Fritz Schierl, who had the same number of Fpts as #20 Lautt, but his PPM was slightly lower (by 0.4) to land him as #21. Peyton Mocco and Dustin Plott had the same number of matches for the regular season, and were separated by only one Fpt. Both had -12 Fpts from matches lost, but Mocco won in the bonus percentage battle to Plott 31.3% to Plott's 18.8%. Mocco finished as #25 and Plott at #27, it was Sam Wolf (AF) who split them at #26 (same Fpts as Mocco but 0.6 less PPM). Last season, Thomas Flitz (APP) was the #6 Fantasy Wrestler at 174. This season, he didn't have enough firepower to overcome four regular season losses. Especially since he did not record a pin, tech, or win by injury. Other notables to miss the cut include Anthony Mantanona (OU) at #23 with 35 Fpts, Mason Kauffman (NIU) at #41 with 24 Fpts, Adam Kemp (CP) at #43 with 22 Fpts, Gerrit Nijenhuis (PUR) at #55 with 16 Fpts, and Andrew McNally (WISC) at #76 with 5 Fpts.
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    Yianni Diakomihalis at Final X NYC (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 17 U.S. Senior National Team athletes have accepted their opportunities to represent the United States at the U23 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain, in October. Per the World Team selection procedures, the highest-ranked, age-eligible 2022 U.S. National Team member has the first right of refusal for the U23 World Team spot at their respective style and weight class and must have accepted by June 27, 2022. If no one from the Senior National Team meets the requirement at a weight or declines the spot, then the wrestler that won the U23 Nationals tournaments in May and June would earn the nod. As a result, Senior National Team members accepting their U23 World Team spots are: Senior World Team members (5): Yianni Diakomihalis (MFS 65 kg) Amit Elor (WFS 72 kg) Dymond Guilford (WFS 76 kg) Benji Peak (GR 72 kg) Cohlton Schultz (GR 130 kg) Senior Nationals Team Nos. 2 (7): Vito Arujau (MFS 57 kg) Felicity Taylor (WFS 53 kg) Alex Hedrick (WFS 57 kg) Lexie Basham (WFS 59 kg) Sienna Ramirez (WFS 68 kg) Alston Nutter (GR 67 kg) Britton Holmes (GR 77 kg) Senior National Team Nos. 3 (5): David Carr (MFS 74 kg) Carter Starocci (MFS 79 kg) Alex Liles (WFS 62 kg) Emma Bruntil (WFS 65 kg) Mason Hartshorn (GR 63 kg) Find the complete results of Final X Stillwater, Final X New York , World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, U23 Women's Freestyle Nationals, and U23 Men's Freestyle and Greco-Roman Nationals on FloArena. U.S. U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER Men's freestyle 57 kg: Vito Arujau* 61 kg: Aaron Nagao 65 kg: Yianni Diakomihalis* 70 kg: Yahya Thomas 74 kg: David Carr* 79 kg: Carter Starocci* 86 kg: Trent Hidlay 92 kg: Jacob Cardenas 97 kg: Tanner Sloan 125 kg: Tony Cassioppi Women's freestyle 50 kg: Nyla Valencia 53 kg: Felicity Taylor* 55 kg: Alisha Howk 57 kg: Alexandria Hedrick* 59 kg: Lexie Basham* 62 kg: Alex Liles* 65 kg: Emma Bruntil* 68 kg: Sienna Ramirez* 72 kg: Amit Elor* 76 kg: Dymond Guilford* Greco-Roman 55 kg: Camden Russell 60 kg: Phillip Moomey 63 kg: Mason Hartshorn* 67 kg: Alston Nutter* 72 kg: Benjamin Peak* 77 kg: Britton Holmes* 82 kg: Tyler Cunningham 87 kg: Michial Foy 97 kg: Nicholas Boykin 130 kg: Cohlton Schultz* *Denotes Senior National Team member accepting their opportunity
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    U17 World Champion Joel Adams (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) On the first day that medals were awarded from the 2022 Cadet World Championships in Rome, Italy, the United States crowned its first U17 Greco-Roman champion in five years. Joel Adams, the entrant at 65 kg, finished his tournament in style with a 6-0 shutout of Iran's Ahoura Bouveiri Piani. Adams jumped on the board quickly with a snapdown and arm drag in the opening stanza. Late in the period, Adams deftly escaped surrendering any points when he was driven to his backside by his Iranian counterpart. A well-placed whizzer prevented Bouveiri Piani from either exposure points or spinning for a takedown. In what would be a reoccurring theme, Adams extended his lead to 4-0 with a second takedown off of an arm drag. Nursing a 4-0 lead and with the Iranian pushing, Adams was warned against circling inbounds with about :30 seconds left in the bout. Shortly thereafter, Adams secured yet another takedown via the drag, which pushed his lead to 6-0 and was the finishing touches on a dominant performance. Not only did Adams blank the Iranian in the gold medal match, but the Nebraska native also did not yield a single point in the entire tournament. He outscored the competition 36-0 across five matches yesterday and today. Adams' title is the first by a United State Greco-Roman wrestler since Cohlton Schultz did so in 2017. At the 2021 World Championships, Cory Land (silver at 55 kg), was the lone medalist. The remainder of the Greco team took the mat on Tuesday and three still have a shot at winning a medal. Zan Fugitt (60 kg) and Arvin Khosravy (71 kg) were both pulled back into repechage after their opponents made the finals. Both will need to win a repechage match before having a shot at the bronze. Cody Merrill (92 kg) notched a pair of falls which landed him in the semifinals. A loss to German Darius Kiefer knocked Merrill out of the gold medal hunt, but he automatically falls into a bronze medal match tomorrow. 65 kg Greco-Roman Gold Medal Match Joel Adams (USA) over Ahoura Bouveiri Piani (Iran) 6-0 45 kg Greco-Roman Results Qualification: Ionut Mereuta (Romania) over Davis Motyka (USA) 2-1 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match: Yevhen Pokovba (Ukraine) vs. Shakhzod Ruziokhunov (Uzbekistan) 51 kg Greco-Roman Results Qualification: Peter Totok (Hungary) over Elyle Francisco (USA) 12-3 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match: Aytjan Khalmakhanov (Uzbekistan) vs. Mohammadreza Gholami (Iran) 60 kg Greco-Roman Results Qualification: Gaspar Terteryan (Armenia) over Zan Fugitt (USA) 9-0 Repechage Matchup: Zan Fugitt vs. Yussuf Ashrapov (Kazakhstan) Gold Medal Match: Gaspar Terteryan (Armenia) vs. Lucas LoGrasso (France) 71 kg Greco-Roman Results Round of 16: Arvin Khosravy (USA) over Marco Begle (Austria) 9-0 Quarterfinals: Anri Putkaradze (Georgia) over Arvin Khosravy 10-0 Repechage Matchup: Arvin Khosravy vs. Mihael Lukac (Croatia)/Dominik Czuczor (Hungary) winner Gold Medal Match: Anri Putkaradze (Georgia) vs. Davud Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 92 kg Greco-Roman Results Round of 16: Cody Merrill (USA) over Arsen Ruslanov (Kyrgyzstan) Fall Quarterfinals: Cody Merrill (USA) over Florin Manolache (Romania) Fall Semifinals: Darius Kiefer (Germany) over Cody Merrill 9-0 Bronze Medal Matchup: Cody Merrill vs. Marcell Gyuricza (Hungary)/Josip Benko (Croatia) winner Gold Medal Match: Darius Kiefer (Germany) vs. Gor Ayvazyan (Georgia)
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    /Files/image/articles/05recruiting740.jpgThe Class of 2005's top-3 recruits. #3 Troy Nickerson (left), #1 Dustin Schlatter (center), #2 Brent Metcalf (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Who doesn't love looking back on recruiting rankings? InterMat annually posts its re-ranking of past recruiting classes five years after high school graduation. Those post-college rankings tend to change significantly from where the recruits were tabbed coming out of high school. All in all, it makes for a good discussion. Along those same lines, we have spent some time going over the 12 years' worth of recruiting classes to see which class itself, in its entirety, was best. This exercise runs from 2005-16, as 2005 is where semi-complete recruiting information tends to start (wrestling-wise) and most of the Class of 2016 just finished up competition. We have used six metrics to help weigh these classes against each other. 1) National Champions. Very self-explanatory and only taking DI into consideration. 2) NCAA Finalists. 3) DI All-Americans. For wrestlers that participated during the 2019-20 season, wrestlers that were named "First-Team" All-Americans by the NWCA were counted as All-Americans here. It's not a perfect system, but excluding them could lead to a great discrepancy. 4) Multi-Time DI All-Americans. The same applies for 2019-20. 5) 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers. This is for wrestlers that qualified for three or four NCAA Tournaments. You can have a really productive collegiate career without making the NCAA podium, so this category needs to be mentioned. 6) Senior World/Olympic Team Members. We did count wrestlers that competed for other countries internationally, too. This may hinder some of the more recent classes as their wrestlers have not had as much time to make these teams. Wrestlers are listed with the original ranking amongst their respective recruiting classes. An "NR" stands for "not ranked." Classes have been listed from #12 to #1, with #1 being the best. #12 - Class of 2010 National Champions (4): #1 Logan Stieber, #53 Drake Houdashelt, #65 Kyven Gadson, #75 Jesse Delgado DI NCAA Finalists (12): #1 Logan Stieber, #10 Josh Kindig, #14 Mike McMullan, #15 Dylan Ness, #26 Mitchell Port, #27 Devin Carter, #53 Drake Houdashelt, #65 Kyven Gadson, #66 Taylor Walsh, #75 Jesse Delgado, NR David Habat, NR Tyler Wilps DI All-Americans (32): #1 Logan Stieber, #3 Chris Villalonga, #4 Mike Evans, #7 Jackson Morse, #8 Dylan Alton, #10 Josh Kindig, #13 Nick Sulzer, #14 Mike McMullan, #15 Dylan Ness, #19 Bobby Telford, #20 Nick Dardanes, #22 Jimmy Lawson, #26 Mitchell Port, #27 Devin Carter, #35 Robert Kokesh, #36 Alan Waters, #37 Spencer Myers, #42 Stephen Dutton, #53 Drake Houdashelt, #60 Michael Moreno, #65 Kyven Gadson, #66 Taylor Walsh, #75 Jesse Delgado, #78 Scott Schiller, #81 Chris Dardanes, #87 AJ Schopp, #93 Taylor Meeks, NR David Habat, NR Tyler Wilps, NR Kurtis Julson, NR Max Wessell, NR Pierce Harger Multi-Time DI All-Americans (19): #1 Logan Stieber, #4 Mike Evans, #13 Nick Sulzer, #14 Mike McMullan, #15 Dylan Ness, #19 Bobby Telford, #26 Mitchell Port, #27 Devin Carter, #35 Robert Kokesh, #36 Alan Waters, #53 Drake Houdashelt, #60 Michael Moreno, #65 Kyven Gadson, #75 Jesse Delgado, #78 Scott Schiller, #81 Chris Dardanes, #87 AJ Schopp, NR David Habat, NR Tyler Wilps 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (47): #1 Logan Stieber, #3 Chris Villalonga, #4 Mike Evans, #7 Jackson Morse, #8 Dylan Alton, #10 Josh Kindig, #11 Nick Moore, #13 Nick Sulzer, #14 Mike McMullan, #15 Dylan Ness, #19 Bobby Telford, #20 Nick Dardanes, #26 Mitchell Port, #27 Devin Carter, #32 Max Thomusseit, #35 Robert Kokesh, #36 Alan Waters, #37 Spencer Myers, #39 Josh Demas, #42 Stephen Dutton, #53 Drake Houdashelt, #60 Michael Moreno, #65 Kyven Gadson, #66 Taylor Walsh, #75 Jesse Delgado, #78 Scott Schiller, #81 Chris Dardanes, #87 AJ Schopp, #93 Taylor Meeks, #100 Braden Atwood, #145 Shane Woods, #147 Tristan Warner, NR David Habat, NR Tyler Wilps, NR Cody Pack, NR Jace Bennett, NR Devin Mellon, NR Evan Knutson, NR Nick Soto, NR Shelton Mack, NR John Rizqallah, NR Dom Parisi, NR Pierce Harger, NR JT Felix, NR Peyton Walsh, NR Fred Garcia, NR Alex Polizzi Senior World/Olympic Team Members (3): #1 Logan Stieber, #30 RaVaughn Perkins, NR David Habat #11 - Class of 2015 National Champions (3): #3 Zahid Valencia, #4 Myles Martin, #5 Vincenzo Joseph DI NCAA Finalists (8): #3 Zahid Valencia, #4 Myles Martin, #5 Vincenzo Joseph, #8 Michael Kemerer, #32 Myles Amine, #34 Jaydin Eierman, #81 Kollin Moore, NR Jesse Dellavecchia DI All-Americans (35): #1 Anthony Valencia, #2 Logan Massa, #3 Zahid Valencia, #4 Myles Martin, #5 Vincenzo Joseph, #6 Matt Kolodzik, #7 Nick Piccininni, #8 Michael Kemerer, #9 Kaid Brock, #13 Josh Shields, #15 Max Thomsen, #16 Joseph Smith, #17 David McFadden, #21 Larry Early, #27 Bryce Steiert, #28 Jordan Kutler, #29 Taylor Lujan, #32 Myles Amine, #34 Jaydin Eierman, #42 Boo Lewallen, #44 Devin Skatzka, #49 Chaz Tucker, #64 Pat Lugo, #73 Tate Orndorff, #81 Kollin Moore, #87 Korbin Myers, #102 Jacob Holschlag, #109 Youssif Hemida, NR Sa'Derian Perry, NR Kyle Shoop, NR Jesse Dellavecchia, NR Dylan Lydy, NR Demetrius Romero, NR Christian Lance, NR Demetrius Thomas Multi-Time DI All-Americans (24): #1 Anthony Valencia, #2 Logan Massa, #3 Zahid Valencia, #4 Myles Martin, #5 Vincenzo Joseph, #6 Matt Kolodzik, #7 Nick Piccininni, #8 Michael Kemerer, #9 Kaid Brock, #13 Josh Shields, #16 Joseph Smith, #17 David McFadden, #27 Bryce Steiert, #28 Jordan Kutler, #32 Myles Amine, #34 Jaydin Eierman, #42 Boo Lewallen, #44 Devin Skatzka, #64 Pat Lugo, #73 Tate Orndorff, #81 Kollin Moore, #87 Korbin Myers, #109 Youssif Hemida, NR Jesse Dellavecchia 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (68): #1 Anthony Valencia, #2 Logan Massa, #3 Zahid Valencia, #4 Myles Martin, #5 Vincenzo Joseph, #6 Matt Kolodzik, #7 Nick Piccininni, #8 Michael Kemerer, #9 Kaid Brock, #13 Josh Shields, #15 Max Thomsen, #16 Joseph Smith, #17 David McFadden, #21 Larry Early, #22 Jared Prince, #24 Sam Krivus, #25 AC Headlee, #26 Hunter Ritter, #27 Bryce Steiert, #28 Jordan Kutler, #29 Taylor Lujan, #32 Myles Amine, #34 Jaydin Eierman, #36 Elijah Oliver, #41 Connor Flynn, #42 Boo Lewallen, #44 Devin Skatzka, #48 Cameron Kelly, #49 Chaz Tucker, #55 Josh Maruca, #57 Davion Jeffries, #64 Pat Lugo, #70 Neal Richards, #73 Tate Orndorff, #75 Christian Moody, #81 Kollin Moore, #82 Rico Montoya, #86 Cash Wilcke, #87 Korbin Myers, #89 Andrew Fogarty, #90 Eric Barone, #94 Jacob Seely, #96 TeShan Campbell, #109 Youssif Hemida, #123 Jay Schwarm, #139 Cam Sykora, NR Noah Gonser, NR Sa'Derian Perry, NR Kyle Shoop, NR Shakur Laney, NR Cole Martin, NR Henry Pohlmeyer, NR Russell Rohlfing, NR Taleb Rahmani, NR Jesse Dellavecchia, NR Zac Carson, NR Alex Klucker, NR Matt Zovistoski, NR Quentin Perez, NR Dylan Lydy, NR Joey Gunther, NR Dean Sherry, NR Thomas Lane, NR Nic Gil, NR CJ LaFragola, NR Demetrius Romero Senior World/Olympic Team Members (1): #32 Myles Amine #10 - Class of 2016 National Champions (4): #1 Mark Hall, #3 Nick Suriano, #92 Max Dean, #95 Ryan Deakin DI NCAA Finalists (8): #1 Mark Hall, #3 Nick Suriano, #7 Hayden Hidlay, #15 Jack Mueller, #41 Jake Wentzel, #92 Max Dean, #95 Ryan Deakin, NR Kizhan Clarke DI All-Americans (42): #1 Mark Hall, #2 Alex Marinelli, #3 Nick Suriano, #4 Isaiah White, #6 Chad Red, #7 Hayden Hidlay, #8 Luke Pletcher, #15 Jack Mueller, #16 Ben Darmstadt, #17 Micky Phillippi, #20 Jordan Wood, #21 Mitchell McKee, #23 Matt Stencel, #24 Josh Hokit, #25 Kaleb Young, #26 Taylor LaMont, #29 Evan Wick, #30 Eric Schultz, #33 Dakota Geer, #34 Daniel Bullard, #40 Dylan Duncan, #41 Jake Wentzel, #46 Sebastian Rivera, #58 Wyatt Sheets, #59 Travis Piotrowski, #60 Christian Brunner, #71 Jarrett Degen, #77 Tariq Wilson, #80 Ian Parker, #84 Gannon Gremmel, #91 Greg Bulsak, #92 Max Dean, #95 Ryan Deakin, #99 Taylor Venz, #100 Montorie Bridges, #104 Devin Schroder, #117 Louie Hayes, #121 Jay Aiello, #128 Brandon Paetzell, NR Devan Turner, NR Josh Heil, NR Kizhan Clarke Multi-Time DI All-Americans (22): #1 Mark Hall, #2 Alex Marinelli, #3 Nick Suriano, #4 Isaiah White, #6 Chad Red, #7 Hayden Hidlay, #8 Luke Pletcher, #15 Jack Mueller, #16 Ben Darmstadt, #20 Jordan Wood, #23 Matt Stencel, #25 Kaleb Young, #29 Evan Wick, #30 Eric Schultz, #33 Dakota Geer, #46 Sebastian Rivera, #71 Jarrett Degen, #77 Tariq Wilson, #92 Max Dean, #95 Ryan Deakin, #99 Taylor Venz, #100 Montorie Bridges, 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (64): #1 Mark Hall, #2 Alex Marinelli, #3 Nick Suriano, #4 Isaiah White, #5 Nick Reenan, #6 Chad Red, #7 Hayden Hidlay, #8 Luke Pletcher, #11 Sam Colbray, #12 Griffin Parriott, #15 Jack Mueller, #17 Micky Phillippi, #20 Jordan Wood, #21 Mitchell McKee, #23 Matt Stencel, #25 Kaleb Young, #26 Taylor LaMont, #29 Evan Wick, #30 Eric Schultz, #31 Drew Hughes, #33 Dakota Geer, #34 Daniel Bullard, #35 Kanen Storr, #36 Nathan Traxler, #40 Dylan Duncan, #41 Jake Wentzel, #42 Thomas Bullard, #44 Justin Thomas, #46 Sebastian Rivera, #50 Jake Jakobsen, #58 Wyatt Sheets, #59 Travis Piotrowski, #60 Christian Brunner, #71 Jarrett Degen, #74 Matt Schmitt, #77 Tariq Wilson, #80 Ian Parker, #84 Gannon Gremmel, #88 AJ Nevills, #91 Greg Bulsak, #92 Max Dean, #95 Ryan Deakin, #99 Taylor Venz, #100 Montorie Bridges, #104 Devin Schroder, #111 Gage Curry, #117 Louie Hayes, #120 Dresden Simon, #121 Jay Aiello, NR Codi Russell, NR Fabian Gutierrez, NR Devan Turner, NR Mike Van Brill, NR Josh Heil, NR Kennedy Monday, NR Andrew McNally, NR Thomas Flitz, NR Gregg Harvey, NR Chris Weiler, NR Alan Clothier, NR Joey Prata, NR Brock Hudkins, NR Matt Finesilver, NR Josh Finesilver Senior World/Olympic Team Members (1): #46 Sebastian Rivera #9 - Class of 2012 National Champions (3): #1 Jason Tsirtsis; #23 Cory Clark, #73 Gabe Dean DI NCAA Finalists (10): #1 Jason Tsirtsis; #11 Brian Realbuto, #16 Thomas Gilman, #17 George DiCamillo, #23 Cory Clark, #24 TJ Dudley, #27 Isaac Jordan, #73 Gabe Dean, #171 Brett Pfarr, NR Lavion Mayes DI All-Americans (44): #1 Jason Tsirtsis; #3 Jimmy Gulibon, #11 Brian Realbuto, #13 Zane Richards, #14 Kyle Crutchmer, #16 Thomas Gilman, #17 George DiCamillo, #18 Rossi Bruno, #19 Zac Brunson, #20 Sam Brooks, #21 Mitch Minotti, #22 Michael Kroells, #23 Cory Clark, #24 TJ Dudley, #25 Randy Cruz, #27 Isaac Jordan, #33 Willie Miklus, #34 Eddie Klimara, #35 Ryan Taylor, #41 Alex Meyer, #54 Joey Ward, #63 Nathan Kraisser, #66 Dylan Palacio, #73 Gabe Dean, #76 Dylan Peters, #81 Lenny Richardson, #90 Jack Dechow, #104 Jim Wilson, #111 Ty Walz, #153 Kevin Beazley, #169 Sal Mastriani, #171 Brett Pfarr, #197 Eric Montoya, NR Lavion Mayes, NR Ken Theobold, NR Alex Kocer, NR Jake Residori, NR Nolan Boyd, NR Nate Jackson, NR Aaron Studebaker, NR Ryan Wolfe, NR Denzel Dejournette, NR Casey Kent, NR Lelund Weatherspoon Multi-Time DI All-Americans (21): #1 Jason Tsirtsis; #11 Brian Realbuto, #13 Zane Richards, #14 Kyle Crutchmer, #16 Thomas Gilman, #20 Sam Brooks, #21 Mitch Minotti, #22 Michael Kroells, #23 Cory Clark, #24 TJ Dudley, #27 Isaac Jordan, #33 Willie Miklus, #66 Dylan Palacio, #73 Gabe Dean, #76 Dylan Peters, #111 Ty Walz, #171 Brett Pfarr, #197 Eric Montoya, NR Lavion Mayes, NR Nolan Boyd, NR Nate Jackson 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (63): #1 Jason Tsirtsis; #3 Jimmy Gulibon, #7 Mark Grey, #11 Brian Realbuto, #13 Zane Richards, #14 Kyle Crutchmer, #16 Thomas Gilman, #17 George DiCamillo, #18 Rossi Bruno, #19 Zac Brunson, #20 Sam Brooks, #22 Michael Kroells, #23 Cory Clark, #24 TJ Dudley, #25 Randy Cruz, #27 Isaac Jordan, #29 Mark Martin, #32 Tim Lambert, #33 Willie Miklus, #34 Eddie Klimara, #35 Ryan Taylor, #36 Clark Glass, #39 Dominick Malone, #54 Joey Ward, #56 Joey Palmer, #63 Nathan Kraisser, #64 Matt Reed, #66 Dylan Palacio, #68 Corey Keener, #69 Ross Larson, #73 Gabe Dean, #76 Dylan Peters, #81 Lenny Richardson, #90 Jack Dechow, #94 Cooper Moore, #104 Jim Wilson, #111 Ty Walz, #114 Matt Cimato, #129 Paul Petrov, #132 Austin Trott, #144 Joey Delgado, #152 Mackenzie McGuire, #153 Kevin Beazley, #156 Dylan Cottrell, #171 Brett Pfarr, #176 Nick Herrmann, #182 Laike Gardner, #190 Josh Rodriguez, #197 Eric Montoya, NR Lavion Mayes, NR Ken Theobold, NR Alex Kocer, NR Nolan Boyd, NR Nate Jackson, NR Aaron Studebaker, NR Ryan Wolfe, NR Denzel Dejournette, NR Casey Kent, NR Lelund Weatherspoon, NR Kevin Devoy, NR Aaron Walker, NR Collin Jensen, NR Jared Johnson Senior World/Olympic Team Members (1): #16 Thomas Gilman #8 - Class of 2007 National Champions (5): #17 Kellen Russell, #34 Dustin Kilgore, #42 Zach Rey, #54 Cam Simaz, #68 Frank Molinaro DI NCAA Finalists (13): #8 Clayton Foster, #9 Kirk Smith, #17 Kellen Russell, #34 Dustin Kilgore, #42 Zach Rey, #50 Boris Novachkov, #54 Cam Simaz, #64 Ryan Flores, #68 Frank Molinaro, #108 Brandon Hatchett, NR Nick Amuchastegui, NR Chris Honeycutt DI All-Americans (40): #2 Zack Kemmerer, #8 Clayton Foster, #9 Kirk Smith, #11 Sonny Yohn, #15 Zach Sanders, #16 Nikko Triggas, #17 Kellen Russell, #23 Jamal Parks, #29 Dom Bradley, #32 Chris Henrich, #34 Dustin Kilgore, #35 Colt Sponseller, #42 Zach Rey, #50 Boris Novachkov, #54 Cam Simaz, #59 Justin Accordino, #64 Ryan Flores, #68 Frank Molinaro, #72 Kevin LeValley, #97 Jarod Trice, #108 Brandon Hatchett, #112 Chris Diaz, #116 Tyler Nauman, #117 Clayton Jack, #145 PJ Gillespie, NR Nic Bedelyon, NR Darrius Little, NR Justin Lister, NR Shane Onufer, NR Nick Amuchastegui, NR Joe LeBlanc, NR Austin Trotman, NR Matt Powless, NR Chris Honeycutt, NR Torsten Gillespie, NR Frank Perrelli, NR Cayle Byers, NR Micah Burak, NR Germaine Lindsey, NR Justin Gaethje Multi-Time DI All-Americans (21): #8 Clayton Foster, #9 Kirk Smith, #11 Sonny Yohn, #15 Zach Sanders, #17 Kellen Russell, #29 Dom Bradley, #32 Chris Henrich, #34 Dustin Kilgore, #42 Zach Rey, #50 Boris Novachkov, #54 Cam Simaz, #64 Ryan Flores, #68 Frank Molinaro, #72 Kevin LeValley, #97 Jarod Trice, #108 Brandon Hatchett, #116 Tyler Nauman, NR Nic Bedelyon, NR Nick Amuchastegui, NR Joe LeBlanc, NR Chris Honeycutt 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (57): #2 Zack Kemmerer, #5 Corey Jantzen, #8 Clayton Foster, #9 Kirk Smith, #11 Sonny Yohn, #15 Zach Sanders, #16 Nikko Triggas, #17 Kellen Russell, #20 Jerome Ward, #21 Nick Nelson, #23 Jamal Parks, #32 Chris Henrich, #34 Dustin Kilgore, #35 Colt Sponseller, #40 Tucker Lane, #42 Zach Rey, #47 Cameron Wade, #50 Boris Novachkov, #54 Cam Simaz, #57 Luke Rebertus, #64 Ryan Flores, #68 Frank Molinaro, #72 Kevin LeValley, #83 Justin Zeerip, #94 Brendan Barlow, #97 Jarod Trice, #101 Ian Hinton, #108 Brandon Hatchett, #112 Chris Diaz, #116 Tyler Nauman, #117 Clayton Jack, #130 Christian Brantley, #131 David Marone, #142 AJ Kissel, #145 PJ Gillespie, NR Nic Bedelyon, NR Darrius Little, NR Justin Lister, NR Anthony Jones, NR Kyle John, NR Shane Onufer, NR Nick Amuchastegui, NR Dorian Henderson, NR Joe LeBlanc, NR Austin Trotman, NR Matt Powless, NR Chris Honeycutt, NR Torsten Gillespie, NR Billy Ashnault, NR Cayle Byers, NR Micah Burak, NR Justin Gaethje, NR Matt Cathell, NR Matt Casperson, NR Josh Wine, NR Aaron Kalil, NR Ethan Headlee, Senior World/Olympic Team Members (3): #42 Zach Rey, #50 Boris Novachkov, #68 Frank Molinaro #7 - Class of 2008 National Champions (6): #7 Jordan Oliver, #11 Andrew Howe, #12 Quentin Wright, #14 Matt McDonough, #88 Matt Brown, #176 Steve Bosak DI NCAA Finalists (11): #1 Jason Welch, #6 Tyler Graff, #7 Jordan Oliver, #11 Andrew Howe, #12 Quentin Wright, #14 Matt McDonough, #18 Jason Chamberlain, #57 Andrew Long, #88 Matt Brown, #138 Robert Hamlin, #176 Steve Bosak DI All-Americans (44): #1 Jason Welch, #5 Michael Mangrum, #6 Tyler Graff, #7 Jordan Oliver, #11 Andrew Howe, #12 Quentin Wright, #13 Jordan Blanton, #14 Matt McDonough, #15 Walter Peppelman, #18 Jason Chamberlain, #33 Jarrod Garnett, #46 Grant Gambrell, #48 Ben Jordan, #53 Conrad Polz, #57 Andrew Long, #62 Donnie Vinson, #66 Ryan DesRoches, #67 Ben Bennett, #68 Travis Rutt, #78 Scotti Sentes, #88 Matt Brown, #91 Cody Yohn, #105 BJ Futrell, #118 Jedd Moore, #138 Robert Hamlin, #146 Alfonso Hernandez, #148 Joe Kennedy, #167 Kyle Blevins, #176 Steve Bosak, NR Steve Bonanno, NR Peter Yates, NR Josh Asper, NR Matt Wilps, NR Ivan Lopouchanski, NR Nathan McCormick, NR Mike Larson, NR Zac Thomusseit, NR Odie Delaney, NR Levi Cooper, NR David Bonin, NR Matt Gibson, NR Zac Stevens, NR Josh Ihnen, NR Trent Sprenkle Multi-Time DI All-Americans (21): #1 Jason Welch, #6 Tyler Graff, #7 Jordan Oliver, #11 Andrew Howe, #12 Quentin Wright, #13 Jordan Blanton, #14 Matt McDonough, #15 Walter Peppelman, #18 Jason Chamberlain, #53 Conrad Polz, #57 Andrew Long, #67 Ben Bennett, #78 Scotti Sentes, #88 Matt Brown, #105 BJ Futrell, #138 Robert Hamlin, #146 Alfonso Hernandez, #176 Steve Bosak, NR Peter Yates, NR Josh Asper, NR Matt Wilps 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (55): #1 Jason Welch, #2 Scott Winston, #3 Mario Mason, #5 Michael Mangrum, #6 Tyler Graff, #7 Jordan Oliver, #11 Andrew Howe, #12 Quentin Wright, #13 Jordan Blanton, #14 Matt McDonough, #15 Walter Peppelman, #17 Trevor Melde, #18 Jason Chamberlain, #23 Erich Schmidtke, #33 Jarrod Garnett, #36 Cole Von Ohlen, #62 Donnie Vinson, #65 Cody Magrum, #66 Ryan DesRoches, #67 Ben Bennett, #68 Travis Rutt, #78 Scotti Sentes, #88 Matt Brown, #91 Cody Yohn, #102 Bubby Graham, #103 Brent Haynes, #105 BJ Futrell, #113 Brian Owen, #138 Robert Hamlin, #144 Matt Snyder, #148 Joe Kennedy, #176 Steve Bosak, #193 Nate Schiedel, NR Steve Bonanno, NR Peter Yates, NR Josh Asper, NR Matt Wilps, NR Ivan Lopouchanski, NR Nathan McCormick, NR Jesse Dong, NR Frank Hickman, NR Mark Lewandowski, NR Mike Larson, NR Dan Rinaldi, NR Zac Thomusseit, NR Odie Delaney, NR Levi Cooper, NR David Bonin, NR Zac Stevens, NR Josh Ihnen, NR Trent Sprenkle, NR Donnie Corby, NR John-Martin Cannon, NR Joe Booth, NR Richard Perry Senior World/Olympic Team Members (3): #6 Tyler Graff, #7 Jordan Oliver, #9 Jake Deitchler #6 - Class of 2013 National Champions (8): #3 Zain Retherford, #5 Isaiah Martinez, #7 J'den Cox, #8 Anthony Ashnault, #10 Nathan Tomasello, #13 Dean Heil, #46 Darian Cruz, NR Michael Macchiavello DI NCAA Finalists (14): #1 Bo Jordan, #2 Adam Coon, #3 Zain Retherford, #5 Isaiah Martinez, #7 J'den Cox, #8 Anthony Ashnault, #10 Nathan Tomasello, #13 Dean Heil, #27 Brandon Sorensen, #46 Darian Cruz, #57 Joey Lavallee, #93 Jared Haught, NR Michael Macchiavello, NR Ronnie Perry DI All-Americans (33): #1 Bo Jordan, #2 Adam Coon, #3 Zain Retherford, #5 Isaiah Martinez, #6 Joey Dance, #7 J'den Cox, #8 Anthony Ashnault, #10 Nathan Tomasello, #12 BJ Clagon, #13 Dean Heil, #19 Domenic Abounader, #21 Anthony Collica, #25 Connor Schram, #27 Brandon Sorensen, #29 Zach Epperly, #33 Brian Murphy, #42 Brett Harner, #46 Darian Cruz, #54 Ronnie Bresser, #57 Joey Lavallee, #61 Peter Renda, #63 Ethan Ramos, #73 Scott DelVecchio, #93 Jared Haught, #98 Chad Walsh, #106 Troy Heilmann, #108 Michael Hughes, #122 Geo Martinez, NR Michael Macchiavello, NR Ronnie Perry, NR Luke Zilverberg, NR Jacob Kasper, NR Amar Dhesi Multi-Time DI All-Americans (17): #1 Bo Jordan, #2 Adam Coon, #3 Zain Retherford. #5 Isaiah Martinez, #6 Joey Dance, #7 J'den Cox, #8 Anthony Ashnault, #10 Nathan Tomasello, #13 Dean Heil, #27 Brandon Sorensen, #29 Zach Epperly, #46 Darian Cruz, #54 Ronnie Bresser, #93 Jared Haught, #98 Chad Walsh, NR Jacob Kasper, NR Amar Dhesi 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (56): #1 Bo Jordan, #2 Adam Coon, #3 Zain Retherford, #5 Isaiah Martinez, #6 Joey Dance, #7 J'den Cox, #8 Anthony Ashnault, #10 Nathan Tomasello, #12 BJ Clagon, #13 Dean Heil, #18 Jake Short, #19 Domenic Abounader, #20 Brandon Jeske, #21 Anthony Collica, #23 Nick Wanzek, #24 Ryan Solomon, #25 Connor Schram, #27 Brandon Sorensen, #28 Russell Parsons, #29 Zach Epperly, #32 Matt McCutheon, #33 Brian Murphy, #34 Austin Matthews, #39 Ricky Robertson, #42 Brett Harner, #46 Darian Cruz, #54 Ronnie Bresser, #57 Joey Lavallee, #61 Peter Renda, #63 Ethan Ramos, #69 Nathan Butler, #72 Nate Rotert, #73 Scott DelVecchio, #84 Barlow McGee, #92 Coleman Hammond, #93 Jared Haught, #98 Chad Walsh, #103 Jordan Ellingwood, #106 Troy Heilmann, #109 Andrew Atkinson, #118 Jadaen Bernstein, #139 Colin Heffernan, #141 Gage Hutchison, #146 Clay Ream, #156 Garrett Ryan, #169 Markus Schiedel, #193 Nick Gravina, NR Michael Macchiavello, NR Ronnie Perry, NR Justin Staudenmayer, NR Keaton Subjeck, NR Jake Smith, NR Scottie Boykin, NR Jacob Kasper, NR Amar Dhesi, NR Sean Nickell Senior World/Olympic Team Members (4): #2 Adam Coon, #3 Zain Retherford, #7 J'den Cox, NR Amar Dhesi #5 - Class of 2009 National Champions (8): #1 David Taylor, #3 Chris Perry, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #10 Tony Ramos, #15 Derek St. John, #49 Tony Nelson, NR Kendric Maple DI NCAA Finalists (11): #1 David Taylor, #3 Chris Perry, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #10 Tony Ramos, #15 Derek St. John, #43 Tyler Caldwell, #49 Tony Nelson, #79 Jimmy Sheptock, #87 Nick Heflin, NR Kendric Maple DI All-Americans (40): #1 David Taylor, #2 Eric Grajales, #3 Chris Perry, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #8 RJ Pena, #10 Tony Ramos, #11 Jon Morrison, #15 Derek St. John, #17 Ethen Lofthouse, #24 Max Huntley, #25 Zach Neibert, #30 David Thorn, #33 Tyler Cox, #35 Jake Swartz, #43 Tyler Caldwell, #49 Tony Nelson, #58 Mike McClure, #61 Joe Colon, #64 Steven Keith, #65 Cashe Quiroga, #79 Jimmy Sheptock, #84 Kevin Steinhaus, #85 Steve Santos, #86 Nick Lester, #87 Nick Heflin, #94 Jeremy Johnson, #100 Ryan Mango, NR Kendric Maple, NR Mike Nevinger, NR Scott Sakaguchi, NR Jarrod Patterson, NR Joe Roth, NR Joey Lazor, NR James English, NR Steven Monk, NR Danny Zilverberg, NR Ryan Loder, NR Chris Penny, NR Adam Chalfant, NR Turtogtokh Luvsandorj Multi-Time DI All-Americans (18): #1 David Taylor, #3 Chris Perry, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #10 Tony Ramos, #15 Derek St. John, #17 Ethen Lofthouse, #30 David Thorn, #43 Tyler Caldwell, #49 Tony Nelson, #79 Jimmy Sheptock, #84 Kevin Steinhaus, #87 Nick Heflin, #94 Jeremy Johnson, #100 Ryan Mango, NR Kendric Maple, NR Mike Nevinger, NR Scott Sakaguchi 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (54): #1 David Taylor, #2 Eric Grajales, #3 Chris Perry, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #8 RJ Pena, #9 Joey Napoli, #10 Tony Ramos, #11 Jon Morrison, #12 Dan Yates, #15 Derek St. John, #16 Jon Fausey, #17 Ethen Lofthouse, #18 Matt Lester, #23 Zach Toal, #24 Max Huntley, #25 Zach Neibert, #29 Shane Young, #30 David Thorn, #32 Sean Boyle, #33 Tyler Cox, #35 Jake Swartz, #42 Ian Paddock, #43 Tyler Caldwell, #46 Ryan LeBlanc, #49 Tony Nelson, #64 Steven Keith, #65 Cashe Quiroga, #78 John Greisheimer, #79 Jimmy Sheptock, #82 Tony Dallago, #84 Kevin Steinhaus, #86 Nick Lester, #87 Nick Heflin, #90 Luke Vaith, #94 Jeremy Johnson, #100 Ryan Mango, NR Kendric Maple, NR Mike Nevinger, NR Scott Sakaguchi, NR Jarrod Patterson, NR Anthony Zanetta, NR Steven Monk, NR Danny Zilverberg, NR Ryan Loder, NR Adam Chalfant, NR Turtogtokh Luvsandorj, NR Jamie Franco, NR Mike Dessino, NR Christian Boley, NR Mario Gonzalez, NR Ernest James, NR Cody Reed Senior World/Olympic Team Members (10): #1 David Taylor, #4 Kyle Dake, #5 Ed Ruth, #10 Tony Ramos, #37 Ellis Coleman, #48 Patrick Martinez, #61 Joe Colon, #100 Ryan Mango, NR Nestor Taffur, NR Turtogtokh Luvsandorj #4 - Class of 2006 National Champions (6): #10 Jon Reader, #16 JP O'Connor, #34 Darrion Caldwell, #46 Bubba Jenkins, #94 Jordan Burroughs, NR Anthony Robles DI NCAA Finalists (9): #4 Lance Palmer, #7 Mack Lewnes, #10 Jon Reader, #16 JP O'Connor, #34 Darrion Caldwell, #46 Bubba Jenkins, #94 Jordan Burroughs, #115 Montell Marion, NR Anthony Robles DI All-Americans (37): #3 Mike Grey, #4 Lance Palmer, #7 Mack Lewnes, #10 Jon Reader, #14 Zack Bailey, #16 JP O'Connor, #20 Brent Chriswell, #29 Lou Ruggirello, #30 Jimmy Kennedy, #34 Darrion Caldwell, #37 Mike Letts, #38 Todd Schavrien, #43 Brandon Precin, #44 Adam Hall, #46 Bubba Jenkins, #48 Scott Giffin, #51 Mike Thorn, #57 John Dergo, #61 Trevor Brandvold, #71 Josh Patterson, #73 Zack Giesen, #84 Matt Kyler, #94 Jordan Burroughs, #115 Montell Marion, #116 Andy Rendos, #132 Chris Drouin, #158 Bryce Saddoris, NR Anthony Robles, NR James Nicholson, NR Andrew Nadhir, NR Steve Fittery, NR Colby Covington, NR Ricky Alcala, NR Matt Moley, NR Jarion Beets, NR Kyle Borshoff, NR Stephen Dwyer Multi-Time DI All-Americans (23): #3 Mike Grey, #4 Lance Palmer, #7 Mack Lewnes, #10 Jon Reader, #14 Zack Bailey, #16 JP O'Connor, #30 Jimmy Kennedy, #34 Darrion Caldwell, #43 Brandon Precin, #44 Adam Hall, #46 Bubba Jenkins, #51 Mike Thorn, #61 Trevor Brandvold, #94 Jordan Burroughs, #115 Montell Marion, #116 Andy Rendos, #158 Bryce Saddoris, NR Anthony Robles, NR James Nicholson, NR Steve Fittery, NR Matt Moley, NR Kyle Borshoff, NR Stephen Dwyer 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (66): #1 David Craig, #3 Mike Grey, #4 Lance Palmer, #7 Mack Lewnes, #8 David Rella, #10 Jon Reader, #14 Zack Bailey, #16 JP O'Connor, #20 Brent Chriswell, #21 Ryan Patrovich, #22 Justin Kerber, #29 Lou Ruggirello, #30 Jimmy Kennedy, #32 Rollie Peterkin, #34 Darrion Caldwell, #37 Mike Letts, #38 Todd Schavrien, #41 Neil Erisman, #43 Brandon Precin, #44 Adam Hall, #45 Kurt Kinser, #46 Bubba Jenkins, #48 Scott Giffin, #51 Mike Thorn, #52 Alex Caruso, #53 Byron Sigmon, #54 Thomas Scotton, #57 John Dergo, #61 Trevor Brandvold, #65 Jesse Strawn, #71 Josh Patterson, #73 Zack Giesen, #84 Matt Kyler, #92 Jimmy Conroy, #94 Jordan Burroughs, #96 Paul Young, #107 Chad Porter, #115 Montell Marion, #116 Andy Rendos, #123 Kyle Hutter, #129 Anthony Biondo, #132 Chris Drouin, #154 Trevor Perry, #158 Bryce Saddoris, NR Anthony Robles, NR James Nicholson, NR Ricky Alcala, NR Nathan Fernandez, NR Levi Jones, NR Matt Moley, NR Ben Berhow, NR DJ Russo, NR Nathan Everhart, NR Kyle Borshoff, NR Stephen Dwyer, NR David Marble, NR Mike Kessler, NR Hadley Harrison, NR Shane Riccio, NR Richard Starks, NR Eric Morrill, NR Daryl Cocozzo, NR Bryan Deutsch, NR Luke Manuel, NR Logan Brown, NR Riley Orozco Senior World/Olympic Team Members (4): #2 Henry Cejudo, #30 Jimmy Kennedy, #94 Jordan Burroughs, #158 Bryce Saddoris #3 - Class of 2011 National Champions (5): #3 Nico Megaludis, #15 Alex Dieringer, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #23 Cody Brewer, #66 Nahshon Garrett DI NCAA Finalists (8): #1 Morgan McIntosh, #3 Nico Megaludis, #15 Alex Dieringer, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #23 Cody Brewer, #53 Nathaniel Brown, #62 Connor Medbery, #66 Nahshon Garrett DI All-Americans (42): #1 Morgan McIntosh, #3 Nico Megaludis, #5 Logan Storley, #7 Hunter Stieber, #9 Tanner Hall, #10 Mason Beckman, #12 Kenny Courts, #14 Bryce Hammond, #15 Alex Dieringer, #16 James Green, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #23 Cody Brewer, #25 Austin Marsden, #26 Evan Henderson, #31 Cam Tessari, #35 Jade Rauser, #36 Ian Miller, #41 Nick Brascetta, #45 Conor Youtsey, #53 Nathaniel Brown, #54 Steven Rodrigues, #62 Connor Medbery, #66 Nahshon Garrett, #71 Chris Mecate, #75 Dan Neff, #80 Patrick Downey, #83 Earl Hall, #87 Anthony Perrotti, #90 Austin Wilson, #109 Jordan Conaway, #116 Lorenzo Thomas, #126 Vic Avery, #134 Mathew Miller, NR David Terao, NR Michael DePalma, NR Thomas Gantt, NR Nathan Burak, NR Conner Hartmann, NR Blake Stauffer, NR Hayden Zillmer, NR Richard Durso, NR Ophir Bernstein Multi-Time DI All-Americans (25): #1 Morgan McIntosh, #3 Nico Megaludis, #5 Logan Storley, #7 Hunter Stieber, #9 Tanner Hall, #10 Mason Beckman, #15 Alex Dieringer, #16 James Green, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #23 Cody Brewer, #25 Austin Marsden, #26 Evan Henderson, #36 Ian Miller, #41 Nick Brascetta, #45 Conor Youtsey, #53 Nathaniel Brown, #62 Connor Medbery, #66 Nahshon Garrett, #71 Chris Mecate, #83 Earl Hall, #87 Anthony Perrotti, #109 Jordan Conaway, NR Cody Walters, NR Nathan Burak, NR Conner Hartmann 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (67): #1 Morgan McIntosh, #3 Nico Megaludis, #5 Logan Storley, #7 Hunter Stieber, #9 Tanner Hall, #10 Mason Beckman, #12 Kenny Courts, #14 Bryce Hammond, #15 Alex Dieringer, #16 James Green, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #19 Zach Horan, #22 Jake Sueflohn, #23 Cody Brewer, #25 Austin Marsden, #26 Evan Henderson, #27 Johnni DiJulius, #32 Rob Deutsch, #35 Jade Rauser, #36 Ian Miller, #39 Evan Silver, #41 Nick Brascetta, #45 Conor Youtsey, #51 Billy Smith, #53 Nathaniel Brown, #54 Steven Rodrigues, #56 Geoff Alexander, #57 James Fox, #62 Connor Medbery, #66 Nahshon Garrett, #71 Chris Mecate, #75 Dan Neff, #77 Danny Sabatello, #83 Earl Hall, #85 John Staudenmayer, #87 Anthony Perrotti, #88 Mike Ottinger, #90 Austin Wilson, #97 Tanner Weatherman, #98 Lucas Smith, #109 Jordan Conaway, #111 Chad Welch, #116 Lorenzo Thomas, #121 Caleb Richardson, #126 Vic Avery, #134 Mathew Miller, NR David Terao, NR Michael DePalma, NR Thomas Gantt, NR Cody Walters, NR Nathan Burak, NR Conner Hartmann, NR Blake Stauffer, NR Hayden Zillmer, NR Richard Durso, NR Ophir Bernstein, NR Josh Martinez, NR Blaise Butler, NR Bryce Barnes, NR Joe Stolfi, NR Phil Wellington, NR Blaize Cabell, NR Spartak Chino, NR Conor Brennan, NR Bubba Scheffel, NR Zach Nye, NR Nick Bonaccorsi Senior World/Olympic Team Members (6): #4 Jesse Thielke, #16 James Green, #18 Nick Gwiazdowski, #66 Nahshon Garrett, #80 Patrick Downey, NR Hayden Zillmer #2 - Class of 2014 National Champions (6): #1 Kyle Snyder, #4 Jason Nolf, #7 Bo Nickal, #41 Seth Gross, NR Drew Foster, NR Anthony Cassar DI NCAA Finalists (14): #1 Kyle Snyder, #4 Jason Nolf, #6 Micah Jordan, #7 Bo Nickal, #8 Joey McKenna, #17 Tyler Berger, #18 Stevan Micic, #34 Zeke Moisey, #41 Seth Gross, #45 Derek White, #60 Ethan Lizak, NR Drew Foster, NR Anthony Cassar, NR Bryce Meredith DI All-Americans (43): #1 Kyle Snyder; #2 Chance Marsteller, #4 Jason Nolf, #5 Nick Nevills, #6 Micah Jordan, #7 Bo Nickal, #8 Joey McKenna, #10 Solomon Chishko, #13 Chandler Rogers, #14 Sam Stoll, #17 Tyler Berger, #18 Stevan Micic, #25 Ryan Millhof, #28 Zack Zavatsky, #29 Tommy Thorn, #30 Chip Ness, #32 Jon Jay Chavez, #34 Zeke Moisey, #35 Daniel Lewis, #39 Sean Russell, #41 Seth Gross, #43 Shakur Rasheed, #45 Derek White, #49 Grant Leeth, #54 Scott Parker, #60 Ethan Lizak, #80 Paul Fox, #99 Kyle Conel, #103 Brandon Womack; #109 Preston Weigel, #114 Justin Oliver, #147 Ryan Preisch, #149 Kevin Jack, NR John Erneste, NR Mitch Finesilver, NR Alec Pantaleo, NR Jacobe Smith, NR Emery Parker, NR Drew Foster, NR Ben Honis, NR Anthony Cassar, NR Bryce Meredith, NR David Kocer Multi-Time DI All-Americans (24): #1 Kyle Snyder, #2 Chance Marsteller, #4 Jason Nolf, #5 Nick Nevills, #6 Micah Jordan, #7 Bo Nickal, #8 Joey McKenna, #10 Solomon Chishko, #13 Chandler Rogers, #17 Tyler Berger, #18 Stevan Micic, #28 Zack Zavatsky, #30 Chip Ness, #34 Zeke Moisey, #35 Daniel Lewis, #41 Seth Gross, #54 Scott Parker, #60 Ethan Lizak, #109 Preston Weigel, #149 Kevin Jack, NR Alec Pantaleo, NR Emery Parker, NR Drew Foster, NR Bryce Meredith 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (66): #1 Kyle Snyder, #2 Chance Marsteller, #4 Jason Nolf, #6 Micah Jordan, #7 Bo Nickal, #8 Joey McKenna, #9 Thomas Haines, #11 Johnny Sebastian, #13 Chandler Rogers, #14 Sam Stoll, #17 Tyler Berger, #18 Stevan Micic, #22 Ryan Christensen, #25 Ryan Millhof, #26 Jonathan Schleifer, #28 Zack Zavatsky, #29 Tommy Thorn, #30 Chip Ness, #34 Zeke Moisey, #35 Daniel Lewis, #38 Josh Alber, #39 Sean Russell, #40 Brock Zacherl, #41 Seth Gross, #43 Shakur Rasheed, #46 Gary Wayne Harding, #47 Kimball Bastian, #54 Scott Parker, #59 Jeramy Sweany, #60 Ethan Lizak, #62 Tyler Smith, #64 Brent Fleetwood, #75 Corey Griego, #76 Josh Terao, #96 Michael Longo, #103 Brandon Womack, #109 Preston Weigel, #110 Sean Fausz, #114 Justin Oliver, #119 Billy Miller, #122 Rocco Caywood, #138 Tom Sleigh, #145 Dom Forys, #147 Ryan Preisch, #149 Kevin Jack, NR John Erneste, NR Bryan Lantry, NR Mitch Finesilver, NR Alec Pantaleo, NR Steve Bleise, NR John Van Brill, NR Zach Finesilver, NR Branson Ashworth, NR Gordon Wolf, NR Emery Parker, NR Drew Foster, NR Cory Daniel, NR Conan Jennings, NR Joey Goodhart, NR Antonio Pelusi, NR Jake Gunning, NR Bryce Meredith, NR David Kocer, NR Josef Johnson, NR Tyrel White, NR Steve Schneider Senior World/Olympic Team Members (3): #1 Kyle Snyder, #18 Stevan Micic, #41 Seth Gross #1 Class of 2005 National Champions (13): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #3 Troy Nickerson, #7 Angel Escobedo, #10 Jake Varner, #16 Jayson Ness, #19 Jay Borschel, #22 Max Askren, #43 Franklin Gomez, #72 Mike Pucillo, NR David Zabriskie, NR Gregor Gillespie, NR Mark Ellis DI NCAA Finalists (21): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #3 Troy Nickerson, #7 Angel Escobedo, #10 Jake Varner, #15 Jared Rosholt, #16 Jayson Ness, #19 Jay Borschel, #22 Max Askren, #24 Joey Slaton, #34 Reece Humphrey, #43 Franklin Gomez, #51 Mike Miller, #72 Mike Pucillo, NR David Zabriskie, NR Craig Brester, NR Gregor Gillespie, NR Dan Vallimont, NR Mark Ellis, NR Chase Pami, NR Dan Dennis DI All-Americans (46): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #3 Troy Nickerson, #4 Cyler Sanderson, #7 Angel Escobedo, #9 Matt Coughlin, #10 Jake Varner, #11 Ryan Morningstar, #13 Nick Gallick, #15 Jared Rosholt, #16 Jayson Ness, #17 Hudson Taylor, #19 Jay Borschel, #22 Max Askren, #24 Joey Slaton, #28 Alton Lucas, #32 Vince Jones, #33 Louis Caputo, #34 Reece Humphrey, #43 Franklin Gomez, #51 Mike Miller, #67 Nick Marable, #69 Brandon Rader, #72 Mike Pucillo, #86 Chris Brown, #90 Alex Krom, #93 Josh Arnone, NR David Zabriskie, NR Craig Brester, NR Gregor Gillespie, NR Dan Vallimont, NR Michael Cannon, NR Kyle Ruschell, NR Phil Keddy, NR Mark Ellis, NR Chase Pami, NR Dan Erekson, NR Kyle Terry, NR Dan Dennis, NR Nick Fanthorpe, NR Mitch Monteiro, NR Steve Bell, NR Dan Mitcheff, NR Steve Brown, NR Eric Lapotsky, NR Cody Cleveland Multi-Time DI All-Americans (32): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #3 Troy Nickerson, #4 Cyler Sanderson, #7 Angel Escobedo, #10 Jake Varner, #11 Ryan Morningstar, #13 Nick Gallick, #15 Jared Rosholt, #16 Jayson Ness, #17 Hudson Taylor, #19 Jay Borschel, #22 Max Askren, #33 Louis Caputo, #34 Reece Humphrey, #43 Franklin Gomez, #51 Mike Miller, #67 Nick Marable, #69 Brandon Rader, #72 Mike Pucillo, NR David Zabriskie, NR Craig Brester, NR Gregor Gillespie, NR Dan Vallimont, NR Michael Cannon, NR Kyle Ruschell, NR Phil Keddy, NR Mark Ellis, NR Chase Pami, NR Dan Erekson, NR Dan Dennis, NR Steve Bell 3/4x NCAA Qualifiers (61): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #3 Troy Nickerson, #4 Cyler Sanderson, #5 Mitch Mueller, #6 Donnie Jones, #7 Angel Escobedo, #8 Patrick Bond, #10 Jake Varner, #11 Ryan Morningstar, #13 Nick Gallick, #15 Jared Rosholt, #16 Jayson Ness, #17 Hudson Taylor, #19 Jay Borschel, #22 Max Askren, #25 Cesar Grajales, #32 Vince Jones, #33 Louis Caputo, #34 Reece Humphrey, #36 Brad Pataky, #41 Matt Fisk, #43 Franklin Gomez, #45 Tony Mustari, #51 Mike Miller, #63 Matt Dragon, #64 Seth Ciasulli, #67 Nick Marable, #68 Conor Beebe, #69 Brandon Rader, #72 Mike Pucillo, #84 Joe Caramanica, #86 Chris Brown, #100 Ryan Adams, NR David Zabriskie, NR Craig Brester, NR Gregor Gillespie, NR Dan Vallimont, NR Michael Cannon, NR Kyle Ruschell, NR Phil Keddy, NR Mark Ellis, NR Chase Pami, NR Dan Erekson, NR Kyle Terry, NR Nick Fanthorpe, NR Mitch Monteiro, NR Steve Bell, NR Dan Mitcheff, NR Steve Brown, NR Eric Lapotsky, NR Cody Cleveland, NR Duke Burk, NR Steve Mytych, NR Cory VomBaur, NR Jarrett Hostetter, NR Phil Moricone, NR Nathan Lee, NR Pat Bradshaw, NR Ed Bordas, NR Dustin Porter Senior World/Olympic Team Members (9): #1 Dustin Schlatter, #2 Brent Metcalf, #7 Angel Escobedo, #10 Jake Varner, #34 Reece Humphrey, #43 Franklin Gomez, #67 Nick Marable, NR Dan Dennis, NR Robby Smith
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    The Princeton coaching staff; from left, Sean Gray, Joe Dubuque, and Chris Ayres (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) On Monday morning, the #24 ranked dual team, the Princeton Tigers, released their schedule for the 2022-23 season. Princeton is a team that was 6-5 in dual competition last season and finished third in the EIWA and 16th at the NCAA Championships. The Tigers made school history in Detroit, by putting a pair of wrestlers in the NCAA finals for the first time in one season. Both of them, Patrick Glory and Quincy Monday, are back and will lead a veteran lineup for head coach Chris Ayres. Here's the breakdown of the schedule, as a whole. Duals versus six teams in InterMat's summer dual rankings (#6 Cornell, #8 Arizona State, #10 Wisconsin, #16 Penn, #21 Lehigh, #26 Rutgers). Four Big Ten teams: Indiana, Michigan State, Rutgers, Wisconsin Two Pac-12 teams: Arizona State, Oregon State One MAC team: Rider Both of the other DI teams from New Jersey: Rider, Rutgers These are teams that finished in the top-30 at the 2022 NCAA Championships: #4 Arizona State, #7 Cornell, #12 Oregon State, #14 Wisconsin, #20 Rutgers, #25 Lehigh, #26 Penn Home Slate: Brown, Harvard, Lehigh, Rider, Rutgers Away: Arizona State, Binghamton, Bucknell, Columbia, Cornell, Indiana, Penn Neutral Site: Michigan State, Oregon State, Wisconsin We spoke to Associate Head Coach Sean Gray, who was instrumental in putting together the 2022-23 schedule, about how and why this slate came together: “Anyone! Anytime! Anywhere! Our entire team returns from last year and has potential to be the best team in Princeton wrestling history. So, putting the schedule together this year was a lot of fun and will feature some premier events and duals. New highlighted events will be the B1G/EIWA duals at the Prudential Center in Newark, as well as a featured dual with Oregon State in Austin and a dual in Tempe with ASU. The return of the Princeton Open will now feature a women's division, and some of the best women's teams in the country have already signed up. We have permanently moved all home events to Jadwin Gym and look forward to raising the roof in New Jersey's most historical wrestling venue." Schedule breakdown's like this will be a regular feature as more team's release theirs. November 6th - Princeton Open It's difficult to project individual matchups like we will in duals, but here are some of the team's expected to send wrestlers: Buffalo, George Mason, Hofstra, Lehigh, Presbyterian, Rider, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, in addition to a handful of non-DI schools. The fun addition to this event is that there will be a women's open tournament ran simultaneously. Central Methodist, Emmanuel, Limestone, Presbyterian, and Ursinus are teams that are slated to enter women. Additionally, plenty of club teams are expected like Columbia/NYCRTC, Drexel, Princeton, Rutgers, and Lehigh. November 18th - at Indiana It must be alumni day! Princeton Associate Head Coach, Joe Dubuque, won a pair of national titles for the Hoosiers in 2005 and 2006. Assistant Coach Nate Jackson earned All-American honors for Indiana in 2016 and 2017 and is the most recent IU wrestler to get on the podium. A bout with Indiana would feature a matchup between NCAA qualifiers at 184 with DJ Washington of the homesteading Hoosiers and Travis Stefanik for the Tigers. The Rooks brothers (Cayden and Graham) also qualified for nationals in 2021 at 141 and 149. That could set up a both between Graham and 2022 national qualifier Marshall Keller. December 4th - #10 Wisconsin @ Newark, New Jersey (Prudential Center) December 4th - Michigan State @ Newark, New Jersey (Prudential Center) For the second consecutive year, the Prudential Center will host a dual event featuring a local New Jersey team(s) taking on other quality squads. The Wisconsin dual could be an incredible one! There could be a pair of matches between returning AA's with Patrick Glory and Wisconsin's Eric Barnett at 125, along with Quincy Monday and 2022 Freshman of the Year, Dean Hamiti. This could be Monday's first significant test at 165. Another must-watch match from this dual features young, stud big men Luke Stout and Braxton Amos at 197 lbs. NCAA qualifiers Keller and Matthew Cover (285 lbs), could have their hands full with Austin Gomez and Trent Hillger, respectively. Though not currently ranked, Michigan State isn't a team to overlook, as they spent time in the top-25 last year. Whoever takes the mat at 133 (Nick Kayal?), will have their hands full with two past AA's, Taylor LaMont and Michigan State's Rayvon Foley. Other enticing matchups include Layne Malczewski and Stefanik at 184 and Stout taking on former Big Ten finalist Cam Caffey at 197. December 11th - #26 Rutgers The battle for New Jersey supremacy? The Scarlet Knights should have a distinctly different lineup from the last time these two teams squared off. Former North Carolina national qualifier Joe Heilmann slots in at 133, while Sammy Alvarez is back, likely at 141. Redshirt freshman Anthony White takes over at 149 and 2021 All-American Jackson Turley is expected to be healthy and at 174 lbs. One marquee match that didn't occur in last season's dual was at 184 with Stefanik and 2021 AA John Poznanski. After a few weeks, we should have a better read on both teams, as it looks like a toss-up right now. December 29th/30th - Midlands Championships @ Evanston, Illinois The Midlands is always one of the cornerstone events of the collegiate wrestling calendar. We don't have a full entry list yet, but expect plenty of Big Ten and midwest teams in attendance. Princeton's superstars should get tested, while the rest of the roster will have the opportunity to pick up wins. January 7th - F&M Open @ Lancaster, Pennsylvania With the Midlands about a week ahead of the F&M Open, I wouldn't expect a full squad in Lancaster, but, who knows? Last year's edition of this open tournament featured wrestlers from Army West Point, Air Force, Virginia, Navy Prep, Lock Haven, Columbia, Brown, North Carolina, Edinboro, Harvard, and NC State. With only a few open's in January and beyond, there could be some teams that need matches and will send wrestlers. January 13th - Oregon State @ Austin, Texas This match takes place in Austin, Texas and is likely affiliated with FloWrestling, in some form or fashion. Right off the bat, we have returning All-American's Glory and Brandon Kaylor battling. Kaylor was the only wrestler in Detroit, pre-finals, that held Glory to a regular decision. The other bout that stands out is at 184 with Stefanik and Trey Munoz, who was seeded sixth at NCAA's, but was a match shy of placing. As we've seen, Stefanik will certainly get tested early and often. Oregon State has a lot of new faces, so we'll see if more big matches develop. January 15th - at #8 Arizona State Two days later, Princeton stays in the southwest and takes on Pac-12 power, Arizona State. Half the Sun Devil lineup has already earned All-American honors at least once in their careers and will make for a uphill battle. At 125, the past two NCAA's runner's-up clash, with Glory and Brandon Courtney. The two mets in Jadwin last year and Glory dominated, 12-6. Michael McGee (133), Kyle Parco (149), Jacori Teemer (157), and Cohlton Schultz (285) account for ASU's remaining AA's. Transfer Anthony Montalvo should provide a boost and a stiff test for Stefanik. January 20th - at Columbia Columbia is an emerging program in the Ivy/EIWA and will only continue to get tougher. Last years dual was all Princeton, 27-12. EIWA champ Matt Kazimir leads the way at 141; however, he was pushed to the limit by Danny Coles in a 1-0 win for the Lion star. The headline match in this meet features Monday and 2022 EIWA finalist Josh Ogunsanya. Columbia has recruited well, of late, so some of their young talent could infiltrate the lineup before mid-January. January 21st - Rider We said the Rutgers dual would be for New Jersey supremacy. I'm sure Rider doesn't take kindly to that suggestion. With McKenzie Bell returning to 141 lbs after a redshirt season and moving Quinn Kinner to 149, That sets up some solid matches with Bell/Coles and Kinner/Keller. The must-see match of this dual takes place at 197 lbs, with Stout and Ethan Laird. Laird is another Bronc coming off redshirt and was a Round of 12 finisher at 285 in 2021. January 27th - Harvard Harvard is another team that should have a handful of new faces in their lineup. The only probable matchup between past national qualifiers takes place at 285 lbs, between Cover and Yaraslau Slavikouski. Slavikouski made the 2021 Cliff Keen finals before suffering a season-ending knee injury. January 28th - Brown It will probably be another year or two before Jordan Leen's team is able to push a ranked squad like Princeton. February 4th - at #6 Cornell This has quickly turned into one of the best rivalries in the sport with Princeton ending Cornell's stranglehold on the Ivy League (and EIWA) in 2020. Provided Vito Arujau is back at 125, we should get another classic between he and Glory. The Tiger star took two-of-three from Arujau last season. 165 could be a possible conference final-type match between Monday and Round of 12 finisher Julian Ramirez. At 197, Stout and Jacob Cardenas split bouts last season, with Stout getting the postseason victory at EIWA's. February 4th - at Binghamton It'll be a busy day for Stout as he's expected to see 2021 All-American Louie DePrez later in the evening. Stout lost a pair of matches against DePrez in 2021-22, including one in the conference finals. With some weight-shifting, we'll likely get the first meeting between Monday/Brevin Casella at 165 and Stefanik/Jacob Nolan at 184. February 10th - at #16 Penn The Ivy is no longer a two-horse race between Cornell and Princeton, as Penn has thrown their hat in the ring. The Quakers downed the Tigers 20-13 last year in dual action and announced their presence emphatically. Penn has ten returning national qualifiers on the roster, so any sort of starting lineup should be imposing and filled with intriguing matchups. Some of best matches from last year's dual include Kayal/Mike Colaiocco at 133 and Stout/Cole Urbas at 197. Penn is another team with an impressive set of recruits coming in. Though they have an excellent group of returners, if one is replaced with a freshman, that just indicates how tough the new kid is. February 11th - #21 Lehigh Lehigh is a team that had a deceiving dual record. They wrestled one of the most difficult schedules in the nation and dealt with their share of injuries, so they were definitely a “tough-out” judging by Princeton's 20-16 win last year. One of the conference's best rivalries has been Monday and Josh Humphreys, at 157, so this year we won't get treated to another chapter in that series. This time it should be Monday and Brian Meyer. The Mountain Hawks should have a different look from the last time these two teams clashed. They have big-time transfers at 184 and 197 lbs, with Tate Samuelson and Michael Beard. Those should make for great matches with Stefanik and Stout and will make the conference deeper at each weight. Jaret Lane (125) and Manzona Bryant (149) were both out of the Lehigh lineup during the 21-22 dual meet and pair off with Glory and Keller. At heavyweight, Nathan Taylor looks like he could be a threat, but he did fall to Cover at the F&M Open. February 17th - at Bucknell This EIWA opponent wasn't on the dual schedule, so we'll get to see some semi-new matchups. Though none made the NCAA Tournament in 2022, the Bison are really solid at 133-157 lbs with Kurt Phipps/Darren Miller/Kolby DePron/Nick Delp. Bucknell could be a tough matchup, just based on that group of competitors. March 4/5th - EIWA Championships at Penn The EIWA tournament is always great, but with some combination of Princeton/Cornell/Penn expected to contend for the title, on the Quakers home turf, can only add to the intensity.
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    2021 Junior Freestyle national champion Cody Chittum (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Less than a week after competing in Fargo, Cody Chittum (Tennessee) announced his updated collegiate plans via FloWrestling. Chittum has committed to the University of Iowa, after initially verballing to Minnesota. Chittum was once considered the #1 overall recruit in the Class of 2023, but since he has graduated from high school and intends on moving to Iowa City. At this time, it's not clear whether Chittum will enroll at Iowa or greyshirt during the 2022-23 school year. In Fargo, Chittum dominated the Junior freestyle field and walked away with a stop sign at 152 lbs. Six of Chittum's seven freestyle matches ended early via tech. His “closest” bout was in the quarterfinals as he downed Boeden Greenley (North Dakota), 14-5. Chittum moved up to 160 lbs for Greco and took third place. Those finishes marked the fifth and sixth time that Chittum earned All-American honors in Fargo. During his last appearance (2019), Chittum was top-three in both styles as a Cadet. Outside of Fargo, Chittum was a champion in 2021 at the Super 32 at 145 lbs. While at Blair Academy, in 2019-20, Chittum won the Beast of the East. Should Chittum enroll with the Class of 2023, he'll join a Hawkeye recruiting class that already features three top-20 recruits. #5 Nate Jesuroga (IA), #6 Ben Kueter (IA), and #18 Gabe Arnold (GA/IA) have already given Tom Brands' team verbal commitments. Chittum projects as a 149 lber at the next level, which appears to be a long-term need for the Hawkeyes. Max Murin will use his final year of eligibility in 2022-23. After Murin, Iowa has Caleb Rathjen, a redshirt freshman who could be an option at 157 lbs this year. Incoming freshmen Carter Martinson and Joel Jesuroga also project at 149.
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    2022 True freshman All-American Dean Hamiti (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: The only true freshman to place #1 in a weight for Fantasy this season lands himself at the top of this weight: Dean "Griddy" Hamiti. The true freshman went 20-1 during the regular season racking up an 86% bonus rate, which made him the #3 overall Fantasy Wrestler this season too. But what might be more impressive, is that of those 21 matches, he wrestled eight opponents that were rated in the Top-30 by WrestleStat, he went 7-1 all wins by bonus. In fact, three were by pin, one by tech, and three by major while his lone loss was by a score of 8-5 to Alex Marinelli. Keegan O'Toole started his 2022 campaign with a Pin of national qualifier (and previous Bloodround-er) Luke Weber, then went on to bonus his next five opponents. In the regular season, O'Toole had only three decisions of his 17 matches (none back-to-back, by the way), which comes to a bonus rate of 82.4%. Funny enough, last season (2021) he finished as the #3 Fantasy Wrestler at 165 as well. Speaking of repeats, Zach Hartman has finished in the Top-7 of Fantasy Points each of the last three seasons (#2 this season, #7 last season, and #3 in 2020). While the stats this season were eye-catching, with him posting the highest regular season bonus rate of his career (57.6%), he may have not garnered the national spotlight as much this season because his "best win" came in the last match of the season when he blanked Travis Wittlake, 5-0. Izzak Olejnik also made the Top-10 for the second year in a row, albeit a few spots lower than his 2021 placing (7th this year compared to 4th in 2021). Transferring over to Lock Haven in the 2021 season from Iowa Central Community College, Ashton Eyler finds himself as #8 in his first season of D1 competition. A lot of the time, it's not about the number of matches a wrestler has that lands them in the Top-20 or even Top-10, but in this instance having 38 matches behind you doesn't hurt. In fact, he had the most matches out of any wrestler in the Top-20 at any weight this season. Two years ago, Tanner Cook had possibly the most electric start to a season a wrestler could have: 11 of his first 15 matches were won by pin (and one win by tech). That bonus-bonanza was able to get him to #6 at 165 in 2020. This season, after a year hiatus, it was a more bumpy ride with some wins by pin here, some losses by pin there. In all, he ended just inside the ranking at #17. Patrick Kennedy, who is the heir-apparent to 165, now that the Bull is going out to Folkstyle pasture, was the only redshirt to make this weight's Top-20. He narrowly beat Shane Griffith who rounded out at #20, by two Fpts. Seven of the eight All-Americans made the 165 Top-20. Who Missed The Cut: The only All-American to miss the cut was Cam Amine who finished the year at #29 and 32 Fpts. He "only" wrestled 17 matches, which is the same as #2 Keegan O'Toole and #20 Shane Griffith (and one more than Evan Wick), but the big difference in why they made the Top-20, and Cam Amine did not, falls to the low bonus rate of 17.6% in the regular season (82.4% for O'Toole, 56.3% for Wick, and 29.4% for Griffith). Finishing just one point behind Shane Griffith, fellow Pac-12er Anthony Valencia (ASU) had just a slightly better PPM score of 1.9 than Drew Nicholson (CHAT) with 1.7 and Cameron Pine (CLAR) with 1.2 to be the #21 Fantasy Wrestler at 165. Three Bloodrounders missed the Top-20 in #25 Julian Ramierez (COR) with 34 Fpts, #28 Jake Wentzel (PITT) with 33 Fpts, and #31 Philip Conigliaro (HARV) with 30 Fpts. Last Season, Travis Wittlake (OKST) was the #1 Fantasy Wrestler at 165 and tied for #5 overall across all weights. This season, though, was a different story. Wittlake finished this season at #50 at 165 and the #490 wrestler overall. Other notables to miss the cut include Lucas Revano (PENN) at #26 with 34 Fpts, Alex Facundo (PSU) at #27 at 33 Fpts, Danny Braunagel (ILL) at #37 with Fpts, and Brian Meyer (LEH) at #55 with 15 Fpts.
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    65 kg Cadet Greco-Roman world finalist Joel Adams; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Monday marked the first day of competition at the 2022 Cadet World Championships. Action started with Greco-Roman and half of the weights got underway from Rome, Italy. The American already has a medal locked up with Nebraska's Joel Adams in the 65 kg finals. Adams went 4-0 on the day and did not surrender a point in any of his bouts. He outscored the competition 30-0. Adams will face Iran's Ahoura Bouveiri Piani in tomorrow's gold medal match. Bouveiri Piani has not been as dominant as the American. He prevailed and clinched a spot in the finals with a 1-1 win on criteria. Bouveiri Piani was seventh at the Asian Championships, earlier this year. Of the four remaining Greco wrestlers that took the mat on Monday, only Koy Hopke at 110 kg was able to log a win. Hopke went 1-1 on the day, but was eliminated when Ukraine's Dmytro Stryzhekozin (Ukraine) fell in the semifinals. Like Hopke, Christian Castillo (48 kg), Nick Trester (55 kg), and Cole Han Lindemyer (80 kg) have been knocked out of medal contention. Below are the results from the American's along with the gold medal matchup at each of the five weights. 65 kg Greco-Roman Qualification - Joel Adams over Takaku Suzuki (Japan) 8-0 Round of 16 - Joel Adams over Saya Brunner (Switzerland) 10-0 Quarterfinals - Joel Adams over Aleksandre Rusitashvili (Georgia) 6-0 Semifinals - Joel Adams over Petro Shafranskyi (Ukraine) 6-0 Gold Medal Match - vs. Ahoura Bouveiri Piani (Iran) 48 kg Greco Roman Qualification - Said Khalilov (Azerbaijan) over Christian Castillo 4-2 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match - Ronit Sharma (India) vs. Ali Ahmadi Vafa (Iran) 55 kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 - Halil Cinar (Turkey) over Nick Treaster 7-0 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match - Suraj (India) vs. Faraim Mustafayev (Azerbaijan) 80 kg Greco-Roman Qualification - Taizo Yoshida (Japan) over Cole Han Lindemyer 8-4 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match - Ismayil Rzayev (Azerbaijan) vs. Alperen Berber (Turkey) 110 kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 - Koy Hopke over Maxim Ukraintsev (Kazakhstan) 8-0 Qualification - Dmytro Stryzhekozin (Ukraine) over Koy Hopke 8-0 ***Eliminated from medal contention*** Gold Medal Match - Cemal Bakir (Turkey) vs. Laszlo Darabos (Hungary)
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    Little Rock signee Kyle Dutton in the Junior freestyle finals (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The 2022 edition of 16U and Junior Nationals, known affectionately by wrestling fans as Fargo, has come and gone. As always the Junior brackets featured some of the top wrestlers in the country who will soon be plying their trade at the college level. The following article takes a look at some of the top performers in that tournament and who finished with the highest scoring match. Future Little Rock wrestler Kyle Dutton was dominant on his way to the title at 145 pounds. Along the way, he won eight matches and finished with the highest match point differential of any wrestler in the bracket. Dutton averaged 5.69 points per minute, allowed only 0.28 per minute and therefore finished with a +5.41 differential. Six of his eight matches were finished via superiority without surrendering a single point, and he allowed only four points combined across all matches. His 5.69 points per minute rate ranked 10th among all competitors in Junior freestyle, and his 0.28 points allowed per minute ranked seventh. Dutton's toughest match came in the semifinals. He faced off against Minnesota's Zach Hanson. He was able to build a 6-0 lead about halfway into the second period, but Hanson scored the final three points. In the end, Dutton was able to advance to the finals where he scored a first-period 10-0 victory over Beau Mantanona of California. In the round of 64, Dutton accomplished the somewhat rare VSU victory while scoring over 10 points. He bested Renso Montalvo via a 13-0 score. Dutton scored a four-point throw 49 seconds into the first period. He was leading 8-0 at the time, so it pushed his lead to 12-0. After a failed challenge by his opponent, he walked away with the 13-0 victory. This was one of only 14 matches in junior freestyle that ended in VSU with the winner scoring 13 or more points. Wisconsin's Ryan Badgett managed to score a 14-0 VSU over Chad Mairano in the 170-pound bracket. Cody Chittum finished with the second highest point differential of +4.70. One could argue that he was even more dominant than Dutton on his path to the title at 152 pounds. He won six of his seven matches by superiority, and his closest match was a 14-5 victory over Boeden Greenley of North Dakota in the quarterfinals. Top Five Point Differentials 145: Kyle Dutton (Missouri) +5.41 152: Cody Chittum (Tennessee) +4.70 132: Cory Land (Alabama) +4.70 285: Austin Foye (Florida) +4.51 138: Tucker Cell (Kansas) +4.32 Thanks to four champions and 13 placers Iowa won the junior freestyle tournament. The squad also had the best match point differential collectively. Iowa finished with a +0.72 point differential. Second place Pennsylvania finished with +0.57 differential. The biggest contributor to Iowa's success in terms of point differential was Nate Jesuroga. He won the tournament at 120 pounds and finished with a +3.97 differential. He won all of his matches by VSU or VSU1 and allowed only two points in the entire tournament. His 0.11 points allowed per minute rate was the best of the entire tournament. Iowa's representative also won a title at 160 pounds. Aiden Riggins finished with a +3.14 differential after winning all eight of his matches. He scored over 10 points in five of his eight bouts. Top Five Team Point Differentials Iowa +0.72 Pennsylvania +0.57 Wisconsin +0.56 New Jersey +0.53 Maryland +0.44 An Iowa team member also spent more time on the mat than any other competitor. Joel Jesuroga lost in the round of 32 and dropped into the consolation bracket. There he went on quite the streak and made it all the way back to a fourth-place finish at 145 pounds. Across his 11 matches, he spent 56:46 on the mat, which was more time than any other competitor. New York's Max Gallagher, who finished fifth at 126 pounds, had the second most time on the mat with 46:16. Most Mat Time 145: Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) 56:46 126: Max Gallagher (New York) 46:16 170: Lorenzo Norman (New Jersey) 46:12 170: Omaury Alvarez (Georgia) 45:46 145: Gavin Drexler (Wisconsin) 44:28 Scores in freestyle can really add up when two action-oriented wrestlers hit the mat. That is even more true at Fargo. This year's highest-scoring match in junior freestyle belonged to Dailey Jennings (Oklahoma) and Gavin Hilyar (Minnesota). The two met in the round of 128, and Jennings eventually took the bout via a 29-18 match termination victory. Hilyar started the scoring with a four-point throw inside the first 10 seconds of the match. Jennings then reversed the situation and added two turns to go up 6-4. The two continued to trade positions, and the match went to the break with Hilyar holding a 16-13 lead. The second period was an entirely different story. Jennings started the second with a takedown and two turns with a leg lace. They returned to their feet, and Hilyar scored a takedown to cut the lead to 19-18. However, that would be his last score of the contest. Down the stretch, Jennings would score two takedowns and three turns to take the victory. Highest Scoring Matches 138: Dailey Jennings (Oklahoma) vs. Gavin Hilyar (Minnesota) 29-18 195: Jarrett Stoner (Texas) vs. Mason Christian (Montana) 24-21 182: Payton Thomas (Oklahoma) vs. Dominic Thebeau (Illinois) 26-19 170: Owen Heiser (Wisconsin) vs. Christian Moder (Florida) 25-20 126: Vinnie D'alessandro (Ohio) vs. Tyson Peach (Wisconsin) 24-21 120: Zach Tihen (Missouri) vs. Cantril Nielson (Idaho) 28-17 106: Cale Tucker (Alabama) vs. Kaleb Ambrose (New Jersey) 26-19
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    4x NCAA All-American Hayden Hidlay (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...NC State! For past teams: Air Force American Appalachian State Arizona State Army West Point Binghamton Bloomsburg Brown Bucknell Buffalo Cal Poly Campbell Central Michigan Chattanooga Clarion Cleveland State Columbia Cornell CSU Bakersfield Davidson Drexel Duke Edinboro Franklin & Marshall Gardner-Webb George Mason Harvard Hofstra Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kent State Lehigh Lock Haven Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Missouri Navy NCAA Qualifiers (76) 2022 #14 Jakob Camacho (125); #15 Kai Orine (133); #18 Kevin Jack (141); #2 Tariq Wilson (149); #4 Ed Scott (157); #21 Thomas Bullard (165); #4 Hayden Hidlay (174); #3 Trent Hidlay (184); #15 Isaac Trumble (197); #21 Tyrie Houghton (285) 2021 #6 Jakob Camacho (125); #12 Jarrett Trombley (133); #4 Tariq Wilson (141); #2 Hayden Hidlay (157); #17 Thomas Bullard (165); #8 Daniel Bullard (174); #2 Trent Hidlay (184); #28 Nick Reenan (197); #10 Deonte Wilson (285) 2020 #10 Jakob Camacho (125); #27 Jarrett Trombley (133); #15 Tariq Wilson (141); #2 Hayden Hidlay (157); #10 Thomas Bullard (165); #15 Daniel Bullard (174); #5 Trent Hidlay (184); #22 Deonte Wilson (285) 2019 #14 Sean Fausz (125); #11 Tariq Wilson (133); #14 Jamel Morris (141); #9 Justin Oliver (149); #5 Hayden Hidlay (157); #16 Thomas Bullard (165); #23 Daniel Bullard (174); #7 Nick Reenan (184); #13 Malik McDonald (197) 2018 #5 Sean Fausz (125); Tariq Wilson (133); #5 Kevin Jack (141); Beau Donahue (149); #1 Hayden Hidlay (157); Daniel Bullard (174); #4 Peter Renda (184); #4 Michael Macchiavello (197); #14 Michael Boykin (285) 2017 #12 Sean Fausz (125); #15 Jamal Morris (133); #2 Kevin Jack (141); #12 Sam Speno (149); Thomas Bullard (157); Brian Hamann (165); Nick Reenan (174); #10 Michael Macchiavello (184); Malik McDonald (197); Mike Kosoy (285) 2016 Sean Fausz (125); Jamal Morris (133); #3 Kevin Jack (141); #2 Thomas Gantt (157); #5 Max Rohskopf (165); #13 Peter Renda (184); #12 Michael Boykin (197); #1 Nick Gwiazdowski (285) 2015 Joe DeAngelo (125); Kevin Jack (141); Max Rohskopf (165); Peter Renda (174); #1 Nick Gwiazdowski (285) 2014 Sam Speno (141); Thomas Gantt (157); Peter Renda (174); KaRonne Jones (197); #2 Nick Gwiazdowski (285) 2013 Joe DeAngelo (125); Sam Speno (133); Nijel Jones (165) NCAA Champions Michael Macchiavello (197 - 2018) Nick Gwiazdowski (285 - 2014, 2015) NCAA All-Americans 2022: Tariq Wilson (149 - 7th); Hayden Hidlay (174 - 3rd); Trent Hidlay (184 - 5th) 2021: Tariq Wilson (149 - 3rd); Hayden Hidley (157 - 5th); Daniel Bullard (174 - 7th); Trent Hidlay (184 - 2nd) 2019: Hayden Hidlay (157 - 4th) 2018: Tariq Wilson (133 - 3rd); Kevin Jack (141 - 6th); Hayden Hidlay (157 - 2nd); Michael Macchiavello (197 - 1st) 2017: Kevin Jack (141 - 3rd) 2016: Thomas Gantt (157 - 8th); Peter Renda (184 - 3rd); Nick Gwiazdowski (285 - 2nd) 2015: Kevin Jack (141 - 5th); Nick Gwiazdowski (285 - 1st) 2014: Nick Gwiazdowski (285 - 1st) NWCA All-Americans Jakob Camacho (125 - Second Team) Hayden Hidlay (157 - First Team) Thomas Bullard (165 - Second Team) Trent Hidlay (184 - First Team) Round of 12 Finishers Ed Scott (2022 - 157) Jakob Camacho (2021 - 125) Sean Fausz (2017, 2019 - 125) Tariq Wilson (2019 - 133) Peter Renda (2018 - 184) Michael Macchiavello (2017 - 184) Kevin Jack (2016 - 141) Thomas Gantt (2014 - 157) ACC Champions 2022: Jakob Camacho (125); Tariq Wilson (149); Ed Scott (157); Trent Hidlay (184) 2021: Tariq Wilson (141); Hayden Hidlay (157); Daniel Bullard (174); Trent Hidlay (184); Deonte Wilson (285) 2020: Jakob Camacho (125); Hayden Hidlay (157) 2019: Jamel Morris (141); Hayden Hidlay (157); Malik McDonald (197) 2018: Sean Fausz (125); Hayden Hidlay (157); Peter Renda (184) 2017: Kevin Jack (141) 2016: Kevin Jack (141); Thomas Gantt (157); Max Rohskopf (165); Nick Gwiazdowski (285) 2015: Nick Gwiazdowski (285) 2014: Nick Gwiazdowski (285) Dual Record 2021-22: 13-1 2021: 6-1 2019-20: 15-0 2018-19: 16-3 2017-18: 15-2 2016-17: 13-2 2015-16: 23-1 2014-15: 16-6 2013-14: 14-7 2012-13: 5-6 ACC Tournament Placement 2021-22: 1st 2021: 1st 2019-20: 1st 2018-19: 1st 2017-18: 2nd 2016-17: 2nd 2015-16: 1st 2014-15: 6th 2013-14: 6th 2012-13: 5th NCAA Tournament Team Placement 2021-22: 10th 2021: 6th 2019-20: No Tournament 2018-19: 17th 2017-18: 4th-tie 2016-17: 17th 2015-16: 11th 2014-15: 16th 2013-14: 19th 2012-13: 63rd Head Coaching History Pat Popolizio (2012-Present) Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22) 125 - Sean Fausz: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#5, #12, and #14 seeds), 2018 ACC Champion, Four-time ACC finalist, 2x NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 133 - Tariq Wilson: 5x NCAA Qualifier (#2, #4, #11, and #15 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (3rd x2 and 7th), 2x ACC Champion, Four-time ACC finalist 141 - Kevin Jack: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#2, #3, and #5 seeds), 3x NCAA All-American (3rd, 5th, 6th), 2x ACC Champion 149 - Justin Oliver: 2019 NCAA Qualifier (#9 seed), 2016 NCAA All-American at Central Michigan 157 - Thomas Gantt: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#2 seed), 2016 NCAA All-American (8th), 2016 ACC Champion, 2015 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher 165 - Thomas Bullard: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#10, #16, and #17 seeds), 2020 NWCA Second Team All-American, 2019 ACC Runner-Up 174 - Hayden Hidlay: 4x NCAA All-American (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), 4x ACC Champion, 5x NCAA top-five seed, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American 184 - Trent Hidlay: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#2, #3, and #5 seeds), 2x NCAA All-American (2nd, 5th), 2x ACC Champion, 2020 NWCA First Team All-American 197 - Michael Macchiavello: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#4 and #10 seeds), 2018 NCAA Champion, 2x ACC runner-up, 2017 NCAA Round of 12 finisher 285 - Nick Gwiazdowski: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#1 seed x2 and #2 seed), 2x NCAA Champion, 3x NCAA Finalist, 3x ACC Champion, 2012 NCAA All-American for Binghamton Recruiting Number of Big Boarders' Per Year 2022: #6 Dylan Fishback (OH); #13 Matthew Singleton (GA); #28 Jackson Arrington (PA); #39 Chase Horne (GA); #111 Finn Solomon (PA); #172 Troy Hohman (PA); #186 Tommy Curran (IL) 2021: #23 Joey Milano (PA); #30 Stevo Poulin (NY); #32 Derek Fields (OH); #42 Jacob Null (NY); #99 Skylar Smith (TX); #134 Brock DelSignore (NY); #291 Brant Whitaker (MO); #297 James Joplin (NC) 2020: #17 Ryan Jack (CT); #29 Ed Scott (PA); #56 Isaac Trumble (NE); #94 AJ Kovacs (CT); #112 Anthony Noto (NY); #115 Joe Roberts (IL); #123 Dylan Reinert (PA) 2019: #49 Kai Orine (MO); #91 Owen Trephan (SC); #100 Christian Knop (AL) 2018: #14 Trent Hidlay (PA); #35 Jakob Camacho (CT); #49 Jarrett Trombley (MI); #57 Josiah Rider (CO) 2016: #5 Nick Reenan (TX); #7 Hayden Hidlay (PA); #34 Daniel Bullard (GA); #42 Thomas Bullard (GA); #77 Tariq Wilson (OH); #102 Chris Diaz (GA); #123 Kellan Devlin (NY); #135 Wade Cummings (PA) 2014: #44 Michael Boykin (PA); #110 Sean Fausz (KY); #118 Chandler Pyke (GA); #149 Kevin Jack (CT) 2013: #48 Peter Santos (CA); #61 Peter Renda (PA); #73 Scott Delvecchio (NJ); #77 Chris Wilkes (MO); #128 Micah Perez (CA); #152 Beau Donahue (VA)
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    NC State 157 lber Ed Scott (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: The top three placeholders at 157 this year were not All-Americans, which only happened in one other weight this season in these Fantasy Ranks (more on that later). Ed Scott finished as the #1 Fantasy Wrestler at 157, after going 6-6 at 149 last season. The wrestling world really took notice after a headlock to Kaleb Young at the National Collegiate Duals (in what I think was the dual of the year). Scott fell in the bloodround due to a highly controversial pin call, but I would call it a very productive and successful season. Especially from a Fantasy standpoint where he had an ADP of 157.25 and finished as the #9 Fantasy Wrestler overall this season. Falling just short of the top spot was Chase Saldate and Andrew Cerniglia. For Saldate, his losses are not that surprising (Ryan Deakin, Jared Franek, Kendall Coleman, and Will Lewan), aside from maybe the loss to Jordan Slivka, who he had pinned earlier in the season (Slivka was the #6 wrestler, by the way). Had he won that rematch, Saldate would have been #1 at 157. National Champion Ryan Deakin wrestled only 10 matches in the regular season, which equated to CKLV and five dual meets and is tied with Gable Steveson for the least amount of matches wrestled to make a Top-20 this season. National Finalist Quincy Monday, on the other hand, wrestled almost double the number of matches and finished at #8. For some reason, I don't know why, Austin O'Connor seemed off and not as dominant as his 2021 and even 2020 self at 149. But if you look at the numbers, he finished with four pins, three techs, two majors, one DQ, and only one loss (against D1 competition). A pretty dominant regular season which got him the #5 spot. Slightly more dominant this season was David Carr, who had the same number of regular season matched (17), but finished seven Fpts more to finish #4 at 157. Brayton Lee isn't listed as the starter for Minnesota, due to a late-season injury which was one of his two losses on the season. Lee had put together a bonus rate of 36.8% before having the injury, which set him back -6 in Fpts. Had Lee won that match by decision, he would have had 54 Fpt and been the #10 Fantasy Wrestler at 157 this year. Jon Errico, a transfer from U Penn, started for the ‘Hoos in a handful of matches but edged out Doug Zapf by 0.3 in PPM to round out the Top-20. Five of the Eight All-Americans made the 157 Top-20 list. Who Missed The Cut: The three All-Americans to miss the cut were Will Lewan of Michigan (finished #25 with 30 Fpts), Hunter Willits of Oregon State (finished #33 with 23 Fpts), and Peyton Robb of Nebraska (Finished #63 with 13 Fpts). Robb moved down from his stint at 165 last season and took out Austin O'Connor in mid-November, putting the wrestling world on notice. He had some close losses with Carr and Lewan, but without even a modest bonus rate (17.6%), Robb, unfortunately, could not overcome his 6 losses (all by Decisions, at least). Paddy Gallagher (OHST) was the #1 recruit in the 2021 class (via MatScouts) and was six points away from breaking into the Top-20. Of his 20 wrestled matches, only seven of those were not against D1 Competition and would have added another 29 Fpts (would have made him #4 at 157 had they counted). While he wrestled 15 matches against D1 competition, Kaleb Young (IOWA) only recorded two wins by bonus (tech and major) but suffered five losses, including two by bonus (pin and major). He finished as the #56 Fantasy Wrestler. Similarly, Kendall Coleman (PUR) finished with 20 D1 matches, but of his four countable losses (four were by medical forfeits so they don't technically count), three were by pin. Both finished with a PPM less than 0.08 (at least they were within the legal limit to drive! ba-dum-tiss!) Last Year's #1 Fantasy Wrestler at 157 was Jacob Wright (WYO). The Cowboy unfortunately did not repeat his Top-20 finish. This year, a string of losses in mid to late January put him in a -10 Fpt hole which landed him at the #36 spot at 157. Other notables to miss the cut include Doug Zapf (PENN) at #21 with 41 Fpts (missed out on the #20 spot by 0.3 PPM), Jarrett Jacques (MIZZ) at #30 with 27 Fpts, Jake Keating (UVA) at #26 with 25 Fpts, Wyatt Sheets (OKST) at #44 with 17 Fpts, and Brady Berge (PSU) at #59 with 13 Fpts.
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    Yianni Diakomihalis at 2022 NCAA semifinals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanicki.com) To steal the line from last year's FCW Top-20 Articles, everyone knows 125 Pat Glory, 133 Roman Bravo-Young, 174 Carter Starocci, 184 Aaron Brooks, and 285 Gable Steveson are bonus point monsters, and this season they totaled 283 Fpts. Top names and all NCAA Champions or Finalists (Nick Suriano did not make the Top-20). But here's five names that totaled 328 Fpts: 125 Caleb Smith (APP), 133 Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 174 Logan Messer (GMU), 184 Jonathan Loew (COR), and 285 Ben Goldin (PENN). This group only has one All-American (Loew finishing 8th). And as I say every year, that's the beauty and frustration of Fantasy Sports. Sometimes your top performers are not "household names." So, with that, let's take a look at this past season's Top-20 at each weight to help give you an early start to win each week this coming year. To compile these lists, we used standard WrestleStat Fantasy College Wrestling Data & Scoring. Just a reminder of how points were tallied in WrestleStat leagues: 1) The scoring used was Standard Team Scoring across all competitions (+3 for a win by decision, -4 for a loss by Major, etc) 2) Scoring only counted against D1 competition 3) Wins via Forfeits (FFT) would count as +6 towards a wrestler's point total 4) Wins or Losses by Medical Forfeit (MFF) did not count as + or - towards a wrestler's point total 5) Points were only accumulated during the regular season Notes: The only wrestler to finish as Champion AND be #1 in Fantasy Points at their weight was Yianni Diakomihalis this season. Despite starting late and the roller coaster soap opera of “what weight will he go,” Yianni strung together nine matches totaling 51 Fpts. The other ten wins of his regular season only totaled 37 Fpts. Even with three losses in the regular season totaling -13 Fpts, Josh Finesilver finds himself as the second highest ever (in the last three seasons) Blue Devil to grace the Fantasy College Wrestling ranks. Who was better? More on that later (hint hint, nudge nudge). In the past three seasons, there have been two constant wrestlers who have been in the top seven in Fpts at this weight. In fact, this season for John Millner and Sammy Sasso, who finished 6th and 7th respectively, it was their “worst” outing from a rankings perspective. In 2021 they finished 3rd and 4th, in 2020 they finished 4th and 5th. It's like they were tied to the hip or something. A few recent transfers made the Top-20 with Austin Gomez taking the #9 spot and Brent Moore at #11, separated by only one Fpt. Gomez wrestled nine matches fewer than Moore in the regular season. Two non-starters finished in the Top-20 in Matthew Williams and Kaya Sement, both wrestling about the same number of D1 matches, but with Williams having 11 more Fpts when all was said and done. The lowest regular season match total for the 149 class was from Tariq Wilson who only wrestled 13 matches (winning them all). He did not participate in any tournament and only had three matches won by bonus, but was good enough to squeak into the Top-20. Seven of the eight All-Americans at 149 made the Top-20. Who Missed The Cut: The only All-American to not make the Top-20 was Bryce Andonian (VT), who only had nine regular season matches. Of those nine matches, four were won by pin (that's good). But, of those nine matches, had two losses (that's bad… from a Fantasy perspective). Essentially, the two losses negated one of his regular-season pins, ultimately landing Andonian as #34 with 28 Fpts. Unlike other weights, the difference in Fpts between #20 and #21 was much wider than just a point or two. Luka Wick (CP) finished at #21 in the rankings, but five Fpts behind #20 Degen (32 Fpts total). To Wick's credit, he only had 13 regular season matches with only eight of those matches being against D1 competition and counting. Shame though, the five matches that “didn't count” were all won by Pin too. In fact, four wrestlers tied with 32 Fpts: Luka Wick, Chance Lamer (MICH), Max Brignola (LEH), and John Acreri (BUFF). Tying for points and only separated by 0.3 PPM, PJ Ogunsanya (ARMY) and Anthony Artalona (PENN). Both had their opportunities to move up in the rankings with Ogunsanya losing by Injury to end the season (-6 towards his point total) and Artalona starting a month late plus three losses in the regular season (two losses by major). Other notables to miss the cut include Anthony White (RUT) at #29 with 30 Fpts, Willie McDougald (OU) at #31 with 29 Fpts, Jaden Abas (STAN) at #36 with 26 Fpts, Josh Heil (CAMP) at #40 with 24 Fpts, Beau Bartlett (PSU) at #44 with 22 Fpts, and Michael Blockhus (MINN) at #53 with 17 Fpts.
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    Michigan State's Cam Caffey (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Maddie Coon: Hey Cam! So nice to sit down and talk with you! I see you have Beat the Streets coming up, that's super exciting. How did this come about? Cameron Caffey: Yeah, so it was actually maybe three weeks ago, maybe a month ago, I'm up at the Boudro camp and I had actually just kinda done a stint of, you know I'm in Iowa doing a camp and then I come back and I do a camp over in Holland or West Ottawa, I believe, and then I immediately turned and burned from there to do the Boudro camp up in the Upper Peninsula, in addition to doing a practice in Lowell in between there. And I'm up there and I'm at the Boudro camp and I just get a message on Instagram and this guy's just like “Hey, like your wrestling… Do you want to wrestle Nate Jackson?” and I was like “Of course!” Why wouldn't I want to wrestle Nate Jackson? I was really looking forward to getting a chance to wrestle him a couple months ago at the World Team Trials and I just, I didn't make it to him so, I was like “yeah, I mean, I would love to get that chance to wrestle him. I've got nothing to lose, obviously. And I like wrestling, so yeah.” Maddie Coon: So what does it mean to you to work with an organization like Beat the Streets? Cameron Caffey: Yeah, so I've known about Beat the Streets for a while. Obviously in the wrestling community, they put on a lot of really big, kinda marquee matchups and I remember back when I was in youth wrestling, Alli Ragan was like “Oh, look up Beat the Streets, it's really cool!” because I think she might have been on some card back then and she's like “Yeah you should look it up.” So you know, it's been on my radar for awhile. What I'll go ahead and admit: I don't usually tune in, but I do pay attention to the matches afterward and I look at the results. It just looks like a great event, you know, especially the way they usually have it with the benefit, like I think they have it outside or something like that when they usually do it. And so just getting a chance to kinda collab with them and be a part of this is just really cool. Definitely, an opportunity that I didn't necessarily think would come to me, especially not like this. Maddie Coon: And I feel like it's pretty notable to say that Jordan Burroughs is the lead clinician so that's gotta be pretty cool. Cameron Caffey: Yeah, that's really cool! And even like getting to be part of an event with Jordan Burroughs. I kinda got to talk to him for the first time a couple months ago at Big 10s and he's just a great guy. So getting to be around people like Jordan Burroughs, Lee Kemp, and Nate Jackson, that's why I know I must be doing something right. Maddie Coon: Oh definitely! So how are you preparing for this match? Are you going at it as more of a fun thing to do? Are you taking it pretty seriously? Cameron Caffey: Well, obviously I want to win. You know I always want to win, I don't go anywhere with a plan to lose, but it is kinda summer and I'm going to my sixth year of college wrestling… It's funny because I want to say I'm an older guy but I'm way younger than Nate Jackson (both laugh). But I feel old and I just came off of the season - I guess at this point not even just came off-season, that was a couple months ago. But I'm still training hard, obviously, You know, it's funny 'cause it's only a six, seven-minute match, but I'm doing all this training for it. But yeah, I've started training hard and I mean I get to go home next week and see my family but I'll even have one of my teammates, Luke Daly, down there with me and he'll be, he'll be kinda helping me train and get ready for the match. And then I turn and burn and come right back up here and I'm training again. So yeah I'm definitely training pretty hard, especially for summer wrestling. Maddie Coon: Sounds like it! Do you have anything else coming up this summer? Cameron Caffey: A couple more camps. So when I'm home, I'm actually gonna be doing a camp down in Carbondale and I think they'll kinda raise money for the Carbondale Wrestling Club so… looking forward to doing that because I was in that camp when I was a kid. So it'll be nice to go there and kinda be the person who's helping kids learn stuff and helping kids get better over the summer. Who knows, there might be another little Cam Caffey there. Actually, my little brother's going to be there so… (both laugh) But I'm going to be doing that. I'm also going to be doing a camp over at Mattawa, I wanna say sometime in August, sometime in the middle of August. Even besides those, I'm just kinda free to go anywhere and do whatever camps that people ask me to do. I do them on short notice, I'm not really doing anything else at this point, I'm really just training, so I do whatever comes my way. And then kinda weekly I'll go over to Lowell and help kinda do one-on-one sessions over there. So, yeah, a lot going on wrestling-wise. Maddie Coon: Yeah, no breaks! Cameron Caffey: No breaks! Maddie Coon: So you mentioned how it feels like you're just coming off of the season. Are you getting ready for next season? Mentally, physically? What's coming up for you next year? Cameron Caffey: Yeah, so I guess I haven't really made an official announcement yet but I'm still in talks with Roger about next season and about doing that. Like I was just saying, I'm old and run down. This will be my sixth year here with the Spartans. I'll be the oldest guy here. So, you know, just trying to make sure that I go about it the right way. Like what do we need to change to make sure that we don't fizzle out by Big 10s and NCAAs? What do we need to change? What needs to be done differently? Maybe we're going too hard, maybe we're not going hard enough. Those are the things that we've kinda got to figure out now because I don't really have much time left. So I definitely, I like to be relaxed but I can definitely feel that pressure of ‘this is the last dance,' you know? Maddie Coon: Yeah, for sure! So, is there anything else you'd like to plug? Any camps you want people to sign up for? Anything like that? Cameron Caffey: Man, well if anybody I guess close in Michigan or maybe even close in Ohio, if anybody wants to do one-on-one sessions or maybe not one-on-one sessions, but maybe more like clinics, I'm open to doing that. I should have new merch coming out soon. I haven't posted anything about it yet because I'm still kinda getting that straightened out especially considering I still have some of the shirts from last year in the smaller sizes. But I'm definitely, I'm getting ready to come out with more merch so there might be an Instagram post about that soon. So yeah, follow me on Instagram @CamOnTheLam Maddie Coon: Awesome! Thank you so much! We're looking forward to the new merch and I'm looking forward to this match with Nate Jackson. Thank you for sitting down and talking with me and good luck! Cameron Caffey: Thanks for having me. Maddie Coon: Of course. Go Green! Cameron Caffey: Go White!
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