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2013-2014 Roger Williams Preview

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Roger Williams University Hawks
Head Coach:Jon Egan
Years at School as head coach: 3rd
Career Record at school: 29-12
Assistant Coaches: Scott Pellerin, Brandon Gauthier

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2012-2013 Dual Meet Record: 17-7
2012-2013 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: 165 Collin Crowell 2x NQ, 184 Shane Parcel NQ
Returning Qualifier: Crowell and Parcel

Top returning starters:
125 – Anthony D’Anton – 6th in Northeast Region
141 – James Carroll – 24-17 record
157 – Frankie Colom – 29-5 record, ranked as high as 8th in the country
165 – Collin Crowell – 37-7 record, ranked as high as 6th in the country
174 – Jack DiBurro – 23-15 record, honorable mention d3wrestle list
174 – Danny Ressler – 25-13 record
184 – Shane Parcel – 36-11 record, NQ, ranked as high as 10th in the country
184 – David Welch – 32-4 record

Top incoming wrestlers:
133 – Patrick LaCroix – 2nd in New England, 2nd in MA
141 – Matt Murphy – top 12 in NJ as a junior
149 – Danny Downes – 2x DE state champ, 3x finalist
149 – Tom Carta – NY State qualifier
157 – Jimmy Ryan – 3rd in New England, MA state champion
157 – Ty Herzog – 2x PA state placer (8th, 5th)
165- Luke Nigro – MA state finalist
184 – Shane Haddad – NJ State qualifier, Region champ
197 – Kyle Foster – 2x New England Placer (2nd, 4th)

Season outlook:
Jon Egan enters his third year leading the Hawks and brings with him an impressive recruiting class to add to the very tough core of returners. The team will be led by returning National Qualifiers Collin Crowell and Shane Parcel. Frankie Colom, David Welch, and Danny Ressler look to improve on their outstanding freshmen campaigns. Crowell and Parcel look to hit the 100 win club as they have 87 and 96, respectively. The incoming group includes three New England placewinners as well as placewinners from some other tough states, giving the team some depth but also filling a few lineup holes.

2013-2014 Concordia University Wisconsin Preview

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Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons
Head Coach: Corey VanGroll
Years at School as head coach: 2nd
Career Record at school: 8-6
Assistant Coaches: Kyle Becker, Bryan Bannister

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2012-2013 Dual Meet Record: 8-6
2012-2013 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Greg Sanders (1st, 149), Sean Ambrocio (125)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Sanders and Ambrocio

Top returning starters:
Greg Sanders: NCAA III Champion
Sean Ambrocio: NCAA III Qualifier
Marcus Lubner: Ranked most of year at 133 (season ending injury)

Season outlook:
First year coach Corey VanGroll had a nice start to his head coaching career as he ended the year celebrating the program’s first ever NCAA Champion as Greg Sanders upset defending champ Kodie Silvestri to win both the 149 lb. title and the Most Outstanding Wrestler award. He and former high school teammate and fellow NCAA qualifier Sean Ambrocio each have two more years left to help Concordia continue to improve. Marcus Lubner returns for one final season after a pair of injury shortened campaigns in 2012 and 2013. With Sanders and Ambrocio leading the way, and a solid group of sophomores gaining experience, it should be another successful season at Concordia.

2013-2014 Alma Preview

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Alma College Scots
Head Coach: Todd Hibbs
Years at School as head coach: 3rd
Career Record at school: 14-16 (70-40-2 overall in career)
Assistant Coaches: Jeremiah Tobias (3rd season), Fletcher Roberts (2nd season), Alex Catlin (3rd season)

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2012-2013 Dual Meet Record: 9-6

Top returning starters:
125 Tyler Foley, 6th MW Regional
165 Matt Tuttle 4th MW Regional
184 Jared Groeneveld 6th MW Regional

Top incoming wrestlers:
Alex Bray, State Champion, 125
Jared Bruner, 2X State Champion, 165/174

Season outlook:
As they enter Year 3, the Scots have added a third full-time coach, built a roster of 55 (just 1 senior) and announced the building of a new wrestling facility for the 2014-15 season. While they lack experience on the national level, the depth has now arrived. The next goal is to climb up the ranks in the tough MW Regional. Tyler Foley, Matt Tuttle, and Jared Groeneveld all placed in a region that produced more All-Americans than any other and will again be a stiff test to what is still a new program looking for their first NCAA qualifier. With a large roster and good coaching staff, the odds are in their favor to send at least one wrestler to Cedar Rapids in March.

2013-2014 Knox Preview

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Knox College Prairie Fire
Head Coach: Joe Norton
Years at School as head coach: First Year
Assistant Coaches: Frank McAndrew

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2012-2013 Dual Meet Record:2-14

Top returning starter: Greg Ventris – 2nd at NWA Conference in 2013.

Top incoming wrestlers:

133: Rich Thomsen – Lindenhurst, IL
141: Esai Ponce – Aurora, IL — 2x State Qualifier IHSA
149: Kyle Heller – Mahomet, IL
165: James Young – Bayfield, CO
184: Matt Surprenant – Macomb, IL — 2x State Qualifier, 3rd place IHSA
197: Connor Niemiec – Oak Lawn, IL
285: Joe Chirbas – Kenosha, WI
285: JJ Nawrot – Deerfield, IL

Season outlook:
Knox College will have a full time wrestling coach this season for the first time since 1983. Joe Norton comes over from North Central College where he competed for four years before serving as an assistant coach for three. The biggest task will be to build the roster and attract quality recruits. Greg Ventris is the top returner, a junior that will compete at 174, and a couple of freshmen enter the picture with state tournament experience. The Prairie Fire may still struggle to compete in the tough Central Regional, but should see vast improvements with a full-time coach at the helm.

Team Previews Coming Tomorrow

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The first of the 2013-2014 d3wrestle.com team previews will start appearing on the site tomorrow. We will continue to post as information comes in up until the beginning of the season in November. Here are some links to help you get ready.

2012-2013 Previews

2013 NCAA Championships Coverage

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2014 Cultural Exchange Trip

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Cultural Exchange Workout

Link to d3wrestle.com International Coverage, including updates from the 2012 and 2013 Cultural Exchange trips.

The plans for next years Cultural Exchange trip are being formulated. George Kalchev of George Tours has put together a 5 capital, 4 country trip for 2014. This trip would include Paris, France, Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria. They are hoping to have a group of 20-30 for next year’s trip.

The trip has been moved up one month to accommodate more students from the US and their summer jobs and employment.  This also works well for the countries on the tour as they are still in their competitive season trying to make club and national teams.  The trip will be a 12-13 day trip starting at the end of May and running through the first week of June.  The team will most likely assemble in New York to fly out together.  The cost of the trip right now is $3000 and a deposit of $300 will reserve that price up until the first of the year.  This price includes round-trip airfare from New York and all travel expenses, hotel, training, sightseeing, and three meals a day.  Anyone interested should contact Tim Fader at 262-472-1867 or fadert@uww.edu.  He will also be taking applications for the coaching positions for this trip. The Division III Coaches Association has provided a stipend for the head coach and assistant coach for the trip as well as an amount to make team singelets and warmups.  More information will be coming soon, and click the link at the top to see blogs from past trips.

Last year’s trip had wrestlers from Ursinsus, Johnson and Wales, Messiah, UW Whitewater, Lakeland, Heidelberg, Elizabethtown and Norwich. The team included All Americans and NCAA Qualifiers as well as guys that had not competed in college yet. They never weighed in but competed three times with anywhere from 4-8 matches on the trip.

NYU Adds Kobilansky to Staff

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Gene Kobilansky, a three time NCAA qualifier for NYU, returns to the school as an assistant coach for the 2013-2014 season. Kobilansky wrestled 141 and 149 lbs. and is third on the NYU all-time wins list with 118 victories. See below for more from NYU Sports Information.

Kobilansky Added to Wrestling Staff
Former Grappler Returns to Serve as an Assistant Coach

9/19/2013 3:03:00 PM

Gene Kobilansky, one of New York University’s most decorated wrestlers, has been hired as an assistant coach of the program. He will be working mainly with the team’s middleweights.
A 2007 NYU graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, Kobilansky was a four-year member of the wrestling team. He compiled 118 career victories, the third-highest total in program history. Kobilansky recorded 64 wins at 141 pounds, the most ever by an NYU grappler, while his 48 victories at 149 pounds remains the second most at that weight class.

During his NYU career, Kobilansky earned University Athletic Association (UAA)
Rookie of the Year honors, UAA Most Outstanding Wrestler accolades as a senior, was a three-time National Wrestling Coaches’ Association Scholar All-American and UAA All-Academic honoree, an 11-time UAA Athlete of the Week selection, and was the only three-time NCAA Championships qualifier in NYU program history.

“Having Gene back with us is a terrific boost for our program,” said NYU Head Coach Bruce Haberli. “The skills and knowledge he brings of both wrestling and New York University will be a great benefit to our wrestlers.

Kobilansky, who also earned a certification in management consulting from Yale University in 2007, went on to win a silver medal in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the Pan Am Games in 2007. He also currently does private instruction with aspiring Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters.

“I’ve wanted to be a wrestling coach at NYU ever since I graduated,” Kobilansky said. “I am excited to finally have that opportunity to give back to the program.”

A native of Kiev, Ukraine, who was raised in Rochester, NY, Kobilansky currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

WrestlingGear.com 15th Anniversary Giveaway

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ELMHURST, Ill., Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — In 1998, Jeffrey Pape started WrestlingGear.Com to sell adidas wrestling gear. Fast forward to 2013, and the company is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Fans of the sport can join in on the celebration festivities by entering the WrestlingGear.Com Birthday Giveaway.

In an effort to promote their brand and support their favorite sport, the company is looking to sponsor one lucky high school, junior high, USA wrestling club, Independent club, or AAU club. This contest will offer schools a chance to win a variety of exciting prizes for their athletes including wrestling shoes, apparel and gear.

This contest launched on WrestlingGear.Com’s birthday, August 18, and will run through September 30th. To enter, fans just need to enter a name and email address. By providing additional information, users can receive additional entries into the giveaway. There will also be additional entries given for opting into text updates and email notifications. Visit WrestlingGear.Com for more information.

The grand prize winner of the WrestlingGear.Com Birthday Giveaway will win brand new wrestling gear for their entire team. This includes 20 adidas Stock Singlets, 20 adidas wrestling shoes, and 20 ear guards. This prize package is estimated at more than $2,700.
Other prizes include:
1) First Place Prize – 20 Cliff Keen Loose Fit shirts with your logo printed on the chest. Estimated retail price of over $500
2) Second Prize – 4 winners will receive a Pair of adidas Combat Speed Wrestling Shoes. Estimated Value more than $65 each. 2 winners will also receive a pair of Brute John Smith 25 Wrestling Shoes. Estimated value of $125 each.
3) Honorary Prizes – 6 lucky winners will receive Cliff Keen Signature Ear Guards. Estimated value of $30 each. And 6 additional winners will each receive adidas adiZero Ear Guards. Estimated value of $30 each.
WrestlingGear.Com is a family owned and operated business. Jeff Pape and his entire family have had a hand in making it the growing company it is today. Their passion for wrestling far outweighs their desire to make a sale. Everything in the company’s inventory is something specifically chosen based on the needs of wrestlers.

This local company went from exclusively selling adidas and Brute wrestling gear to an extensive inventory of all the top brands. “Over the years, WrestlingGear.Com has continued to build a strong relationship with the adidas brand,” said Tim Gardner, a Managing Partner for adidas. As WrestlingGear.Com expands, it hopes to continue supporting wrestling as a sport and athletes of every experience level.
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U.S. News College Rankings

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Here is how some Division III wrestling schools fared in the recent U.S. News & World Report College Rankings. Schools were separated into National Universities and National Liberal Arts Colleges. There are also regional rankings that can be found on the website, but here is a list of the Division III wrestling schools in each of the National Categories.

U.S. News and World Report College Rankings

National Universities
#5 University of Chicago
#12 Johns Hopkins University
#32 New York University
#37 Case Western Reserve University
#62 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
#82 Steven Institute of Technology

National Liberal Arts Colleges
#1 Williams
#14 Washington & Lee
#17 Wesleyan
#36 Trinity
#50 Gettysburg
#52 St. Olaf
#57 Wabash and Wheaton
#65 Muhlenberg
#76 St. John’s
#82 Knox and Ursinus
#94 Luther
#97 Cornell and Washington & Jefferson
#100 Augustana

Knox Hires Norton

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Joe Norton

Knox College has announced the hiring of Joe Norton as their new head wrestling coach. Norton comes from North Central College where he was a graduate assistant coach and four time Great Lakes Regional placewinner as a competitor. Norton replaces longtime coach Tony Islas who left the school after 12 seasons. Read below for more.

Joe Norton Named New Head Wrestling Coach

Thanks to the generosity of former Knox wrestlers, a former nationally ranked NCAA Division III grappler will lead the Prairie Fire wrestling program.

Joe Norton takes the reins as the new full-time head wrestling coach on September 16. He replaces Tony Islas, who stepped down in July after 12 seasons as a part-time coach with the Prairie Fire to take a position as a high school administrator.

Norton comes to Knox from his alma mater, North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he served as a graduate assistant wrestling coach from 2010 to 2012. His responsibilities included recruiting and retaining quality student-athletes, as well as helping to plan and run team practices and workouts.

Norton was a four-year varsity letter winner as a member of the North Central wrestling team between 2006 and 2010. He had 94 career victories on the mat and was a four-time NCAA regional place winner. He was a two-time conference runner-up, three-time tournament champion, seven-time tournament finalist, captain of a team ranked as high as #4 in NCAA Division III, earned a #9 national ranking as an individual, and was the recipient of the “Hammer Award” in recognition of outstanding commitment and work ethic.

“I had a great opportunity to spend seven years in a program that knows what it takes to be successful,” Norton said of his time at North Central.

Norton attended Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Illinois, where he was a 2006 All-State selection and an AAU first-team All-American. He concluded his high school career with 102 wins and was the captain of three squads that won state championships.

“Joe comes from two great programs in Montini Catholic High School and North Central College,” said Knox College athletic director Chad Eisele ’93. “He has been taught and worked for some great mentors and I am confident that Joe is ready to take on the challenge of running his own program.”

Norton said he’s excited to lead a program that has such tremendous support. “The fact that Knox is willing to commit to wrestling says a lot about where the program can be. I’m thankful to Chad Eisele and President Teresa Amott for their faith in me to take the wrestling program to the next level.”

Norton is the seventh full-time coach hired by the College in the past two years.

Huntingdon College to add wrestling for 2014-2015

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Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, has announced today that they will be adding a varsity Division III wrestling team to begin competition in the 2014-2015 season. The school has also announced the hiring of former Naval Academy wrestler and EIWA champion Tom Storey as the school’s first head coach. This addition means that Division III will continue a streak of adding a new program each year into a fourth season. Alma College began in 2011-2012, Mount St. Vincent began in 2012-2013, Ferrum College begins varsity competition this season, and Huntingdon will begin competing in 2014-2015.

Huntingdon is more than 500 miles from its nearest DIII competitor, so they may wrestle a schedule similar to Pacific where they see little DIII competition prior to the regional and NCAA championships. The hope here is that a successful Huntingdon program will spur other DIII schools in the South to start wrestling programs of their own. See the release below from the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

Huntingdon College (AL) Announces New NCAA Division III Wrestling Program for 2014-15 Season

Staff Writer – ELSM

Manheim, PA – In a week filled with great news for the sport of wrestling, Huntingdon College (AL) has announced that it will be adding a new varsity program for the 2014-15 season at the NCAA Division III level.

The addition represents the 100th new varsity intercollegiate wrestling program added across the nation since 2001 and the first NCAA wrestling program in Alabama in over 30 years.

“On behalf of the NWCA Board of Directors and our President Rob Koll, I am thrilled that the Huntingdon College Administration recognizes the educational value that wrestling will bring to their campus,” said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer.

The announcement for the new program was made at a press conference featuring Huntingdon College administrators, sponsors, friends of wrestling, and legendary University of Iowa Wrestling coach and Olympic Champion Dan Gable.

The news was made possible by a group of benefactors that collectively provided over $40,000 to help launch the program. Among these individuals are Bob Feldmeier Sr. (CEO of Feldmeier Equipment and former Princeton Wrestler), Greg Hatcher (prominent Arkansas businessman), and Stephen Chazen (President of UNUS Foundation).

In addition to these individuals, the U.S. Wrestling Foundation continued its support of college wrestling with a $10,000 donation to alleviate the start-up costs of the program.

“We are thrilled to support Huntingdon College as they take the step of adding wrestling to their intercollegiate athletic program,” stated Jeff Waters, Board President of the US Wrestling Foundation. “This support demonstrates the partnership between the Foundation, USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Coaches Association as we come together to promote and grow the sport.”

John Purnell, president of Brute, celebrated the addition of another program to the college ranks with the NWCA by donating a set of competition uniforms for 15 wrestlers through its R.E.A.C.H.E.S. (Rewarding Educational Athletic Choices Helping Each Sport) program.

The Huntingdon College administration also announced that Tom Storey would be the first head coach of the new program. Storey, a former wrestler at the Naval Academy, was an EIWA Champion and wrestled in two NCAA Championships.

“I am honored to be selected as the head wrestling coach at Huntingdon College,” said Storey. “I am looking forward to building a dynasty in D3 wrestling!”

For more information on programs added since 1999, visit the “New and Re-Instated” section of the NWCA website.

About the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)
The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in academic environments. The membership embraces all people interested in amateur wrestling. The three core competencies of the NWCA are: coaching development, student-athlete welfare, and promotion of wrestling.

About Brute Wrestling
Brute is a company that manufactures high quality wrestling equipment. In their pursuit to grow wrestling, Brute has supported the sport extensively through its R.E.A.C.H.E.S. (Rewarding Educational Athletic Choices Helping Each Sport) program. R.E.A.C.H.E.S. is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization founded in 2007 in an effort to promote, protect and preserve amateur wrestling in its truest form. R.E.A.C.H.E.S. provides athletic opportunities to athletes of all ages and abilities. Since R.E.A.C.H.E.S. inception in 2007, Brute has given back to wrestling in excess of $200,000.00.

About U.S. Wrestling Foundation
The United States Wrestling Foundation (the Foundation) is dedicated to the growth of amateur wrestling in the United States. The Foundation works closely with wrestling organizations that are essential to the growth of the sport of wrestling at all levels.

Contact: For NWCA Coyte Cooper – ccooper@nwca.cc

Dustin Baynes to Coach MSJ

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The College of Mount St. Joseph has announced the hiring of Dustin Baynes as their new Head Wrestling Coach. Baynes replaces Casey Brewster who led the team during the 2012-2013 season. Baynes comes from NAIA Waldorf College where he had been the assistant men’s and head women’s coach until taking over the men’s team as head coach in January. Read below for more.

Mount hires Dustin Baynes as new Head Wrestling Coach

Thursday, August 29, 2013
by Dane Neumeister

Dustin Baynes takes over for his first season as head coach of the Mount’s wrestling team for the 2013-2014 school year. Baynes, a Lakota East High School graduate (2002), was most recently the head wrestling coach at NAIA Waldorf College (Forest City, IA), where he directed the school’s program starting in January, 2013. He was the head women’s and assistant men’s wrestling coach at Waldorf College from October, 2010. Baynes also has college coaching experience at NCAA Division I Cleveland State University, where he was a graduate assistant wrestling coach from August, 2009 to October, 2010.

As the head women’s coach Baynes helped build the program from the beginning into a top-10 college program, and as a member of the men’s wrestling staff, both as an assistant and a head coach, he helped produce 21 NAIA national qualifiers as well as five NAIA All-Americans. Baynes also oversaw five of his student-athletes receive national scholar-athlete awards, including one of those wrestlers who was named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic team.

Baynes has a bachelor of science degree in physical education (2009) from Limestone College in Gaffney, SC; and has completed 24 hours of coursework toward a master’s of education degree in secondary health education from Cleveland State University.

The Lions’ first-year coach has also been a clinician at the Cleveland State University wrestling camps, a camp counselor at Carl Poff’s T-N-T Wrestling Camps, and also an assistant wrestling coach at Lakota East High School.

In addition, Baynes has been a volunteer coach for various youth wrestling teams, was on his college’s wrestling team for four seasons, was on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) while in college, was a three-time team captain in college, and was on his high school’s wrestling team.

Baynes resides in Cincinnati, OH.

All-Time Wins Full List (so far)

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Click the link below to see the online spreadsheet with all data collected so far. The first sheet is everyone with 140 wins or more. As of August 29th at 11:30am, that list includes 36 names. The second sheet is all data sent in by the various schools. So far, data has been received from 39 teams.

All-Time Wins (Google Docs Spreadsheet)

DI Quarterfinal Analysis Article

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Since it is the slow time of the year, I took some time and wrote an article based on watching all 40 Division I quarterfinal matches from the 2013 NCAA Championships. This article went online this week on The Open Mat and can be seen at the link below.

Andy Vogel: 2013 NCAA Quarterfinal Analysis (awn.theopenmat.com)

Today is Jim Miller Day in Waterloo

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Waterlook, Iowa, native Jim Miller recently completed his 22nd and final season as the head coach of Wartburg College. During that time, the Knights won ten NCAA Championship team titles and are on a streak of both 21 consecutive IIAC championships and 165 straight IIAC dual meet wins. August 26th, 2013 has been proclaimed Jim Miller Day in the city of Waterloo. Click below for more information.

Jim Miller Day to be declared in Waterloo on August 26th (NWHOF)

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Updated Top Ten Wins

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Here is an updated top ten list for wins based on information collected so far.

1 Matt Kretlow Augsburg 168
2 Scott Roesch Ursinus 163
3 Nathan Fitzenreider North Central 161
3 Ryan Allen UW-La Crosse 161
5 Chris Healy Wabash 159
5 Jake Strausbaugh Wabash 159
7 Kyle Kwiat Ohio Northern 158
7 Jamal Fox Wartburg 158
9 Andy Vogel Messiah 157
9 Gabe Youel North Central 157
9 Jamel Tidwell Augsburg 157

Calhoun goes to Muhlenberg

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Jake Calhoun has been named head coach at Muhlenberg College. He spent the past two seasons as a grad assistant at Cortland after a year as an assistant coach at Gettysburg. He is a Stevens Point graduate, two time NCAA qualifier, and a Greco-Roman University All-American. He competed in the 2013 World Team Trials at 60kg. See below for more.

Jake Calhoun Named Head Wrestling Coach
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Two-time Division III national qualifier Jake Calhoun is Muhlenberg’s new head wrestling coach.

Calhoun had an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, earning bids to the national tournament in both 2007 and 2008. He earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference accolades in three of his four seasons, including winning the 125-pound title in 2007. Calhoun concluded his career by helping the Pointers finish 10th at the 2008 NCAA Championships.

Although Calhoun graduated from UWSP in 2009, his competitive career has continued. He reached University Level All-American status in Greco-Roman wrestling and wrestled in the World Team Trials in June 2013 for a spot on the World Team.

Calhoun brings nearly a decade of wrestling coaching experience to the Mules. For the past two years, he was a graduate assistant coach at Cortland State University, helping the Red Dragons to top-10 national finishes both years.
The year prior to that, Calhoun was an assistant coach at one of Muhlenberg’s Centennial Conference rivals, Gettysburg. He served as a volunteer assistant coach at Stevens Point from 2008 to 2010.

Calhoun was a coach and counselor at the J Robinson and Ken Chertow wrestling camps at various locations around the country from 2005 to 2012. He also worked at the Cornell Wrestling Camp in 2012 and was an assistant coach at the Dennis Hall Wrestling Club from 2004 to 2010. He has been a coach and board member of the Modern Day Gladiators wrestling club since 2011.

Calhoun, who earned his USA Wrestling Bronze Coach’s Certification in 2011, is a member of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and was director of the 2013 Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference tournament.

Division III All-Time Wins List

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Update 3:30pm – Ursinus just sent in their list, moving Scott Roesch into the #1 spot

d3wrestle.com is currently collecting data from schools to create an all-time individual wins list. As of today, 21 schools have replied, and the top winners so far appear below. This list will be updated and expanded as more data comes in.

# Name School Wins
1 Scott Roesch Ursinus 163
2 Ryan Allen UW-La Crosse 161
2 Nathan Fitzenreider North Central 161
4 Kyle Kwiat Ohio Northern 158
4 Jamal Fox Wartburg 158
6 Andy Vogel Messiah 157
6 Gabe Youel North Central 157
8 Josh Chelf UW-La Crosse 153
9 Brett Christensen Buena Vista 151
9 Aaron Wernimont Wartburg 151
11 Jeff Freidhof Luther 149

New Assistants at Mount Union and Stevens

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Mount Union and Stevens Institute of Technology each announced the hiring of new assistant coaches this week. Mount Union has added former Thiel assistant Cortney Roberts, while former Delaware Valley assistant Jeff Jacobs joins the staff at Stevens. See below for more.

Cortney Roberts Named Assistant Wrestling Coach at Mount Union

Cortney Roberts has been named assistant wrestling coach at the University of Mount Union.

Over the past three seasons, Roberts has had stints as an assistant coach at both Thiel (Pa.) College and Lakeview (Pa.) High School.

He was a four-year starter at 125 pounds at NCAA Division I Gardner-Webb (N.C.) University and three times placed at the NCAA East Region tournament.

A native of Spencer, N.Y., he has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Gardner-Webb.

Jeff Jacobs Joins Wrestling Staff as Head Assistant Coach

HOBOKEN, N.J. (August 16, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team has added Jeff Jacobs as head assistant coach for the 2013-14 season, Head Coach Mike Clayton announced. Jacobs joins the Stevens staff following a two-year stint as an assistant wrestling coach at Delaware Valley College.

“Jeff has strong local ties and has demonstrated success as a collegiate wrestler at the NCAA DI and DII levels,” Clayton said. “He has helped recruit and develop student-athletes as a DIII assistant coach while earning his M.B.A. He will thrive in the type of work environment demanded of a full-time head assistant coach at a premier co-educational institution like Stevens Institute of Technology. We are all very excited to have Jeff join the Stevens wrestling family.”

While at Delaware Valley, Jacobs helped the team to a 16th-place finish in the nation, producing four NCAA All-American, one Academic All-American and nine Dean’s List honorees in the Spring 2012 semester along the way. He has also served as an assistant coach at the Shore Thing Wrestling Club in Lakewood, N.J. for the past six years, coaching numerous state champions and placewinners, regional champions and collegiate All-Americans.

“I am very excited and honored to be working at Stevens with such high-caliber student-athletes and an outstanding coaching staff,” Jacobs said. “I am fully committed to assisting the coaching staff in every capacity to help the student-athletes reach their goals, both academically and athletically.”

Jacobs has worked with the East Stroudsburg University athletic event staff and served as the Delaware Valley Assistant Coordinator of Intramurals. He also served as an Ocean Rescue Guard at Risdens Beach Corporation and Jenkinsons Corporation in Point Pleasant, N.J.

During his wrestling career, Jacobs was a three-year Varsity letter winner and served as a senior captain of his team at East Stroudsburg, where he won the Division 2 Super Region 1 Championship and qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships. He also served on the ESU Athletics Captains Council.

A 2011 graduate of East Stroudsburg with a bachelor of science degree in sport management and minor in business management, he completed his M.B.A. while at Delaware Valley in 2013.

Oshkosh chooses Ayala

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Efrain Ayala has been elevated to the head coach position at UW-Oshkosh as of this week. He previously had been the assistant at Oshkosh under the departed Chris Stratton who resigned in May. See below for more.

Ayala Selected Head Wrestling Coach

After two years as an assistant, Efrain Ayala was named UW-Oshkosh’s head wrestling coach on Monday (Aug. 12). Ayala replaces Chris Stratton, who resigned in May.

Ayala helped the Titans finish 17th at the NCAA Division III Championship last season and 14th in 2012. Nazar Kulchytskyy won an individual national title each year. UW-Oshkosh also had Sam Engelland, Zachary Mueller and Dan Schiferl qualify for the national tournament.

“It feels good to be in the driver’s seat of a program that has a lot of potential,” Ayala said. “The team is already strong, and I have high expectations for our incoming recruiting class. This season is going to be exciting.”

Before coming to UW-Oshkosh, Ayala spent two years as an assistant wrestling coach and special education paraprofessional in the Kettle Moraine School District.

Ayala has also taught special education at Kennedy Elementary (2009) and was an assistant coach (2008-09) at Saint Peter High School in Minnesota.

“Efrain has been a key part of our program’s success the last two years,” Athletics Director Darryl Sims said. “I’m confident that his leadership will help our student-athletes reach their full potential.”

Ayala was a Nebraska state champion in high school before wrestling at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during 2003. He then transferred to Minn. State University-Mankato and qualified for the 2005 NCAA Division II Tournament.

Ayala received his elementary education degree from MSU-Mankato during 2008.

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