MSOE Head Job Posted

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See below for information on applying to Milwaukee School of Engineering. Head Coach Kevin Morin stepped down this off-season after 20 seasons on the bench. Click the link below for the job posting and to apply.

Employment Opportunity at MSOE

Position Title: Head Wrestling Coach/Assistant Director of Recreational Services

Type of Job: Staff

Department: Athletics and Kern Center

This is a full-time, 12-month position and will function in two capacities:

Head Wrestling Coach: The person selected will be involved in all aspects of coaching an NCAA Division III sport which will include coaching, scheduling, recruiting, training, budget management, student-athlete development and related duties. Previous college coaching experience and/or wrestling experience at a major college program is highly preferred.

Assistant Director of Recreational Services: The person selected will be responsible for hiring, training, supervising, scheduling and evaluating the student staff in all areas of the Kern Center; assisting with both campus special events and outside rentals to include coordination and event coverage; and administering and providing leadership in the development of fitness programming for all users of the Kern Center.

Qualified candidates will have a bachelor’s degree. Valid driver’s license also required. Knowledge in recreation, sports management, sport sciences and/or kinesiology preferred.

Ryan Schieding Takes Over at PSU

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June 3, 2013

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Former Plymouth State wrestler Ryan Schieding has taken over as head coach at his alma mater, the school announced this week. He wrestled at the school from 2004-2008 and also spent one year as an assistant coach in the 2008-2009 season. See below for the PSU release.

Plymouth State names new Wrestling coach

Ryan Schieding to take over Panther program

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Plymouth State University has introduced a new head wrestling coach for the 2013-14 season.

Schieding

Ryan Schieding has been named the new head wrestling coach at Plymouth State. Schieding is a former standout wrestler at PSU who previously served one season as an assistant coach for the Panthers. He has been the head wrestling coach at Memorial High School in Manchester, N.H., since 2009.

“I am very excited about being selected for the coaching position at Plymouth State,” said Schieding. “I’d like to thank my two college coaches, Jason Holder and especially Tommy Prairie for helping me get here. I’m excited for the season and the challenge of taking over a new team, as well as bringing Plymouth wrestling back to being a conference contending team. Being a former Plymouth State wrestler myself it’s a great feeling to come back to my former school and be in the position that I am. We have a young team with a lot of promise and should make for a fun season.”

A native of Manchester, N.H./Memorial H.S., Schieding was a four-year wrestler and two-year co-captain for the Panthers from 2004-08, posting a 62-47 overall record. He was 17-13 in the 157-pound weight class as a junior, and went 23-10 at 174 pounds as a senior, earning All-New England honors with a fifth-place performance at the New England Championships. Schieding was also an assistant coach for the Panthers under Tommy Prairie in 2008-09.

“We are excited to name Ryan Schieding as our new wrestling coach,” said PSU Director of Athletics John P. Clark. “We know Ryan takes great pride in returning to his alma mater, and we look forward to watching him and working with him to build our wrestling program. He has great knowledge of the sport and a lot of positive energy and enthusiasm, and we know our student-athletes are now in good hands.”

University Nationals Results

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May 28, 2013

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The top two placewinners in each Olympic weight class qualify for the World Team Trials June 21-23 at Oklahoma State.

Division III Placewinners

Greco-Roman
Alec Noa (Lakeland); 8th at 55kg
Will Keeter (Augsburg); 2nd at 70kg
Dan Olsen (Wheaton); 2nd at 84kg
Anthony Edgren (Whitewater); 5th at 120kg
Former NCAA qualifier for Stevens Point and former assistant coach at Cortland and Gettysburg Jake Calhoun was also 5th at 60kg, defeating former Hunter wrestler Oliver Lopez in the 5th place bout (video here).

Greco-Roman Full Results

Freestyle Full-Results

Finals Video (All other matches can be found on the USA Wrestling YouTube page)

Keeter vs. Sanders (Finals Match 1)
Keeter vs. Sanders (Finals Match 2)

Olsen vs. Sheridan (Finals Match 1)
Olsen vs. Sheridan (Finals Match 2)
Olsen vs. Sheridan (Finals Match 3)

University Nationals This Weekend

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May 24, 2013

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The University Nationals began this morning with Greco-Roman competition and will continue through Sunday on the campus of the University of Akron. Several DIII competitors will be in action including All-Americans Anthony Edgren (UW-Whitewater) and Dan Olsen (Wheaton) in Greco-Roman. Follow along at the links below.

Greco-Roman

Freestyle

Event Schedule

Capital One Academic All-District

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May 22, 2013

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Ten wrestlers were named to the various Capital One Academic All-District Teams last week. These athletes will advance to the Academic All-America ballot where first, second, and third team All-America honorees will be selected later this month. Wrestlers are eligible for the At-Large team.

Capital One Academic All-District ® Men’s At-Large Teams Released

Division III Wrestlers Honored:

District II
J.D. Zitone CENTENARY Sr. Montague, N.J. 3.43 Business admin. / mgmt.

District IV
Josh Etzel WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON Jr. Elizabeth, Pa. 3.81 Biochemistry

District VI
Mitch Hagen SAINT JOHN’S (MN) Sr. Sunburg, Minn. 3.51 Integrative health science
Kevin O’Brien WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE Jr. Becker, Minn. 3.60 Economics
Adam Sheley WISCONSIN -LA CROSSE Sr. Geneseo, Ill. 3.84 Broad social studies edu.

District VII
Nathan Fitzenreider NORTH CENTRAL Gr. Wheaton, Ill. 3.68 Curriculum & instruction
Matt McCrary WHEATON (IL) Jr. Wilmette, Ill. 4.00 Business / economics
Cody Lovejoy OHIO NORTHERN So. Harrod, Ohio 4.00 Pharmacy

District VIII
Brian Broll BUENA VISTA Sr. Chaska, Minn. 3.75 Math education
Jimmy Gotto COE Jr. Epworth, Iowa 3.41 Physical education & health

Honecker drops interim tag

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May 15, 2013

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Scott Honecker spent the 2012-2013 season as the interim head coach at Williams College where he coached three NCAA qualifiers and a pair of All-Americans while winning the Rookie Coach of the Year award from the NWCA. This week, Williams removed the interim tag, making Honecker the permanent head coach. 2013-2014 will be Honecker’s third season at Williams after spending one year as the assistant and last year as the interim head coach. See below for links to press releases from Williams.

May 14, 2013 – Scott Honecker tabbed as head wrestling coach

Former Delaware Valley Coach Inducted

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May 13, 2013

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Former Delaware Valley College wrestling coach Robert Marshall has been inducted into the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame’s second class. Marshall won 363 matches at Delware Valley in 28 seasons at Delware Valley, coaching seven NCAA champions and 42 All-Americans. See the Delware Valley release below

FORMER DELVAL WRESTLING COACH ROBERT MARSHALL ELECTED TO SECOND MAC HALL OF FAME CLASS

ANNVILLE (PA) – Former Delaware Valley College wrestling coach Robert Marshall has been elected to the second class of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Hall of Fame, as announced earlier this week at the conference’s annual awards lunch.

The MAC introduced its Hall of Fame as part of its 100th anniversary kickoff in May of 2012. The inaugural class consisted of 36 honorees that were selected from current and former conference members. The second class features 18 inductees, including Marshall whose accomplishments as a coach place him among the best in the history of Division III wrestling.

Marshall compiled a 400-104-7 record in 35 years of coaching, including a 363-67-0 mark and 10 MAC championships in 28 years with the Aggies. At the time of his retirement in 2002, he was just one of three coaching in Division III wrestling history to reach the 400-win plateau while his .790 winning percentage ranked third all-time.

Marshall never suffered a losing season at Delaware Valley as he had 27 winnings campaigns and one .500 mark. He posted 22 straight winning seasons from 1980-81 to 2001-02, including three undefeated years. One of those seasons was 1988-89 when the Aggies went 18-0 and was ranked first in the country during the regular season. Four wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships and three were crowned national champions as Delaware Valley finished as the runner-up to Ithaca (which had seven national qualifiers).

In total, Marshall coached seven national champions as well as 42 All-Americans, 14 Scholar All-Americans and 83 MAC champions. He was named the MAC Coach of the Year on five occasions and was even featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces In The Crowd in March of 2002.

The MAC enshrinement marks the ninth Hall of Fame that Marshall has become part of. He is already a member of the Purdue University Hall of Fame (where he was a three-time Division I All-American as a wrestler), the Burgettstown High School Hall of Fame (where he was a state champion), the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1995), the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame (1997), the Southwestern Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame (1998), the Delaware Valley College Hall of Fame (2001), the Southeast Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame (2002) and the Washington County Hall of Fame (2002).

These days, Marshall spends his time with his two children (son Troy and daughter Tracy who both graduated from Delaware Valley College) and four grandchildren (Chase, Kai, Addison and Aubree).

Alfred State Accepted into NCAA

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May 3, 2013

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Alfred State College has been accepted into NCAA Division III competition. Previously, the school competed in the NJCAA. 2013-2014 will mark the first year of a four year transition period during which Alfred State will compete against NCAA competition but will not be eligible for the postseason. Other teams have typically competed in the NCWA Championships during the transition period, but there has not been an official announcement of that for the wrestling team. The Director of Athletics at Alfred State is Daryl Arroyo, who spent two decades as the head coach at Springfield College before taking the helm at Alfred State in 2011. This past season, Alfred State sent two wrestlers to the NJCAA Championships and placed 4th in the District tournament.

Alfred State accepted in NCAA (alfredstateathletics.com)

Cantrell Promoted to AD at Del Val

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April 25, 2013

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From Delaware Valley Sports Information

DelVal Wrestling Coach Steve Cantrell to become next Athletic Director

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., — (4/25/13) — Delaware Valley College announced the appointment of Steve Cantrell, the College’s wrestling coach since 2011, as athletic director.

Cantrell, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he also wrestled, received his MBA from National University and is a PhD candidate in environmental economics from the University of Maryland. Prior to becoming the wrestling coach at DelVal, Cantrell served as assistant wrestling coach at the United States Naval Academy.

“Steve will bring a tremendous strength of leadership and character to the role as athletic director,” said College president Dr. Joseph S. Brosnan. “He will play a key role in continuing to build on the success of the College’s athletic programs.”

Cantrell has served as an economics professor at both the United States Naval Academy and DelVal, and will continue to teach and coach in his new role. In his two years coaching wrestling at DelVal, Cantrell has an overall record of 19-14 and has had two Scholar All-Americans, four All-Americans and eight national qualifiers.

“I am honored and humbled to serve as the athletic director for an institution that I‘ve grown to love already,” Cantrell said. “I’m very excited about the potential and am going to work extremely hard to building on the legacy that Frank has created.” Cantrell replaces Frank Wolfgang who will be leaving the College at the end of the academic year after a storied 45-year career as former baseball and basketball coach and, for the past 26 years, athletic director.

Cantrell retired from the United States Marine Corp as a Lt. Colonel after 25 years of service as a combat pilot. He also has extensive experience in the private sector, having served as vice president of operations for four years with Worth & Company, Inc. and, as president of the Spartan Consulting Group. With this experience, Cantrell was named project manager for the construction of the Life Sciences Building, due to be complete in January 2014.

Plymouth State Head Coach Position

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April 22, 2013

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Plymouth State University is accepting applications for the part-time position of Head Wrestling Coach. Responsibilities include directing and administering all aspects of the Wrestling program including coaching, recruiting, and monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Send letter of application and resume to
John P. Clark, Director of Athletics, MSC#32, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH 03264. Faxes will also be accepted (603.535.2777)

Application deadline is May 10, 2013. Plymouth State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S.

Division III Cultural Exchange – Spots Available!

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April 12, 2013

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The DIII Cultural Exchange trip is still open and will remain open for another month. The cost is $2650 but requires an immediate $500 deposit to purchase the ticket. The dates are June 19th flight out of New York City into Sofia, Bulgaria. We will spend the first half of the trip in Sofia and Plovidv Bulgaria. The second half of the trip will be in Istanbul, Turkey. We will train and compete in freestyle club duals in each of the three cities. The return flight is from Istanbul to New York City on June 29th.

We currently have an 18 person team that will be led by Head Coach Bill Racich of Ursinus College. Pat Curry will be the Assistant Coach on the trip and Tom Corey is the athletic trainer and team photographer. If you have questions or interest, please contact Tim Fader: fadert@uww.edu or 262-472-1867

d3wrestle.com will again be carrying blog posts from the team members during their trip abroad. See last year’s posts HERE.

2013 Wrestler of the Year: Nazar Kulchytskyy

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April 5, 2013

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The 2013 d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Year is Nazar Kulchytskyy of UW-Oshkosh. Kulchytskyy, a junior, won the 165 lbs. NCAA Championship, adding to his 157 lb. title from 2012. After an overtime scare in the first round, he put together three solid wins in a row to cap a 44-1 season and win the title from the #2 seed. Kulchytskyy is now 103-3 for his career with his senior season yet to go.

In 2012-2013, Kulchytskyy led the NCAA in falls with 24, to along with 8 tech falls, and was given the NCAA Division III Most Dominant award at the conclusion of the NCAA Championships. He was the champion of the Muskie Invitational, MSOE Invitational, Dan Gable Open, Matman Invitational, Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational, West Region, and NCAA Championships. His only loss came in the finals of the Pointer Open against Wisconsin redshirt Isaac Jordan. After that loss, he reeled off 39 wins in a row to take the championship in Cedar Rapids.

Kulchytskyy, a native of the Ukraine, returns next year seeking his third straight NCAA championship. For his efforts this year, he was named the WIAC Co-Wrestler of the Year, and has now also been named the 2013 d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Year. Congratulations to Nazar Kulchytskyy and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

2013 Coach of the Year: Steve Marianetti

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April 2, 2013

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The 2013 d3wrestle.com Coach of the Year is Steve Marianetti of Elmhurst. Marianetti just completed his 11th and best season at Elmhurst College, coaching the Blue Jays to a 2nd place finish in the NCAA Championships and crowning a program best five All-Americans along the way. Joe Rau and Mike Benefiel became the 2nd and 3rd NCAA Champions from Elmhurst, and Marianetti was named the NWCA Division III Coach of the Year for the second time at the championships.

Elmhurst finished the season with a 12-1 dual meet record, losing only to NCAA Champion Wartburg in the finals of the National Duals. They won their own Al Hanke Invitational and the CCIW Championships while finishing second at the Midwest Regional. All five of their NCAA qualifiers landed on the All-American podium in Cedar Rapids.

Marianetti has been at Elmhurst for since 2002 and has put up a dual meet record of 102-42-2 in 11 season. He has coached three NCAA Champions, 22 All-Americans, and 35 NCAA qualifiers. Elmhurst has won six CCIW championships during his tenure and placed in the NCAA top ten six times. Congratulations to Coach Marianetti on being named the d3wrestle.com Coach of the Year for 2013.

All-Freshmen and Freshman of the Year

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The d3wrestle.com Freshman of the Year for 2013 is Josh Thomson of Messiah. Thomson finished his inaugural campaign with an outstanding 40-3 record and a 3rd place finish at the NCAA Championships. In those 40 wins were 10 falls and 9 major decisions. He was the champion of the Empire Conference and the Mideast Regional. He tied for the highest finish for a freshman this year and was one of just three freshman semifinalists at the NCAA Championships. Thomson also had the highest winning percentage (93%) of any freshman national qualifier.

Thomson attended Mechanicsburg Area High School where he placed 4th in the 2012 Pennsylvania AAA State Championships at 182 lbs. His brother Zach, a sophomore at Gettysburg College, also placed 3rd in the 2013 NCAA Championships at 174 lbs. Josh is the highest placewinner for Messiah since 2001.

Below you will find the 2013 d3wrestle.com All-Freshman Team

125 lbs. – Izzy Balsiger, UW-La Crosse – 31-5, 4th NCAA, 2nd Midwest Regional

133 lbs. – Ryan O’Boyle, McDaniel – 29-9, Round of 12 NCAA, 2nd East Regional

141 lbs. – Nathaniel Behnke, UW-Eau Claire – 44-13, 5th NCAA, 1st West Regional

149 lbs. – Bobby Dierna, Cortland – 26-3, 3rd NCAA, 1st Northest Regional

157 lbs. – Everet Desilets, Johnson & Wales – 24-4

165 lbs. – Shaun Gillen – Oneonta – 33-17, NCAA Qualifier, 3rd Northeast Regional

174 lbs. – Dallas Winston – Delaware Valley – 24-15, NCAA Qualifier, 3rd East Regional

184 lbs. – Josh Thomson, Messiah – 40-3, 3rd NCAA, 1st Mideast Regional

197 lbs. – Shane Siefert, UW-Whitewater – 33-9, 4th NCAA, 1st Midwest Regional

285 lbs. – James Buss, Loras – 37-6, 4th NCAA, 1st Central Regional

Awards Coming Next Week

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March 29, 2013

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Starting next week, d3wrestle.com will start naming the season-long award winners. The awards given out are All-Freshman team (one per weight), Freshman of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Wrestler of the Year.

Last years award winner were as follows:

2012 Wrestler of the Year – Byron Tate, Wartburg

2012 Coach of the Year – Jim Miller and Eric Keller, Wartburg

202 Freshman of the Year – Nate Giorgio, Coast Guard

2012 All-Freshman Team:
125 Nate Giorgio, Coast Guard
133 Kaleb Loht, Messiah
141 Alex Gomez, Ithaca
149 Drew Wagenhoffer, Wartburg
157 Terner Gott, John Carroll
165 Zach Thomson, Gettysburg
174 Jacob Lowry, Thiel
184 Dan Manganaro, Ursinus
197 Mario Palmisano, Chicago
285 Joe Giaramita, Cortland

d3wrestle.com Picks Contest Results Post

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March 27, 2013

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Please post your results from the picks contest below. Post your original team in the comments. For each wrestler, list the number of points he cost followed by the number of points he earned and then post the total. Make sure you use the same name/email address combination as you used with your initial entry. This post will remain open until Wednesday, April 3rd, at which point, a winner will be selected and contacted to arrange delivery of the prize.

Points earned are as follows:

1st – 1000
2nd – 900
3rd – 800
4th – 700
5th – 600
6th – 500
7th – 400
8th – 300

Tiebreaker, if necessary:

a. Most total NCAA champions on your team
b. Most total All-Americans
c. Team with most wrestlers to win at least one match
d. Tiebreaker to be determined later (if necessary)

Morin steps down at MSOE

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March 26, 2013

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Kevin Morin has announced his retirement from Milwaukee School of Engineering after 20 years as head coach. He was just the second head coach in school history and finishes his career with 101 dual meet wins. Click below to read the MSOE release.

Wrestling’s Head Coach Morin Retires after 20 Years

NWCA Academic Awards

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March 19, 2013

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The NWCA conducts a team GPA competition and also gives an award to Scholar All-Americans. This year, Olivet won the team GPA contest. Each team selects ten wrestlers for the competition. At least six of these must have competed in the regional qualifiers. As many as four can be non-starters who competed in at least 50% of the dates of competition. Olivet won the team title this year with a combined 3.67 GPA for the ten wrestlers selected.

2013 NWCA Division III Scholar Team Awards

To be named an NWCA Scholar All-American, a wrestler must meet certain GPA and wrestling thresholds. This season, just 107 out of all NCAA Division III wrestlers were eligible for the award, including Cody Lovejoy of Ohio Northern, the winner of the NCAA’s Elite 89 award given to the wrestler with the highest GPA at the NCAA Championships.

2013 NWCA Division III Scholar All-Americans

All-American Breakdown

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March 18, 2013

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	West	Midwest	Central	Mideast	East	Northeast
1st	3	3	1	1		2
2nd		1	3		5	1
3rd		3	2	1	2	2
4th		4	2	2	1	1
5th	3	3	1	1	2
6th	1			1	3	5
7th	2	3	2	2		1
8th		3	3	3	1

Total	9	20	14	11	14	12

Finalists:
East – 5
Midwest, Central – 4
West, Northeast – 3
Mideast – 1

Team Scores by Region:
Midwest – 269.5
East – 193.5
Central – 179.5
Northeast – 163
West – 132
Mideast – 125

Another way to analyze the tournament is to apply a point value to each placement, giving 8 points for first, 7 for second, and so on all the way down to 1 point for 8th. That gives the following breakdown:

Midwest – 90 points
East – 70 points
Central – 62 points
Northeast – 57 points
West – 43 points
Mideast – 38 points

Number of Teams that Scored Points:
East – 10
Mideast – 9
Midwest – 9
Central – 8
Northeast – 8
West – 7

Seeded All-Americans by Weight – 57 out of 80

125 – 3
133 – 7
141 – 6
149 – 6
157 – 6

165 – 6
174 – 4
184 – 6
197 – 6
285 – 7

2013 Final Results

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March 17, 2013

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2013 NCAA Championship Brackets | Team Scores | d3wrestle.com Tournament Coverage

Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Greg Sanders, Concordia University Wisconsin, 149 lbs.
Most Falls: Mike Benefiel, Elmhurst, 197
Coach of the Year: Steve Marianetti, Elmhurst
Rookie Coach of the Year: Scott Honecker, Williams
Assistant Coach of the Year: John Jung, Elmhurst
Elite 89 Award: Cody Lovejoy, Ohio Northern, 285

NCAA Season-Long Awards | Results heading into the tournament
Most Dominant: Nazar Kuchystkyy, Oshkosh, 165
Most Falls: Nazar Kulchytskyy, Oshkosh, 165
Most Tech Falls: Kyle Kwiat, Ohio Northern, 174

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