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Nick Heflin, a three-time All-American from Ohio State and the 2014 NCAA runner-up at 197 pounds, will join the Princeton wrestling coaching staff this season as a volunteer assistant coach. Heflin will be a tremendous influence on a strong group of returning upperweights, including NCAA qualifiers Abram Ayala, Brett Harner and 2015 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Jonathan Schleifer. "Nick will be an amazing addition to our coaching staff for a variety of reasons," head coach Chris Ayres said. "First, we have been in need of someone to work more closely with our bigger guys and Nick's wrestling and coaching experience should really allow him to elevate them. Secondly, Nick helped Ohio State win a national championship, and his experience through this process should allow him to inject some fresh perspective into the program. "Finally, we are working to build a top Olympic Regional Training Center at Princeton, and Nick worked with the best one in the country, The Ohio RTC," Ayres added. "Currently, three of the eight U.S. world team members are from the Ohio RTC, including Kyle Snyder, who Coach Heflin worked with on a daily basis. Nick fits what we need right now incredibly well and I am thrilled to work with him throughout the year." Heflin, the 2014 Big Ten champion at 197 pounds, had earned All-America honors as both a sophomore and junior. He defeated Minnesota's Scott Schiller to reach his first NCAA championship match, which he lost 2-1 in heartbreaking fashion; the match referee ruled his takedown occurred just after time expired. Heflin moved into coaching immediately after his undergraduate career ended. Besides his work with the Ohio RTC, he worked as a strength coach with both the Ohio State football and wrestling teams; the former would go on to win the football championship this past January. A human nutrition major, Heflin will work with both the Princeton wrestling team and the Regional Training Center. "I am very excited to be a part of this program," Heflin said. "I am looking forward to aiding Princeton in its quest for championships at both the EIWA and NCAA levels." He will replace Joe Jamison, the longest-tenured member of the Princeton coaching staff, as the volunteer assistant. "With Nick moving into this position, Joe Jamison can focus more of his time and effort making PAWS and the Regional Training Center the best club in the country," Ayres said. "Joe has been amazing for the Princeton program and I know of no one who epitomizes the concept of being a team player more than Joe. He was here before I arrived and we have been through a lot together, so while the move strengthens the overall operations of the program, I will have a hard time not having Joe in the corner at dual meets. "He has been such a huge force in the turnaround of the program and the program is forever indebted to him."

Jeff Jarrett and Bruce Baumgartner will go "On the Mat" this Wednesday, Sept 2. "On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at 1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday at 5 p.m. Central on AM 1650, The Fan. Jarrett is the co-founder of Global Force Wrestling. He is a 6-time NWA World Heavyweight champion. Global Force Wrestling is hosting a show on Friday, Sept. 4 in Waterloo, Iowa -- the same city where the NWA was formed. Baumgartner was a five-time World and Olympic champion. He won World titles in 1986, 1993 and 1995, and Olympic titles in 1984 and 1992. Overall, Baumgartner won 13 World and Olympic medals. A podcast of the show is available on mattalkonline.com. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ty Eustice, the director of wrestling operations at J Robinson Intensive Camps, will be named the new executive director effective on Tuesday, September 1. Eustice has spent the last three years in his current position, leading the continued success of the nation's top Intensive Wrestling Camps, as well as expanding the company's camp line-up to include the first ever Competition Camp. Ty EusticeEustice, a former standout wrestler and two-time All-American at the University of Iowa who holds a Master's Degree in Sports Management, will oversee day-to-day operations of the company's Minneapolis headquarters, in addition to guiding the ongoing development of the largest wrestling camp system in the country. "I'm excited for the opportunity to lead such a respected company. J has been a great mentor to me and our philosophies are very similar," said Eustice. "I believe in what we do here and it's so rewarding to see the impact we have on the wrestlers that come to our camps." Launched in 1978 and led by Head University of Minnesota Wrestling Coach J Robinson, the camps have trained more than 35,000 wrestlers of all ages with a philosophy that focuses on developing technical skill, physical preparation, building mental toughness, and life skills. "It's great to have Ty take on a bigger role in our camps," said Robinson. "He's been successful in what he does because of his work ethic and his attention to detail. We have full trust in him, and I know he will continue to be innovative and help us make the camps even better." J Robinson Intensive Camps will immediately begin the process of filling the now vacant director of wrestling operations position. For more information on this position and J Robinson Intensive Camps, please visit www.jrobinsoncamps.com/careers.

USAF Academy, Colo. -- Air Force wrestling has announced Chase Pami as the new assistant coach starting in the 2015-16 season. Pami joins the Academy by way of the Illinois Regional Training Center, where he was last training for the 2016 Olympic Games. “Coaching is one of my greatest passions,” said Pami. “I think my experience at the highest level will only help the cadet athletes achieve their goals, I know how hard the training is, so I think it will be great for these guys to have someone they can relate to and who understands what they are going through.” Pami comes equipped with an arsenal of experience and skills to further prepare Falcon wrestlers for their upcoming season. “Chase is going to be great for the cadet athletes because he is bringing the competition mentality to the training room,” proclaims head coach Sam Barber. “He's a person of integrity and character, so not only does he align with the institution but he is pursuing greatness in Rio, just like our cadets are pursuing greatness in All-American awards and championships.” Pami boasts an impressive wrestling background and is currently training at the U.S. Olympic Center as a 2016 Olympic wrestling hopeful. As a high school wrestler, Pami was a two-time Nevada State wrestling champion. He earned his bachelor's degree in communication studies at Cal Poly where he wrestled in the 157 weight class. During his time as a Mustang wrestler, he was a two-time PAC 12 champion and a two-time All-American wrestler. Pami furthered his wrestling experience as a freestyle wrestler for Sunkist Kids. He was the 2012 NYAC International Tournament champion, and placed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials. Pami is a two-time World Cup team member for 2012 and 2013, and also placed in the 2013 World Team trials. “I want our cadet athletes to achieve their goals, and become All-Americans and national champions,” Pami said. “More than just being great wrestlers, it is important for me to help these guys be great people outside the wrestling room.” Pami and Air Force wrestling will take to the mat for the first time this season at the Cowboy Open in Laramie, Wyoming this November.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina -- Two Americans won gold medals on Sunday, Jarod Verkleeren of Pennsylvania at 63 kilos /138.75 pounds and Gable Steveson of Minnesota at 100 kilos/220 pounds, on the final day of the UWW Cadet World Championships. Gable Steveson (Photo/Martin Gabor, UWW)Verleeren and Steveson became the third and fourth UWW Cadet World champions for the United States this week. They joined Yianni Diakomihalis of New York, who won a men's freestyle gold at 58 kilos/127.75 pounds on Saturday and Ronna Heaton of South Dakota, who was the women's freestyle champion at 49 kg/108 lbs. on Thursday. Verkleeren won the title with an 11-0 technical fall over Khayrula Nuradinov of Russia in the gold-medal finals. Only one point was scored in the first period, when Nuradinov was put on a shot clock and could not score. In the second period, he scored a duckunder takedown, then reeled off four straight ankle laces to nail down the technical fall. Read complete story ... Team USA results (Sunday): 46 kilos: Dylan D'Emilio, Curtice, Ohio -- 5th WIN Horst Lehr (Germany), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Semion Terzi (Ukraine), 4-3 WIN Yerbolat Rakhmadov (Kazakhstan), 10-5 LOSS Aleksei Kopylov (Russia), tech fall 0-10 LOSS Amir Parasteh (Iran), 4-15 54 kilos: Daton Fix, Sand Springs, Okla. -- BRONZE WIN Vazgen Tevanyan (Armenia), 7-1 WIN Vano Godelashvili (Georgia), tech. fall 12-0 LOSS Abasgadzhi Magomedov (Russia), 2-3 WIN Nicolai Grahmez (Moldova), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Abbos Rakhmonov (Uzbekistan), tech. fall 15-2 63 kilos: Jarod Verkleeren, Perryopolis, Pa. -- GOLD WIN Vasili Diaconu (Moldova), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Tobias Portman (Switzerland), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Ahmed Medizhadehmarzn (Iran), 9-5 WIN Khayrula Nuradinov (Russia), tech. fall, 11-0 76 kilos: Joseph Grello, Newton, N.J. -- DNP/14th LOSS Ivan Stefanov (Bulgaria), 8-10 LOSS Arkadzi Pahasian (Belarus), 2-3 100 kilos: Gable Steveson, Apple Valley, Minn. -- GOLD WIN Georgios Georgiadis (Greece), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Alimagomed Alikhmayev (Azerbaijan), 5-5 WIN Zuriko Urtashvili (Georgia), 13-2 WIN Soslan Khinchagov (Russia), 10-5 WIN Khasanboy Rakhimov (Uzbekistan), 9-0

It's official: Gelen Robinson, Purdue University heavyweight wrestler who is also on the school's football and track teams, will be suspended for just two games, Boilermaker head football coach Darrell Hazell announced Thursday. Earlier this month, Hazell had said multi-sport star might be suspended from the football team for up to four games. However, in revealing the two-day limit on Robinson's suspension, Hazell told the Indianapolis Star, “He did a little more than we asked him to do. He's abided by our curfew and he's been a stellar guy in the last six weeks or however long it's been." With the two-game suspension, Robinson, 20, will sit out the road trip to Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., and a home game vs. Indiana State. The defensive end/rush end will be eligible to play at the Sept. 19 home game against Virginia Tech. The suspension is only applicable to his role on the Purdue football team, not the wrestling program. Robinson's suspension is a result of his arrested in late June for his second alcohol-related offense since coming to the Big Ten school in fall 2014. Earlier this summer, the Schereville, Ind. sophomore athlete was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 percent or more and illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage. Those charges triggered a violation of a prior diversion agreement with the courts set up in Aug. 2014 after Robinson had been for minor consumption by Purdue University Police Department in June of that year. A diversion agreement allows a defendant to have the charges dismissed if he or she abides by formal terms and conditions over a certain period of time. According to the terms of that agreement, Robinson made a commitment to, among other things, not to "consume alcohol or alcoholic beverages" and not to "enter any bar, tavern or liquor store" for the duration of the agreement, which had been in effect until Aug. 3, 2015. Robinson, son of Purdue basketball All-American Glenn Robinson, was a two-time Indiana state wrestling champ at 220 pounds as a junior and senior for Lake Central High School in northwest Indiana. As a freshman this past season at Purdue, the 6'1” Robinson compiled a 3-4 overall record wrestling heavyweight for the Boilermaker wrestling squad and first-year coach Tony Ersland, and was 1-3 in Big Ten dual meets.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina -- Yianni Diakomihalis of New York won a gold medal at 58 kilos/127.75 pounds at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Saturday. Yianni Diakomihalis gets in on a shot against Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold medal match (Photo/Martin Gabor, UWW)Diakomihalis, a three-time New York state high school champion, defeated Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold-medal match, 6-3. Motoyama opened with a double leg takedown to lead 2-0, but Diakomihalis stormed back with a takedown and a turn late in the first period to take a 4-2 lead into the break. Diakomihalis scored a clutch spin-behind takedown midway through the second period for a 6-2 lead. Officials hit Diakomihalis with a fleeing the hold penalty late in the period to make the final score 6-3. Diakomihalis becomes the second U.S. wrestler to win a UWW Cadet World title so far this year, joining women's freestyle star Ronna Heaton of South Dakota, who was the champion at 49 kilos/108 pounds on Thursday. Read complete story ... Team USA results (Saturday): 42 kilos: Malik Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colo. -- DNP/16th LOSS Shahin Mukhtarov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall. 0-11 50 kilos: Gavin Teasdale, Rices Landing, Pa. -- 8th WIN Igor Nykyforuk (Ukraine), tech. fall, 14-3 LOSS Tumentsogt Bold (Mongolia), 3-4 58 kilos: Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y. -- GOLD WIN Maksat Talkambaev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Fazil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), pin WIN Dymytro Mykhniuk (Ukraine), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Soslan Guchakov (Russia), 10-5 WIN Jintaro Motoyama (Japan), 6-3 69 kilos: Brady Berge, Mantorville, Minn. -- DNP/13th WIN Dawid Piskorz (Poland), 4-0 LOSS Rachi Sachin (India), 0-6 85 kilos: Owen Webster, Shakopee, Minn. -- BRONZE WIN Yaraslau Slavikouski (Belarus), 8-4 LOSS Khusanboy Rakhimov (Uzbekistan), 2-4 WIN Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 9-0 WIN Rahid Hamidli (Azerbaijan), 1-1

Marcus Harrington, a redshirt freshman wrestler at Iowa State and two-time Iowa state champ, has been charged with assaulting a man in an apartment in Ames, Iowa, and has been suspended indefinitely by the Cyclones, the Ames Tribune reported Friday. Marcus HarringtonHarrington, 19, turned himself into police Thursday for the alleged incident which took place last Saturday, Aug. 22. The former Waterloo West wrestler has been charged with assault with serious injury after punching another man in the face, breaking his jaw completely in one place, and partially in another. Harrington was taken to the Story County jail in nearby Nevada, Iowa, then released after posting bail. In the meantime, ISU head wrestling coach Kevin Jackson has suspended Harrington indefinitely, telling the Ames Tribune, "We are very disappointed in Marcus. We take the charges Marcus has been accused of very seriously. Marcus has been suspended indefinitely from the team under the student-athlete code of conduct policy." According to Ames police, the victim was at his friend's apartment on Aug. 22 when he said that Harrington was causing problems. The victim told police he asked Harrington to leave; Harrington responded by allegedly punching the victim in the jaw. Court documents said when officers arrived, the victim was in the complex hallway bleeding from the mouth. Harrington had already left the apartment, a police spokesperson said. After being interviewed by police, the victim was taken to the emergency room, where he subsequently underwent surgery. According to court documents, the victim's jaw is currently wired shut in an attempt to repair the damage. Assault with serious injury is a class D felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $750 to $7,500. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 14, Harrington's 20th birthday. According to his official ISU wrestling bio, Harrington redshirted his initial season as an Iowa State wrestler. The 197-pounder competed in five tournaments unattached, posting a 19-5 record for the 2014-15 season. Prior to coming to Ames, Harrington wrestled at Waterloo West High School, where he was a two-time Iowa state champion at 195 pounds. As a Wahawk, he compiled an overall record of 149-32. In addition, Harrington was a 2014 USA Wrestling Junior National Freestyle championship at 220 pounds, a NHSCA (National High School Coaches Association) national champion at 195, and received the 2014 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for Iowa, based on excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship and community service. In Sept. 2013, Harrington made a verbal commitment to wrestle at Iowa State, choosing the Cyclones over University of Northern Iowa and the University of Nebraska. In announcing his decision, Harrington said it was his dream to wear an ISU singlet. Citing his mentor, the late Willie Gadson, long-time Waterloo East wrestling coach, Iowa State All-American and father of 2015 NCAA champ Kyven Gadson, Harrington told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Making my dream a reality is awesome. Coach Gadson introduced me to Coach Jackson a couple of years ago and it really has been a dream to go there." Harrington is studying Criminology and Criminal Justice, according to his Iowa State bio.

Shaun Williams, who wrestled for the now-defunct University of Oregon mat program, is leaving his head wrestling coaching job at an Oregon high school to take a similar position in Washington State, The Oregonian reported Friday. Williams had been coaching at Hermiston High School since 2012, taking the Bulldogs to three consecutive Oregon Class 5A championships from 2013-15. Citing family and job reasons, Williams turned in his resignation Thursday, and will be making his new home in Spokane, Wash. where he will coach and serve as a special education teacher at Central Valley High. The former Duck wrestler told The Oregonian that a major factor in making the move is to be closer to his 11-year-old son, who lives with his mother in Spokane. "(My son) has a great support system up there, and I want to be a part of what he does," Williams said. "I weighed my options of do I stay or do I go, but in the end I've got to go up there and be closer to him." It's a homecoming of sorts for Williams. Although a native of South Africa, Williams launched his collegiate mat career at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho which is about 30 miles east of Spokane. Earlier in his coaching career he served as an assistant at Central Valley. Williams had an impressive on-the-mat career. He won a NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) title at North Idaho, then came to Oregon, where he was a two-time qualifier for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in 2001 and 2002 at 125 pounds. In 2002, Williams, the No. 8 seed, reached the round of 12, where he lost to eventual champ Stephen Abas of Fresno State. Beyond college, Williams wrestled freestyle for his native South Africa, placing 11th at the 2003 World Championships, and competing at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

J.D. Oliva, former Northern Illinois University wrestler who has coached at the high school level and has participated in the production of documentaries about the sport, will be taking the helm of the Harvard High School wrestling program in northern Illinois, the Northwest Herald reported Friday. J.D. OliviaThe former Huskie - who graduated from NIU in 2003 with a degree in communication -- posted this message on his Twitter account: "It's official. I'm the Head Wrestling Coach at Harvard High School! Excited to start a new chapter in a school w/a huge wrestling tradition!" Oliva, who had been an assistant wrestling coach at South Elgin High School for a decade, echoed that sentiment in his interview with Northwest Herald reporter Caitlin Swieca, saying he wanted to guide the Harvard Hornets to reclaim past glory. "Wrestling is such a big deal here," Oliva said. "Five Hall of Fame coaches, all the state place winners, and two-time state champions, there's so much tradition that goes into a place like this. As a guy who grew up in an area that wasn't very rich in wrestling tradition, it's everything I've always wanted." "That's why I came here," Oliva continued "It's a place that's done it before, and now they're ready for it to happen again. It's just steering it in the right direction." Oliva has first-hand familiarity with Harvard's success. As a wrestler at Streamwood High in northwest suburban Chicago, he has fond memories of competing at a tournament at Harvard. As the owner of a video production business, Oliva got an inside look at the program when the team's coaches asked him to make a video for the program's 50th anniversary back in 2009. In addition to producing that documentary about Harvard High's wrestling program, Oliva has been involved in other film projects about amateur wrestling, including a feature-length independent movie titled "7 Minutes," and "Independence: Wrestling with a Community", a 2010 documentary chronicling an entire season of the high school wrestling program in Independence, Iowa, located between Waterloo and Dubuque, which was the subject of an InterMat Rewind feature five years ago.

The one-time Buckeye who briefly joined the Pride is now a Blue Raider, as former Ohio State wrestler Cam Tessari is one of three transfer students and 18 new recruits who will be on the roster of the Blue Raider wrestling program at Lindsey Wilson College, the Kentucky-based NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) school announced. Tessari, 24, left Ohio State after thde 2012-2013 season to transfer to Hofstra University. ElevenWarriors.com, an unofficial Buckeyes sports website, reported in February 2014 that Tessari was no longer at the Long Island, N.Y. Division I school, according to Coach Rob Anspach. Cam Tessari battles Jason Chamberlain in the semifinals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational during the 2012-13 season (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Tessari spent two seasons at Ohio State, where earned All-American honors after finishing fourth in the 149-pound bracket as a freshman at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. As a Buckeye, Tessari compiled an overall record of 41-18. Prior to coming to Columbus, Tessari was a four-time Ohio state champion at Monroeville High School, the same alma mater as former Buckeye teammate -- and four-time NCAA champ -- Logan Stieber. Tessari, who had been the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the nation at 140 pounds, concluded his high school career with a 189-6 record, including a 52-1 mark his senior season. Tessari was also a 2009 Junior Nationals Champion and helped Monroeville to the state team title as a junior. "Cam's wrestling ability is amazing," said Lindsey Wilson head coach Corey Ruff. "He has a great feel for things and is comfortable in any situation. He's already proven a great deal to me and I can't wait for him to not only take advantage of this opportunity, but to see him meet his own expectations." In addition to Tessari, the other two collegians transferring to Lindsey Wilson include Arizona native Diorian Coleman, a 2014 NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) 165-pound national champ for McKendree University in Illinois, and Matthew Walker from Iowa Western Community College, who is originally from Ohio. "All three transfer students are supreme talents that will have the opportunity to make a huge impact for this team," Ruff said. "Our staff is really excited to see them start off doing all the right things in the classroom and on the mat." Most of the other wrestlers entering Lindsey Wilson this fall as freshmen are from high schools located in Kentucky. Lindsey Wilson College describes itself as "a four-year liberal-arts college affiliated with the Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church." Located in Columbia, Ky., Lindsey Wilson is in south-central Kentucky, about 20 miles from Lake Cumberland. Founded in 1903, Lindsey Wilson has approximately 2,700 students.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina -- American Alleida Martinez captured a silver medal and teammate Alexis Bleau earned a bronze medal at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Friday night. Martinez dropped a 10-0 technical fall to returning Cadet World champion Yui Sasaki of Japan in the gold-medal finals in women's freestyle wrestling at 46 kilos/101.5 pounds. Bleau scored three second-period takedowns to down 2015 Asian Cadet silver medalist Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj of Mongolia 6-3 in the bronze-medal match at 70 kilos/154 pounds. Read complete story ... Team USA results (Friday): 40 kilos: Vayle Baker, Benton, Pa. LOSS Rumi Fujisawa (Japan), 6-6 46 kilos: Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif. -- SILVER WIN Florenta Diaconu (Moldova), pin WIN Aynur Ege (Turkey), 2-1 WIN Maria Tiumerekova (Russia), 3-2 LOSS Yui Susaki (Japan), 0-10 52 kilos: Gracie Figueroa, Sanger, Calif. LOSS Leyla Gurbanov (Azerbaijan), 3-4 LOSS Sae Nanjo (Japan), 2-4 60 kilos: Ashlynn Ortega, Pueblo, Colo. LOSS Wiktoria Choluj (Poland), 2-7 70 kilos: Alexis Bleau, Berne, N.Y. -- BRONZE LOSS Mei Shindo (Japan), pin WIN Justyna Walotek (Poland), tech fall 10-0 WIN Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj (Mongolia), 6-3

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- The Ouachita Baptist University Athletic Department officially announced the hiring of new wrestling head coach Todd Allen. Allen's hiring comes after a nationwide search of prospective candidates to take over the position. Athletic Director David Sharp complimented Allen's career both as a coach and a leader. Todd Allen (Photo/Kyle Parris)"Coach Allen is the perfect fit for our program," Sharp said. "He brings with him a history of success as a coach and a competitor. He has a distinguished career as a serviceman and those qualities will be of great benefit to our wrestlers and the program." Allen most recently served as the head coach at Cumberland State University in Lebanon, Tennessee where he coached and trained six NAIA All-Americans, including a national champion and a national runner-up. While at Cumberland, Allen's squad's finished sixth nationally in 2013-14 and produced three Academic All-Americans. "I'm extremely grateful to become the head coach at Ouachita," Coach Allen said. "It's a great opportunity to work with the athletes here and continue to build on the winning traditions already established here." Allen added, "Being here and seeing the facilities, I know with the guys we have coming back we will meet and exceed expectations going into this season." A native of Kentucky, Coach Allen also served as a company commander for the Kentucky Army National Guard and earned the Bronze Star during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky and earned his Masters of Business Administration from Cumberland University in 2008.

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team has added Josh Dziewa as its director of operations, head coach Alex Tirapelle announced. "I am excited to announce that Josh Dziewa has officially joined the Penn Wrestling staff as our new director of operations," said Tirapelle, the Roger Reina Head Coach of Wrestling. "Josh is a Pennsylvania product that spent his collegiate career competing for the storied University of Iowa program. In addition to his contributions to Penn Wrestling, Josh will also spend time with the Pennsylvania RTC and Beat the Streets Philadelphia. All three organizations will benefit greatly from his wealth of experiences." In his role, Dziewa will be responsible for coordinating the handling all of Penn Wrestling's operational needs; including travel arrangements, video scouting, camp and clinic registration, and recruiting. In addition, he will serve as Penn Wrestling's liaison to Beat The Streets. Dziewa, a 2015 graduate of Iowa, was a two-time NCAA qualifier for the Hawkeyes where he compiled an 84-26 career record. In 2015, Dziewa was runner-up at the Big Ten Championships at 141 pounds, and finished the season with a 29-9 record. A four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Dziewa was named to the NWCA All-Academic team in 2015 and received Iowa's J. Donald McPike, Sr. Award as the senior wrestler with the highest GPA. A Yardley, Pa. native, Dziewa attended Council Rock South High School where he posted a career record of 124-7 and was a state champion. Dziewa graduated from Iowa with a degree in recreation and sports business.

On Monday, Sept. 7 the Wrestling World Championships will visit the United States for the first time since 2003. The last championships in America -- hosted in part by a New York City Olympic Committee hoping to land the 2012 Olympic Games -- were a successful event for spectators and athletes. The 2015 World Championships should be a similar success. USA Wrestling is working around the clock to ensure that athletes, fans and press all have access to what they need to enjoy the championships. Based on what was seen at the World Cup the level of production will be extraordinarily high and there is every reason to think that #VegasWorlds will be a top notch international event. Despite the increased attention to Olympic style wrestling, many watching the World Championships in the United States will be largely unaccustomed to watching freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling. Save a few spectacular spring matchups many wrestling fans focus almost entirely on the NCAA season. To better understand the differences in folkstyle and the Olympic styles it's helpful to think of American folkstyle wrestling as more akin to grappling or jiu-jitsu than to any one of the international styles. For starters folkstyle developed from catch-as-catch-can wrestling and had no previous relationship with freestyle -- the closer cousin of the two styles. The schism between catch and folkstyle began at the turn of the 20th century when schools wanted to endorse the sport, but needed more governing rules. Though the split is now noticeable, many of catch's traits can be seen in today's folsktyle, most notably, "riding" opponents and the idea of "control." As opposed to American folkstyle, international wrestling is based on the idea of rewarding techniques rather than control. For example, exposing an opponent's belly to the sky is always two points in the Olympic styles, where extended control in American folkstyle can be worth as many as four points. The Olympic styles promote action by requiring a new move for each set of points. The rules can seem confusing to first-time fans, but make somewhat more sense when through the lens of rewarding technique rather than control. For example, Wrestler A will double leg Wrestler B and earn four points for also exposing their back during the technique. That technique is worth four points because it's from the feet to the back. However, there will be scramble-like takedowns with follow-up exposures from the same position (no gut wrench, etc.) that may only score two points. One technique results in one set of points. There is a pushout rule in all three styles, though no push -- defined as arms at full extension -- should be rewarded. This is strictly enforced in Greco-Roman but is more lax in freestyle and women's wrestling since there is more action on the mat re: leg attacks and tougher to distinguish intent. Challenges must be registered within a reasonable time frame of the action in question -- roughly five seconds depending on if the call in question was the final action in the sequence or in the midst of a flurry of action. You cede a point for losing a challenge. You retain your challenge if you win and are allowed a subsequent challenge. These rules are why many tight matches will end with an angry coach tossing out the challenge block. There is little to lose and sometimes those last-second calls can be complicated. There is no overtime. The criterion for deciding the winner of a match with the same numerical score is 1. the highest value of holds; 2. the least amount of cautions; 3. the last technical point(s) scored. The criteria is always known throughout the match with the winning wrestler enjoying an underline under their score on the scoreboard. Technical falls are 8 points in Greco-Roman and 10 points in freestyle and women's wrestling; repechage is a follow-the-leader style of wrestleback; full results, video and wraps are available on UnitedWorldWrestling.org via a dedicated event page. InterMat will also be providing coverage throughout the event. There are plenty of other differences in the styles, but as a general introduction this should get you started. Be sure to follow the action and join the conversation with the hashtag #VegasWorlds! To your questions … Q: Correct me if I am wrong, but there has never been an individual who has won four Olympic gold medals in any of the styles. I am curious if Saori Yoshida (Japan), Kaori Icho (Japan), or Artur Taymazov (Uzbekistan) have any plans to compete in Rio 2016. It certainly would be a treat to see one, two, or three individuals achieve such an amazing accomplishment! -- Jacob R. Foley: Yoshida and Icho will both compete in the 2016 Games and are each heavy favorites to win their fourth Olympic gold -- something has never been accomplished in the sport of wrestling. The cool thing is that Yoshida will almost certainly go for her fifth in 2020 as the Games are being hosted in Tokyo. Icho is less certain to compete another four years, but were she to attempt a fifth title would also be the favorite. She hasn't lost since the 2004 World Championships and is on a 153-match winning streak. As for Taymazov … Artur Taymazov (Photo/Andrew Hipps, InterMat)Q: Every Olympic year some past stars come out of retirement and make one last run at Olympic glory. Who do you think you think we might see come out of retirement in 2016? -- Mike C. Foley: Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan is the most likely candidate. He's still large and though Taha Akgul has been dominant for a few seasons I think Taymazov sees little downside to throwing his name into the Olympic competition. Uzbekistan's current heavyweight is not nearly as talented and the idea that Taymazov could win a fourth Olympic title must be compelling many within the Uzbeki ranks to compel him to compete. His comeback would be a huge news story for the sport of wrestling. MULTIMEDIA HALFTIME Kaori Icho highlights Artur Taymazov vs. Tervel Dlagnev at 2012 Olympic Games Q: Ronda Rousey is the biggest star in MMA. Do you think a women's freestyle wrestler will ever be USA Wrestling's biggest star? -- Mike C. Foley: I'd like to believe it was possible for a woman to be the biggest star, but unfortunately there aren't yet enough opportunities for women to be seen before reaching the international stage. Where Jordan Burroughs had four years to make his name at the NCAA level, even the top-tier women like Adeline Gray don't enjoy that same exposure. For a woman to be the most marketable entity for USA Wrestling would require an undefeated record, brash personality, and (sorry to say) beauty. I think our current women are incredibly talented, well-marketed and beautiful. But for them to overcome the NCAA head start that Burroughs, Ramos and others enjoy is a bridge too far. By the way, in terms of superstardom Ronda Rousey now says things that make NyMag. Can any female athlete do the same? No. Q: What is your prediction for the Bulgarian 74-kilo wrestler who wrestled for Boise State? I can't his remember name. -- @Will_J_157 Foley: Georgi Ivanov the Bulgarian Nightmare. Talented, young and well-prepared for international competition. Should he end up making the trip I'd expect him to give some of the top ten guys a challenging match, though I doubt he's on the level of Jordan Burroughs or Aniuar Geduev. Q: If you were an AD starting a new Division I wrestling program and you had the choice of any current coach to lead your new program, which coach would you pick? -- Mike C. Foley: Cael Sanderson and whoever he chose as his top assistant. You can't argue with his success on the mat, relationship with alumni, public image, etc. There are myriad qualified candidates (Zeke Jones) but Coach Cael is as surefire a choice as there is in the collegiate coaching ranks in any sport.

Ronna Heaton (Photo/Martin Gabor)SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina -- Ronna Heaton became the first American medalist at the 2015 UWW Cadet World Championships. And she did it in convincing fashion. Heaton scored takedowns on counters in each period to defeat Japan's Saki Igarishi 4-0 and win a Cadet World title in women's freestyle wrestling on Thursday night. Heaton ran around the mat carrying an American flag in celebration of her big win. Read complete story ... Team USA results (Thursday) 38 kilos: Jessica Rudick, Quarryville, Pa. LOSS Cansu Yilmaz (Turkey), pin 43 kilos: McKayla Campbell, Wauseon, Ohio -- 5th WIN Mariana Dragutan (Moldova), pin LOSS Yubeka Tanabe (Japan), tech. fall 2-12 WIN Nikoleta Molnar (Hungary), pin 1:50 LOSS Stefania Priceputu (Romania), tech. fall 2-12 49 kilos: Ronna Heaton, Brookings, S.D. -- GOLD WIN Esra Pul (Turkey), 12-3 WIN Anastasia Sizenko (Russia), 10-6 WIN Yevgenia Pavlova (Ukraine), pin 1:50 WIN Saki Igarishi (Japan), 4-0 56 kilos: Alexandria Liles, Allen, Texas WIN Krystsina Sazykina (Belarus), 8-2 WIN Johanna Lindborg (Sweden), 6-1 LOSS Shabnam Ahmadova (Azerbaijan), 0-2 65 kilos: Kayla Marano, Tulsa, Okla. -- BRONZE WIN Siyka Ivanova (Bulgaria), tech. fall 10-0 WIN Karina Moissevenko (Kazakhstan), 3-0 LOSS Koumba Larroque (France), tech. fall 0-10 WIN Enrica Rinaldi (Italy), 6-0

The organizing committee for The Clash XIV, National Wrestling Duals, announced five more teams slated to appear in the 32-team event on January 1st and 2nd of 2016. Four of those squads are making debut appearances at The Clash, with the most notable of those being Archer, Ga. The Tigers finished last year ranked No. 11 in the InterMat Fab50 national team rankings, and earned their third straight state title in both the dual meet and traditional state tournaments. Archer also has won 79 consecutive dual meets headed into the 2015-16 season, and return six state place-winners from last year squad. That includes a quartet of state champions in Chris Diaz (132), Thomas Bullard (160), Daniel Bullard (170), and Quinn Miller (220); Diaz and the Bullard twins are ranked among the top 100 Class of 2016 wrestlers nationally, while Miller is among the top 50 in the Class of 2017. Gavin Smith (106) placed third, Vinny Artigues (120) placed second, while Jacob Lill (285) placed at state in 2014. The lone team with previous Clash experience is Simley, Minn. The Trojans have won back-to-back state titles in Class AA, along with seven of the last eight overall. In the January 2015 edition of The Clash, they finished third in Bracket "A" on day one and third place in the round-robin of third place teams on day two. Two state placers return for Simley, state runner-up Jake Gliva (113) and two-time state fourth placer Anthony Jackson (126); Jackson is ranked No. 12 overall among Class of 2019 wrestlers. Six other wrestlers return from state tournament appearances during the 2014-15 season, including Greg Kerkvleit (152) whom is now a two-time state qualifier. Other debutants announced today are Jefferson City, Mo., Sand Springs, Okla., and Victor Valley, Minn. Jefferson City placed seventh in the big-school, Class 4, state tournament. They return eight state qualifiers from last year's team, including a quartet of state medalists. Leading that group is returning state runner-up Jalen Martin (195), who is joined by third place finisher Logan Moriarty (160), fourth place finisher Christian Mayberry (126), and sixth placer Rashaun Woods (182). Sand Springs placed third in the big-school, Class 6A, state tournament; directly ahead of them in the standings were a pair of nationally ranked teams. The Sandites return two state placers from this past year's team in state champion Daton Fix (120) and third place medalist Trace Fleischman (2016). Also returning is 2014 state runner-up John Jimanez (126). Of note here is that Fix is presently ranked No. 1 overall in the Class of 2017. Sand Springs also returns five additional wrestlers with state tournament appearances. Rounding out the newcomers to the field is Victor Valley, which returns just one wrestler with state tournament experience in Austin Fifer (195).

The National Wrestling Coaches Association released its annual True Freshman All-Academic Team for the 2014-15 season on Wednesday. The NWCA annually recognizes student-athletes who excel both on the mat and in the classroom. Earlier this year, the NWCA released its Top 30 All-Academic teams and it's individual All-Academic Team. “We believe it's important for the coaches, administrators and everyone within the wrestling community to know the value of the work wrestlers put into their school work,” said NWCA Executive Director. “Often the toughest transition our student-athletes endure is their freshman year where they're taking college-level classes, many are away from home for the first time and they get thrown into competition at the Division I level right away. Retention after the freshman year is vital to the success of our programs and these athletes personify what it means to be a student-athlete at the Division I level." Two Division I All-Americans lead the charge for this year's True Freshman All-Academic Team -- 197-pound NCAA runner-up Kyle Snyder of Ohio State and 141-pound All-American Kevin Jack of North Carolina State. Snyder, a Maryland native, reached the finals before falling to Iowa State's Kyven Gadson, but since, Snyder has excelled in freestyle, making the U.S. World Team at 213 pounds. He'll compete at the World Championships in Las Vegas in early September. Snyder is majoring in Sports Industry. Jack, a Connecticut native, stormed into the NCAA semifinals as an unseeded wrestler. He knocked off Iowa's Josh Dziewa, North Carolina's Joey Ward and Virginia Tech's Devin Carter in back-to-back-to-back matches. He fell to eventual four-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State in the semifinals and ultimately finished in fifth place. Jack's major is undeclared. Two additional NCAA qualifiers were also represented: Lehigh's Scott Parker and Michigan's Garrett Sutton. Parker, a Pennsylvania native majoring in business, went 1-2 at the NCAA Division I Championships at 125 pounds last season and finished the year with a 19-11 mark. Sutton, who came into the starting lineup late in the season and qualified at 165 pounds, is undeclared. He placed sixth in the Big Ten Conference. He was 17-11 this season. N.C. State was the only team with two wrestlers represented, as 133-pounder Bryce Meredith was also named to the True Freshman All-Academic team. Like Jack, he too is still undeclared. Meredith finished the season at 15-7.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Sean Harrington, a two-time All-American and one of the top wrestling veterans from the state of Massachusetts, returns to Harvard as an assistant coach for 2015-16. "I couldn't be more thrilled to bring Sean back to our wrestling program," said Jay Weiss, The David G. Bunning '88 Head Coach for Harvard Wrestling. "He is one of the most passionate people I have ever met and will truly make a huge impact with the student-athletes on our team. He's a true difference-maker and I am delighted he's on our side again." Harrington previously served on the staff at Boston University for three years from 2011-13. While at BU, Harrington took the Terriers to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in 2013, helped the squad receive eight individual NCAA berths and the team earned two NCAA Public Recognition Awards in the multi-year Academic Progress Report (APR). Prior to that he was an assistant at Harvard from 2009-11, where he helped Weiss and the Crimson secure eight individual NCAA berths over three seasons, including 2010 national champion J.P. O'Connor '10. "I am so excited to be part of the Harvard Athletics family," Harrington said. " It is an honor and a pleasure to put the Harvard shield on my chest every morning. I can think of no other institution in which I would have similar pride. Coach Weiss and Coach Abdurakhmanov are two outstanding men. I look forward to working alongside them both to develop this team and help build these young men into champions in life and wrestling. I am wholly ready for the challenge ahead of me and am so thrilled to undertake it." A native of Dracut, Massachusetts, Harrington has been involved in the sport of wrestling as an athlete or coach for over 20 years. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell and later coached for the River Hawks from 1997-98. Harrington returned to competition as a member of the New York Athletic Club and went on to train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for four years. In 2011, Harrington received the PCA Double-Goal Coaching Award presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance. A Double-Goal Coach's first goal is winning, and second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports. As PCA and Liberty Mutual Insurance strive to create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for all youth athletes. Harrington served as the Massachusetts Junior National Wrestling team coach in 2008-09. He is also a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Committee. Harrington, who graduated from UMass-Lowell in 1997 with a degree in business administration, managed BrickHouse Wrestling Fitness LLC, a wrestling and fitness company in Lowell, Mass. Quotes on Sean Harrington from around the country: "Sean Harrington is one of the best coaches I've ever had the pleasure to work with. His work ethic, dedication to his wrestlers and understanding of what it takes to be successful, is unsurpassed. Sean exceeded all that I had hoped for when he assisted with the wrestling program at Boston University." -- Carl Adams, Boston University wrestling head coach for 33 years "I had the pleasure of Coaching/Training Sean Harrington for 3 years at the Olympic Training Center. Sean was an Olympic hopeful at the time. I am confident Sean will pursue his duties at Harvard with the integrity, intensity and energy in which he pursued his Olympic dreams. His technical and tactical knowledge of wrestling is World Class and second to none. I congratulate Harvard on selecting Sean as their Assistant Wrestling Coach." -- Kevin Jackson, Iowa State head wrestling coach

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J Robinson talks to heavyweight Michael Kroells at the NCAAs in St. Louis (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine)The University of Minnesota has extended the contract of long-time head wrestling coach J Robinson through April 2019, according to multiple media reports Wednesday. Robinson was one of three Golden Gopher varsity sports coaches to receive contract extensions without a raise, along with men's track and field/cross-country coach Steve Plasencia whose contract was extended to June 2018, and women's rowing coach Wendy Davis, with a contract extension through June 2017, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. Three other Minnesota coaches -- men's basketball coach Richard Pitino, women's basketball coach Marlene Stollings, and softball coach Jessica Allister -- received raises with their contract extensions. In early August, football coach Jerry Kill received a raise. Robinson, 69, took the helm of the Minnesota wrestling program in 1986. During that time, the Gophers have claimed their first three NCAA Division I team titles in 2001, 2002, and 2007 (and runner-up status six times), with 62 individuals earning NCAA All-American honors, and 14 individual NCAA champs. The coach affectionately known as J Rob has also guided Minnesota to six Big Ten conference team titles, with 30 Gopher wrestlers accounting for 48 individual titles. His .751 winning percentage is a program record, and his 417 dual meet victories stand as the best record in Minnesota wrestling history. Robinson ranks as one of the most honored college wrestling coaches. He was named the Dan Gable Coach of the Year by Wrestling Insider News (WIN) Magazine in 1998, 2001, and earned the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Coach of the Year award in 2001 and 2012. Robinson also has earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors seven times in his career, more than any other coach in the conference's history. In 2001, Robinson received the Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year award for his work and support of wrestling at all levels. In 2005, Robinson was welcomed into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Prior to taking the head coaching position at Minnesota, Robinson was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa from 1976-84. In addition, Robinson served as an assistant coach on four consecutive U.S. Olympic squads - 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 - and was the head coach for the United States at the 1983 Pan American Games. Robinson wrestled at Oklahoma State in the late 1960s, and participated in the ROTC program. He graduated in 1969 as a Distinguished Military Graduate, Distinguished Military Student and was offered a Regular Army Commission as a Second Lieutenant in June 1969. Robinson then attended Airborne and Ranger School (where he was an honor graduate) before beginning his first of two tours in Vietnam. Robinson then represented the U.S. in international competition, and was a member of the 1972 Olympic team that competed in Munich.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Former Central Michigan wrestler Ryan Cubberly has joined coach Tom Borrelli's staff as an assistant coach. Cubberly earned three varsity letters at CMU from 2009-11 and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. He majored in sports management with a minor in athletic coaching. Cubberly worked as a personal trainer at Snap Fitness and as the assistant wrestling coach at Clay High School in Oregon, Ohio, from 2011-12. He served as the head assistant coach at Ashland (Ohio) University from 2012-15 before returning to CMU. He earned his master's of education in sports management from Ashland. Cubberly will serve alongside assistant coach Ben Bennett and under Borrelli, who is entering his 25th season at the helm of the program. “I am very excited to have Ryan back in our program,” Borrelli said. “He gained valuable experience while working at Ashland University as an assistant coach. I think he and Ben will be a great team.”

The Clash National Wrestling Duals announced five more teams to be a part of the field for the January 1-2 event. Twenty teams out of the 32 slated to be in the event have been unveiled. Oak Park River Forest, Ill., champions of the 13th edition of The Clash, are among those additions. The Huskies, who finished the 2014-15 season ranked No. 2 nationally, return four state placers as well as two other wrestlers who competed at the state tournament. Leading the way is state champion Isaiah White (152), who is ranked fourth overall in the Class of 2016. Jason Renteria (113) finished as a state runner-up, Gabe Townsell (126) placed third, while Jamie Hernandez (132) placed fourth; additional state qualifiers were Roland Sturkey (182) and Allen Stallings (220). Also returning are potential impact lightweights Peter Ogunsanya and Anthony Madrigal, as well as upper-weight Christopher Middlebrooks, all of whom were Fargo All-Americans. Two of the five teams are debutants at The Clash: Dakota, Ill., and Rio Rancho, N.M. Dakota has won three consecutive small-school, Class 1A, state tournament championships in Illinois. They return three state champions, two additional placers, and a sixth state tournament participant from the 2014-15 season for the upcoming season. Returning state champions are Alec Henze (113), Nate Olsen (138), and Greg Krulas (152); Andrew Wenger (132) was a runner-up, Jared Packer (160) placed sixth, while Collin Baker (106) participated in the state tournament. Rio Rancho has won or shared the big-school state title in New Mexico during ten of the last 13 seasons, including back-to-back championships. They return six state qualifiers for the upcoming season, led by their lone returning state champion, Ryan Rochford (132). Gabriel Gray (106) and Orion Gutierrez (113) were state runners-up this past season, Santiago Salazar (138) placed fourth, Grant Hermanns (220) earned fifth, while Joseph Glenn (160) was a state qualifier. Prior Lake, Minn. won the second-day round-robin involving teams that placed fifth on the first day of the January 2014 edition of The Clash. The Lakers have advanced to the state (dual meet) tournament semifinals each of the last six seasons in Minnesota's big-school division, Class AAA. They return just three state qualifiers this upcoming season, led by fifth place finishers Zach Smith (113) and Kenny O'Neil (145), with Cadet Greco-Roman All-American Curtis Lemair (106) as that other state qualifier. Rounding out the newly announced quintet of teams is Roseburg, Ore. In their previous Clash appearance, back in January of 2010, they placed sixth overall; finishing second in their day one bracket, then finishing second in their second day round-robin. They return seven state placers for this upcoming season, including a pair of state champions in Layne van Anrooy (152) and Haydn Maley (182). Additional podium finishers were third place medalists Austin Harris (132) and Will Reddekopp (195), fourth place finishers Bennett Mesa (120) and Shane Sabins (132), along with Hunter Sparks (106) who took sixth. Yet again, Roseburg won Oregon's big-school state title in Class 6A last season.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Josh Moore, a two-time All-American and national runner-up who spent the last 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Kent State, has been named the head assistant wrestling coach at Cleveland State. Head Coach Ben Stehura made the announcement on Friday. In addition, Stehura announced the hiring of Fred Garcia as graduate assistant. Garcia is a 2015 graduate of Lock Haven University and a three-time NCAA Division I national qualifier. "When we had the opportunity to hire Josh, I knew we had to bring him on," Stehura said. "I'm extremely excited to have him in Northeast Ohio to help build our program even further. I've known him for a long time and I have been extremely impressed by his work over the last 11 seasons at Kent." Moore is a 2004 graduate of Penn State where he was a two-time NCAA All-American, finishing as a national runner-up in 2004 and third place in 2003. He is the Penn State record holder for all-time matches wrestled (184), falls (53) and senior wins (44). In his 11 years at Kent, Moore was a key piece in helping to rebuild a program that had not had an All-American in 20 years before his hiring. Since then, the program has had nine All-Americans as well as a national champion and several top-25 team finishes over the last eight seasons. Moore coached five MAC Freshman of the Year honorees and had at least four NCAA qualifiers in each of the last five seasons. In the classroom, the program had a team GPA of 2.35 before Moore's hiring and has now been over 3.0 every year since 2012. He is also the founder and director of Kent State Wrestling Camps which has eclipsed 3,000 campers since 2006. "I'm excited to help Coach Stehura continue to build a competitive program that has had a lot of pride over the years," Moore said. "I'm looking forward to building even further on last year's success." Garcia, a native of Donora, Pa., comes to Cleveland State very familiar with EWL wrestling. At Lock Haven, Garcia made it to the EWL Championship in his weight class each of the last three seasons as well as a bid to the NCAA Championships.