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In the Spotlight ....................................................2Tradition of Excellence .......................................3NCAA Champions ...............................................4All-Americans ......................................................5WVU Wrestling Pavilion......................................6Athletic Training ..................................................8Strength & Conditioning ...................................10Community Service ..........................................12Philosophical Concepts ...................................13Student Athlete Support ..................................14Campus Life .......................................................18Mountaineer Excellence ...................................22

Coaching Staff 25Head Coach Craig Turnbull .............................26Associate Head Coach Greg Jones ...............30Assistant Coach Danny Felix ..........................31Support Staff......................................................32

Mountaineer Profiles 33Rosters ...............................................................34Colin Johnston ..................................................36Nathan Pennesi .................................................37Mac Mancuso ...................................................38Joe Schiff............................................................39Terrence Demery II ............................................39Mike Morales ....................................................40Brutus Scheffel .................................................41Roman Perryman ..............................................42John Pellegrino .................................................42Gage Swartz.......................................................42Greg Thurston ...................................................42

Ross Renzi .........................................................43Christian Chirico ................................................43Tre Miller-Scott ..................................................44Mark Colabucci ................................................44Jason Luster ......................................................45Chris Nelson.......................................................45Steven Quinn .....................................................45Bubba Scheffel .................................................46A.J. Vizcarrondo ...............................................46Daniel Suite, Jr. .................................................47Andrew Sutherland ..........................................47Tim Wheeling .....................................................47Cory Stainbrook .................................................48Dink Purnell ........................................................48Leonardo Trindade............................................49Warren Boord .....................................................49Elliot Antler ........................................................49Ryder Newman ..................................................49Bryson Begley ...................................................49Zach Heeter........................................................50Tyler Millward ....................................................50Christian Stone ..................................................50

Season Preview 51Season Outlook ................................................52Weight Class Preview .......................................54Schedule .............................................................56Quick Facts ........................................................56Opponent Information ......................................56

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Season Review 59Match-by-Match Results ................................622012-13 Seniors ..............................................64Regular Season Statistics ...............................66

Record Book 67Individual Records ............................................68Record by Date ..................................................69Record by Decade .............................................69Team Records ...................................................69SoCon-EWL Records ........................................70NCAA Records ...................................................71Year-by-year Records ......................................73Series Records...................................................74All-Time Scores .................................................75NCAA Champions .............................................82All-Americans ....................................................85Academic Honors .............................................88Team Honors .....................................................88

West Virginia University 89President E. Gordon Gee ..................................90Director of Athletics Oliver Luck .....................91Senior Staff ........................................................92Head Coaches ...................................................93Athletic Facilities ...............................................94

Media information 95Sports Communications .................................96

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¡Choosing to become a Mountaineer is special. Without a professional sports team in the state, folks across the state and throughout the region love West Virginia University athletics.

¡No school helps its student-athletes more than the people at WVU.

¡Mountaineers have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news media, alumni, friends, family and the general public.

¡If you take advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on your career as a student-athlete at West Virginia, but also on your life after you have donned the Old Gold and Blue.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT



¡Few wrestling programs across the country can equate the level of success the Mountaineers have enjoyed over the years. Widely regarded as one of the most respected programs in the nation, the notoriety does not come without merit.

¡With the NCAA’s seventh-winningest active coach, Craig Turnbull, the Mountaineers have earned 12 top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships and claimed three national champions who have won a total of five titles. Over the history of the program, 161 WVU wrestlers have earned bids to the national tournament.

¡In addition to the success at the NCAA Championships, WVU has had 21 wrestlers earn a total of 29 All-America honors. Furthermore, Mountaineer grapplers have been crowned conference champions of their weight class an impressive 84 times.

¡Under Turnbull, a four-time EWL Coach of the Year, the Mountaineers also hae turned their focus to academics, as 15 have earned National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team accolades.

¡With a proud tradition of success on the wrestling mat and in academics, the Mountaineers look to continue the quest for excellence based upon the foundation laid before them.

TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE


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¡West Virginia has earned 12 top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships and claimed three national champions who have won a total of five NCAA Championships.

¡The commitment toward winning has allowed the Mountaineers to find their full potential as a student-athlete on and off the mat.

NCAA CHAMPIONS

SCOTT COLLINSCLEARFIELD, PA. 1991 | 142 POUNDSRanked No. 1 in the nation all season, Scott Collins became WVU’s first national champion in 1991 after posting a stellar 40-1 senior season. Collins went undefeated in EWL action as a senior. In fact, he set WVU’s then-all-time consecutive wins streak with 23 straight victories, including five straight at the NCAA Tournament.“He started as a true freshman and competed very successfully. Every year, he was someone who was capable of placing in the national tournament and competing to be in the finals. It never happened for him. It really drew upon him to have some strength of character to not lower his goals and continue to have that dream and goal that he wanted to be a national champion.” – Coach Craig Turnbull

DEAN MORRISONAMITYVILLE, N.Y. 1994 | 177 POUNDSDean Morrison entered the 1994 NCAA Championships with a seven-match win streak and finished the tournament with five straight wins, plus a national championship, WVU’s second ever. Ranked No. 2 heading into the tournament, Morrison defeated three ranked opponents to make the finals. He defeated Wyoming’s Reese Andy 3-2 in the finals and finished the season by winning 22 of 23 matches.“Dean is a great success story. He worked hard enough. It took a while, and he had to go at a slow pace. He graduated in engineering, and when he left the university, he was a three-time Eastern Wrestling League champion and an NCAA champion.” – Coach Craig Turnbull

GREG JONESSLICKVILLE, PA. | THREE-TIME CHAMPION

2002 | 174 POUNDSIt will long be remembered as one of the greatest accomplishments in West Virginia history. Greg Jones became just the 10th freshman since 1970 to win a national championship. 2004 | 184 POUNDSJones turned in one of the finest individual seasons by a WVU wrestler in school history, going a perfect 26-0. He also became the first Mountaineer to win multiple national titles with his 184-pound championship in St. Louis.2005 | 184 POUNDSGreg Jones capped off one of the greatest collegiate wrestling careers in NCAA history by becoming just the 39th wrestler to ever win three national championships. He also became the first wrestler from the Eastern Wrestling League to ever win the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler title.



¡Choosing to become a Mountaineer means working your hardest, pushing your body and mind to new heights, to maximize your potential on and off the mat.

¡Over the storied history of WVU wrestling, 21 individuals have earned All-American status, with six earning the honor multiple times.

ALL-AMERICANS

Jimmie Cox – 1929Robert Perry – 1955Lewis Guidi – 1955Mark Cagle – 1979Jim Akerly – 1987Michael Carr – 1988Mark Banks – 1990, 1991Dominic Black – 1991Scott Collins – 1991Doug Taylor – 1993Dean Morrison – 1994John Koss – 1997Mike Mason – 1997, 1998Ian “Whitey” Chlebove – 1998, 1999Vertus Jones – 1998, 1999, 2000Sam Kline – 1999Greg Jones – 2002, 2004, 2005Brandon Lauer – 2003Shane Cunanan – 2003Matt Lebe – 2005Brandon Rader – 2006, 2007


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¡The WVU wrestling program has long been viewed as one of the finest in the country. The team has a practice facility on the same level as its athletes with the WVU Wrestling Pavilion.

¡The 9,000-square-foot, $1.4 million facility completely engulfs the old practice room that contained two mats and a handful of aerobic equipment. The facility sports four mats, coaching offices, an aerobic room, a study center with computers and a student-athletes' lounge.

¡“It is a tremendous place to practice because we are able to spread out and not have guys bumping into each other,” Turnbull said. “The quality of workouts and wrestling has improved significantly.”

WVU WRESTLING PAVILION

“We have one of the nicest facilities in the nation. I would like to believe that all of our current and former athletes that have worked diligently in the pursuit of excellence have made a significant contribution to this project become a realization.” - Coach Craig Turnbull



¡Besides the practice area, the crown jewel of the complex is the players' lounge. Built in the shape of a wrestling mat, the lounge features a big screen television for watching film and plenty of room for relaxing between classes. A drop down screen in the ceiling is used for studying match film before and after practices.

¡The facility greatly adds to the impeccable recruiting reputation the Mountaineer wrestling team already possessed. Over the past years, the facility has helped bring in some of the best wrestlers from around the country.

¡To top off the project, WVU served as the home to the United States wrestlers training for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, made possible by USA Wrestling. Mylan Pharmaceuticals pledged four full-time jobs to Olympiads training in Morgantown.

¡The funding was made possible by a benevolent gift from the Hazel Ruby McQuain Trust, which helped this dream complex become a reality. Turnbull also felt that the work done by former and current Mountaineer wrestlers played a large part in the wrestling-specific facility.

¡“I would like to believe that all of our current and former athletes that have worked diligently in the pursuit of excellence have made a significant contribution to this project becoming a realization,” Turnbull said.


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ATHLETIC TRAINING

The WVU coaching staff is that is chock-full of experience. With more than 50 years of coaching, three national titles and five All-American honors, along with Olympic and world team experience, the Mountaineer coaching staff of Craig Turnbull, Greg Jones and Danny Felix is equipped with the tools to help a wrestler realize his dream of a national championship.



¡The West Virginia athletic training program looks to get its student-athletes back on the field in a timely manner while providing quality health care for its student-athletes and coaches.

¡The scope of the athletic training services encompass various domains, which include injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education and counseling that will enable the athlete to maintain optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition.

¡Multiple athletic training rooms are available for student-athletes furnished with the latest technology and equipment.

¡The athletic training staff will work in conjunction with the team physicians and athletic administration to assure the student-athletes receive quality care throughout their career at WVU.


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¡Athletic excellence and strength and conditioning go hand-in-hand at West Virginia University. WVU’s strength and conditioning staff ensures all student-athletes are on year-long programs designed to continue improving the fitness capabilities needed in their sports.

¡To keep athletes improving and in peak physical condition, West Virginia offers a variety of training areas and an array of strength programs designed to increase performance. All student-athletes will also have their own program individually calculated and updated throughout the year. At West Virginia, student-athletes can rest assured that their strength staff is monitoring their performance on a daily basis.

¡Equipped with excellent amenities and staffed by some of the finest strength coaches in the nation, athletes who come to West Virginia know that they are in good hands when it comes to their athletic capacity.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING



STRENGTH TRAINING The lifting portion of the program is used to improve overall strength, power and explosion. This is accomplished through cycled periodization of Olympic lifts, traditional weight lifting modalities, plyometrics, core exercises, injury prevention exercises, agility exercises and muscular endurance exercises. The perfection of technique through a full range of motion will maximize strength and minimize injury.

HARD WORK The ability to increase your work capacity is crucial for wrestlers. Moun-taineer wrestlers will endure different types of labor to increase overall strength, core strength, grip strength and stabilizer strength all while testing the body’s lactic acid threshold. Some of these methods include tire flips, farmer’s walks, sledgehammer slams, sandbag carries, buddy carries, wheelbarrows and head-to-head tug of war in our 40x20 yard sandpit.

FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY Wrestlers are required to be among the most flexible athletes in sports. As well as the sport-specific movements in their training, wrestlers will be versed in movement patterns and muscular stretches for their com-mon ranges of motion. Various stressors such as partner-resistance, stretch bands, and explosive acceleration will be incorporated to ensure a well-rounded and complete flexibility program. Each workout is preceded with a dynamic flexibility routine with regular stretching and followed by a post-flexibility routine at the end of every workout.

PROPER NUTRITION Each athlete is educated on correct dietary habits and essential vitamins and minerals necessary to be an elite athlete. The student-athletes have the opportunity to meet with nutritionists, go on guided grocery store tours and receive diets designed specifically for them. Student-athletes will also have the opportunity to receive wholesome nutrition shakes and carbohydrate drinks to speed optimal recovery after a workout.

CORE TRAINING For wrestlers, the abdominal and low back regions are the units that tie the upper and lower extremities’ power together. In order to have excellent maneuverability and transfer of power, an athlete must have superior bal-ance and strength in this core region. This is achieved by using weighted core exercises, static holds and rotational power exercises.

CONDITIONING Rigorous conditioning designed to elicit physiological changes in the body’s bioenergetics systems occurs 3-4 days a week with an emphasis on wrestling-specific anaerobic and aerobic conditioning.Offseason conditioning will test the student-athletes’ willpower with intense, physiologically based running workouts. A WVU wrestling favorite is the famous Law School Hill, covering 100 yards in length at an increasingly steep angle.

THE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FACILITIES Housing almost 15 tons of total weight, the Mountaineer weight room is located in the Puskar Center at Mountaineer Field. The 22,000-square foot weight room features 14 weightlifting platforms, a dumbbell collection up to 180 pounds, and virtually every piece of strength training equipment the Mountaineers will require to be successful. Student-athletes will also use medicine balls, low- and high-resistance elastic bands, plyometric boxes, weighted vests, sleds, tires and more in planned phases through-out their yearly workouts.Weight rooms also exist in the WVU Coliseum and Shell Building facilities. These weight rooms are located directly beside the WVU Wrestling Room, allowing for workouts to be scheduled as needed around practices throughout the year. The wrestling facility also holds strength and condi-tioning equipment to use for on mat strength training and conditioning. These weight rooms are also located near the outdoor and indoor tracks, providing year-round surfaces for additional conditioning.

Pillars of the ProgramDisciplineStrengthResiliency Toughness

Wrestling’s Primary Training ConcentrationsThe main training area focuses for the wrestling team are strength, conditioning, threshold training, core strength, rapid force development, grip strength, neck strength, joint mobility, muscle flexibility and mental toughness.



¡ The West Virginia University wrestling team understands that its efforts in the practice room and against competition is greatly appreciated by the Morgantown community, but the wrestlers want to be viewed as something more than just the ideal student-athlete – they want to be known as positive all-around individuals. Although these college students spend countless hours on the mats and in the classroom, they also devote a great deal of time to making the surrounding area a better place.

¡ At the beginning of the 2009 school semester, the Mountaineers held a free clinic to benefit WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Cindy Smith and her husband, Sam, who suffered two strokes in 2009. Cindy has worked with the wrestling program for more than 20 years and coach Turnbull made it a mission of his to bring to light the situation. More than $2,000 was donated at the free clinic, which helped manage medical costs and the loss of income.

¡During the offseason, WVU wrestlers have shared their passion and imparted their wisdom on younger wrestlers. When their school work is complete, or they have time during breaks, the wrestlers volunteer their time with youth wrestling clubs in their hometowns.

¡ Individually, through the West Virginia University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the experience of the student-athletes has been advanced by their involvement through other community-driven endeavors. Members of the wrestling team join with coaches as well as members of other athletic teams from the university’s 16 other sports to visit the children’s hospital and the Ronald McDonald House.

¡ Although the wrestlers practice hard and devote time to their studies, they never lose focus of the task at hand – being an all-around positive role model, on and off campus.

“We believe that it is vital to be able to give back not only to the community, but also to people with close ties to our program. It’s a privilege to support those who support WVU athletics.”- coach Craig Turnbull

COMMUNITY SERVICE



¡ We believe that in order for our program to excel in an educationally sound and healthy environment, several philosophical concepts must be inherent and present as the foundation of the program.

¡There is a belief in all people’s natural tendency to strive to reach their potential; a belief that people are inherently good and when the correct conditions are created, they will excel and desire to actualize their unique capabilities and potentialities.

¡Paraphrasing Carl Rogers, an existential psychologist whose original background was in agriculture, “All living things have a natural tendency to actualize their potential; a potato in a dark cellar with one dirty window allowing very little light will even in this dire environment have weak spindly roots growing toward the window.”

¡We must believe and our athletes must feel that we believe in their potential and encourage their growth, even when they are struggling.

¡Victor Frankl, a well known psychologist, was a Nazi prisoner of war during World War II. He survived the most barren conditions where fellow prisoners often would pull off toes and fingers, would be starved and sent to the gas chambers. He remembers his most distressing moment as not physical but when he was on a work detail and was weak and leaned on his shovel; usually, the guards would beat a prisoner doing this, but this day, a guard picked up a rock and threw it at him as though he were a dog and not worth getting up for.

¡Our athletes must feel respected and cared for. Attention and encouragement will equate with respect. Time spent listening and inquiring how different areas of their life are going will contribute in this area. Discussing strategies for improving deficient areas as well as encouraging and recognizing strengths will also help enhance this foundation.

¡A recognition that was impressed upon me in the pursuit of my undergraduate degree in Special Education is pertinent here. The exceptional child; the gifted and slow student is more like than unlike the “normal student.” The athlete at the Olympic level and a freshman not quite figuring it out have similar needs. The elite athlete and the growing athlete will have fears, insecurities, strengths and hopes. They need acceptance, respect, understanding, and encouragement, regardless of their functioning level.

¡A solid foundation based upon the belief of each individual’s right for respect and a belief in the natural tendency for people to be good and strive to reach their potential will create an environment where our student-athletes will be driven to extend themselves in the pursuit of excellence.

PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS



STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT



¡West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the sporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults.

¡While many of the headlines center on the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the playing field, West Virginia athletes have also made some noteworthy strides in the classroom. Some of those strides include a string of 10 consecutive years where the department has had at least one first team Academic All-American.

¡To help its student athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center. The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in.

¡A total of 340 student-athletes were recognized for their achievement in the classroom last spring, at the annual WVU Student-Athlete Academic Excellence Banquet, honoring recipients of the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. Implemented in 1989, the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll was created to recognize students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better. Since the program began in 1989, nearly 4,000 student-athletes have earned a place on the honor roll. Ford retired in 2011 after 44 years of service with the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

The Mountaineers are provided with an academic adviser who devotes their time to ensuring student-athletes are provided with any assistance necessary to ensure academic success.



STUDENT-ATHLETE SUPPORT



¡West Virginia University’s graduation rate for student-athletes has been impressive, to say the least, over the past eight years. The ratio of student-athletes graduating to the general student body has increased almost every year.

Sixteen West Virginia University wrestlers were named to the 2013 Big 12 conference Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Of the 16, Bryson Begley, Bubba Scheffel and Tim Wheeling earned a perfect 4.0 GPA.



CharacterPublic, land-grant institution, founded in 1867.

Research ClassificationResearch University (High Research Activity) as classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Research FundingIn fiscal year 2011, WVU researchers were awarded $173,874,105 in total sponsored projects.

Combined WVU Expense BudgetApproximately $917 million (2013).

AccreditationsNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools and dozens of specialized academic accrediting agencies.

GovernanceThe WVU Board of Governors is the governing body of WVU. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing, and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities.

LocationMorgantown, W.Va., population 30,293, rated “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other recent rankings: One of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; one of the “Best Cities for Jobs” by MSN Careers; one of the 50 best places to launch a small business by CNNMoney.com; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

CAMPUS LIFE



Academic ExcellenceWVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships—24 Rhodes Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, 36 Goldwater Scholars, two British Marshall Scholars, two Morris K. Udall Scholars, five USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), nine Boren Scholars, five Gilman Scholars, 36 Fulbright Scholars, and one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar.

Student ProfileFall 2013 enrollment, on WVU campuses statewide, was 32,348.

Academics14 colleges and schools offering 184 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs in agriculture, natural resources, and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; journalism; law; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; public health; plus the WVU Honors College, University College, and programs at Potomac State College and WVU Institute of Technology. wvu.edu/Academics/

Student Living ExperienceThe First-Year Experience—unique among state universities—helps students navigate their first year at WVU. Elements include residential colleges and Adventure West Virginia, an outdoor freshman orientation program. All WVU students benefit from a vibrant array of student life programs, including a Festival of Ideas lecture series, bringing the world’s top minds to campus to share their experiences and knowledge; WVUp All Night, a weekend package of safe, fun, and healthy activities; an award-winning Student Recreation Center; and a Mountaineer Parents Club, helping families stay connected with their students’ education and life at WVU. apply.wvu.edu/life

Degrees GrantedIn 2011-2012, WVU awarded 6,447 degrees; 2,243 were graduate or professional.

Faculty and Staff ProfileExcellent faculty—16 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year—guide and mentor students.

¡instructional faculty: 2,331

¡graduate assistants: 1,804

¡staff: 3,560

¡total employees: 8,426



Freshman Class ProfileAverage ACT of 23.6, SAT (math and critical reading) 1045, and high school GPA of 3.36.

TransportationUniversity buses operate free on a year-round basis as does the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system—a computer-directed system that glides along 8.7 miles of guideway between Downtown, Evansdale, and Health Sciences Center campuses. In addition, Morgantown’s expanded MountainLine bus service offers free rides to students and employees. WVU ID is required for all services. transportation.wvu.edu/services

SafetyWVU has one of the safest college campuses in America, with 24-hour police protection and 37 outdoor emergency phones. The WVU Alert system sends urgent news to participants’ cell phones, and digital InfoStations across campus show important announcements.

CAMPUS LIFE



Student OrganizationsStudents can choose from more than 350 student organizations, and participate in an active intramural program and many club sports. sos.wvu.edu

Study AbroadMore than 800 students participate in University-led study abroad programs and international exchanges. internationalprograms.wvu.edu/

WVU Online/Extended CampusHundreds of distance education classes are available. elearn.wvu.edu/

Civic EngagementThe Center for Civic Engagement develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty and consults with academic units on incorporating civic engagement into the curriculum. In 2011, WVU students contributed 205,000 hours of service to the community. WVU has earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification, putting WVU in the 6% of higher education institutions that Carnegie recognizes for engagement. It is the only institution in West Virginia the foundation recognizes for its community engagement. cce.wvu.edu

Scholarships and AidApproximately $10 million a year is awarded by the WVU Scholars Program; more than 5,000 students benefit from this program annually. In addition, there are many different types of scholarships available based on academic record, financial need, group affiliation, or some combination of these factors. In 2012, WVU students received over $380 million in financial aid—average aid per recipient is $9,800. West Virginia residents may be eligible for the PROMISE scholarship. promisescholarships.org/promise/home.aspx

Honors CollegeThe WVU Honors College encourages a style of learning and living at WVU that is tailored to the highly motivated, excelling student’s special requirements. Innovative, challenging courses, designed to stimulate creativity and to provoke in-depth discussion, are offered in small class settings. Students may participate as Presidential Honors Scholars or Dean’s Honors Scholars; both options provide enhanced experiences. /honors.wvu.edu/

Parents ClubThe Mountaineer Parents Club, with more than 22,000 members in clubs across the state and nation, fosters success by connecting parents and family members with the student experience. The organization sponsors events on and off-campus, has a newsletter, a toll-free helpline (1-800-WVU-0096), parent electronic news, and a Parent Perk program. Membership is free. parentsclub.wvu.edu

FaclitiesWVU’s mix of historic and modern facilities includes 430 buildings on 1,456 acres. Eleven main campus buildings are located on the

National Register of Historic Places, and WVU operates eight experimental farms and four forests throughout the state, in addition to WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp and Lifelong Learning Center near Weston. jacksonsmill.ext.wvu.edu/

LibrariesFive library facilities—Downtown Library Complex, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library, and Libraries Depository—contain nearly 2.1 million volumes, 246 electronic databases, and more than 48,000 journal subscriptions, with access to 36 million volumes through a book-sharing consortium. Library staff offer in-person and online assistance. libraries.wvu.edu

Visitors CenterLocated on the Morgantown Waterfront, the Visitors Center features unique, cutting-edge displays and traditional West Virginia hospitality. Operating hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Saturday (closed Sundays and most University holidays). Guided tours with friendly knowledgeable student guides Monday-Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., except home football Saturdays. Phone: 304-293-3489. visit.wvu.edu

AlumniChartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 185,000 graduates worldwide in some 60 foreign nations. alumni.wvu.edu



Baseball: 33-26, 13-11 Big 12Cross Country: Fourth at Big 12

Championships; Fifth at Mid-Atlantic Regionals; One NCAA Qualifier

Men’s Basketball: 13-19, 6-12 Big 12

Women’s Basketball: 17-14, 9-9 Big 12; NCAA First Round

Football: 7-6, 4-5 Big 12; 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Gymnastics: 13-9, 1-3 Big 12; NCAA Regionals

Rowing: Fourth at Big 12; Sixth at Conference USA Championship

Men’s Soccer: 9-6-2, 4-2-1 MAC

Women’s Soccer: 11-5-4, 7-0-1 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season Champions, NCAA First Round

Men’s Swimming and Diving: Third at Big 12

Women’s Swimming and Diving: Second at Big 12; Two NCAA Qualifiers

Rifle: 11-1, 5-1 GARC; GARC Champions; NCAA Champions

Women’s Tennis: 4-17, 0-9 Big 12Women’s Track: Indoor-10th Big

12; One NCAA Qualifier; Outdoor-Eighth Big 12; 9 NCAA Qualifiers

Volleyball: 8-22, 0-16 Big 12Wrestling: 2-13, 0-6 Big 12; One

NCAA Qualifier

Team Records

MOUNTAINEER EXCELLENCE



NCAA ChampionsRifle Team

Petra Zublasing, rifle; smallbore & air rifle

Team Conference ChampionsWomen’s Soccer, Big 12 Regular-

Season Champions

Rifle, GARC Postseason Champions

First Team All-AmericansTavon Austin, football

Stedman Bailey, football

Taylor Ciotola, rifle

Meelis Kiisk, rifle

Mandie Nugent, swimming & diving

Maren Prediger, rifle

Garrett Spurgeon, rifle

Kelly Williams, track

Petra Zublasing, rifle

225WVU Student-Athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, including 239 last fall

First Team All-ConferenceTavon Austin, football

Stedman Bailey, football

Sarah-Anne Brault, cross country

Christal Caldwell, women’s basketball

Jaida Lawrence, gymnastics

Bry McCarthy, women’s soccer

Stormy Nesbit, women’s track (indoor, outdoor)

Maren Prediger, rifle (air rifle)

Bri Rodriguez, women’s soccer

Eric Schoenle, men’s soccer

Courtney Schrand, rowing

Kate Schwindel, women’s soccer

Garrett Spurgeon, rifle (smallbore, combined score)

Petra Zublasing, rifle (air rifle, smallbore, combined score)

First Team Academic All-Conference Selections73

more than



Conference Major AwardsTavon Austin, football, Big 12 Co-

Special Teams Player of the Year

Rachael Burnett, women’s swimming, Big 12 Most Outstanding Women’s Swimmer

Elizabeth Kantak, rowing, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

Bry McCarthy, women’s soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

Garrett Spurgeon, rifle, GARC Rookie of the Year

Petra Zublasing, rifle, GARC Shooter and Senior Shooter of the Year

Coaching AwardsNikki Izzo-Brown, women’s soccer,

Big 12 Coach of the Year

Bill Bedenbaugh, football, 247Sports Top Recruiting Coaches for 2013 Class

Jon Hammond, rifle, CRCA Coach of the Year

Academic Team AwardsWomen’s Soccer, NSCAA Team

Academic Award

Men’s Soccer, NSCAA Team Academic Award

Women’s Swimming, CSCAA Team Academic Award

National AwardsTavon Austin, football, College

Football Performance Awards: All-Purpose Performer of the Year, 2012 Paul Hornung Award Winner, 2012 Jet Return Specialist Award

Harrison Musgrave, baseball, College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year Finalist

Geno Smith, football, Elite Quarterback Award, College Football Performance Awards

MOUNTAINEER EXCELLENCENathan Pennesi made his third career appearance at the NCAA Championships, recording his first victory at the event over Army’s Connor Hanafee. Pennesi looks to become only the 15th Mountaineer to qualify for the NCAA Championships four times.

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26................... Head Coach Craig Turnbull

30...... Associate Head Coach Greg Jones

31.................Assistant Coach Danny Felix

32......................................... Support Staff

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Head CoaCH35th Season

CRAIG

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Over the span of the past 34 years, coach Craig Turnbull has built the West Virginia University wrestling program into one of the strongest and most accomplished wrestling programs in the nation. The four-time Eastern Wrestling League Coach of Year has been at the forefront of five individual national champions, 26 of the program’s 29 All-Americans, 42 EWL champions and more than 160 NCAA Championships qualifiers. In 2011 coach Turnbull was enducted into the Erie Hall of Fame.

In addition, Turnbull, who is the seventh-winningest active coach in the NCAA with 276 dual meet victories, has been at the helm for each of the Mountaineers’ six EWL conference titles as well as 12 top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships.

National SuccessFew coaches can equate to the success that Turnbull has had with the Mountaineers, as his five individual national champions produced tie him for seventh among active coaches.

One of Turnbull’s brightest pupils is current associate head coach and three-time national champion Greg Jones. Jones became the first athlete in WVU history to claim multiple NCAA titles. As a freshman in 2002, Jones won the NCAA title at 174 pounds before moving up to 184 pounds as a junior in 2004. In 2005, Turnbull’s guidance led Jones to his third national championship as the tournament’s outstanding wrestler.

Along with Jones, national champions who wrestled under the watchful eye of Turnbull are Dean Morrison (1994) and Scott Collins (1991).

The PresentTurnbull leads WVU into what may be its biggest transition in program history, as it enters its second season in the nation’s premier wrestling conference – the Big 12.

In their first season as members of the Big 12, the Mountaineers finished fourth at the conference championships. WVU’s 2012-13 season was highlighted by wins over Johns Hopkins and at Clarion.

The Mountaineers were 9-4 in dual meets and 4-2 in the EWL, including a win at No. 10 Edinboro in 2011-12. In addition, WVU had three wrestlers win EWL titles – the most since 2006 – and had six wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The 2000sIn 2002, on the heels of consecutive nationally ranked recruiting classes, Turnbull assembled one of the best teams in school history going 12-2, including 7-0 in EWL dual matches, claiming the EWL regular-season and tournament titles for the first time in school history, a 13th-place finish at the NCAA tournament and producing one national champion.

In 2005, Turnbull’s squad claimed its sixth EWL dual meet championship after posting a 4-1-1 conference mark. Along with Jones winning a national championship, Turnbull guided junior Matt Lebe to All-America status at 157 pounds when Lebe knocked off Stanford’s defending national champion Matt Gentry.

In 2006 and 2007, Turnbull tutored Brandon Rader to a pair of sixth-place finishes to become the program’s sixth multiple All-American.

The 1990sThe team enjoyed a tremendous two-year stretch in 1990-91 as it recorded a 25-6 record, won back-to-back EWL dual meet crowns, finished sixth at the 1991 NCAA Championships and recorded an eighth-place finish at the 1991 national dual meet championships. It was also during those two seasons that Scott Collins won the 142-pound national championship and Mark Banks won consecutive All-America honors. In 1990, Turnbull was tabbed as the EWL’s Coach of the Year for the first time as the Mountaineers captured the Eastern Mat Poll, the first time WVU won the prize signifying the East’s best wrestling school. Turnbull was named to coach one of the teams at the National Wrestling Coaches’ Association All-Star Classic in 1992, a match that pits the nation’s No. 1 and 2 ranked wrestlers against each other.

In 1996, the Mountaineers’ victory over Duquesne earned Turnbull his 156th win and made him West Virginia’s all-time winningest wrestling coach, eclipsing Steve Harrick’s mark of 155 wins.

Turnbull’s 1998 squad secured the team’s third EWL dual title, as he was named the conference coach of the year.

In 1999, Turnbull led the Mountaineers to a school-best 54 points at the NCAA tournament to place ninth. It was the second year in a row the Mountaineers placed in the top 10 at the NCAAs.

Turnbull helped guide Vertus Jones to four EWL championships and Jones became just the third EWL wrestler ever to win four conference titles. He was also the first Mountaineer grappler to become a three-time All-American.

The 1980sTurnbull’s appointment as coach of the Mountaineers in 1979 came one season after the Mountaineers’ entrance into the highly-competitive Eastern Wrestling League.

Inheriting a team that posted a 10-26 mark the two years prior to his arrival, Turnbull did not wait long before guiding WVU to success. During his first season, the team produced a 9-4-2 record, a feat that earned him Division I NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year honors.

The decade, which included six 10-plus win seasons, saw Turnbull begin to build the foundation for a nationally-respected program through the development of his first All-Americans – Jim Akerly and Michael Carr.

WVU Wrestling PavilionOne of the driving forces behind the dominance of the Mountaineer wrestling program is the WVU Wrestling Pavilion, which Turnbull was instrumental in planning.

The $1.4 million building – built in 2006 – boasts four mats, an aerobic room, coaches’ offices and a study center with a players’ lounge.

Besides the practice area, the crown jewel of the complex is the players’ lounge. Built in the shape of a wrestling mat, the lounge features a big screen television for watching film, and plenty of room for relaxing between classes. A drop down screen in the ceiling is used for studying match film before and after practices.

To top off the project, WVU was home to the United States Olympic Team wrestlers training for the 2008 Summer Olympics

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in Beijing, a feat made possible by USA Wrestling and the Sunkist Kids.

Prior to Becoming Head CoachAs a student-athlete, Turnbull was an All-American at Clarion in 1973 and boasted a career record of 87-14-2. Following his standout career there, Turnbull entered the coaching realm with a stint at Strong Vincent High in Erie, Pa. From 1976-1978, Turnbull was an assistant coach at WVU under Frank Liechti and in 1979, he became the seventh coach in the history of the West Virginia wrestling program.

Turnbull graduated from Clarion in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in special education and later received his master’s degree in sports psychology and counseling psychology from WVU in 1978.

PersonalTurnbull and his wife, Sue, reside in Morgantown. They have two children, Carrie and Kyle.

Turnbull Year-by-Year at WVU1979......................9-4-21980....................6-10-11981..................12-10-01982....................10-9-01983......................6-9-01984......................8-8-01985....................13-3-01986....................12-7-01987....................10-6-01988....................10-7-01989......................7-7-01990...................14-1-0*1991...................11-5-0*

1992......................7-6-01993......................7-5-01994......................6-4-01995......................4-6-01996....................7-5-1+1997......................4-6-01998...................11-3-1*1999......................7-4-02000......................6-4-12001......................4-9-02002.................12-2-0*+2003.....................9-3-0*2004....................9-5-0+

2005.....................5-6-1*2006......................6-6-02007......................5-5-02008......................8-5-02009......................8-4-22010....................3-10-02011......................9-6-02012......................9-4-02013....................2-13-0Total ..............276-207-9

* EWL Dual Meet Champions+ EWL Tournament Champions

alleN aNd Carrie NeWkirk, kYle aNd kara TUrNBUll, SUe aNd Craig TUrNBUll

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PHiloSoPHiCal CoNCePTS OF THE WVU WRESTLING PROGRAM

We believe that in order for our program to excel in an educationally sound and healthy environment, several philosophical concepts must be inherent and present as the founda-tion of the program.

There is a belief in all people’s natural tendency to strive to reach their potential; a belief that people are inherently good and when the correct conditions are created, they will excel and desire to actualize their unique capabilities and potentialities.

Paraphrasing Carl Rogers, an existential psychologist whose original background was in agriculture, “All living things have a natural tendency to actualize their potential; a potato in a dark cellar with one dirty win-dow allowing very little light will even in this dire environment have weak spindly roots growing toward the window.”

We must believe and our athletes must feel that we believe in their potential and encourage their growth, even when they are struggling.

Victor Frankl, a well-known psychologist, was a Nazi prisoner of war during World War II. He survived the most barren conditions where fellow prisoners often would pull off toes and fingers, would be starved and sent to the gas chambers. He remembers his most distressing moment as not physical but when he was on a work detail and was weak and leaned on his shovel; usually, the guards would beat a prisoner doing this, but this day, a guard picked up a rock and threw it at him as though he were a dog and not worth getting up for.

Our athletes must feel respected and cared for. Attention and encouragement will equate with respect. Time spent listening and inquir-ing how different areas of their life are going will contribute in this area. Discussing strat-egies for improving deficient areas as well as encouraging and recognizing strengths will also help enhance this foundation.

A recognition that was impressed upon me in the pursuit of my undergraduate degree in Special Education is pertinent here. The exceptional child; the gifted and slow student is more like than unlike the “normal student.” The athlete at the Olympic level and a freshman not quite figuring it out have similar needs. The elite athlete and the growing athlete will have fears, insecurities, strengths and hopes. They need acceptance, respect, understanding, and encouragement, regardless of their functioning level.

A solid foundation based upon the belief of each individual’s right for respect and a belief in the natural tendency for people to be good and strive to reach their poten-tial will create an environment where our student-athletes will be driven to extend themselves in the pursuit of excellence.

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aSSoCiaTe Head CoaCH / 8TH SeaSoN

GREG JONES

Greg Jones enters his eighth year as an as-sistant at his alma mater. His main respon-sibilities include recruiting, setting up and running practices, working on technique with wrestlers and operational duties. He was promoted during the summer of 2010 to associate head coach in recognition of his efforts as an assistant.

After the departure of longtime assistant Zeke Jones, Turnbull quickly named the Slickville, Pa., native as the successor who was less than a year removed from finishing his collegiate career.

Despite his youth, Jones was a natural fit for the coaching position after completing what is undoubtedly the best career in the program’s history. During his Mountaineer career, he became one of only 20 wrestlers in NCAA history to win national titles at two different weight classes. The 6-foot-1-inch grappler won a title as a freshman at 174 pounds and two more as a junior and senior at 184 pounds.

Jones became the first Mountaineer to be named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. He is also a four-time Eastern Wrestling League champion and WVU’s all-time leader in wins with a 126-4 record.

He is the only West Virginia wrestler to post an undefeated season, doing it twice - 2004 (26-0) and 2005 (25-0). He also holds WVU

records for best mark as a freshman (34-2), best record at the 167/174-pound weight class (34-2), most NCAA tournament wins (17) and is tied for the most NCAA tourna-ment appearances (4).

Jones appeared in the NWCA All-Star Clas-sic three times, winning each match. He is one of only two WVU athletes to win the university’s Red Brown Cup twice.In 2010, Jones was inducted into the EWL Hall of Fame.

Jones graduated from WVU in 2005 with a degree in sports and exercise psychology. He and his wife, Kelly, have one daughter and one son, Mara Leigh and Greyson Lyles.

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aSSiSTaNT CoaCH / 5TH SeaSoN

DANNY FELIX

Danny Felix enters his fifth season as a full-time assistant with the West Virginia University wrestling staff. He joined the Mountaineer program in 2005 as a volunteer assistant. Felix’s specialty is with the lighter weight classes, but also assists all wres-tlers with technique and various wrestling moves.

Felix’s laundry list of accomplishments and years of collegiate wrestling experience made him the perfect addition to an already potent WVU staff.

In June of 2009, Felix worked his way on to one of the most prestigious teams – the U.S. World Team. He was one of seven free-

style wrestlers to earn a spot on the team, and Felix competed in Herning, Denmark, at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships.

In early 2008 in the professional ranks, Felix garnered the bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Open. A year prior, he wrestled in the 121-pound class at the NYAC Holiday International Wrestling Championships and finished as a silver medalist. That same year, he was crowned the 2007 Sunkist International Champion.

Before coming to Morgantown, Felix spent a majority of his coaching career along the east coast of the United States. From 2003-05, he was the club wrestling coach at the University of Virginia.

Felix jumped into the coaching ranks in 1998 at the University of Oklahoma. There, he served as a club coach for two years.

Through his nine years of club wrestling, he has worked with kids as young as five years old to teenagers at the high school level. Felix, in charge of the freestyle programs, has taught everything from the step-by-step fundamentals to the more intricate wres-tling moves. Most recently, Felix founded the Gold & Blue Elite Wrestling Club in the Greater Morgantown Area.

In 1995, Felix earned All-America status at Arizona State in the 118-pound weight class. To add to his stellar college career, he also was a three-time Pac-10 champion.

He earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from Arizona State in 1998.

Felix and, his wife, Cheri, have a son, Luca.

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BriTTaNY arNoldAssistant Athletic Trainer

STeVe BiererAssistant Equipment Manager

JeSSiCa delaNeYAssistant Director,Student-Athlete Services

edWard F. eTZel, ed.d.Team Psychologist

TaNNer kolBStrength and Conditioning

CiNdY SmiTHAdministrative Assistant

SUe daViSProgram Assistant

BUBBa SCHmidTEquipment Manager

JoN HeVroNSports Communications

dr. maTT liVelYMedical Director

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34.................................................. Rosters

36......................................... Wrestler Bios

47..................................... Newcomer Bios

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Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Elliot Antler 5-10 184 Fr. Hebron, Conn. Bryson Begley 6-0 197 Fr. Kingsport, Tenn. Warren Boord 6-0 174 Fr. Severna Park, Md. Christian Chirico 5-11 174 So. Palmyra, Va. Mark Colabucci 5-11 184 So. Laurel, Md. Louis Colonna 5-6 157 Fr. Montgomery, N.JTerrence Demery II 5-8 149 Sr. Nuremburg, GermanyZach Heeter 5-9 165 Fr. Beavertown, Pa. Colin Johnston 5-7 141 Sr. Eighty-Four, Pa. Jason Luster 5-7 157 So. Pittsburgh, Pa. Mac Mancuso 5-10 184 Sr. Atlantic City, N.J. Tre Miller-Scott 5-5 149 So. Swatara, Pa. Tyler Millward 5-10 141 Fr. State College, Pa. Michael Morales 5-6 149 Jr. Brick, N.J. Chris Nelson 5-11 HWT So. Sophia, W.Va. Ryder Newman 6-0 197 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. John Pellegrino 5-4 125 Jr. Levittown, N.Y. Nathan Pennesi 5-7 133 Sr. Latrobe, Pa. Roman Perryman 5-9 149 Jr. Springfield, Va. Anthony Prendiamano 5-10 197 So. Manchester, N.J. Dink Purnell 5-11 HWT Fr. Wilmington, Del. Steven Quinn 5-7 141 So. West Chester, Pa. Ross Renzi 5-9 165 So. Burke, Va. Brutus Scheffel 5-7 157 Jr. Oakland, Md. Bubba Scheffel 5-11 174 So. Oakland, Md. Joseph Schiff 5-6 141 Sr. Buckhannon, W. Va. Cory Stainbrook 5-7 125 Fr. Streetsboro, Ohio Christian Stone 5-5 141 Fr. Clearfield, Pa. Daniel Suite, Jr. 5-6 133 So. Clay, W.Va. Andrew Sutherland 5-8 149 So. Alexandria, Va. Gage Swartz 5-6 133 Jr. Winchester, Va. Greg Thurston 6-2 165 Jr. West Chester, Pa.Leonardo Trindade 6-2 197 Fr. Billerica, Mass. A.J. Vizcarrondo 6-1 HWT So. Philadelphia, Pa. Tim Wheeling 5-11 157 So. Erie, Pa.

Head Coach: Craig Turnbull (35th season)Associate Head Coach: Greg Jones (Eighth season)Assistant Coach: Danny Felix (Fifth season)

Probable Starters125 Cory Stainbrook133 Nathan Pennesi141 Colin Johnston149 Mike Morales157 Brutus Scheffel or Jason Luster165 Ross Renzi174 Bubba Scheffel184 Mac Mancuso197 Leo TrindadeHWT AJ Vizcarrondo or Wayne Purnell

Pronunciation GuideName First LastChristian Chirico She-ricoNathan Pennesi Penn-ay-zeeBrutus Scheffel Chef-elBubba Scheffel Chef-elLeonardo Trindade Trin-Dad

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by classFreshmen: 11Sophomores: 13Juniors: 5Seniors: 6

by State/countryPennsylvania: 11Virginia: 5New Jersey: 4Maryland: 4West Virginia: 3New York: 1Ohio: 1Connecticut: 1Delaware: 1Massachusetts: 1Nevada: 1Tennessee: 1Germany: 1

by Weight125: 2133: 3141: 5149: 5157: 4165: 3174: 3184: 3197: 4HWT: 3

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Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown John Pellegrino 5-4 125 Jr. Levittown, NY. Cory Stainbrook 5-7 125 Fr. Streetsboro, Ohio

Nathan Pennesi 5-7 133 Sr. Latrobe, Pa. Daniel Suite Jr. 5-6 133 So. Clay, W.Va. Gage Swartz 5-6 133 Jr. Winchester, Va.

Colin Johnston 5-7 141 Sr. Eighty-Four, Pa. Tyler Millward 5-10 141 Fr. State College, Pa. Steven Quinn 5-7 141 So. West Chester, Pa.Joseph Schiff 5-6 141 Sr. Buckhannon, W. Va.Christian Stone 5-5 141 Fr. Clearfield, Pa.

Terrence Demery II 5-8 149 Sr. Nuremburg, German Tre Miller-Scott 5-5 149 So. Swatara, Pa. Michael Morales 5-6 149 Jr. Brick, NJ Roman Perryman 5-9 149 Jr. Springfield, Va. Andrew Sutherland 5-8 149 So. Alexandria, Va.

Louis Colonna 5-6 157 Fr. Montgomery, N.JBrutus Scheffel 5-7 157 Jr. Oakland, Md. Jason Luster 5-7 165 So. Pittsburgh, Pa. Tim Wheeling 5-11 157 So. Erie, Pa.

Zach Heeter 5-9 165 Fr. Beavertown, Pa. Ross Renzi 5-9 165 So. Burke, Va. Greg Thurston 6-2 165 Jr. West Chester, Pa.

Warren Boord 6-0 174 Fr. Severna Park, MD Christian Chirico 5-11 174 So. Palmyra, Va. Bubba Scheffel 5-11 174 So. Oakland, Md.

Elliot Antler 5-10 184 Fr. Hebron, Ct. Mark Colabucci 5-11 184 So. Laurel, Md. Mac Mancuso 5-10 184 Sr. Atlantic City, N.J.

Bryson Begley 6-0 197 Fr. Kingsport, TN. Ryder Newman 6-0 197 Fr. Las Vegas, NV. Anthony Prendiamano 5-10 197 So. Manchester, NJ. Leonardo Trindade 6-2 197 Fr. Billerica, Mass.

Chris Nelson 5-11 HWT So. Sophia, W.Va. Dink Purnell 5-11 HWT Fr. Wilmington, Del. A.J. Vizcarrondo 6-1 HWT So. Philadelphia, Pa.

WVUROSTER BYWEIGHT CLASS

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Colin Johnston5-7, 141 | Senior | eighty Four, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Returned to the mat after missing the previous two seasons due

to shoulder injuries• Ranked as high as No. 17 to begin the season• Battled through various injuries on his way to a 7-12 record• Started 10 dual meets• Recorded one win by fall and one win by tech fall• Tallied 15 takedowns, 17 escapes and 58 dual points• Competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational • Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Medical redshirt

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Redshirted

At West Virginia in 2009-10 • Started every dual meet at 133 pounds • Ranked No. 18 in the country for majority of season for the class • Earned a 21-4 record, including a 5-1 mark in the EWL and 10-3

mark in dual matches • Had 41 dual points compared to his opponents’ 10 • Tallied 36 takedowns for the year and had six victories by pin • Took First at the Washington & Jefferson College Open • Earned a third-place finish at the Reno Tournament of Champi-

ons, defeating Wyoming’s Cory Vombaur twice in the process and Kasey Garnhart (Wyoming) for the second time on the year

At West Virginia in 2008-09 • Had a standout season as a true freshman • Posted a 9-9 overall mark, with an 8-6 dual record • Registered 24 takedowns and 12 near-fall points • Finished second at the EWL Championships at 141 pounds,

losing in a close match to 13th-ranked Tyler Nauman of Pitt, 4-3, in the title bout

Prep • Four-year grappler at Canon-McMillan High • Coached by former WVU wrestler Chris Mary • Captained squad for two years • Ranked 35th nationally by InterMat • Posted a 164-10 career high school record • 2006 PIAA State Champion • Finished the 2007 PIAA Tournament as runner-up • Placed third in the 2008 PIAA Tournament • Three-time POWERade Champion (2004, 2005, 2007) • 2006 POWERade runner-up • Was a four-time WPIAL Class AAA Champion on the

Dapper Dan Team • One of only 16 wrestlers in WPIAL history to win four

championships • Selected to wrestle for the Dream Team in the 2008 Dream Team

Classic, a tournament comprised of 13 of the 14 top-ranked seniors in the nation

• 2007 Junior National Freestyle Champion • Member of Quest School of Wrestling

Personal • Son of Bob and Andrea Johnston • Birthday is Feb. 6 • One of three children • Majoring in physical education and teacher education • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Johnston’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2009 9 9 8-6 4-2 1 -2010 21 4 10-3 5-1 6 -2011 Redshirted2012 Medical Redshirt2013 7 12 4-6 0-4 1 -Totals 37 25 22-15 9-7 8 -

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Mac Mancuso5-10, 184 | Senior | Atlantic city, N.J.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Did not compete

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Compiled an 18-9 record• Started seven dual meets, including two EWL matches, at 197 pounds• Placed first at the Washington & Jefferson Tournament• Placed third at the Navy Classic• Competed in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Reno Tour-

nament of Champions• Placed fifth at the EWL Championships• Had 58 dual points for and 45 dual points against

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Earned a 13-4 mark for the year participating in three tournaments • Came in third place at the Washington & Jefferson College Open,

going 5-1 at the event with wins over opponents from West Liberty, Lock Haven, Seton Hill and Mercyhurst

• Also came in third place at the Navy Classic, again going 5-1 for the day with wins over opponents from Navy, Bucknell and Campbell

• Achieved a 3-2 mark at the Reno Tournament of Champions, including wins over Jake Rice (SW Oregon), Kelan Bragg (Cal-Poly) and Ryan Garringer (Ohio)


Prep • Three-year wrestling letterwinner at Holy Spirit High under his

father, Tim Mancuso • Four-time N.J. Catholic Invitational Champion • Three-time District 32 and Region 8 champion • Three-time placewinner at state tournament (took first, second and

sixth) • Was Holy Spirit’s first state champion • Earned second-, fourth- and sixth-place finishes at the Beast of

the East Tournament • At one point was ranked in the top-15 nationally – top 5 in his

weight class

Personal • Son of Tim and Marg Mancuso • Birthday is Oct. 31 • Brother, Chris, played football at Rhode Island • Majoring in criminology• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Mancuso’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2010 Redshirted2011 13 4 0-0 0-0 1 -2012 18 9 5-2 1-1 0 -2013 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 31 13 5-2 1-1 1 -

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Nathan Pennesi5-7, 133 | Senior | latrobe, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Had a team-best 22-11 record• Ranked as high as No. 12 during the season • Was the team’s lone qualifier for the NCAA Championships, his

third consecutive trip• Went 1-2 and scored his first career victory at the NCAA Champi-

onships, a 5-3 decision over Army’s Connor Hanafee• Missed three weeks of action due to a broken left third metacarpal• Led the team in near fall points (12), tech falls (4) and victories

over ranked opponents (2)• Earned victories over No. 19 Trevor Melde of Rutgers and No. 20

Luke Goettl of Iowa State• Tied for the team lead in dual meet wins (8) and major decisions

(3)• Scored eight takedowns, eight escapes, two reversals and 46 dual

points • Was recognized as a team captain and received the George Ned-

eff Outstanding Wrestler Award • Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships• Placed sixth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and third at

the Reno Tournament of Champions• Named Second Team Academic All-Big 12

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Finished the season with a team-high 29 wins and just 10 losses• Was recognized as a team captain and won the Coaches Award• Competed at 141 pounds prior to moving to 133 pounds on Jan.

6 against Maryland• Earned his second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships• Lost close decisions to Navy’s Aaron Kalil and Boise State’s

Brian Owen at the national tournament• Ranked as high as No. 19 throughout the season• Had a team-high 123 dual points and allowed just 45 dual points

against• Led the team with 54 near-fall points• Also converted 24 takedowns during the dual meet season• Team leader with four wins by technical fall and 12 wins by major

decision• Had one win over a ranked opponent• Had a 9-4 record in dual meets and a 4-2 mark in EWL dual

meets• Placed third at the EWL Championships, with his lone loss com-

ing to A.J. Schopp of Edinboro• Began the season by winning 10 straight and 19 of his first 21

matches• Placed fifth at the Reno Tournament Champions• Also placed first at the Navy Classic and the Washington & Jef-

ferson Tournament

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Earned a 24-8 record, second-best on the team • Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time • Came in second place at the EWL Championships, losing a close

match to Eric Morrill of Edinboro in the championship match • Ranked as high as No. 12 during the year • Started every match for the team at 133 pounds • Led the team with the most near-fall points (101), major decision

wins (11) and tech falls (3) • Had the second-best dual record (13-2), winning streak (10),

takedowns (57) and tied for second for EWL record (7-2) • Earned 44 dual points to his opponents’ six

• Beat two ranked opponents, No. 8 Kelly Kubec of Oregon State and No. 32 John Trumbetti of Lock Haven

• Came in second at the Reno Tournament of Champions, falling to No. 2 Andrew Hochstrasser of Boise State in the final

• Named EWL Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 20 following the event • Placed second at the Washington and Jefferson College Open • Won his first 10 matches of the year


Prep• Wrestled at Greater Latrobe High under coach Marc Billett • Finished career with a 140-25 mark, one win short of the school’s

wins record • Two-year captain • Member of the WPIAL Dapper Dan All-Star Team • Won the 2008 POWERade and King of the Mountain Tournaments • Three-time state qualifier • Runner-up at the 2009 PIAA State Tournament • 2007 sectional champion • National Honor Society member

Personal • Son of Richard, a former WVU wrestler, and Michele Pennesi • Birthday is Dec. 12• Has one sister • Majoring in engineering• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Pennesi’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2010 Redshirted2011 24 8 13-2 7-2 0 0-22012 29 10 9-4 4-2 0 0-22013 22 11 8-2 2-3 0 1-2Totals 75 29 30-8 13-7 0 1-6

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Joseph Schiff5-6, 141 | Senior | buckhannon, W.Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Did not compete in varsity action

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Finished with a 1-2 ledger• Proved to be a valuable asset in the wrestling room

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Did not compete in varsity action • Gained valuable experience in practice room and provided sup-

port for the team


Prep • Coached by J.P. Tenny at Buckhannon-Upshur High • Three-year letterman • Also competed in lacrosse, lettering two years and serving as a

team captain for one

Personal • Son of Hank Schiff and Megan Morgan • An only child • Birthday is July 6• Majoring in criminology

Schiff’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2010 Redshirted2011 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -2012 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 -2013 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 -

Terrence Demery II5-8, 149 | Senior | Nuremburg, Germany

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Finished the season with a 5-6 record• Competed at the Wolfpack Open, Navy Classic and National

Collegiate Open

At West Virginia in 2011-12• Finished with a 2-4 record• Competed at the Washington & Jefferson Tournament and the

Navy Classic

At West Virginia in 2010-11• Finished the season 1-2 overall

Prep• Coached by Keith Smith • Finished with a 161-20 overall record • Came in fourth place at states as a freshman • Second-place finish as a senior • Team captain junior and senior years

Personal• Son of Terrence and Gail Demery• Birthday is Sept. 23 • Has one brother and one sister • Father played baseball at Jarvis Christian College • Majoring in criminology and investigations • Aspires to work in the FBI

Demery’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2011 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 -2012 2 4 0-0 0-0 0 -2013 5 6 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 8 12 0-0 0-0 0 -

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Michael Morales5-6, 149 | Junior | brick, N.J.


At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Finished the season with an 18-4 record• Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time • Lost to eventual national-runner up Montell Marion of Iowa in a tightly

contested match in the first round of the national tournament• Won the first EWL title of his career, taking a 7-6 decision from Edin-

boro’s Mitchell Port in the finals• Ranked as high as No. 26 throughout the season• Entered the starting lineup on Jan. 6 vs. Maryland• Posted an 8-2 record in all dual meets• Had a 5-1 mark in EWL dual meets• Tied for second on the team with eight wins by fall• Also had three wins by major decision and one by technical fall• Accumulated 53 dual points for and 32 against• Racked up eight wins by fall

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Made a smooth transition from high school with an 18-11 record

as a true freshman • Named to the Amateur Wrestling News’ All-Rookie Team • Came in third at the EWL Championships, beating three oppo-

nents and falling only to No. 14 Matt Bonson of Lock Haven by a 6-5 decision in the second round

• Started every match for the team at 141-pounds • Had a 7-3 mark against EWL opponents and a 9-6 dual record • Outscored dual opponents 39-24 • Had the fifth-best mark on the team for number of wins (18) and

third-best spot for major decisions (6) • Had six major decision wins, 26 near-fall points and 43 take-

downs for the year • Also won four matches by fall, the fastest being in 0:57 over

Adam Householder of Thiel College

Prep • Coached by Dan O’Cone at Brick Memorial High • Coached by Vinnie Santaniello of the Sure Thing Wrestling Club • Four-year starter, ending career at 134-12 • As a sophomore, earned fourth place at state championships • State champion as a junior • Second-place finish as a senior

Personal • Son of Ralph and Blanca Morales • Birthday is June 13 • Has one brother• Majoring in criminology

Morales’ career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2011 18 11 9-6 7-3 4 -2012 18 4 8-2 5-1 8 0-22013 RedshirtedTotals 36 15 17-8 12-4 12 0-2

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Brutus Scheffel5-7, 157 | Junior | oakland, Md.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Completed the season with a 10-12 record• Missed nearly two months of action due to a high ankle sprain• Started six dual meets and had one victory against a Big 12 opponent• Placed fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions• Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Finished his first season of competition with an 18-15 record• Placed sixth at the EWL Championships • Placed third at the Navy Classic and sixth at the Washington &

Jefferson Tournament• Competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Reno

Tournament of Champions• Had a 6-6 record in dual meets, including a 2-4 mark in EWL dual meets• Accrued 73 dual points for and had 85 dual points against• Converted 21 takedowns in dual meets• Four of his 18 wins came by major decision• Won a marquee 9-6 decision against Michigan State’s Dan Oster-

man, who was ranked No. 23

At West Virginia in 2010-11 • Redshirt season • Gained valuable experience in the practice room

Prep • Coached by Dave Taylor at Southern Garrett High • Four-time Maryland state champion • Three-year team captain

Personal • Son of George and Anita Scheffel • Birthday is Nov. 30 • Has one brother and three sisters • Majoring in sociology and anthropology

Scheffel’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2011 Redshirted2012 18 15 6-6 2-4 1 -2013 10 12 2-4 0-1 1 -Totals 28 27 8-10 2-5 2 -

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Roman Perryman5-9, 149 | Junior | Springfield, Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Recorded a 4-6 record• Started dual meets against Rutgers and Clarion• Notched one victory by fall• Competed in the Wolfpack Open and the Edinboro Open

At West Virginia in 2011-12 • Finished the season with a 3-4 mark• Earned a dual meet decision against Franklin & Marshall’s Andrew Murano• Also competed at the Navy Classic and the Washington & Jefferson

Tournament

Prep• Four-time state qualifier at Robinson Secondary School• Was a Virginia state champion• Also took second, third and fourth in previous state wrestling tournaments• Coached by Bryan Hazard, who wrestled at George Mason

Personal• Son of Brian and Elaine Perryman• Has one sister and one brother• Birthday is March 26• Majoring in sport and exercise psychology

Perryman’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2012 3 4 1-0 0-0 0 -2013 4 6 0-2 0-0 1Totals 7 10 1-2 0-0 1 -

Gage Swartz5-6, 133 | Junior | Winchester, Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Completed the season with a 2-5 record• Started at 125 pounds against Penn State• Competed at the Wolfpack Open and the National Collegiate Open

Prep• Attended James Wood High• Coached by Chris Haines• 2010 Virginia state champion• Three-time district champion• Two-time region champion• Placed third at the 2008 Virginia state wrestling tournament• NHSCA All-American

Personal• Son of Terry and Katrina Swartz• An only child• Birthday is Jan. 25• Majoring in exercise physiology• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Swartz’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 2 5 0-0 0-0 0 -

Greg Thurston6-2, 165 | Junior | West chester, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13

• Recorded one victory in varsity competition• Competed at the Clarion Open, Wolfpack Open and the

Navy Classic

Prep• Attended West Chester Rustin High• Coached by Tony Fabri

Personal• Son of David and Catherine Thurston• Is one of four children• Birthday is April 22• Majoring in electrical engineering

thurston’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 1 6 0-0 0-0 0 -

JohnPellegrino5-4, 125 | Junior | levittown, NY.

Prep• Attended Nassau Community College• Took 2nd at the National tournament during his redshirt freshman year

high School• Wrestled at Division Avenue High School under Coach Bob Bennet• Was a four year letter winner in Wrestling where he was a three year

captain• Was 1st his senior year in the All Country tournament • Fifth in the entire state within the 125 weight class • Also participated in Track, Lacrosse, and soccer• All country and captain during junior and senior year of soccer

Personal• Son of Jon and Terry Pellegrino• Has one older sister• Birthday is December 8• Majoring in Sociology

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Christian Chirico5-11, 174 | Sophomore | Palmyra, Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Recorded two victories in varsity competition, both of which

came by fall• Competed at the Wolfpack Open, Navy Classic and Reno Tour-

nament of Champions• Missed the second half of the season due to an eye injury


Prep• Team captain from 2008-10 at Fluranna County High• Third-place finisher in Virginia state wrestling tournament• Two-time Region 2 place winner

Personal• Son of Paul and Sandra Chirico• One of four children• Birthday is Dec. 5• Majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

chirico’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2012 Redshirted2013 2 7 0-0 0-0 2 -Totals 2 7 0-0 0-0 2 -

Mark Colabucci5-11, 184 | Sophomore | laurel, Md.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Complied an 11-17 record• Recorded one tech fall, one pin and four major decisions• Started five dual meets, including three Big 12 Conference dual meets• Competed at the Navy Classic and the Reno Tournament of Champions


Prep• Attended Reservoir High • Coached by Ryan Kanaskie, who wrestled at Penn State• FloNationals All-American• Two-time 3A/4A Maryland state champion• Two-time 3A/4A Maryland regional champion

Personal• Son of Kevin and Patricia Colabucci• Has two brothers• Birthday is Dec. 5• Majoring in sport and exercise psychology• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

colabucci’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2012 Redshirted2013 11 17 0-5 0-3 1 -Totals 11 17 0-5 0-3 1 -

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Jason Luster5-7, 157 | Sophomore | Pittsburgh, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Completed the season with a 6-12 record• Started nine dual meets and earned one Big 12 victory• Had one victory by fall• Competed at the Reno Tournament of Champions• Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships

Prep• Attended Pittsburgh Central Catholic• Was coached by Sonny Abe• Ranked by InterMat as the 41st-best wrestler overall, 14th-best

wrestler in the country in his weight class and the third-best wrestler in the state of Pennsylvania at that weight

• Compiled a 37-2 overall record and placed second in the PIAA state wrestling tournament in 2011

• Placed first in the Ironman tournament• Placed first in the Beast of the East tournament• Placed first at the prep nationals

Personal• Son of Eric and Dawn Luster• Has two sisters and one brother• Birthday is Jan. 9• Majoring in athletic coaching education

luster’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 6 12 3-6 1-3 1 -Totals 6 12 3-6 1-3 1 -

Tre Miller-Scott5-5, 149 | Sophomore | Swatara, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Recorded six victories in his first season of varsity competition• Started six dual meets, including four Big 12 Conference dual meets• Competed in five tournaments, including the Navy Classic and the

Reno Tournament of Champions


Prep• Two-time state qualifier at Central Dauphin East High • Took first and second place at sectionals• Also played football

Personal• Son of Todd Miller and Lisa Scott• Birthday is June 20• One of two children• Majoring in exercise physiology

Miller-Scott’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2012 Redshirted2013 6 16 0-6 0-4 0 -Totals 6 16 0-6 0-4 0 -

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Chris Nelson5-11, hWt | Sophomore | Sophia, W.Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Did not participate in varsity competition

Prep• Attended Independence High• Coached by Cliff Warden• Amassed a 137-43 career record, including a total of 52 tech falls• Had a 37-4 record as a senior• Placed third at 2012 West Virginia state tournament• Four-time state qualifier• Team captain for three years• Led team to a runner-up finish at 2012 West Virginia state tournament

Personal• Son of Dirk Snuffer and Kassie Nelson-Jones• One of three children• Birthday is Sept. 16• Majoring in political science

Nelson’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -

Steven Quinn5-7, 141 | Sophomore | West chester, Pa.


Prep• Attended West Chester Rustin High• Coached by Tony Fabri• Two-time AAA state qualifier

Personal• Son of Terry and Lynne Quinn• Has one sister• Birthday is Sept. 30• Majoring in business

Quinn’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -

Ross Renzi5-9, 165 | Sophomore | burke, Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Finished his first season of varsity competition with eight victories• Started 14 duals• Won two matches by fall• Earned WVU’s Varsity Sports Athlete of the Week Honors on Nov.

5 after earning two victories at the Terrapin Duals• Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships• Competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Reno

Tournament of Champions• Recorded 11 takedowns, 15 escapes and 39 dual points


Prep• Attended Lake Braddock High• Four-time district champion• Regional champion• Four-time state qualifier• Ranked No.1 in state before suffering knee injury

Personal• Son of Richard and Roberta Renzi• Has six brothers and five sisters • Birthday is Jan. 12• Majoring in sports and exercise psychology

Renzi’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2012 Redshirted2013 8 18 4-10 1-4 2 -Totals 8 18 4-10 1-4 2 -

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Bubba Scheffel5-11, 174 | Sophomore | oakland, Md.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Completed his first season of varsity competition with a 12-7 record• Was recognized as a team captain and the team’s Rookie of the Year• Led the team with four wins by fall• Had a 7-6 record in 13 dual meets started• His 57 dual points for were good for second on the team• Recorded 16 takedowns, 13 escapes, 10 near fall points and two reversals• Placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions• Placed third at the Big 12 Championships

Virginia tech (2011-12)• Redshirted

Prep• Wrestled for coach Dave Taylor at Southern Garrett• Rated No. 56 nationally by InterMat• A three-time Maryland state champion• Also a three-time Mount Mat Madness champ• Won the 160-pound class at the NHSCA Junior Nationals in 2010

and the runner-up at the Senior Nationals• Went a combined 83-0 his sophomore and junior seasons• Recorded the most wins in Maryland history (167-4)• The 2010 Maryland Wrestler of the Year• Also played football and baseball, earning all-area honors in both sports

Personal• Son of George and Evelyn Scheffel• Brother, Brutus, is also a member of the team• Given name is Jakob• Has one brother and three sisters• Birthday is Oct. 1• Majoring in civil engineering• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Scheffel’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 12 7 7-6 2-4 4 -Totals 12 7 7-6 2-4 4 -

Daniel Suite Jr.5-6, 133 | Sophomore | clay, W.Va.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Had a 4-8 record• Competed at the Clarion Open, Wolfpack Open, Navy Classic

and the National Collegiate Open

Prep• Attended Clay County High• Coached by Brian Collins• 2011 West Virginia state champion at 119 pounds• Amassed a 46-0 record during his senior year• Two-time West Virginia state finalist

Personal• Son of Daniel and Lori Suite• An only child• Birthday is Aug. 30• Majoring in geography• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Suite’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 4 8 0-0 0-0 0 -

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Andrew Sutherland5-8, 149 | Sophomore | Alexandria, Va.


Prep• Attended West Potomac High• Coached by Mike Cummings• Two-time all-district• Placed first at the 2012 George Mason Winter Classic

Personal• Son of David and Bonnie Sutherland• Has one brother• Birthday is Nov. 14• Enrolled in general studies• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Sutherland’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -

Tim Wheeling5-11, 157 | Sophomore | erie, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Earned a 5-7 record• Competed at the Mercyhurst Open, Cleveland State Open and

Edinboro Open

Prep• Attended General McLane High• Coached by Ryan Cook• Placed seventh at the 2012 PIAA wrestling tournament• Three-year team captain• Was given high school’s most outstanding wrestler award• Three-time state qualifier• Three-time member of Pennsylvania first team all-academic team

Personal• Son of Michael and Theresa Wheeling• Has one sister• Birthday is Feb. 25• Majoring in engineering• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Wheeling’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 5 7 0-2 0-1 1 -Totals 5 7 0-2 0-1 1 -

A.J. Vizcarrondo6-1, hWt | Sophomore | Philadelphia, Pa.

At West Virginia in 2012-13 • Compiled a 6-12 record• Started 10 dual meets at 197 pounds• Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships

Prep• Attended Wyoming Seminary College Prep• Coached by Scott Green• Ranked by WRESTLING USA MAGAZINE as the 89th-best

wrestler overall and fifth-best wrestler in the country in his weight class

• Placed second in consecutive years at the national preps• Was the NHSCA national champion as a sophomore• Finished third at the 2010 Beast of the East tournament• Placed sixth at the 2010 ASICS Junior Nationals• ASICS Fargo Junior Greco All-American

Personal• Son of Anthony and Elsie Vizcarrondo• Has three brothers• Birthday is Sept. 26• Enrolled in general studies• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Vizcarrondo’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 6 12 3-7 1-2 0 -Totals 6 12 3-7 1-2 0 -

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Cory Stainbrook5-7, 125 | Freshman | Streetsboro, ohio


Prep• Attended Walsh Jesuit High• Coached by Bill Barger• Four-time placewinner at the OHSAA state wrestling tournament

(sixth, third, second, second)• Placed third at the 2010 Ironman tournament• Placed third at the Powerade Christmas Wrestling tournament• Placed second at FloNationals• Participated in the Disney Duals

Personal• Son of Tom and Tammy Stainbrook• Has one brother• Birthday is Feb. 19• Majoring in sport and exercise psychology• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Stainbrook’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 RedshirtedTotals 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -

Dink Purnell5-11, hWt | Freshman | Wilmington, Del.


Prep• Attended A.I. DuPont High• Coached by Robert Weaver• Team captain• Two-time Delaware state champion• 2012 FloNational champion• 2011 Beast of the East runner-up• Amassed a 110-10 career record• Placed third at the 2010 Super 32 Challenge

Personal• Son of Wayne and Michelle Purnell• Has one sister• Is the cousin of former WVU football player Lovett Purnell, who

was selected in the seventh round of the NFL draft• Birthday is April 7• Majoring in journalism

Purnell’s career StatisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2013 RedshirtedTotals 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -

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Warren Boord Class: Fr.Hometown: Severna Park, Md.Height: 6-0Weight: 175

high School• Wrestled at Annapolis Area Christian School under coach

Logan Putnam• Four year member of the varsity program• Captain during his junior and senior year• Lost just seven matches during his final season• Was first in MAWA South Regional Qualifier during senior year

Personal• Son of Warren and Jurjan Boord• Has one sister• Birthday is June 26• Majoring in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Elliot Antler

Class: Fr.Hometown: Hebron, Conn.Height: 5-10Weight: 184

high School• Went to Xavier High School and wrestled for coach

Mike Cunningham

Personal• Son of Efrem and Karen Antler• Has one sister• Birthday is June 17• Majoring in criminology

Bryson Begley

Class: Fr.Hometown: Kingsport, Tenn.Height: 6-0Weight: 197

high School• Graduated from Dobyins-Bennett High School• Wrestled under coach Buzzy Mann• Had a career 151 wins • 54 wins during his senior year were most in school history• Ranked fourth in FBLA State• Was a freestyle and Greco state champion• Also member of the football and baseball teams

Personal• Son of Joe and Kim Begley• Has one brother and one sister• Birthday is July 5• Majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering

Zach Heeter

Class: Fr.Hometown: Beavertown, Pa.Height: 5-9Weight: 165

high School• Attended Midd-West High School• Wrestled for coach Clint Swartz• Career 137-37 in matches• Third in 2013 PIAA State Freestyle• Qualifier for famed Fargo Tournament in Fargo, North Dakota• District 4 first team All-State• Pennsylvania Academic wrestling second team

Personal

• Son of Daniel and Kelly Heeter• Has one brother• Birthday is April 8• Majoring in wildlife and fisheries

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Christian Stone

Class: Fr.Hometown: Clearfield, Pa.Height: 5-5Weight: 141

high School• Graduated from Clearfield High School• Wrestled under coach Jeff Aveni• Career record of 128-27• Four time District Champion• Four time State Qualifier• Placed third at the Escape the Rock Tournament• Three time Top Heat Champion• Two time Tool City and New Oxford Champion• Member of Academic Honor Roll

Personal

• Son of Damon Stone and Bethany McCracken• Birthday is April 14• Majoring in engineering

Tyler Millward

Class: Fr.Hometown: State College, Pa.Height: 5-10Weight: 141

high School• Attended State College High School• Wrestled for coach Chad Dubin• Was a Pennsylvania Regional Qualifier• Qualified for MAWA National

Personal• Son of Ron Millward and Sarah Nolten• Member of West Virginia University ROTC• Is an only child• Birthday is April 11• Majoring in business

Ryder Newman

Class: Fr.Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.Height: 6-0Weight: 195

high School• Attended Green Valley High School where he wrestled under

coach Jon Ferry• Four time All American and ranked within the top 20 in

the nation• Was a Nevada State Champion • Reno Toc Wrestling Tournament Champion which showcases

the best high school talent in the country and is dubbed the “Toughest Tournament in the USA.”

Personal• Son of Randy and Sue Newman• Has two sisters• Birthday is January 7th• Enrolled in general studies

LeonardoTrindade Class: Fr.Hometown: Billerica, Mass.Height: 6-2Weight: 197

high School• Wrestled at Billerica Memorial High under coach

Robert Bellanger• 2 time All American Wrestler• All conference in both wrestling and soccer• Captain of wrestling team

Personal• Son of Wilson and Leila Trindade• Has one brother and two sisters• Birthday is November 9• Majoring in criminology and hopes to become an FBI Agent

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52.....................................Season Outlook

54............................ Weight Class Preview

56................................................Schedule

56........................................... Quick Facts

57........................... Opponent Information

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2013-14

SEASON OUTLOOK

The Mountaineers Return Six Starters This Year

Returning Talent WVU returns a three-time NCAA Championships qualifier in senior Na-than Pennesi. Pennesi spent time last season competing in the 141 pound weight class. He qualified for the NCAA Championships and tallied his first win at the championships against Army’s Connor Hanafee, 5-3. Joining Pennesi from last season are sophomore Bubba Scheffel and Brutus Scheffel. Bubba is one of two returners that wrestled to a winning record a year ago, recording a 12-7 mark in the 174 pound weight class. Brutus competed at 149 pound and finished the season 10-12 overall. After taking a year away from the program, senior Mac Mancuso returns to the program at the 184 pound weight class. In 2011-12, he compiled an 18-9 record, including finishing first at the Washington & Jefferson Tournament.

Newcomers Coach Craig Turnbull signed seven recruits to the 2013-14 class. Heading up the class for the Mountaineers is freshmen Leonardo Trindade, who comes to Morgantown after wrestling to two Massa-chusetts state titles and 134 career wins in high school, including a 99-1 record over his final two seasons, and Ryder Newman. Newman won two Nevada state titles and finished his high school career with 172 wins.

In the Polls Senior Nathan Pennesi has been ranked in several preseason polls, including: Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine, Intermat, D1Col-legeWrestling.net, Amateur Wrestling News and Wrestling News. Pennesi has been tabbed as high as No. 13 by Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine. Mike Morales was ranked No. 23 by D1College-Wrestling.net. Morales redshirted last season, but finished the 2011-12 season 18-4 overall and qualified for the NCAA Champion-ships. He won the Eastern Wrestling League title and was ranked as high as No. 26 during the season.

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New to the Lineup With several openings open in the lineup after last season’s seniors departure, WVU looks to a combination of newcomers and redshirt freshmen to fill the positions. Redshirt freshman Cory Stainbrook is expected to fill-in at the 125 pound weight class after compiling a 14-3 record wrestling unattached last year. At 184 pound, senior Mac Mancuso returns to the Mountaineers after taking a year off from the sport. In 2011-12, Mancuso wrestled to 18 wins and two top-three finishes during the season. Freshman Leonardo Trindade is expected to make an impact at the 197lb. weight class. Trindade comes off 99 wins over the past two years at Billerica High School in Billerica, Mass., and earning two state titles. The heavyweight weight class will be competed for by redshirt freshman Wayne Purnell, who tallied nine wins unattached last season, and sophomore A.J. Vizcarrondo, who wrestled at the 197 pound position last year.

Seeking Fourth Trip Senior Nathan Pennesi has made three trips to the NCAA Cham-pionships in his career at WVU. Last season, he recorded his first win at the championships, defeating Army’s Connor Hanafee, 5-3. Pennesi has yet to compete in 2013-14, but is expected to wrestle his first match on Friday, Nov. 15, at Iowa State.

2013-14 Schedule The Mountaineers’ schedule features three opponents ranked in the top 10 of the season’s first NWCA Coaches Poll in No. 3 Okla-homa, No. 5 Oklahoma State and No. 9 Edinboro. WVU adds the Virginia Duals, Mercyhurst Laker Open, Harold Nichols Open and Hoosier Duals to this year’s slate.Coach Craig Turnbull’s scheduling philosophy for this season is different than in years past in that the Mountaineers will be compet-ing in more dual meets than tournaments to begin the year. With a young team, Turnbull is looking to gain as much experience early on before wrestling the nation’s top squads at the end of the year.

Big 12 Conference The Mountaineers enter their second season in the Big 12 Con-ference. WVU searches for its first dual win as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Mountaineers finished fourth in its first season in the conference.

Entering 2013-14, three of the four members of the Big 12 land-ed spots in the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Amateur Wrestling Newsmagazine’s Preseason Top 25. Oklahoma State led the way at No. 3, followed by Oklahoma at No. 5 and Iowa State coming in at No. 16.

Beauty and the Beast For the third time, the West Virginia University wrestling and gymnastics teams will host the Beauty and the Beast. On Feb. 14, the wrestling team will compete against Clarion, while the gymnas-tics team hosts Pitt. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum. In its inaugural showing, both squads welcomed Michigan State to Morgantown. Over 3,200 fans showed their support for the Mountaineers. Last season, the wrestling team fell to Ohio as the gymnastics team defeated Big 12 foe Iowa State.

Leadership by Success Coach Craig Turnbull enter his 35th season at the helm of WVU wrestling. Turnbull has produced five individual national champions and 18 All-Americans. The Mountaineers have claimed six East-ern Wrestling League crowns and 12 top-25 finished at the NCAA Championships since Turnbull took over in 1979. He is the sev-enth-winningest coach in the NCAA with 285 career victories. Associate head coach Greg Jones enters his eighth season on the bench. Jones is a natural fit for the position after completing what is undoubtedly the best career in WVU history. During his Mountaineer career, he became one of only 20 wrestlers in NCAA history to win national titles at two different weight classes. The 6-foot-1-inch grappler won a title as a freshman at 174 pounds and two more as a junior and senior at 184 pounds. Jones became the first Mountaineer to be named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Out-standing Wrestler. He is also a four-time Eastern Wrestling League champion and WVU’s all-time leader in wins with a 126-4 record. Assistant Coach Danny Felix enters his fifth season with the West Virginia University wrestling team. His success as a wrestler has made him invaluable to the Mountaineers’ staff. In June of 2009, Felix worked his way on to one of the most prestigious teams – the U.S. World Team. He was one of seven freestyle wrestlers to earn a spot on the team, and Felix competed in Herning, Den-mark, at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships. Felix garnered the bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Open. In 1995, Felix earned All-America status at Arizona State in the 118-pound weight class.

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125: Cory StainbrookCory Stainbrook enters the 2013-14 season as a redshirt freshman. Last year, Stainbrook led all Mountaineer reserves with 14 wins. He recorded a final record of 14-3 and tallied two pins. In his prep career, Stainbrook placed at the OHSAA state wrestling tournament four times (sixth, third, second, second). He also finished third at the 2010 Ironman tournament and second at FloNationals. “Cory accumulated a good amount of matches in his redshirt season, and he went overtime with last year’s starter, Shane Young. It shows he is capable of wrestling at a very high level. He was very competitive nationally out of the state of Ohio.”

133: Nathan Pennesi Nathan Pennesi is a three-time national qualifier and led the Moun-taineers with 22 wins last season. Pennesi was ranked as high as No. 12 in 2012-13, and was the lone WVU wrestler to qualify for the NCAA Championships. He defeated two ranked opponents in No. 19 Trevor Melde of Rutgers and No. 20 Luke Goettl of Iowa State. Pennesi earned top finishes at the Big 12 Championships and the Reno Tournament of Champions, coming in fourth and third respectively.

“Nathan had gone home over the summer and came back commit-ted to wrestle at 133 pounds. He knew it would take a lot of work, but he knew 133 was the best weight for him to place at the nation-al tournament. Nathan is one of the most disciplined wrestlers on the team. He comes in every morning at a set time.”

141: Colin JohnstonColin Johnston made his return to the mat last season after sitting out two seasons with shoulder injuries. He was ranked as high as No. 17 during the year. Johnston tallied 15 takedowns and 58 dual points on his way to a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Champion-ships.

“After going to 133 pounds last year and being out the two years before that, it was challenging for Colin to come back. He had a few injuries and weight management issues last season, so it was very difficult for him at that weight. He wasn’t sure 141 was big enough, but he wrestled at university nationals in the spring and beat some very good people at 145, and felt confident being at 141.”

149: Mike Morales Mike Morales is coming off a redshirt year. As a sophomore, Morales posted an 18-4 record and qualifies for the NCAA Champi-onships for the first time in his career. Morales won his first Eastern Wrestling League title, defeating Edinboro’s Mitchell Port, 7-6. He recorded eight pins and 53 dual-meet points.

“Mike, we feel, has the potential to be an All-American. He defeated (Mitchell) Port of Edinboro his first year competing and then again two years ago in the EWL finals. We felt that with the talent we have at 141, if he worked diligently, he could excel at 149 pounds.”

157: Brutus ScheffelBrutus Scheffel will move up a weight class after completing the 2012-13 season 10-12 at 149 pounds. Scheffel started six dual meets, and placed fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions and fourth at the Big 12 Championships. He was one of four WVU starters to amass double-digit wins last season. Scheffel is 28-27 entering 2013-14.

“Scheffel wrestled great in the summer and really looks a level up from where he was last season. How he wrestled was very impres-sive.”

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165: Ross RenziRoss Renzi was one of three freshman to appear in the starting line-up last year. Renzi went 8-18 and won two bouts by fall. He placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships, and recorded 11 takdedowns, 15 escapes and 39 dual-meet points. “Renzi had a good freshman year. It was a learning experience for him last year and he has responded in all the right ways. He has been putting the time in the room in. You could come in during the summer hearing bad music and see Renzi working out. He has been having a good early season.”

174: Bubba Scheffel Bubba Scheffel led the Mountaineers with four wins by fall in 2012-13 and was one of three starters to post a winning record. Scheffel went 12-7 in his first year of competition after transferring from Virginia Tech. His quickest pin came in just 37 seconds. Scheffel earned 57 dual-meet points and recorded 16 takedowns. He placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions and third at the Big 12 Championships.

“Bubba wrestled very competitively as a freshman. He is as goal oriented and determined to be a national champion than anyone in the lineup. I told him the story of Sam Kline and how he made a decision to be good when he wasn’t. Bubba took that and would call Greg Jones all summer and gets as much time as he could in the room. Bubba Scheffel will be very successful in the long run.”

184: Mac MancusoMac Mancuso returns to the WVU wrestling program after taking last season away from the sport. Mancuso has posted winning records in each of his two season of competition, including a ca-reer-best 18-9 record in 2011-12. He placed at three tournaments, including first at the Washington & Jefferson Tournament, third at the Navy Classic and fifth at the Eastern Wrestling League Champi-onships.

“Mac was on the team for a period of time and decided he no longer wanted to wrestle. It was an interesting story because his dad was a wrestling coach and was on scholarship. But I think what happened was he got confused on why he was wrestling. He took a year off and wanted to come back. Since, he has never looked better and he is wrestling for all the right reasons with a lot of purpose.”

197: Leo TrindadeLeo Trindade is the lone true freshman expected to make an ap-pearance in the Mountaineers’ starting lineup. Trindade comes to Morgantown from Billerica, Ma., where he was a two time All-Amer-ican wrestler and also a standout soccer player. Trindade finished his prep career with 134 wins, including a 99-1 mark over his final two seasons.

“Leo is from New England and had a lot of success at the national tournament in high school. He has only wrestled since the middle of ninth grade, and even for a freshman, is not very experienced. He is just an athlete though. He was one of New England’s better soccer players and boxed before he wrestled. There is a lot of upside in Leo, and we will see if he can step in and make a quick adjustment.”

HWT: A.J. Vizcarrondo or Dink PurnellA.J. Vizcarrondo will move up a weight class from wrestling 197 pounds last season. As a true freshman, Vizcarrondo posted a mark of 6-12, including three victories in dual meets. He competed at the Reno Tournament of Champions, Wolfpack Open and finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships.

Dink Purnell comes into 2013-14 as a redshirt freshman. Wrestling unattached last year, Purnell went 9-8 with five pins. His quickest win by fall came in 32 seconds. Purnell is a two-time Delaware state champion and the 2012 FloNational champion. He wrestled his way to a 110-10 career record.

“Dink won two state titles and a national tournament. Dink and A.J. wrestled two overtime matches over the summer, and are very even. A.J. was at 197 last year, and we were swimming upstream with him and his weight. We decided that heavyweights are hard to find so we would go with having two in the room and let them battle each other. He is now getting better technically and we will see what happens as they get more competition. “

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Nov 02 Gardner-Webb** 10 a.m.Nov 02 Anderson** NoonNov 02 at Virginia** 2 p.m.Nov 10 Binghamton Open 9 a.m.Nov 15 Midland 3:30 p.m.Nov 15 at Iowa State* 8:30 p.m.Nov 16 Harold Nichols Open @ All DayNov 23 Navy Classic All DayDec 07 Drexel # 10 a.m.Dec 07 VMI # NoonDec 07 SIUE # 2 p.m.Dec 08 at Indiana # 11 a.m.Dec 08 Northern Colorado # 1 p.m.Dec 22 Tournament of Champions % All DayJan 04 Lock Haven 7 p.m.Jan 18 Oklahoma State* 7:30 p.m.Feb 01 Pittsburgh 7 p.m.Feb 06 Oklahoma* 7 p.m.Feb 07 Davidson 7:30 p.m.Feb 14 Clarion 6 p.m.Feb 16 at Ohio 2 p.m.Feb 22 at Edinboro 7 p.m.Mar 08 Big 12 Tournament (Norman, Okla.) All DayMar 20 NCAA Championships All Day

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QUICk FACTSUniversity InformationLocation .........................Morgantown, W.Va.Enrollment .........................................32,595Founded ...............................................1867Nickname ...............................MountaineersColors ....Old Gold (PMS 124 and Blue (PMS 295)Conference .....................Big 12 ConferencePresident ..............................E. Gordon GeeAthletic Director ..........................Oliver LuckHome Facility ........................WVU ColiseumCapacity ............................................14,000

Program Information2012-13 Record ................................... 2-132012-13 Conference Record .................. 0-6First Year .............................................. 1921Overall Record ...........................571-417-17NCAA Champions ......................................5

All-Americans ...........................................29Wrestlers of the Year ..................................4 Conference Champions ............................42

Wrestling Coaching StaffHead Coach .......................... Craig TurnbullAlma Mater .Clarion (‘74), West Virginia (‘78)Associate Head Coach .............. Greg JonesAlma Mater ...................... West Virginia (‘05)Assistant Coach ........................Danny FelixAlma Mater ..................... Arizona State (‘98)

SPORTS INFORMATIONPrimary Contact ............... Jonathan HevronDirect Phone ...........................304.293.9908Cell Phone ..............................248.978.5066E-Mail ................ [email protected] Phone: ..........................304.293.2821Fax .........................................304-293-4105Website .....................www.WVUSports.com

STARTERS RETURNINGName Wt. 2012-13 RecordColin Johnston 141 7-12Nathan Pennesi 133 22-11Brutus Scheffel 157 10-12Jason Luster 157 6-12Ross Renzi 165 8-18Bubba Scheffel 174 12-7A.J. Vizcarrondo HWT 6-12

STARTERS LOSTName Wt. 2012-13 RecordShane Young 125 13-4Lance Bryson 184 10-14Phil Mandzik HWT 9-18

OTHER kEy RETURNERSName Wt. 2012-13 RecordMark Colabucci 184 11-17Dink Purnell HWT 9-8Cory Stainbrook 125 14-3

Bold- Home Match *Big 12 Match **UVA Duals# Hoosier Duals @ Ames, Iowa % Reno, Nev.

VIRGINIA 2 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Charlottesville, Va.Enrollment: 20,897Nickname: Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITy: 10 A.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Ames, IowaEnrollment: 33, 241Nickname: Cyclones

DRExEL 10 A.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Philadelphia, Pa.Enrollment: 25,500Nickname: Dragons

MIDLAND 3:30 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Fremont, Neb.

GARDNER – WEBB 10 A.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Boiling Spring, N.C.Enrollment: 4,700

ANDERSON NOONSCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Anderson, S.C.

Conference: ACCArena: Memorial GymnasiumSID Contact: Andy FledderjohannNumber: (434)982-5500Email: [email protected] Coach: Steve Garland

TEAM:Overall (1921 – 2013): 468-398-9ACC: 140-124-22012 – 2013: 16 – 4ACC: 4 – 1 (2nd )

Conference: Big 12Arena: Hilton ColiseumSID Contact: Nicole GreinerNumber: (515) 294 – 3372Email: [email protected] Coach: Kevin Jackson

TEAM: Overall: 1026 – 291Big 12: 266 - 1112012 – 2013: 11 – 5Big 12: 3 - 3 (2nd)

Conference: Eastern Intercolle-giate Wrestling AssociationArena: Daskalakis Athletic CenterSID Contact: Molly SweeneyNumber: (215) 895 – 2084Email: [email protected] Coach: Matt Azeredo

TEAM: Overall: 525 – 408 – 15EIWA: 0 - 02012 – 2013: 8 – 12CAA: 3 – 3 (5th)

Enrollment: 1,100Nickname: WarriorsConference: GPACArena: Midland University Event CenterSID Contact: Dave Albrecht Number: (402) 941 – 6244Email: [email protected] Coach: Beau Vest

TEAM:2012 – 2013: 3 - 2

Nickname: Running BulldogsConference: Southern ConferenceArena: Paul Porter ArenaSID Contact: Marc RabbNumber: (704) 406 – 4355Email: [email protected] Coach: Daniel Elliott

TEAM:2012 – 2013: 4 – 13SOCONN: 2 – 5 (4th)

Enrollment: 2,512Nickname: TrojansConference: South Atlantic ConferenceSID Contact: Brandon McGinnisNumber: (864) 231 – 2087Email: [email protected] Coach: Dock Kelly

TEAM:2012 – 2013: 4 - 18

UVA DUALS:

IOWA STATE DUALS:

HOOSIER DUALS:DATE AND TIME: NOV. 2, 10 A.M. LOCATION: CHARLOTTESVILLE VA.

DATE AND TIME: NOV. 15, 7: 30 P.M. LOCATION: AMES, IOWA.

DATE AND TIME: NOV. 7 , 10 A.M. LOCATION: BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

VIRGINIA MILITARy INSTITUTE NOONSCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Lexington, Va.Enrollment: 1,569

Nickname: KeydetsConference: Southern ConferenceArena: The ThunderdomeSID Contact: John StarkNumber: (540) 464 – 7514Email: [email protected] Coach: Chris Skretkowicz

TEAM:2012 – 2013: 2 – 15SoCon: 2 – 5 (6th)

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Edwardsville, Ill.Enrollment: 14,055

Nickname: CougarsConference: Southern Conference Arena: Vadalabene CenterSID Contact: Eric HessNumber: (618) 650 – 3608Email: [email protected] Coach: David Ray

TEAM:Overall: 232 – 303 – 142012 – 2013: 6 – 19SoCon: 1 – 6 (8th)

INDIANA 11 A.M.

SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Bloomington, Ind. Enrollment: 32, 543

Nickname: HoosiersConference: Big 10Arena: University GymnasiumSID Contact: Kyle KuhlmanNumber: (812) – 855 – 4770Email: [email protected] Coach: Duane Goldman

TEAM:Overall: 709 – 540 - 292013 – 2013: 9 – 10Big 10: 0 - 8 (11th)

NORTHERN COLORADO 1 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Greenly, Colo.Enrollment: 12,495

Nickname: BearsConference: Western Wrestling ConferenceArena: Butler-Hancock Sports PavilionSID Contact: Parker CottonNumber: (970) 351 – 3645Email: [email protected] Coach: Ben Cherrington

TEAM:2012 – 2013: 1 – 100 - 5 (5th)

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DAVIDSON FEB. 7, 7:30 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Davidson, N.C.Enrollment: 1,900

CLARION FEB. 14, 7:30 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Clarion, Pa.Enrollment: 6, 100

OHIO FEB.16, 2 P.MSCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Athens, OHEnrollment: 28,442

EDINBORO FEB. 22, 7 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Edinboro, Pa.Enrollment: 8, 434

OkLAHOMA STATE JAN. 18, 7:30 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Stillwater, Ok.Enrollment: 37, 232

LOCk HAVEN JAN. 4, 7 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Lock Haven, Pa.Enrollment: 5,000

PITT FEB. 1, 7 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Pittsburgh, Pa.Enrollment: 28, 823

OkLAHOMA FEB. 6, 1 P.M.SCHOOL INFORMATIONLocation: Norman, Ok.Enrollment: 30, 092

Nickname: WildcatsConference: Southern ConferenceArena: Belk ArenaSID Contact: Mark BrumbaughNumber: (704) – 894 – 2931Email: [email protected] Coach: Bob Patnesky

TEAM:Overall: 295 – 615 – 182012 – 2013: 6 – 14SoCon: 1 – 6

Nickname: Golden EaglesConference: Eastern Wrestling League Arena: Waldo S. Tippin ArenaSID Contact: Rich HermanNumber: (814) – 393 – 2651Email: [email protected] Coach: Troy Letters

TEAM:Overall: 516 – 323 - 172012 – 2013: 5 – 10EWL: 2 – 2

Nickname: BobcatsConference: Mid-American Arena: Convocation CenterSID Contact: Tom SymondsNumber: (740) – 593 – 1298Email: [email protected] Coach: Josh Greenlee

TEAM:Overall:2012 – 2013: 9 – 5 – 1MAC: 3 – 2

Nickname: ScotsConference: Eastern Wrestling LeagueArena: McComb FieldhouseSID Contact: Bob ShreveNumber: (814) – 732 – 1834Email: [email protected] Coach: Tim Flynn

TEAM:Overall: 492 – 299 – 142012 – 2013: 10 – 63 - 2

Nickname: CowboysConference: Big 12Arena: Gallagher – Iba ArenaSID Contact: Taylor MillerNumber: (406) – 744 - 7714Email: [email protected] Coach: John Smith

TEAM: Overall: 16,043 – 5, 699 – 3612012 – 2013: 20-1Big 12: 6 – 0 (1st)

Nickname: EaglesConference: Eastern Wrestling LeagueArea: Thomas FieldhouseSID Contact: Doug SpataforeNumber: (570) 484-2350Email: [email protected] Coach: Scott Moore

TEAM: 2012 – 2013: 7 – 61 – 4 (7th)

Nickname: PanthersConference: Eastern Wrestling LeagueArena: Fitzgerald Field HouseSID Contact: Matt HaasNumber: (412) – 648 - 8240Email: [email protected] Coach: Rande Stottlemyer

TEAM:Overall: 514 – 385 – 192012 – 2013: 9 – 6EWL: 3 – 1

Nickname: SoonersConference: Big 12Arena: Howard McCasland Field HouseSID Contact: Jason BodinNumber: (405) – 325 – 8299Email: [email protected] Coach: Mark Cody

TEAM: Overall: 791 – 350 - 322012 – 2013: 4 – 6

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2012–13 Team ResulTsDate Opponent Result Overall Big 12 Record Record Nov 4 vs. Johns Hopkins (College Park, Md.) W, 43-0 1-0 0-0Nov 4 at Maryland L, 10-24 1-1 0-0Nov 18 Penn State L, 3-44 1-2 0-0Jan 6 at Lock Haven L, 15-19 1-3 0-0Jan 18 at Oklahoma State* L, 3-36 1-4 0-1Jan 20 at Oklahoma* L, 14-25 1-5 0-2 Jan 25 Rutgers L, 10-26 1-6 0-2Jan 26 Iowa State* L, 3-30 1-7 0-3Feb 02 at Pitt L, 9-31 1-8 0-3Feb 10 Ohio (Beauty and the Beast) L, 9-29 1-9 0-3Feb 23 Edinboro L, 9-29 1-10 0-3Feb 24 at Clarion W, 18-15 2-10 0-3

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Entering the 2012-13 season, West Virginia University was embarking on a season with several unknowns. The Mountaineers left its long history in the Eastern Wrestling League to become the newest member of the history-rich Big 12 Conference. In his 34th season at the helm, coach Craig Turnbull put together the nation’s toughest schedule, which featured 12 opponents in the top 35 and a combined record of 106-46.

Of Turnbull’s seven recruits coming into last season, two found themselves redshirting, while two made an immediate appearance in the starting lineup. Bubba Scheffel, a Vir-ginia Tech transfer, found himself as one of only four starters with a winning record last season, posting a 12-7 mark at 174 pounds.

The Mountaineers started the season with a victory over Johns Hopkins, 43-0, at the Terrapin Duals in early November. Highlight-ing WVU’s win were two freshmen, Ross Renzi (165) and Bubba Scheffel (174). Both grapplers pinned their opponent in the first period, with Scheffel ending his bout in just 37 seconds. The win by fall would be the first of Scheffel’s team-high four throughout the season. The young WVU squad later faltered against the home Terrapins, 24-10.

“We had opportunities to win our match against Maryland,” said coach Craig Turn-bull. “I would like to think that not having Shane (Young) in the lineup took away some momentum from us. We took that win against (Shane) Gentry twice last year, so there is reason to believe we could do it again.”

The Mountaineers took their 1-1 record to the Wolfpack Open for the first invitational of the season. WVU was well-represented on the podium, claiming four top-six finish-es. Junior Nathan Pennesi (141) took the highest honors of any Mountaineer, finishing third, while freshmen A.J. Vizcarrondo (197) and Tre Miller-Scott (149) both placed fourth. The young talent continued to shine with freshman Mark Colabucci’s (184) sixth-place finish.

“There were some good things to takeaway from today’s matches,” said coach Craig Turnbull. “Each of the guys that placed in the top six were successful in their own re-gard, while they were also able to accumu-late a good amount of early season match experience.”

The 2012 calendar year ended for WVU in Nevada, first at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Pennesi and sophomore Lance Bryson (184) led the Mountaineers with a sixth and eighth place finish, respectively.

WVU followed its stint in Las Vegas with a strong showing at the Tournament of Cham-pions in Reno. Three Mountaineers placed

at the event, led by Pennesi in third. It was the third-consecutive season that Pennesi grabbed a top finish. The Scheffel brothers, sophomore Brutus (149) and Bubba took fifth and sixth, respectively.

The new year would begin for WVU with eight-straight losses. After dropping a heartbreaker at Lock Haven, 19-15, the Mountaineers traveled to No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 14 Oklahoma for their first matches in the Big 12 Conference. The Cowboys and Sooners welcomed WVU to the conference by delivering them two losses, 36-3 and 25-14.

The dual-match season concluded for the Mountaineers with an 18-15 victory at Clar-ion. WVU won six of the ten bouts, starting with No. 23 Young over Tyler Fraley, 3-2. Bubba’s tenth win of the season evened the match at 12. The team victory improved the Mountaineers record to 2-13.

Young, Bubba, and Bryson concluded their seasons with top-three finishes at the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Okla. As a team, WVU earned fourth place with 28 points.

“This was a fantastic tournament, a great venue and a great experience for our pro-gram,” said coach Craig Turnbull. “We were a very young team this season, and we weren’t able to attack like we would have liked to. We knew that going into the season that we were going to be a young group. Because of our youth, we expect to be a lot better next season with the experiences we have had this season. We look forward to competing next year.”

Pennesi was the lone Mountaineer to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, despite missing the final three weeks of the season due to a broken left third metacarpal. Pennesi dropped his first round bout to Hofstra’s Luke Vaith, 8-3. In the consolation bracket, Pennesi battled Army’s Connor Hanafee. Pennesi was able to tally an early takedown and two-point nearfall to clinch a 5-3 decision. The deci-sion was the first of his career at the NCAA Championships. The three-time national qualifier saw his season end in a 7-1 deci-sion won by Drexel’s Frank Climato.

“We are very proud of the season that Na-than put together,” Turnbull said. “He tried to attack his matches the best he could, but his timing wasn’t quite there. At some point, he will be able to reframe this season and realize that he put together an outstanding body of work, but at the moment, he isn’t able to do that. He will return next season knowing that he is able to wrestle at a very high level and that he has a shot to accom-plish all of his goals.”

2012 – 13 Tournament ResultsWOLFPACK OPENNovember 11, 2012Raleigh, N.C.Place winners: Nathan Pennesi, third (133); A.J. Vizcarrondo, fourth (197); Tre Miller-Scott. Fourth (149); Mark Colabucci, sixth (184)

NAVY CLASSICNovember 17, 2012Annapolis, Md.Place winners: Mark Colabucci, sixth place (184) and Terence Demery, sixth place (149)

CLIFF KEEN LAS VEGAS INVITATIONALNovember 30-December 1, 2012Las Vegas, Nev.Team Finish: 18th, 30.5Place winners: Nathan Pennesi, sixth place (141)and Lance Bryson, eighth place (184)

RENO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONSDecember 16, 2012Reno, Nev.Team Finish: 10th, 53Place winners: Nathan Pennesi, third (141); Bru-tus Scheffel, fifth (149); Bubba Scheffel, sixth (174)

BIG 12 DUALSMarch 8, 2013Stillwater, Ok.

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPSMarch 9, 2013Stillwater, Okla.Team Finish: 4th, 28 pointsPlace winners: Third: Shane Young (125); Bubba Scheffel (174); Lance Bryson (184)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSMarch 21-23, 2013Des Moines, IowaTeam Finish: 63rd, 0.5 points

2012-13 Big 12 standingsTeam Big 12 OverallOklahoma State ............. 6-0 .......................20-1Iowa State ..................... 3-3 .......................11-5Oklahoma ...................... 2-1 ....................... 4-6West Virginia .................. 0-6 ...................... 2-13

2013 Big 12 championshipsTeam PointsOklahoma State ........................................118.5Iowa State .....................................................74Oklahoma ......................................................58West Virginia ..................................................28

2013 Big 12 champions125: Eddie Klimara (OSU)133: Jon Morrison (OSU)141: Kendric Maple (OU)149: Jordan Oliver (OSU)157: Alex Dieringer (OSU)165: Tyler Caldwell (OSU)174: Chris Perry (OSU)184: Chris Chionuma (OSU)197: Kyven Gadson (ISU)HWT: Alan Gelogaev (OSU)

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maTcH-BY-maTcH ResuTsnov. 4, 2012 vs. Johns Hopkins (college Park, md.): W, 43-0125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Paul Bewak (JHU), 4-3133: Colin Johnston (WVU) tech fall Ray Yagloski (JHU), 20-5141: Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. Paul Marcello (JHU), 6-0149: Brutus Scheffel (WVU) dec. Henry Stauber (JHU), 3-1 SV157: Dominic Prezzia (WVU) dec. Christian Salera (JHU), 4-1165: Ross Renzi (WVU) win by fall Christian Ostrowski, 2:09174: Bubba Scheffel (WVU) win by fall Jody Gowen (JHU), 0:37184: Lance Bryson (WVU) maj. dec. Kyle Spangler (JHU), 17-5197: A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU) maj. dec. Evan Johnson (JHU), 9-0HWT: Phil Mandzik (WVU) win by forfeit

nov. 4, 2012 at maryland: l, 10-24125: Shane Gentry (UMD) wins by medical forfeit133: No. 18 Geoffrey Alexander (UMD) dec. No. 17 Colin Johnston (WVU), 7-5141: No. 19 Nathan Pennesi (WVU) maj. dec. Danny O’Malley (UMD), 10-1149: Lou Mascola (UMD) dec. Brutus Scheffel (WVU), 9-4157: Dominic Prezzia (WVU) dec. Brady Massaro (UMD), 5-2165: Ross Renzi (WVU) dec. Josh Snook (UMD), 6-3174: No. 4 John Asper (UMD) dec. Bubba Scheffel (WVU), 5-3184: No. 10 Jimmy Sheptock (UMD) dec. No. 20 Lance Bryson (WVU), 4-1197: No. 10 Christian Boley (UMD) dec. A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 9-6HWT: Dallas Brown (UMD) dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 4-3

nov. 18, 2012 Penn state: l, 3-44125: No. 2 Nico Megaludis (PSU) win by fall Gage Swartz (WVU), 5:53133: No. 17 Colin Johnston (WVU) dec. Nate Morgan (PSU), 6-2141: Bryan Pearsall (PSU) dec. No. 19 Nathan Pennesi, 2-0149: James English (PSU) maj. dec. Brutus Scheffel (WVU), 8-0157: No. 2 Dylan Alton (PSU) win by fall Jason Luster (WVU), 2:28165: No. 2 David Taylor (PSU) tech fall Dominic Prezzia (WVU), 20-5 174: No. 5 Matt Brown (PSU) win by fall Ross Renzi (WVU), 4:10184: No. 1 Ed Ruth (PSU) maj. dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 11-1197: No. 3 Quentin Wright (PSU) win by fall A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 0:25HWT: Jimmy Lawson (PSU) maj. dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 9-0

Jan. 6, 2013 at lock Haven: l, 15-19125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Bobby Rehm (LHU), 13-8133: Matt Bryer (LHU) dec. Sean Fee (WVU), 7-2141: Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. Dan Neff (LHU), 4-0149: Mac Maldarelli (LHU) dec. Tim Wheeling (WVU), 8-0157: Jason Luster (WVU) dec. Aaron Fry (LHU), 3-2165: Aaron McKinney (LHU) dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 3-2174: Bubba Scheffel (WVU) win by fall Tyler Wood (LHU), 5:09184: Fred Garcia (LHU) dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 3-1197: Phil Sprenkle (LHU) dec. A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 5-4HWT: Harry Turner (LHU) dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 4-0

Jan. 18, 2013 at oklahoma state: l, 3-36125: Eddie Klimar (OSU) dec. Shane Young (WVU), 3-2133: Tyler Dorrell (OSU) dec. Colin Johnston (WVU), 7-6141: Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. Julian Feikert (OSU), 6-0149: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) win by fall Tre Miller-Scott (WVU), 1:19157: No. 10 Alex Dieringer (OSU) maj. dec. Jason Luster (WVU), 11-2165: No. 3 Tyler Caldwell (OSU) maj. dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 10-2174: No. 1 Chris Perry (OSU) dec. Bubba Scheffel (WVU), 8-3184: No. 14 Chris Chionuma (OSU) maj. dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 17-4197: No. 16 Blake Rosholt (OSU) dec. A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 4-1HWT: No. 3 Alan Geolgaev (OSU) win by fall Phil Mandzik (WVU), 0:55

Jan. 20, 2013 at oklahoma: l, 14-25125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Kyle Garcia (OU), 5-4133: No. 10 Cody Brewer (OU) maj. dec. Colin Johnston (WVU), 24-10141: No. 1 Kendric Maple (OU) maj. dec. No. 13 Nathan Pennesi (WVU), 10-2149: No. 10 Nick Lester (OU) tech fall Tim Wheeling (WVU), 15-0157: Justin DeAngelis (OU) tech fall Jason Luster (WVU), 17-2165: No. 4 Patrick Graham (OU) tech fall Dominic Prezzia (WVU), 14-3174: Bubba Scheffel (WVU) maj. dec. Matt Reed (OU), 12-4184: Lance Bryson (WVU) maj. dec. Nolan McBryde (OU), 13-4197: A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU) dec. Brad Johnson (OU), 8-6HWT: Keldrick Hall (OU) dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 2-1

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Jan. 25, 2013 Rutgers: l, 10-26125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Joseph Langel III (RU), 4-3133: Vincent Dellefave (RU) maj. dec. Sean Fee (WVU), 11-3141: No. 13 Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. No. 20 Trevor Melde (RU), 7-2149: Ken Theobold (RU) maj. dec. Roman Perryman (WVU), 12-3157: No. 16 Scott Winston (RU) win by fall Jason Luster (WVU), 1:58165: Nick Visicaro (RU) dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 12-5174: No. 12 Greg Zannetti (RU) dec. Bubba Scheffel (WVU), 2-1184: No. 11 Dan Rinaldi (RU) dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 6-0197: A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU) maj. dec. Hayden Hrymack (RU), 12-4HWT: Bill Smith (RU) dec. Phil Mandzik (WV), 5-0

Jan. 26, 2013 iowa state: l, 3-30125: Ryak Finch (ISU) dec. Shane Young (WVU), 1-0133: John Meeks (ISU) dec. Colin Johnston (WVU), 5-4141: No. 13 Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. No. 19 Luke Goettl (ISU), 5-1149: Max Mayfield (ISU) dec. Tre Miller-Scott (WVU), 4-1157: Logan Molina (ISU) dec. Jason Luster (WVU), 4-2165: No. 18 Michael Moreno (ISU) dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 5-2174: No. 17 Tanner Weatherman (ISU) dec. Bubba Scheffel (WVU), 8-4184: No. 19 Boaz Beard (ISU) dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 4-0197: No. 8 Kyven Godson (ISU) dec. A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 11-4HWT: No. 19 Matt Gibson (ISU) win by fall Phil Mandzik (WUV), 5:39

Feb. 02, 2013 at Pitt: l, 9-31125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Godwin Nyama (UP), 8-3133: No. 16 Shelton Mack (UP) maj. dec. Sean Fee (WVU), 14-5141: No. 12 Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. Travis Shaffer (UP), 5-4149: Ronnie Garbinsky (UP) maj. dec. Tre Miller-Scott (WVU), 11-3157: Donnie Tasser (UP) maj. dec. Jason Luster (WVU), 11-0165: No. 13 Tyler Wilps (UP) dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 7-3174: Bubba Scheffel (WVU) dec. Nick Bonaccorsi (UP), 3-1184: No. 13 Max Thomusseit (UP) maj. dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 9-0197: No. 2 Matt Wilps (UP) win by fall A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 6:53HWT: No. 7 Zac Thomusseit (UP) win by fall Phil Mandzik (WVU), 2:53

Feb. 10, 2013 ohio (Beauty and the Beast): l, 9-29125: No. 24 Shane Young (WVU) dec. Kevon Powell (OU), 11-5133: Colin Johnston (WVU) dec. Joe Munos (OU), 3-2141: No. 12 Nathan Pennesi (WVU) dec. Kagan Squire (OU), 1-0149: Andrew Romanchik (OU) dec. Brutus Scheffel (WVU), 2-0157: Spartak Chino (OU) dec. Dominic Prezzia (WVU), 5-3165: Harrison Hightower (OU) win by fall Ross Renzi (WVU), 1:57174: No. 16 Cody Walter (OU) dec. No. 27 Bubba Scheffel (WVU), 2-1184: Michael Duckworth (OU) win by fall Lance Bryson (WVU), 3:39197: Phil Wellington (OU) maj. dec. A.J. Vizcarrondo (WVU), 13-5HWT: No. 15 Jeremy Johnson (OU) maj. dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 9-0

Feb. 23, 2013 edinboro: l, 9-29125: Shane Young (WVU) dec. Kory Mines (EU), 4-2133: No. 3 A.J. Schopp (EU) win by fall Colin Johnston (WVU), 3:55141: No. 4 Mitchell Port (EU) win by fall Sean Fee (WVU), 1:25149: No. 16 Dave Habat (EU) tech fall Brutus Scheffel (WVU), 15-0157: Jason Luster (WVU) dec. Casey Fuller (EU), 8-6 SV165: Johnny Greisheimer (EU) dec. Ross Renzi (WVU), 6-3174: No. 27 Bubba Scheffel (WVU) dec. Patrick Jennings (EU), 8-2184: Vince Pickett (EU) dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 3-1197: Warren Bosch (EU) dec. Mark Colabucci (WVU), 7-5HWT: No. 20 Ernest James (EU) dec. Phil Mandzik (WVU), 3-0

Feb. 24, 2013 at clarion: W, 18-15 125: No. 23 Shane Young (WVU) dec. Tyler Fraley (CU), 3-2133: Colin Johnston (WVU) dec. Joe Waltko (CU), 3-0141: Sam Sherlock (CU) dec. Sean Fee (WVU), 6-2149: Tyler Bedelyon (CU) win by fall Tre Miller-Scott (WVU), 2:53157: No. 4 James Fleming (CU) dec. Roman Perryman (WVU), 7-1165: Ross Renzi (WVU) dec. Nick Milano (CU), 8-4174: Bubba Scheffel (WVU) dec. Ryan Darch (CU), 5-3184: Lance Bryson (WVU) dec. Steven Cressley (CU), 3-0197: Justin Ortega (CU) dec. Mark Colabucci (WVU), 8-3HWT: Phil Mandzik (WVU) dec. Phil Catrucco (CU), 5-1

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2013Shane Young5-6 | 125 | Jeannette, Pa.

• Three-time NCAA Championships qualifier• Placed second at Eastern Wrestling League Championships

three times• Ranked as high as No. 16 in his career• Finished sophomore season with a career-high 28 wins• Went 13-4 in his senior season

career statisticsYear W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2010 16 10 7-4 5-1 3 0-22011 28 10 12-3 7-2 7 0-22012 24 8 10-3 4-2 6 1-22013 13 4 8-2 1-2 0 -Totals 81 32 37-12 17-7 16 1-6

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2013Philip Mandzik6-0 | HWT | Bradenton, Fla.

• Finished sixth at the Eastern Wrestling League Championships in 2010-11

• Won a career-high 10 matches in 2010-11• Started 26 dual meets in his career

career statistics Year W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2011 10 18 3-11 3-4 0 -2012 Redshirted 2013 9 18 2-10 0-3 0 -Totals 19 36 5-21 3-7 0 -

Michael Bolash5-4 | 125 | Warrington, Pa.

• Competed at the Washington & Jefferson College Open in 2010-11 and 2011-12

• Competed at the Navy Classic in 2010-11 and 2011-12• Provided depth at 125 pounds

Year W L Dual Conf Falls NCAA2010 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 -2011 1 4 0-0 0-0 0 -2012 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 -2013 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 -Totals 1 10 0-0 0-0 0 -

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Starters

Overall Dual Dual vs. Ranked Tech Dual Matches Only Wt. Wrestler Record Record Points For Opponents MD Falls Falls Quick TD ESC REV NF 125 Shane Young 13-4 8-2 54 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 20 6 0 0

133 Colin Johnston 7-12 4-6 58 0-6 0 1 1 2:32 15 17 0 5

141 Nathan Pennesi 22-11 8-2 46 2-9 3 4 0 0:00 8 8 2 12

149 Brutus Schefffel 10-12 2-4 10 0-2 1 0 1 3:25 3 4 0 0

157 Jason Luster 6-12 3-6 20 0-4 0 0 1 1:43 4 4 1 0

165 Ross Renzi 8-18 4-10 39 0-7 2 0 2 1:22 11 15 0 2

174 Bubba Scheffel 12-7 7-6 57 0-7 2 0 4 0:37 16 13 2 10

184 Lance Bryson 10-14 4-9 44 1-8 3 0 1 0:22 15 9 0 0

197 A.J. Vizcarrondo 6-12 3-7 52 0-5 2 0 0 0:00 12 14 6 2

285 Phil Mandzik 9-18 2-10 10 0-6 0 0 0 0:00 2 5 0 0

Reserves

Overall Dual Dual vs. Ranked Tech Dual Matches Only Wt. Wrestler Record Record Points For Opponents MD Falls Falls Quick TD ESC REV NF 141 Matt Anti 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

141 Trey Ayala 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

174 Josef Baran 1-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0:07 0 0 0 0

149 Michael Bennett 2-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0:41 0 0 0 0

141 Evan Berti 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

125 Michael Bolash 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

133 Jared Browning 1-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

133 Anthony Chicuto 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

174 Christian Chirico 1-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 5:45 0 0 0 0

197 Mark Colabucci 11-17 0-5 12 0-2 4 0 1 2:00 3 5 1 0

141 Gunner Cullison 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

174 Landon Dean 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Terrence Demery II 4-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

133 Sean Fee 3-12 0-5 12 0-1 1 0 0 0:00 2 8 0 0

157 Justin Gnieser 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

125 Zane Heller 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Mike Hess 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

174 Noah Horst 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

197 Josh Huskey 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

197 Nicholas Hylton 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

165 Tom Kizer 1-2 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

197 Andrew McCalla 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Tre Miller-Scott 6-16 0-6 15 0-2 0 0 0 0:00 3 10 0 0

165 Andrew Nelson 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

197 Chris Nelson 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

174 Nae Paugh 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Roman Perryman 4-6 0-2 4 0-1 2 0 1 1:30 0 2 1 0

165 Dominic Prezzia 5-11 2-5 22 0-3 1 0 0 0:00 4 11 0 0

285 Dink Purnell 9-8 0-0 0 0-0 2 0 5 0:32 0 0 0 0

141 Steve Quinn 1-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Brutus Schefffel 9-8 1-2 7 0-1 1 0 1 3:25 2 3 0 0

141 Joseph Schiff 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

125 Jesse Schiffbauer 1-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0:32 0 0 0 0

133 Cory Stainbrook 14-3 0-0 0 0-0 4 1 2 3:00 0 0 0 0

125 Danny Suite 4-6 0-0 0 0-0 3 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Andrew Sutherland 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

141 Gage Swartz 2-5 0-1 5 0-1 0 0 0 0:00 0 4 0 0

157 Malik Taylor 1-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

157 Nicholas Taylor 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

133 Mark Thomas 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

165 Greg Thurston 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

157 Nicholas Vallone 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Timothy Wheeling 5-7 0-2 0 0-1 0 0 1 2:01 0 0 0 0

149 Tyler White 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

149 Gunnar Wilt 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

165 Jeffrey Yeatman 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0:00 0 0 0 0

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68................................. Individual Records

69......................................Record by Date

69.................................Record by Decade

69........................................Team Records

70............................SOCon-EWL Records

71...................................... NCAA Records

73............................Year-by-Year Records

74...................................... Series Records

75..................................... All-Time Scores

82................................. NCAA Champions

85........................................ All-Americans

88..................................Academic Honors

88......................................... Team Honors

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Undefeated Seasons1. Greg Jones 26-0 20042. Greg Jones 25-0 2005

Top Seasons By Wins 1. Jim Akerly 40-9 1987 Scott Collins 40-1 19913. Michael Carr 39-6-1 1988 Dominic Black 39-3 1991 Mike Mason 39-6 19986. Matt Lebe 37-8 20057. Mike Mason 35-5 1997 Sam Kline 35-8 19989. Greg Jones 34-2 200210. Jim Akerly 33-10-1 1988 Dean Morrison 33-3 1994 Tom McMath 33-4 2002 Matt Lebe 33-5 2006

Most Wins By ClassFreshman1. Greg Jones 34-2 20022. Brandon Rader 30-6 20063. Seth Lisa 28-8 20034. Scott Collins 26-12-1 1987 Jeff Spinetti 26-10-2 19876. Billy Smith 25-12 20007. Kurt Brenner 25-6 20068. Nathan Pennesi 24-8 20119. David Jauregui 23-8 200610. Brent Miller 22-13 2002

Sophomore1. Jim Akerly 32-12-1 1986 Steve Millward 32-10 19903. Matt Lebe 31-9 20044. Greg Jones 30-2 20035. Nathan Pennesi 29-10 2012 Bob Patnesky 29-14 19987. Joe Carr 28-10 2000 Shane Young 28-10 20119. Scott Collins 27-9-2 198810. John Koss 26-10 1995

Junior1. Jim Akerly 40-9 19872. Matt Lebe 37-8 20063. Mike Mason 35-5 1997 Sam Kline 35-8 19985. Dominic Black 33-5 1990 Tom McMath 33-4 20027. Dean Morrison 32-7 19938. Vertus Jones 31-4 19999. Ryan Kehler 30-8 200110. Craig Costello 29-9-1 1987 Dave Onorato 29-11 1991 Matt Blair 29-14 1993 Keith Taylor 29-9 1994

Senior1. Scott Collins 40-1 19912. Michael Carr 39-6-1 1988

Dominic Black 39-3 1991 Mike Mason 39-6 19985. Jim Akerly 33-10-1 1988 Dean Morrison 33-3 1994 Matt Lebe 33-5 20067. Joe Carr 31-5 20028. Vertus Jones 30-2 2000 Gordon Taylor 30-11-1 1987 Shane Cunanan 30-10 2003

Most Wins by Weight Class118/1251. Steve Millward 32-10 19902. Seth Lisa 28-8 2003 Shane Young 28-10 20114. Chad Billy 27-8 19965. Angelo Zegarelli 25-17 1998

126/1331. Bob Patnesky 29-14 19982. Bob Patnesky 26-5 20003. Dave Miller 25-8 19904. Bob Patnesky 24-9 1999 Nathan Pennesi 24-9 2011

134/1411. Brandon Rader 30-6 2006 Shane Cunanan 30-10 20033. Joe Clarke 28-10 2004 Shane Cunanan 28-10 20025. Whitey Chlebove 27-8 1998 Whitey Chlebove 27-9 1999

142/1491. Scott Collins 40-1 19912. Matt Blair 29-14 19933. Scott Collins 27-9-2 19884. Scott Collins 26-6 19905. Scott Collins 26-12-1 1987

150/1571. Jim Akerly 40-9 19872. Mike Mason 39-6 19983. Matt Lebe 36-8 20054. Mike Mason 35-5 19975. Jim Akerly 33-10-1 1988 Matt Lebe 33-5 2006

158/1651. Mike Carr 39-6-1 19882. Sam Kline 35-8 19983. Tom McMath 33-4 20024. Dave Onorato 29-11 19915. Doug Taylor 24-9 1992

167/1741. Greg Jones 34-2 20022. Greg Jones 30-2 2003 Gordon Taylor 30-11-1 19874. Sam Kline 28-5 19995. Kurt Brenner 25-8 2006 Greg Jones 25-0 2005

Mark Banks 25-5 1990 Mark Banks 25-5 1991 Lance Bryson 25-16 2012 177/1841. Dominic Black 33-5 19902. Dean Morrison 33-3 19943. Dean Morrison 32-7 19934. Vertus Jones 31-4 19995. Vertus Jones 30-2 2000

190/1971. Dominic Black 39-3 19912. Jared Villers 27-7 20073. Sean Hage 24-12 19984. Doug Vetter 23-8 19955. Jeff Spinetti 22-13-3 1989 Brent Miller 22-13 2002

HWT1. Ryan Kehler 30-8 20012. Jeff Spinetti 29-10-2 19873. Brandon Williamson 28-8 20124. Bill Nye 27-5-1 19865. Bill Nye 21-4-1 1984

All-Time Win Leaders1. Greg Jones 126-4 (2002-05)2. Matt Lebe 120-33 (2003-06) 3. Jim Akerly 119-39-4 (1985-88) Scott Collins 119-34-4 (1987-91)5. Dominic Black 105-36-2 (1988-91)6. Dean Morrison 103-32-2 (1990-94)7. Joe Carr 101-34 (1999-2002)8. Mike Mason 100-24 (1995-98) 9. Jeff Spinetti 99-43-9 (1986-90)10. Vertus Jones 95-21 (1997-2000) Kurt Brenner 95-32 (2005-09)

Career Pin Leaders1. Ryan Kehler 29 (1999-2002)2. Mark Cagle 24 (1978-81)3. Matt Ryan 23 (2009-12)4. Matt Blair 22 (1990-94) Sean Hage 22 (1997-2000)6. Whitey Chlebove 21 (1995-96, 98-99) Brandon Lauer 21 (2002-05)

Season Pin Leaders1. Scott Collins 13 19912. Brandon Lauer 11 20033. Matt Blair 10 1993 Ryan Kehler 10 2001 Ryan Kehler 10 2002 Matt Ryan 10 20116. R.J. Costello 9 19847. Mark Cagle 8 1979 R.J. Costello 8 1983 Bill Nye 8 1984 Whitey Chlebove 8 1995 Whitey Chlebove 8 1999 Sean Hage 8 2000 Michael Morales 8 2012 Matt Ryan 8 2012

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ReCoRd By dATe(1970-2010, excluding, 1971-75 and 1980)

Nov. 4 ............. 1-1Nov. 6 ............. 4-1Nov. 18 ........... 1-2Nov. 21 ........... 2-2Nov. 22 ........... 0-2Nov. 23 ........... 2-0Nov. 25 ........... 0-1Nov. 27 ........... 1-1Nov. 29 ........... 2-0Nov. 30 ........... 1-1Dec. 1 ............. 0-2Dec. 2 ............. 4-0Dec. 3 ............. 5-0Dec. 4 ............. 0-1Dec. 6 ............. 4-0Dec. 7 ............. 3-2Dec. 8 ............. 1-0Dec. 9 ............. 2-3Dec. 10 ........... 2-4Dec. 11 ........... 4-5Dec. 12 ........6-0-1Dec. 13 ........... 4-2Dec. 14 ........... 0-1Dec. 15 ........... 2-0Dec. 19 ........... 0-3Dec. 20 ........... 1-1Jan. 2 .............. 2-3Jan. 3 .............. 1-1

Jan. 4 .............. 2-1Jan. 5 .............. 3-1Jan. 6 .............. 4-3Jan. 7 ...........4-1-1Jan. 8 .............. 1-2Jan. 9 .............. 2-6Jan. 10 .........3-5-1Jan. 11 ............ 8-4Jan. 12 ............ 7-6Jan. 13 .........7-5-1Jan. 14 ............ 2-3Jan. 15 ............ 4-4Jan. 16 ............ 4-3Jan. 17 ............ 8-8Jan. 18 ............ 7-8Jan. 19 ............ 1-4Jan. 20 ............ 6-4Jan. 21 ............ 5-2Jan. 22 ............ 8-6Jan. 23 ............ 5-2Jan. 24 ............ 8-4Jan. 25 ............ 5-2Jan. 26 ............ 1-3Jan. 27 ............ 9-3Jan. 28 ............ 1-0Jan. 29 ............ 3-5Jan. 30 ............ 3-2Jan. 31 ............ 6-0

Record by decade1921-29 .......................................... 30-24-01930-39 .......................................... 46-29-21940-49 ............................................ 8-29-01950-59 .......................................... 53-34-11960-69 .......................................... 85-34-31970-79 .......................................... 82-69-41980-89 .......................................... 94-76-11990-99 .......................................... 78-45-22000-09 .......................................... 72-49-42010- .............................................. 23-33-0Totals ........................................ 571-422-17

Team RecordsMost Dual Wins Season: 14, 1990Fewest Losses Season: 0, 1936Most Losses Season: 16, 1977Fewest Wins Season: 0, 1947 and 1948Most Consecutive Wins: 10, 2002Most Consecutive Home Wins: 10, (8 in 1990 and 2 in 1991)Most Consecutive Wins to Start a Season: 7, three times; most recent 1990Most Consecutive EWL Dual Wins: 19 (2001-04, ended with 13-25 loss at Edinboro)Most Consecutive Winning Seasons: 11 (1984-1994)Most Individual Matches Without A Loss: Greg Jones, 51, 2003-05Most Consecutive Losses: 17, (5 in 1942, 4 in 1947, 7 in 1948 and 1 in 1949) Highest National Ranking: 5th, InterMat (2/18/03-3/04/03)Home Attendance Record: 3,206 (1/14/11 vs. Michigan State)

West Virginia did not have wrestling from 1943-46 due to World War II.

Feb. 1 ............. 2-0Feb. 2 ............. 5-3Feb. 3 ............. 6-2Feb. 4 ............. 4-5Feb. 5 ............. 3-1Feb. 6 ............. 6-5Feb. 7 ............. 3-3Feb. 8 ............. 4-5Feb. 9 ............. 5-6Feb. 10 ........... 5-3Feb. 11 ........... 3-6Feb. 12 ........... 2-4Feb. 13 ........... 6-5Feb. 14 ........... 5-4Feb. 15 ........... 5-9Feb. 16 ........... 5-1Feb. 17 ........5-4-1Feb. 18 ........... 9-8Feb. 19 ........... 6-2Feb. 20 ........... 8-5Feb. 21 ........6-3-1Feb. 22 ........3-3-1Feb. 23 ........... 2-1Feb. 24 ........... 4-2Feb. 25 ........... 0-1March 1 .......... 1-0March 3 .......... 1-0March 8 .......... 0-3

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SoCon-eWL RECORD BOOKSouthern ConferenceTournament outstanding Wrestler1966.........................................John Luckini

Southern Conference Champions1951................................. Don Kniffen (167)1951................................Bob Boswell (285)1952................................Bobby Perry (123)1953................................Bobby Perry (123)1954................................Bobby Perry (123)1954....................................Lew Guidi (130)1954................................Bill Pritchard (137)1954..............................Bryce Kramer (157)1955................................Bobby Perry (123)1955..............................Bryce Kramer (157)1955.................................Frank Craze (177)1956....................................Lew Guidi (130)1957................................Tom Westfall (123)1957............................ Mike McClintic (177)1958................................Tom Westfall (123)1958...................... Charles Sherwood (167)1958....................................J.D. Miller (285)1959..................................Andy Sadie (147)1959...................... Charles Sherwood (167)1959....................................J.D. Miller (285)1960.............................. Phil Hoblitzell (167)1960................................. Ray Bazzoli (285)1961.................................Mike Petres (130)1962....................................Roy Sialer (167)1963................................Sam Church (147)1963.....................................Tom Rihn (167)1963....................................Roy Sisler (177)1964.................................. Bill Meacci (130)1964......................................Jim Jioio (157)1964............................ Mark Biodolillo (167)1964....................................Roy Sisler (177)1964.........................Ken Woodeshick (285)1965.............................. Jerry Gooden (157)1965............................... Mike George (285)1966.................................. Don Check (123)1966.................................. Bill Maecci (137)1966...........................Bill Zimmerman (152)1966................................John Luckini (177)1966.........................Ken Woodeshick (285)1967....................................Don Killen (130)1967................................ Jim Stevens (137)1968........................................Gil Reel (191)

eWL Tournament Wins1. David Jauregui, 13 (2006-09)2. Greg Jones, 12 (2002-05) 3. Vertus Jones, 11 (1997-00)4. Scott Collins, 10 (1987-88, 1990-91) Joe Carr, 10 (1999-2002) Kurt Brenner, 10 (2006-09) eWL Tournament BestsBest Team Finish: 1st, 1996, 2002, 2004Most Points: 123.5, 2003Most Finalists: 8, 1996 and 1999 Most Champions: 4, 1990 (Banks, Black, Cole and Spinetti) and 2006 (Rader, Lebe, Brenner and Villers)

eastern Wrestling League Champions1986......................................Bill Nye (HWT)1988.................................... Mike Carr (158)1990..................................... Dirk Cole (150)1990.................................Mark Banks (167)1990.............................Dominic Black (177)1990.................................Jeff Spinetti (190)1991................................Scott Collins (142)1991.................................Mark Banks (167)1991.............................Dominic Black (190)1992............................ Dean Morrison (177)1993............................ Dean Morrison (177)1994...............................Dorian Hager (134)1994............................ Dean Morrison (177)1996............................... Jason Frable (158)1997............................... Vertus Jones (167)1998................................ Mike Mason (150)1998............................... Vertus Jones (177)1999....................................Sam Kline (174)1999............................... Vertus Jones (184)2000............................... Vertus Jones (184)2000..............................Bob Patnesky (133)2000...................................... Joe Carr (157)2002...................................... Joe Carr (157)2002...............................Tom McMath (165)2002................................. Greg Jones (174)2003...................................Billy Smith (149)2003................................. Greg Jones (174)2004................................. Greg Jones (184)2005....................................Matt Lebe (157)2005................................. Greg Jones (184)2006............................Brandon Rader (141)2006....................................Matt Lebe (157)2006................................Kurt Brenner (174)2006.................................Jared Villers (197)2007............................Brandon Rader (141)2007.................................Jared Villers (197)2008................................Kurt Brenner (184)2008.................................Jared Villers (197)2009................................Kurt Brenner (174)2012..........................Michael Morales (133)2012................................... Matt Ryan (184)2012..................Brandon Williamson (HWT)

eastern Wrestling League dual-Meet Champions199019911998200220032005

eastern Wrestling League Award WinnersCoach of the YearCraig Turnbull – 1990, 1998, 2002, 2004

Wrestler of the YearDean Morrison – 1994Greg Jones – 2002, 2004, 2005

Co-Wrestler of the YearScott Collins – 1991Vertus Jones – 2000

Freshman of the YearGreg Jones – 2002Brandon Rader – 2006

outstanding Wrestler, eWL TournamentVertus Jones – 2000Greg Jones – 2002, 2005

Most Points AwardVertus Jones – 1999Jared Villers – 2008Greg Jones – 2004, 2005

Mountaineers eWL Championships HistoryYear Place Champions NCAA Qualifiers1978 7th 0 01979 5th 0 11980 7th 0 11981 5th 0 11982 8th 0 01983 7th 0 01984 7th 0 11985 5th 0 21986 7th 1 31987 7th 0 21988 5th 1 61989 8th 0 41990 2nd 4 81991 3rd 3 61992 4th 1 41993 3rd 1 51994 3rd 2 71995 5th 0 41996 1st 1 81997 4th 1 71998 2nd 2 71999 2nd 2 82000 2nd 3 62001 7th 0 22002 1st 3 72003 2nd 2 92004 1st 1 72005 4th 2 62006 2nd 4 62007 2nd 2 72008 3rd 2 72009 2nd 1 52010 5th 0 32011 2nd 0 52012 3rd 3 6

Mountaineers Big 12 Championships History2013 4th 0 1

eWL Hall of FamersWrestlersMark BanksDominic BlackIan “Whitey” ChleboveScott CollinsVertus JonesGreg JonesSame KlineMike MasonDean Morrison

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NCAA RECORD BOOKNCAA Tournament Wins1. Greg Jones 17 (2002-05)2. Vertus Jones 14 (1997-2000)3. Whitey Chlebove 11 (1995-96, 98-99) Matt Lebe 11 (2003-2006)4. Scott Collins 10 (1988, 90-91) Sam Kline 10 (1997-99)

NCAA Tournament AppearancesGreg Jones ............4 .................. (2002-2005)John Koss ..............4 ...................... (1994-97)Dorian Hager .........4 ............ (1994, 1996-98)Mike Mason ...........4 ...................... (1995-98)Vertus Jones ..........4 .................. (1997-2000)Angelo Zegarelli .....4 .................. (1997-2000)Joe Carr .................4 .................. (1999-2002)Shane Cunanan .....4 .................. (2000-2003)Matt Lebe ..............4 .................. (2003-2006)Zac Fryling .............. 4 .... (2004-05, 2007, 2008)Jared Villers ...........4 ...................... (2005-08)Kurt Brenner ..........4 ...................... (2006-09)David Jauregui .......4 ...................... (2006-09)Donnie Jones .........4 ...................... (2008-11)Jim Akerly ..............3 ...................... (1986-88)Jeff Spinetti ...........3 ...................... (1988-90)Scott Collins ..........3 ............ (1988, 1990-91)Dominic Black .......3 ...................... (1989-91)Dave Onorato ........3 ...................... (1990-92)Dean Morrison .......3 ...................... (1992-94)Whitey Chlebove ...3 ............ (1996, 1998-99)Sam Kline ..............3 ...................... (1997-99)Bob Patnesky ........3 .................. (1997-2000)Billy Smith ..............3 ............ (2000, 2002-03)Dustin Rogers ........3 ...................... (2007-09)Shane Young .........3 .................. (2010-2012)Nathan Pennesi .....3 ..............(2011-Present)

NCAA Tournament BestsBest Team Finish: 6th, 1991Most Points: 54.00, 1999MostQualifiers: 9, 2003Highest Individual Finish: 1st, Scott Col-lins 1991; Dean Morrison 1994; Greg Jones 2002, 2004 & 2005Most All-Americans: 3, 1991 (Mark Banks, Dominic Black, Scott Collins); 1998 (Whitey Chlebove, Vertus Jones, Mike Mason); 1999 (Whitey Chlebove, Vertus Jones, Sam Kline)

NCAA Champions1991 Scott Collins 1421994 Dean Morrison 1772002 Greg Jones 1742004 Greg Jones 1842005 Greg Jones 184

NCAA All-Americans1929 Jimmie Cox Third, 1351955 Robert Perry Fourth, 1151955 Lewis Guidi Second, 123

1979 Mark Cagle Eighth, 1341987 Jim Akerly Eighth, 1501988 Mike Carr Seventh, 1581990 Mark Banks Fifth, 1671991 Mark Banks Fifth, 1671991 Dominic Black Fourth, 1901991 Scott Collins First, 1421993 Doug Taylor Fifth, 1581994 Dean Morrison First, 1771997 John Koss Sixth, 1771997 Mike Mason Seventh, 1501998 Whitey Chlebove Seventh, 1341998 Vertus Jones Second, 1771998 Mike Mason Third, 1501999 Whitey Chlebove Sixth, 1411999 Vertus Jones Third, 1841999 Sam Kline Third, 1742000 Vertus Jones Second, 1842002 Greg Jones First, 1742003 Shane Cunanan Sixth, 1412003 Brandon Lauer Eighth, 1332004 Greg Jones First, 1842005 Matt Lebe Eighth, 1332005 Greg Jones First, 1842006 Brandon Rader Sixth, 1412007 Brandon Rader Sixth, 141

Top 25 Finishes At NCAA Tournament1929 9th 02.00 points1955 12th 13.00 points1988 22nd 16.50 points1990 18th 17.50 points1991 6th 48.75 points1993 25th 13.25 points1994 14th 25.00 points1998 7th 48.00 points1999 9th 54.00 points2000 22nd 21.00 points2002 13th 38.00 points2003 17th 32.50 points2004 16th 31.00 points2005 18th 34.00 points

NCAA Qualifiers (since 1979)1979 Mark Cagle 1341980 Mark Cagle 1341981 Jeff Roscoe 1901984 Wilbur Wolf 1901985 Scott Pifer 126 Wilbur Wolf 1901986 Scott Pifer 126 Jim Akerly 150 Bill Nye HWT

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1987 Jim Akerly 150 Craig Costello 1771988 Chris Mary 134 Scott Collins 142 Jim Akerly 150 Mike Carr 158 Craig Costello 177 Jeff Spinetti 1901989 Jay Schwartz 167 Dominic Black 177 Jeff Spinetti 190 Frank Jezorio HWT1990 Steve Millward 118 Dave Miller 126 Scott Collins 142 Dirk Cole 150 Dave Onorato 158 Mark Banks 167 Dominic Black 177 Jeff Spinetti 1901991 Scott Collins 142 Tom Onorato 150 Dave Onorato 158 Mark Banks 167 Dan Staats 177 Dominic Black 1901992 Steve Millward 118 Tom Onorato 142 Dave Onorato 158 Dean Morrison 1771993 Matt Blair 142 Doug Taylor 158 Scott Hage 167 Dean Morrison 177 Dan Staats 1901994 Chad Billy 118 Dorian Hager 135 Matt Blair 142 Keith Taylor 150 John Koss 167 Dean Morrison 177 Jim Howard HWT1995 Keith Taylor 142 Mike Mason 150 Scott Hage 167

John Koss 1771996 Chad Billy 118 Whitey Chlebove 134 Dorian Hager 142 Mike Mason 150 Jason Frable 158 Scott Hage 167 John Koss 1771997 Angelo Zegarelli 118 Dorian Hager 142 Mike Mason 150 Sam Kline 158 Vertus Jones 167 John Koss 177 Vince Pellis HWT1998 Angelo Zegarelli 118 Bob Patnesky 126 Whitey Chlebove 134 Dorian Hager 142 Mike Mason 150 Sam Kline 158 Vertus Jones 1771999 Angelo Zegarelli 125 Bob Patnesky 133 Whitey Chlebove 141 Joe Carr 149 Richard Taylor 165 Sam Kline 174 Vertus Jones 184 Sean Hage HWT2000 Angelo Zegarelli 125 Bob Patnesky 133 Billy Smith 149 Joe Carr 157 Vertus Jones 184 Sean Hage HWT2001 Joe Carr 157 Ryan Kehler HWT2002 Shane Cunanan 141 Billy Smith 149 Joe Carr 157 Tom McMath 165 Greg Jones 174 Brent Miller 197 Ryan Kehler HWT

2003 Seth Lisa 125 Brandon Lauer 133 Shane Cunanan 141 Billy Smith 149 Matt Lebe 157 Tom McMath 165 Greg Jones 174 Ryan Wilman 184 Brent Miller HWT2004 Casey Brewster 125 Joe Clarke 141 Mike Torriero 149 Matt Lebe 157 Zac Fryling 165 Greg Jones 184 Matt Daddino 1972005 Shawn Cordell 125 Seth Lisa 133 Matt Lebe 157 Zac Fryling 165 Greg Jones 184 Jared Villers 1842006 Brandon Rader 141 David Jauregui 149 Matt Lebe 157 Larry Hall 165 Kurt Brenner 174 Jared Villers 1972007 Mark Anderson 133 Brandon Rader 141 David Jauregui 149 Zac Fryling 157 Kurt Brenner 174 Jared Villers 197 Dustin Rogers HWT2008 David Jauregui 149 Zac Fryling 157 Donnie Jones 165 Chance Litton 174 Kurt Brenner 184 Jared Villers 197 Dustin Rogers HWT2009* David Jauregui 149 Ryan Goodman 157 Donnie Jones 165 Kurt Brenner 174 Dustin Rogers HWT2010 Shane Young 125 Donnie Jones 165 Brandon Williamson HWT2011 Shane Young 125 Nathan Pennesi 133 Brandon Rader 149 Donnie Jones 165 Matt Ryan 1842012 Shane Young 125 Nathan Pennesi 133 Michael Morales 141 Lance Bryson 174 Matt Ryan 184 Brandon Williamson HWT2013 Nathan Pennesi 141

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yeAR-By-yeAR RECORDSYear Coach Captains Record 1921 R.B. Dayton Scotty Hough 3-3-01922 R.B. Dayton Scotty Hough 5-3-01923 R.B. Dayton Al Millender 6-2-01924 Steve Harrick Tony Suder 2-1-01925 Steve Harrick Ward Wylie 4-3-01926 Steve Harrick Ward Wylie 3-1-01927 Steve Harrick Joe Millender 2-4-01928 Steve Harrick Emil Suder 2-4-01929 Steve Harrick Jimmie Cox 3-3-01930 Steve Harrick Gordon Brill 5-3-01931 Steve Harrick Gordon Meyers 4-5-01932 Steve Harrick J.J. Fletcher 5-3-11933 Denny Myers Floyd “Ben” 6-2-0 Schwartzwalder1934 Denny Myers Albert Gwynne 4-2-11935 Albert Gwynne Dick Chittum 5-3-01936 Albert Gwynne Charles Sites 7-0-01937 Albert Gwynne Robert Kyle 4-4-01938 Albert Gwynne Paul Hodges 5-3-01939 Albert Gwynne Earle Lancaster 1-4-01940 AlbertGwynne PaulSatterfield 2-4-01941 Albert Gwynne Robert McArdle 1-5-01942 Albert Gwynne Simeon Hall 1-6-01943 to 1946 - no wrestling due to World War II1947 Albert Gwynne Jim Mendenhall 0-4-01948 Steve Harrick Bob DeAntonis 0-7-01949 Steve Harrick Bob DeAntonis 4-3-01950 Steve Harrick Bob DeAntonis 7-1-01951 Steve Harrick Gene Brewer 3-5-01952 Steve Harrick Bob Boswell 7-2-01953 Steve Harrick Don Strimble 6-2-01954 Steve Harrick Bob Perry 5-4-01955 Steve Harrick Bob Perry 4-2-01956 Steve Harrick Lewis Guidi 1-6-11957 Steve Harrick Tom Westfall 5-6-01958 Steve Harrick Tom Westfall 6-4-01959 Steve Harrick Tom Westfall 9-2-01960 Steve Harrick Charles Sherwood 9-2-01961 Steve Harrick Paul Hoblitzell 9-3-01962 Steve Harrick Roy Sisler 7-3-11963 Steve Harrick George Nedeff 10-31964 Steve Harrick Roy Sisler 11-31965 Steve Harrick Jim Jioio 9-3-11966 Steve Harrick Don Check 4-8-0 Francis Pavlovich1967 Steve Harrick Bill Zimmerman 9-3-0 Angelo Gianni1968 George Nedeff Angelo Gianni 8-3-1 Don Killen 1969 George Nedeff Jeff Flickenger 9-3-01970 George Nedeff Dave McCandles 4-6-01971 George Nedeff Bob Vettorel 11-4-1 Steve Orlosky 1972 George Nedeff Bob Vettorel 10-5-0 Roger Lamens1973 George Nedeff Bob Vettorel 8-7-01974 George Nedeff Garrett Breakiron, 7-7-1 Tom Oleszewski1975 Fred Liechti Tom Oleszewski 9-5-01976 Fred Liechti Rick Pennesi 14-5-0 Pat Lupinetti

Year Coach Captains Record 1977 Fred Liechti Mark Durham 3-17-0 Chuck Fordyce1978 Fred Liechti Mark Durham 7-9-01979 Craig Turnbull Mark Cagle 9-4-2 Cliff Boone1980 Craig Turnbull Mark Cagle 6-10-1 Nick Ruland1981 Craig Turnbull Mark Cagle 12-10-01982 Craig Turnbull Nick Ruland 10-9-0 Don Tasser 1983 Craig Turnbull Kurt Anderson 6-9-0 Mike Levanduski1984 Craig Turnbull R.J. Costello 8-8-0 Mike Levanduski1985 Craig Turnbull R.J. Costello 13-3-0 Mike Levanduski1986 Craig Turnbull Bill Nye 12-7-0 Thad Turner1987 Craig Turnbull Jim Akerly 10-6-0 Gordon Taylor1988 Craig Turnbull Jim Akerly 10-7-0 Craig Costello1989 Craig Turnbull None 7-7-01990 Craig Turnbull Dominic Black 14-1-0* Scott Collins1991 Craig Turnbull Mark Banks, 11-5-0* Dominic Black, Scott Collins 1992 Craig Turnbull Dave Onorato, 7-6-0 Tom Onorato, Doug Taylor1993 Craig Turnbull Tom Onorato 7-5-0 Doug Taylor1994 Craig Turnbull Matt Blair 6-4-0 Dean Morrison, Keith Taylor1995 Craig Turnbull Keith Taylor 4-6-0 Doug Vetter1996 Craig Turnbull Scott Hage 7-5-1+ Jim Howard, Mike Mason1997 Craig Turnbull Mike Mason 4-6-01998 Craig Turnbull Mike Mason, Sam Kline 11-3-1*1999 Craig Turnbull Sam Kline 7-4-02000 Craig Turnbull Vertus Jones 6-4-1 Bob Patnesky2001 Craig Turnbull Joe Carr 4-9-0 Billy Smith2002 Craig Turnbull Shane Cunanan 12-2-0*+ Tom McMath, Billy Smith2003 Craig Turnbull Shane Cunanan 9-3-0* Tom McMath, Billy Smith2004 Craig Turnbull Joe Clarke 9-5-0+ Greg Jones, Matt Lebe Mike Torriero2005 Craig Turnbull Greg Jones 5-6-1* Matt Lebe2006 Craig Turnbull Matt Lebe 6-6-02007 Craig Turnbull Zac Fryling 5-5-0 Jared Villers2008 Craig Turnbull Kurt Brenner 8-5-0 Zac Fryling, David Jauregui2009 Craig Turnbull Kurt Brenner 8-4-2 David Jauregui, Dustin Rogers2010 Craig Turnbull Brandon Williamson 3-10-02011 Craig Turnbull Donnie Jones 9-6-0 Brandon Rader2012 Craig Turnbull Lance Bryson 9-4 Nathan Pennesi, Shane Young2013 Craig Turnbull Nathan Pennesi 2-13 Bubba Scheffel, Shane YoungTOTAL 571-422-17

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SeRIeS ReCoRdS Series Last Last Opponent W L T Began Meeting Win Akron 3 1 0 1969 1980 1980Alderson-Broaddus 1 0 0 1976 1976 1976Anderson 1 0 0 1976 1976 1976Appalachian State 1 0 0 1985 1985 1985Arizona State 1 4 0 1984 1998 1998Army 1 1 0 1932 1993 1932Augsburg 0 1 0 1992 1992 ----Baltimore 6 1 0 1957 1977 1977Bloomsburg 19 13 1 1979 2012 2011Boise State 1 0 0 1990 1990 1990Boston 0 1 0 1994 1994 ----Bowling Green 3 5 0 1959 1968 1965Buffalo 2 0 0 2001 2002 2002Cal Poly 1 0 0 2008 2008 2008Cal State Fullerton 1 0 0 2008 2008 2008California, Pa. 24 10 1 1959 1993 1993Cal-Bakersfield 0 1 0 1999 1999 ----Carnegie-Mellon 1 0 0 1921 1921 1921Case 6 7 0 1937 1956 1956Catonsville 1 0 0 1978 1978 1978Chicago 2 2 0 1933 1949 1949Cincinnati 3 1 0 1970 1981 1981The Citadel 5 2 0 1958 1966 1966Clarion 20 14 2 1979 2013 2012Cleveland State 25 10 0 1979 2012 2012Columbia 2 0 0 2006 2009 2009Davidson 1 0 0 1961 1961 1961Delaware 0 1 0 1973 1973 ----Duquesne 9 1 0 1971 2009 2009East Carolina 3 0 0 1963 1967 1967East Stroudsburg 2 0 0 1981 1982 1982Eastern Michigan 0 1 0 1971 1971 ----Edinboro 10 17 2 1977 2013 2012Fairmont State 20 8 0 1957 1977 1972Findlay 0 1 0 1940 1940 ----Franklin & Marshall 2 4 0 1935 2011 2011Frostburg State 4 0 0 1973 1975 1975George Mason 1 1 0 1977 1979 1979George Washington 1 0 0 1973 1973 1973Gettysburg 0 2 0 1977 1978 ----Glenville State 1 0 0 1975 1975 1975Hiram 2 0 0 1957 1959 1959Hofstra 0 2 0 2005 2006 ----Howard 6 0 0 1971 1978 1978Illinois 3 7 0 1926 2011 2011Indiana 3 6 0 1922 2010 1991Indiana, Pa. 20 10 1 1951 1984 1984Iowa State 1 13 0 1922 2013 2003Johns Hopkins 3 0 0 2011 2013 2013Juniata 1 0 0 1969 1969 1969Kansas State 0 1 0 1938 1938 ----Kent 2 4 0 1941 2001 2001Kentucky 2 2 0 1923 1983 1983Kutztown 1 0 0 1982 1982 1982Liberty 1 0 0 2010 2010 2010Lehigh 0 3 0 1921 2010 ----Lock Haven 20 15 0 1979 2013 2012Lycoming 0 1 0 1978 1978 ----Malone 4 0 0 1974 1978 1978

Series Last Last Opponent W L T Began Meeting Win Marshall 8 1 1 1930 1982 1982Marietta 1 0 0 1979 1979 1979Maryland 7 11 0 1952 2013 1988Michigan 2 5 0 1928 2004 1998Michigan State 1 5 0 1939 2012 2012Millersville 3 0 0 1982 1984 1984Minnesota 0 3 0 1998 2008 ----Missouri 0 2 0 2004 2006 ----Morehead State 3 0 0 1971 1976 1976Morgan State 3 0 0 1974 1976 1976Muskingum 1 0 0 1979 1979 1979Navy 6 25 0 1921 1997 1994Nebraska 1 8 0 1980 2004 2002North Carolina 12 2 0 1952 2009 2009North Carolina State 2 1 0 1951 1953 1953Northern Illinois 0 1 0 1958 1958 ----Northern Iowa 0 3 0 1982 1991 ----Northern Kentucky 1 0 0 1976 1976 1976Northwestern 1 4 0 1931 2007 1991Notre Dame 1 0 0 1927 1927 1927Ohio Northern 2 2 0 1969 1972 1972Ohio State 8 16 0 1921 2008 1997Ohio 34 16 1 1922 2013 2012Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 0 1927 1927 1927Oklahoma 1 3 0 1986 2013 1986Oklahoma State 0 8 0 1927 2013 ----Old Dominion 2 0 0 1985 1986 1986Oregon 1 0 0 1987 1987 1987Penn 5 5 0 1921 2007 1998Penn State 7 29 0 1931 2013 2002Pitt 24 32 2 1934 2013 2007Pitt-Johnstown 7 0 0 1975 1992 1992Princeton 0 1 0 1978 1978 ----Purdue 0 1 0 1954 1954 ----Rider 1 0 0 2006 2006 2006Rochester Tech 1 0 0 1959 1959 1959Rider 1 0 0 2000 2000 2000Rutgers 2 2 0 1981 2013 2012St. Francis 3 1 0 1966 1971 1971St. Vincent 5 0 0 1969 1973 1973Sacred Heart 2 0 0 2010 2010 2010Shippensburg 8 1 1 1957 1987 1987Slippery Rock 0 9 0 1970 1978 ----Southern Connecticut 1 0 0 1981 1981 1981Stanford 1 0 0 2004 2004 2004Syracuse 1 0 0 1988 1988 1988Temple 6 4 1 1933 1977 1942Towson State 3 1 0 1973 1976 1976Trenton State 0 1 0 1981 1981 ----Virginia 12 1 0 1921 2002 2002Virginia Tech 12 6 0 1951 2004 2004Virginia Military 16 5 0 1925 1969 1969Wash. & Jefferson 17 3 0 1932 1976 1976Washington & Lee 16 6 1 1922 1968 1968Waynesburg 33 11 2 1923 1990 1990West Liberty 19 5 0 1963 1990 1990Western Maryland 3 0 0 1924 1928 1928Western Reserve 7 1 0 1930 1954 1954Wisconsin 0 3 0 1987 2001 ----William & Mary 1 1 1 1967 1978 1967Wilmington 1 0 0 1967 1967 1967Wyoming 0 1 0 2009 2009Youngstown State 2 1 0 1976 1981 1981

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1921 (3-3)R.B. Dayton20-13 W Ohio State8-21 L Lehigh12-17 L Penn22-10 W Virginia33-0 W Carnegie Tech4-26 L Navy

1922 (5-3)R.B. Dayton24-4 W Ohio State28-5 W Virginia21-4 W Ohio 5-17 L Iowa State20-3 W Washington & Lee14-15 L Indiana0-27 L Navy16-12 W Penn

1923 (6-2)R.B. Dayton23-8 W Ohio 3-0 W Waynesburg24-3 W Kentucky13-14 L Iowa State28-5 W Virginia19-6 W Indiana8-16 L Navy23-8 W Penn

1924 (2-1)Steve Harrick25-0 W Western Maryland14-11 W Penn8-17 L Navy

1925 (4-3)Steve Harrick28-0 W Western Maryland22-8 W VMI16-9 W Washington & Lee22-5 W Iowa5-12 L Iowa State6-16 L Penn3-23 L Navy

1926 (3-1)Steve Harrick19-6 W Illinois6-17 L Iowa State14-13 W Navy23-5 W Penn

1927 (2-4)Steve Harrick35-0 W Ohio Wesleyan3-24 L Illinois5-24 L Oklahoma A&M9-20 L Ohio 29-0 W Notre Dame6-19 L Navy

1928 (2-4)Steve Harrick9-14 L Indiana4.5-18.5 L Michigan0-25 L Illinois

0-27 L Oklahoma A&M35-0 W Western Maryland21-8 W Navy

1929 (3-3)Steve Harrick28-5 W Waynesburg14-12 W Michigan17-11 W Ohio State5-25 L Oklahoma A&M8-24 L Illinois8-17 L Navy9th at NCAA Championships

1930 (5-3)Steve Harrick24-10 W Waynesburg6-22 L Ohio State24-6 W Marshall24-6 W Western Reserve18-11 W Ohio 28-10 W Waynesburg0-28 L Navy3-31 L Oklahoma A&M

1931 (4-5)Steve Harrick32-0 W Waynesburg29-3 W Waynesburg5-27 L Michigan13-19 L Indiana5-27 L Penn State15-23 L Northwestern3-33 L Navy22-8 W Ohio22-10 W Western Reserve

1932 (5-3-1)Steve Harrick18-18 T Waynesburg30-0 W Waynesburg18-8 W Army15-9 W Ohio State0-30 L Indiana10-20 L Penn State6-22 L Michigan17-11 W Western Reserve38-0 W Washington & Jefferson

1933 (6-2)Denny Myers32-0 W Waynesburg29-3 W Waynesburg15-9 W Ohio State6-18 L Penn State32-0 W Washington & Jefferson16.5-11.5 W Chicago25-5 W Temple12-18 L Navy

1934 (4-2-1)Denny Myers22-6 W Waynesburg30-0 W Waynesburg3-25 L Illinois16-16 T Temple28-10 W Pitt24-10 W Washington & Jefferson1.5-26.5 L Ohio State

1935 (5-3)Albert Gwynne21-13 W Waynesburg22-6 W Pitt3-33 L Ohio State24-8 W Waynesburg8-22 L Michigan6-26 L Franklin & Marshall22-8 W Temple24-8 W Washington & Jefferson

1936 (7-0)Albert Gwynne17-13 W Waynesburg18-16 W Temple14-11 W Ohio 26.5-1.5 W Waynesburg15-11 W Ohio 34-0 W Washington & Jefferson36-0 W Pitt 1937 (4-4)Albert Gwynne11-21 L Waynesburg13-21 L Case23-13 W Pitt10-22 L Ohio State3-29 L Chicago19-11 W Waynesburg31-3 W Washington & Jefferson14-12 W Temple

1938 (5-3)Albert Gwynne17-13 W Waynesburg4.5-21.5 L Ohio State15.5-10.5 W Case7.5-20.5 L Waynesburg6-26 L Kansas State22-10 W Temple18-14 W Washington & Jefferson34.5-1.5 W Pitt

1939 (1-4)Albert Gwynne11-17 L Temple8-20 L Michigan State3-29 L Ohio State26-6 W Washington & Jefferson9-15 L Case

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1940 (2-4)Albert Gwynne8-28 L Washington & Lee12.5-18.5 L Findlay5-25 L Michigan State33-5 W Washington & Jefferson15-21 L Temple17-11 W Case

1941 (1-5)Albert Gwynne8-26 L Washington & Lee5-35 L Navy8-26 L Kent State16-20 L Temple23-11 W Waynesburg10-22 L Case

1942 (1-6)Albert Gwynne0-32 L Ohio State21-8 W Temple3-29 L Penn State3-27 L Waynesburg3-23 L Case5-23 L Waynesburg0-34 L Navy

1943-1946 - no wrestling due to World War

1947 (0-4)Albert Gwynne0-38 L Waynesburg6-28 L Case6-24 L Washington & Lee6-26 L Waynesburg

1948 (0-7)Steve Harrick5-22 L Washington & Jefferson12-16 L Chicago13-15 L Northwestern7-22 L Ohio 5-20 L Case9-15 L Washington & Jefferson8-17 L Washington & Jefferson

1949 (4-3)Steve Harrick11-18 L Western Reserve26-11 W Washington & Jefferson6-18 L Case17-9 W Chicago11-19 L Northwestern18-10 W Virginia22-6 W Washington & Jefferson

1950 (7-1)Steve Harrick22-8 W Western Reserve7-25 L Washington & Lee24-8 W Ohio 22-5 W Virginia14-12 W VMI14-12 W Case16-14 W Western Reserve14-12 W Pitt

1951 (3-5)Steve Harrick12-14 L North Carolina State17-12 W Ohio 38-0 W Western Reserve27-3 W Indiana, Pa.13-15 L Virginia Tech9-15 L VMI6-18 L Pitt11-18 L Virginia5th at Southern Conference Championships

1952 (7-2)Steve Harrick12-14 L Maryland28-0 W VMI17-9 W Virginia Tech21-3 W North Carolina30-0 W North Carolina State18-6 W Ohio 16-10 W Washington & Lee3-25 L Pitt20-6 W Virginia2nd at Southern Conference Championships

1953 (6-2)Steve Harrick16-11 W Case12-16 L Maryland19-11 W VMI19-9 W Virginia Tech26-7 W North Carolina State29-5 W North Carolina17-9 W Washington & Lee2-27 L Pitt2nd at Southern Conference Championships

1954 (5-4)Steve Harrick28-6 W Western Reserve19-10 W Maryland13-17 L VMI9-15 L Purdue27-3 W Virginia Tech27-5 W North Carolina16-12 W Washington & Lee0-30 L Pitt13-14 L Waynesburg1st at Southern Conference Championships

1955 (4-2)Steve Harrick25-10 W Case19-13 W VMI24-6 W Indiana, Pa.13-15 L Virginia Tech21-13 W Washington & Lee5-26 L Pitt2nd at Southern Conference Championships12th at NCAA Championships

1956 (1-6-1)Steve Harrick24-8 W Case13-19 L Indiana, Pa.16-18 L VMI14-14 T Washington & Lee

10-21 L Franklin & Marshall3-33 L Navy8-26 L Virginia Tech0-32 L Pitt4th at Southern Conference Championships

1957 (5-6)Steve Harrick8-26 L Indiana, Pa.3-29 L VMI22-10 W Baltimore32-0 W Fairmont State10-24 L Kent State26-7 W Hiram3-31 L Virginia Tech10-26 L Franklin & Marshall17-15 W Washington & Lee26-6 W Fairmont State0-30 L Shippensburg4th at Southern Conference Championships

1958 (6-4)Steve Harrick32-0 W Fairmont State13-15 L Indiana, Pa.14-11 W Shippensburg15-19 L Baltimore11-16 L Northern Illinois20-8 W VMI25-3 W Washington & Lee26-5 W The Citadel9-19 L Kent State22-6 W Fairmont State2nd at Southern Conference Championships

1959 (9-2)Steve Harrick25-3 W Fairmont State27-3 W Indiana, Pa.15-13 W Rochester Tech.10-18 L Bowling Green30-0 W Hiram23-11 W California, Pa.18-8 W VMI19-8 W North Carolina22-8 W Washington & Lee11-15 L Kent State27-3 W Fairmont State1st at Southern Conference Championships

1960 (9-2)Steve Harrick28-6 W Baltimore20-6 W Indiana, Pa.9-17 L Bowling Green25-9 W Fairmont State29-5 W California. Pa.17-13 W Kent State24-10 W VMI21-11 W Fairmont State27-3 W Washington & Lee9-21 L Ohio State26-5 W North Carolina3rd at Southern Conference Championships

1961 (9-3)Steve Harrick18-8 W A Baltimore21-9 W H Indiana, Pa.

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4-39 L H Penn State19-13 W A California, Pa.22-10 W A VMI18-6 W N The Citadel27-3 W A Davidson25-8 W H Fairmont State5-22 L H Virginia Tech27-2 W H Washington & Lee8-20 L H Ohio State25-3 W H Fairmont State3rd at Southern Conference Championships

1962 (7-3-1)Steve Harrick17-11 W Baltimore16-15 W Indiana, Pa.19-9 W Fairmont State3-27 L Penn State16-16 T California, Pa.14-11 W VMI11-21 L North Carolina18-13 W The Citadel16-12 W Washington & Lee3-22 L Virginia Tech29-3 W Fairmont State4th at Southern Conference Championships

1963 (10-3)Steve Harrick29-7 W Baltimore16-12 W Indiana, Pa.23-3 W VMI17-10 W West Liberty13-15 L California, Pa.24-8 W Bowling Green21-8 W Virginia Tech28-0 W North Carolina22-8 W East Carolina11-14 L The Citadel29-5 W Fairmont State19-10 W Ohio 14-16 L Washington & Lee2nd at Southern Conference Championships

1964 (11-3)Steve Harrick27-9 W Indiana, Pa.33-3 W West Liberty19-9 W VMI26-6 W Washington & Lee8-21 L Ohio State26-5 W California, Pa.22-5 W Bowling Green2-25 L Pitt21-9 W Virginia Tech19-7 W Virginia18-13 W North Carolina8-20 L Ohio 19-10 W The Citadel26-5 W Fairmont State1st at Southern Conference ChampionshipsT-37th at NCAA Championships

1965 (9-3-1)Steve Harrick8-18 L Penn State24-5 W VMI14-14 T Indiana, Pa.22-6 W Washington & Lee

19-9 W California, Pa.14-13 W Bowling Green28-0 W Virginia12-9 W East Carolina14-16 L The Citadel22-8 W North Carolina11-19 L Ohio 17-9 W Virginia Tech31-2 W Fairmont State1st at Southern Conference Championships

1966 (4-8)Steve Harrick15-14 W Washington & Jefferson14-19 L Indiana, Pa.11-21 L Washington & Lee16-18 L California, Pa.5-27 L Bowling Green14-17 L VMI26-2 W North Carolina19-12 W Fairmont State12-23 L Ohio 8-23 L Pitt20-8 W The Citadel16-19 L Saint Francis, Pa.1st at Southern Conference Championships

1967 (9-3)Steve Harrick17-14 W Washington & Jefferson17-16 W Indiana, Pa.11-24 L California, Pa.30-5 W Virginia20-17 W VMI3-34 L Bowling Green30-8 W East Carolina32-3 W William & Mary32-3 W Wilmington37-0 W Fairmont State12-26 L Ohio 29-12 W West Liberty2nd at Southern Conference Championships

1968 (8-3-1)George Nedeff31-8 W Washington & Jefferson22-9 W Indiana, Pa.40-0 W Washington & Lee24-11 W California, Pa.24-15 W VMI11-22 L Bowling Green36-10 W West Liberty5-26 L Ohio 25-11 W Virginia 15-15 T William & Mary15-19 L Fairmont State20-19 W North Carolina4th at Southern Conference Championships

1969 (9-3)George Nedeff53-79 L A Waynesburg53-48 W N Juniata53-38 W N Akron15-13 W H Indiana, Pa.9-20 L A Ohio Northern28-3 W A North Carolina34-10 W H West Liberty24-6 W A VMI

25-6 W H Saint Vincent22-9 W H Fairmont State8-23 L A California, Pa.23-11 W H Saint Francis, Pa.

1970 (4-6)George Nedeff15-20 L A Indiana, Pa.8-32 L H Pitt7-27 L H Ohio Northern24-14 W N Cincinnati25-8 W A West Liberty11-24 L H Slippery Rock27-12 W A Saint Vincent8-20 L A Fairmont State7-29 L H California, Pa.26-14 W A Saint Francis, Pa.

1971 (11-4-1)George Nedeff15-15 T A Waynesburg9-21 L N Eastern Michigan22-12 W N Howard25-10 W H Indiana, Pa.28-5 W H Duquesne29-5 W H Saint Vincent21-11 W A West Liberty37-2 W A Washington & Jefferson21-14 W A Ohio Northern24-13 W H West Liberty9-27 L A Slippery Rock26-14 W H Fairmont State29-8 W H Morehead State14-24 L A Pitt2-37 L A California, Pa.22-14 W A Saint Francis, Pa.

1972 (10-5)George Nedeff23-14 W A Indiana, Pa.30-9 W A Howard23-14 W A Waynesburg26-8 W A Indiana42-6 W H Saint Vincent32-12 W H Duquesne33-9 W H Washington & Jefferson5-36 L H Pitt22-16 W H Fairmont State38-6 W H Ohio Northern19-28 L A West Liberty8-39 L A Fairmont State21-15 W A Morehead State5-33 L H Slippery Rock11-25 L H California, Pa.

1973 (8-7)George Nedeff18-21 L A Delaware23-17 W A Duquesne9-30 L A Waynesburg20-17 W H Indiana, Pa.31-7 W H Saint Vincent18-20 L H Duquesne36-6 W H Frostburg24-18 W H Towson State6-33 L A Pitt49-0 W H Frostburg22-18 W H West Liberty

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18-19 L A California, Pa.48-0 W A George Washington12-37 L A Slippery Rock17-20 L H Fairmont State

1974 (7-7-1)George Nedeff38-11 W A Howard38-11 W A Malone11-23 L A Waynesburg15-30 L A Indiana, Pa.38-0 W H Frostburg43-2 W H Duquesne14-20 L H West Liberty27-12 W H California, Pa.20-14 W A Towson State19-17 W A Morgan State3-39 L H Pitt20-20 T H Marshall12-21 L A West Liberty3-43 L H Slippery Rock14-26 L A Fairmont State

1975 (9-5)Fred Liechti24-18 W H Indiana, Pa.43-4 W A Malone28-6 W A Glenville State12-27 W A Waynesburg33-15 W H Morgan State15-21 L H Towson State11-23 L H Fairmont State0-42 L A Pitt19-14 W A Marshall20-24 L H West Liberty29-12 W A Pitt-Johnstown5-36 L A Slippery Rock27-16 W A California, Pa.45-0 W A Frostburg

1976 (14-5)Fred Liechti18-21 L A Indiana, Pa.42-9 W N Howard39-3 W N Malone26-14 W A Waynesburg47-6 W N Anderson24-18 W N Northern Kentucky25-16 W A Morehead8-30 L H Ohio State23-17 W N Towson State42-2 W A Morgan State11-20 L N Fairmont State30-11 W A Washington & Jefferson24-13 W H Marshall49-0 W H Alderson-Broaddus6-33 L H Slippery Rock20-19 W H California, Pa.11-25 L H Pitt33-10 W N Youngstown State24-13 W A West Liberty

1977 (3-17)Fred Liechti19-30 L H Indiana, Pa.8-26 L H Akron14-22 L A Waynesburg32-17 W N Pitt-Johnstown

25-19 W H Baltimore12-25 L H Gettysburg7-30 L H Edinboro21-27 L A Cincinnati2-47 L A Fairmont State15-30 L A California, Pa.11-27 L A Marshall2-39 L A Slippery Rock12-33 L H George Mason41-3 W H Howard6-34 L H Franklin & Marshall5-35 L H Temple6-31 L A Youngstown State2-43 L H Maryland15-33 L A Pitt11-34 L A West Liberty

1978 (7-9)Fred Liechti20-29 L A Indiana, Pa.40-9 W A Waynesburg47-5 W N Howard51-2 W N Malone46-2 W N Catonsville24-25 L N Edinboro16-18 L N Gettysburg39-8 W N Cincinnati20-18 W H California, Pa.12-36 L H Slippery Rock29-12 W H Marshall9-34 L H Princeton6-34 L H William & Mary15-21 L H Lycoming13-29 L A Maryland3-42 L A Pitt7th at EWL Championships- WVU’s first year in the EWL

1979 (9-4-2)Craig Turnbull35-8 W H Indiana, Pa.36-6 W N Marietta26-12 W A Waynesburg31-11 W N Muskingum42-9 W H George Mason20-20 T H Ohio 28-10 W H Akron6-32 L A Bloomsburg17-16 W A California, Pa.27-15 W H Maryland4-36 L A Clarion State37-11 W A Marshall12-30 L H Cleveland State12-20 L A Lock Haven21-21 T A Pitt5th at EWL Championships5th at Eastern Athletic Association Tournament

1980 (6-10-1)Craig Turnbull21-23 L A Indiana, Pa.28-3 W H California, Pa.6-35 L A Penn State15-30 L N Navy39-9 W N Akron21-13 W N Illinois13-29 L A Ohio 41-10 W H West Liberty36-3 W H Marshall

17-17 T H Shippensburg9-28 L H Clarion11-28 L H Bloomsburg17-21 L H Lock Haven28-11 W H Pitt12-30 L A Maryland11-35 L A Nebraska9-31 L A Cleveland State7th at EWL Championships

1981 (12-10)Craig Turnbull44-3 W H Indiana, Pa.25-17 W H Waynesburg18-23 L H Nebraska12-24 L N Ohio 20-19 W N Youngstown State43-6 W N Cincinnati25-22 W A California, Pa.35-6 W A East Stroudsburg16-24 L A Lock Haven13-28 L N Trenton State8-33 L A Clarion32-6 W N Southern Connecticut23-21 W N Rutgers6-32 L N Navy25-16 W A Shippensburg22-15 W A Pitt19-25 L H Bloomsburg13-33 L H Penn State10-34 L A Kentucky31-15 W A Marshall23-20 W H Maryland15-24 L H Cleveland State5th at EWL Championships

1982 (10-9)Craig Turnbull42-3 W A Indiana, Pa.31-6 W A Waynesburg17-27 L H Clarion6-37 L H Kentucky12-30 L H Northern Iowa31-9 W H Ohio 13-23 L A Maryland14-30 L A Navy41-5 W H Shippensburg23-15 W A Millersville23-12 W H California, Pa.8-40 L H Lock Haven20-19 W H Pitt3-38 L N Bloomsburg33-12 W N Kutztown36-12 W N East Stroudsburg35-13 W H Marshall6-34 L A Penn State13-23 L A Cleveland State8th at EWL Championships

1983 (6-9)Craig Turnbull19-18 W A Kentucky17-23 L A Clarion40-6 W H Waynesburg12-23 L A Pitt28-15 W H Shippensburg20-19 W H Millersville17-22 L A California, Pa.10-31 L A Lock Haven

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13-29 L H Maryland20-19 W H Bloomsburg3-39 L H Navy16-22 L A Ohio 6-46 L H Penn State27-22 W H West Liberty11-36 L H Cleveland State7th at EWL Championships

1984 (8-8)Craig Turnbull30-15 W A Waynesburg10-21 L H Clarion17-20 L H Arizona State21-18 W H Pitt19-18 W A Shippensburg39-9 W A Millersville60-0 W H Ohio 18-20 L A Maryland11-33 L A Navy30-11 W A Indiana, Pa.9-33 L A Bloomsburg49-0 W H California, Pa.12-27 L A Lock Haven9-34 L A Penn State39-4 W A West Liberty17-32 L A Cleveland State7th at EWL Championships

1985 (13-3)Craig Turnbull27-16 W A Edinboro38-6 W H Waynesburg15-28 L A Clarion19-15 W A Pitt35-7 W N Old Dominion20-24 L N Iowa State26-16 W N Appalachian State32-3 W H Shippensburg36-9 W H Maryland47-3 W A California, Pa.20-13 W H Navy21-19 W H Lock Haven20-24 L H Penn State39-7 W H West Liberty32-9 W A Cleveland State40-7 W H Ohio 5th at EWL Championships

1986 (12-7)Craig Turnbull42-6 W A Waynesburg12-30 L H Clarion13-25 L H Pitt38-6 W N Old Dominion0-42 L N Iowa State28-15 W N Indiana34-11 W N Virginia16-23 L N Northern Iowa30-15 W N Oklahoma25-17 W A Ohio 36-6 W A Shippensburg19-20 L A Navy54-2 W H California, Pa.21-19 W H Bloomsburg16-23 L A Lock Haven9-32 L A Penn State36-9 W H West Liberty

27-15 W H Cleveland State23-20 W A Maryland7th at EWL Championships

1987 (10-6)Craig Turnbull39-9 W H Waynesburg14-21 L A Clarion18-15 W N Ohio State15-20 L N Wisconsin34-9 W N Oregon13-23 L H Arizona State48-0 W H Shippensburg23-11 W H Maryland41-5 W H Ohio 41-7 W A California, Pa.15-19 L A Bloomsburg21-19 W H Lock Haven13-31 L H Penn State31-11 W A West Liberty19-18 W A Cleveland State16-22 L A Pitt7th at EWL Championships

1988 (10-7)Craig Turnbull29-11 W A Waynesburg20-15 W H Clarion7-33 L N Edinboro22-15 W N Maryland17-14 W N Syracuse26-14 W N Clarion10-25 L A Ohio State38-11 W H California, Pa.12-22 L A Navy21-15 W H Pitt-Johnstown26-9 W A Ohio 13-24 L H Bloomsburg17-24 L A Lock Haven16-24 L A Penn State15-20 L H Cleveland State44-6 W H West Liberty25-11 W H Pitt7th at EWL Championships22nd at NCAA Championships

1989 (7-7)Craig Turnbull44-2 W H Waynesburg13-25 L A Clarion6-34 L N Arizona State35-12 W N Ohio 34-7 W A California, Pa.25-12 W A Pitt-Johnstown26-15 W H Navy16-19 L A Bloomsburg14-22 L H Edinboro12-29 L H Lock Haven9-26 L H Penn State14-18 L A Cleveland State28-6 W A West Liberty19-17 W A Pitt8th at EWL Championships

1990 (14-1)Craig Turnbull52-3 W A Waynesburg26-13 W H Clarion43-0 W H Boise State

27-8 W A Ohio 34-3 W H California, Pa.39-4 W H Pitt-Johnstown19-12 W N Navy17-25 L N Arizona State22-11 W H Bloomsburg25-13 W A Lock Haven20-13 W H Penn State31-12 W H West Liberty35-2 W H Cleveland State29-3 W H Pitt24-10 W A Edinboro2nd at EWL Championships18th at NCAA Championships

1991 (11-5)Craig Turnbull23-9 W A Clarion21-14 W N Indiana*19-21 L N Nebraska*35-5 W N Northwestern*16-23 L N Northern Iowa*15-20 L N North Carolina*33-9 W H California, Pa.53-0 W A Pitt-Johnstown16-18 L A Navy40-2 W H Ohio 32-7 W A Bloomsburg18-21 L H Lock Haven23-17 W H Penn State24-15 W A Cleveland State32-9 W A Pitt34-10 W H Edinboro1st at EWL Championships6th at NCAA Championships* NWCA National Duals

1992 (7-6)Craig Turnbull20-13 W H Clarion17-13 W A Lock Haven28-13 W H Pitt-Johnstown28-11 W A California, Pa.18-16 W A Ohio 16-19 L H Navy12-28 L A Penn State23-21 W H Bloomsburg9-39 L N Wisconsin18-25 L N Augsburg15-21 L H Cleveland State20-16 W A Edinboro14-23 L H Pitt4th at EWL Championships

1993 (7-5)Craig Turnbull22-17 W N Ohio State32-15 W A Clarion35-11 W H California, Pa.28-11 W H Ohio 10-21 L A Navy12-21 L A Bloomsburg19-16 W H Lock Haven12-19 L H Army28-18 W A Cleveland State21-14 W H Edinboro6-27 L A Pitt16-25 L H Penn State3rd at EWL Championships25th at NCAA Championships

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1994 (6-4)Craig Turnbull9-25 L H Clarion22-10 W H Navy32-6 W H Bloomsburg13-22 L N Boston University15-22 L N Iowa State21-12 W A Lock Haven36-4 W H Cleveland State15-19 L A Edinboro32-3 W H Pitt22-16 W A Penn State3rd at EWL Championships14th at NCAA Championships

1995 (4-6)Craig Turnbull13-25 L A Clarion15-27 L H Iowa State9-24 L A Navy31-11 W A Bloomsburg21-20 W A Ohio 7-28 L H Lock Haven23-15 W A Cleveland State15-23 L H Edinboro10-26 L A Pitt18-14 W H Penn State5th at EWL Championships

1996 (7-5-1)Craig Turnbull33-3 W H Ohio 10-24 L H Nebraska25-10 W H Bloomsburg19-19 T H Clarion15-28 L N Oklahoma State15-22 L N Pitt30-9 W N Duquesne42-12 W N Franklin & Marshall17-20 L A Lock Haven30-6 W H Cleveland State25-15 W A Edinboro19-13 W H Pitt16-20 L A Penn State1st at EWL Championships

1997 (4-6)Craig Turnbull12-25 L A Nebraska22-15 W A Ohio State25-14 W A Clarion15-22 L H Navy16-23 L A Bloomsburg19-18 W H Lock Haven42-3 W A Cleveland State13-27 L H Edinboro17-18 L A Pitt16-22 L H Ohio4th at EWL Championships

1998 (11-3-1)Craig Turnbull19-19 T H Clarion30-19 W H Bloomsburg28-10 W N Michigan*3-33 L N Minnesota*20-19 W N Penn*20-16 W N Arizona State*13-25 L N Penn State*

8-36 L N Nebraska*26-12 W A Lock Haven18-13 W H Penn State42-10 W H Duquesne48-0 W H Cleveland State18-14 W H Pitt30-6 W A Ohio25-14 W A Edinboro2nd at EWL Championships7th at NCAA Championships* National Duals

1999 (7-4)Craig Turnbull22-12 W A Clarion32-7 W A Bloomsburg10-31 L N Oklahoma State17-20 L N Cal-Bakersfield20-12 W H Lock Haven33-9 W A Cleveland State41-6 W H Virginia Tech10-21 L A Pitt41-3 W A Duquesne13-19 L H Edinboro31-7 W H Ohio2nd at EWL Championships9th at NCAA Championships

2000 (6-4-1)Craig Turnbull35-8 W H Clarion19-19 T H Bloomsburg24-15 W A Lock Haven20-23 L N Pennsylvania*29-9 W N Rider*6-35 L N Nebraska*28-13 W N Virginia Tech^30-6 W H Cleveland State14-20 L H Pitt9-25 L A Edinboro23-13 W A Ohio2nd at EWL Championships22nd at NCAA Championships* National Duals^ Grundy, Va.

2001 (4-9)Craig Turnbull10-27 L A Clarion22-10 W H Penn State8-38 L N Indiana&19-16 W N Buffalo&22-21 W N Kent&9-28 L N Wisconsin&7-34 L A Bloomsburg24-23 W H Virginia Tech12-33 L H Lock Haven9-27 L H Ohio12-28 L A Pitt6-38 L H Edinboro19-22 L H Cleveland State8th at EWL Championships37th at NCAA Championships& Virginia Duals

2002 (12-2)Craig Turnbull16-24 L A Iowa State23-12 W H Clarion23-15 W A Penn State

13-26 L A Ohio State36-7 W H Bloomsburg31-21 W H Nebraska44-3 W H Virginia26-6 W H Buffalo19-12 W H Lock Haven29-9 W A Virginia Tech32-2 W H Pitt23-15 W A Ohio19-14 W A Cleveland State31-3 W A Edinboro1st at EWL Championships13th at NCAA Championships

2003 (9-3)Craig Turnbull22-14 W H Iowa State14-21 L H Ohio State34-0 W A Bloomsburg18-20 L N Oklahoma*15-20 L N Minnesota*22-14 W A Clarion31-8 W A Lock Haven36-12 W H Virginia Tech29-8 W A Pitt23-9 W H Ohio19-14 W H Edinboro25-16 W H Cleveland State2nd at EWL Championships17th at NCAA Championships* National Duals

2004 (9-5)Craig Turnbull22-14 W N Stanford15-22 L N Missouri13-24 L H Penn State32-7 W H Bloomsburg16-29 L N Michigan*21-16 W H Cleveland State*18-21 L N Penn*25-15 W H Clarion21-13 W H Pitt39-13 W A Virginia Tech29-10 W H Lock Haven23-22 W A Ohio13-25 L A Edinboro27-12 W A Cleveland StateT-1st at EWL Championships16th at NCAA Championships* National Duals

2005 (5-6-1)Craig Turnbull15-20 L A Nebraska12-34 L A Penn State22-16 W A Bloomsburg43-0 W A Clarion6-34 L N Illinois16-24 L N Penn State18-23 L H Hofstra23-15 W A Pitt25-15 W H Ohio19-21 L A Lock Haven20-20 T H Edinboro27-13 W H Cleveland State4th at EWL Championships18th at NCAA Championships

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2006 (6-6)Craig Turnbull16-29 L H Missouri14-28 L A Hofstra21-18 W N Rider*15-17 L N Ohio State*16-20 L N Columbia*22-14 W H Bloomsburg37-6 W H Clarion20-13 W H Pitt16-18 L A Ohio25-16 W H Lock Haven5-40 L A Edinboro24-12 W A Cleveland State2nd at EWL Championships26th at NCAA Championships*Virginia Duals

2007 (5-5)Craig Turnbull37-7 W H Duquesne14-28 L N Northwestern*18-25 L N Penn*15-22 L A Bloomsburg38-6 W A Clarion18-16 W A Pitt16-22 L H Ohio25-11 W A Lock Haven16-21 L H Edinboro38-6 W H Cleveland State2nd at EWL Championships28th at NCAA Championships* NWCA National Duals

2008 (8-5-0)Craig Turnbull37-3 W N Sacred Heart @9-24 L N Iowa State @27-12 W A Cal State Fullerton24-12 W A Cal Poly9-32 L N Minnesota*9-29 L N Ohio State*35-3 W H Clarion21-12 W H Bloomsburg30-6 W H Lock Haven17-18 L H Pitt28-13 W A Ohio16-21 L A Edinboro32-2 W A Cleveland State3rd at EWL Championships31st at NCAA Championships@ Sprawl & Brawl Meet (Vestal, N.Y.)* NWCA National Duals

2009 (8-4-2)Craig Turnbull22-15 W N Columbia *21-11 W N North Carolina *10-27 L A Penn State3-35 L H Lehigh19-26 L H Illinois15-25 L H Michigan State57-0 W A Duquesne19-16 W A Bloomsburg22-14 W A Clarion20-16 W A Lock Haven15-15 T A Pitt37-9 W H Ohio41-0 W H Cleveland State19-19 T H Edinboro

2nd at EWL Championships47th at NCAA Championships* Sprawl & Brawl Meet (Vestal, N.Y.)

2010 (3-10-0)Craig Turnbull18-19 L N Wyoming *15-23 L N Illinois *12-33 L H Penn State9-29 L H Indiana9-24 L A Michigan State3-39 L A Lehigh14-20 L H Clarion21-18 W H Bloomsburg32-12 W H Lock Haven15-19 L H Pitt15-27 L A Ohio34-11 W A Cleveland State ^6-29 L A Edinboro5th at EWL ChampionshipsT-47th at NCAA Championships* Sprawl & Brawl Meet (Vestal, N.Y.)^ Saint Clairsville, Ohio

2011 (9-6-0)Craig Turnbull24-12 W N Liberty*13-27 L A Maryland*38-3 W N Johns Hopkins41-0 W N Sacred Heart^14-25 L N Rutgers^3-40 L N Penn State^18-15 W A Illinois18-21 L H Michigan State19-12 W A Bloomsburg39-4 W A Clarion33-5 W A Lock Haven14-21 L A Pitt24-13 W H Ohio15-22 L H Edinboro46-0 W H Cleveland State2nd at EWL Championships51st at NCAA Championships* Terrapin Duals (College Park, Md.)^ Sprawl & Brawl (Vestal, N.Y.)

2012 (9-4-0)Craig Turnbull48-0 W N Johns Hopkins*41-0 W N Franklin & Marshall*6-34 L A Penn State15-22 L H Maryland23-12 W A Michigan State10-25 L H Bloomsburg23-20 W H Clarion28-12 W H Lock Haven21-18 W A Rutgers12-26 L H Pitt36-3 W A Ohio18-17 W A Edinboro36-6 W A Cleveland State3rd at EWL Championships43rd at NCAA Championships* Terrapin Duals (College Park, Md.)

2013 (2-13-0)Craig Turnbull43-0 W N Johns Hopkins*10-24 L A Maryland*3-44 L H Penn State15-19 L A Lock Haven3-36 L A Oklahoma State14-25 L A Oklahoma10-26 L H Rutgers3-30 L H Iowa State9-31 L A Pitt9-29 L H Ohio9-29 L H Edinboro18-15 W A Clarion0-57 L A Oklahoma State#9-33 L N Oklahoma#3-45 L N Iowa State#4th at Big 12 ChampionshipsT-63rd at NCAA Championships * Terrapin Duals (College Park, Md.)# Big 12 Duals

The Last Time WVU ...

Defeated a Ranked Opponent at Home:2/23/03 vs. No. 24 Cleveland State, 25-16

Defeated a Ranked Opponent on the Road:2/18/12 vs. No. 10 Edinboro, 18-17

Scored 30 Points or More on the Road:2/19/12 vs. Cleveland State, 36-6

Scored 40 Points or More on the Road:11/3/12 vs. Johns Hopkins, 43-0

Scored 50 Points or More on the Road:1/18/09 vs. Duquesne, 57-0

Shutout an Opponent:2/18/12 vs. Johns Hopkins, 43-0

Was Shutout by an Opponent:1/10/86 vs. Iowa State (at Virginia Duals), 0-42

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Ranked No. 1 in the nation all season, ScottCollinsbecameWVU’sfirstnational champion in 1991 after posting a stellar 40-1 senior season. Collins went undefeated in EWL action as a senior. In fact, he set WVU’s then-all-time consecutive wins streak with 23-straightvictories,includingfivestraight at the NCAA Tournament.

As a member of WVU’s nationally ranked 14-1 team and EWL regular season dual meet champions, Collins turned in an outstanding career; at the time,hewastiedforfirstonWVU’sall-time career wins list with a 119-34-4 record. The three-time NCAA qualifierwastheEWLchampionasa senior. Collins went on to lead the Mountaineers to a sixth-place national finish.

For his efforts, Collins was named co-EWL Wrestler of the Year and is ranked second in EWL history for most dual wins by a 142-pounder. Collins helped the team win two EWL titles.

“He started as a true freshman and competed very successfully. Every year, he was someone who was capable of placing in the national tournament and competingtobeinthefinals.Itneverhappened for him. It really drew upon him to have some strength of character to not lower his goals and continue to have that dream and goal that he wanted to be a national champion.

“When we went to Iowa, he was the No. 1 seed and worked himself to thefinals.Tobeinthefinalsafternotplacing before is unusual and he found himself wrestling an Iowa wrestler in thefinalswhilewewerecompetingat Iowa. He probably had about 12-13,000 people getting ready to cheer against him. It wasn’t that normal progression of placing several times

Scott Collins, Dean M

orrison & Greg Jones

Clearfield, Pa.1991 | 142 pounds

and really having that seasoned feeling once yougotyourshotinthefinals.Ithinkittookalot of his internal strength and focus. The match was one of the better ones that evening and it came down to a 6-6 score with 30 seconds left. Scott was the one who scored the winning takedown. It was a very dramatic moment for himandasignificantmomentfortheprogram.Tome,itwasaverysignificantcoming-of-agemoment for the program.”

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MoRRISoNAmityville, N.y.1994 | 177 pounds

Dean Morrison entered the 1994 NCAA Championships with a seven-match win streak andfinishedthetournamentwithfive-straightwins, plus a national championship, WVU’s second-ever. Ranked No. 2 heading into the tournament, Morrison defeated three ranked opponentstomakethefinals.HedefeatedWyoming’sReeseAndy3-2inthefinalsandfinishedtheseasonbywinning22of23matches.

Morrison posted a 33-3 record his senior season,whichtiedhimforfifthontheall-timesenior wins list at WVU, a ranking he still holds today. Those 33 wins also tied him for most wins by a 177-pounder and put him at 10th on WVU’s top season list. It was his second straight 30-win season.

Two of his losses came to future Olympian Les Gutches of Oregon State at the Las Vegas Invitational and the NWCA All-Star Classic.

Morrison won his third consecutive EWL championshipin1994,thefirstMountaineerto accomplish the feat. During the season, Morrison won the Navy Classic and Great Plains Invitational and placed second at the WVU Open and the Las Vegas Invitational.

He ranks sixth on WVU’s all-time wins list with a 103-32-2 record.

“Dean is a great success story. He had never won a New York state title. I believe he placed once, but he never placed in a national tournament. He was a very average student out of high school. When he applied to the university – we were recruiting him out of high school – he was denied admission. We took him to a committee to appeal that and they decided to give Dean an opportunity. Dean worked hard enough. It took a while and he had to go at a slow pace. He graduated in engineering, and when he left the university, he was a three-time Eastern Wrestling League champion and an NCAA champion.

“Dean, being an engineering major and an NCAA champion, were equally as unlikely, so it was a testament really to his ability to set goals that were outside his reach when no one believed they were possible and make them a reality.”


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JoNeSSlickville, Pa.Three-time Champion

2005 | 184 poundsGreg Jones capped off one of the greatest collegiate wrestling careers in NCAA history by becoming just the 39th wrestler to ever win three national championships.HealsobecamethefirstwrestlerfromtheEasternWrestlingLeague to ever win the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler title.

Jones, a Slickville, Pa., native, took home his third championship with a 5-3 decision against Cornell’s Tyler Baier. Jones dazzled the 16,302 fans in attendance at the Savvis Center. He jumped out to a 2-0 lead and then extended it to 5-1 before Baier earned two points late.

The match concluded the story of WVU’s greatest wrestler as Jones left with a 126-4 career record. In 2004-05, he outscored his opponents 298-82 and was taken down just 10 times in 130 career matches.

Forthesecond-consecutiveseason,Jonesfinished2004-05withanunde-featedseason.OnlyOklahomaState’sSteveMoccoandJonesfinishedtheyear undefeated.

2004 | 184 poundsJonesturnedinoneofthefinestindividualseasonsbyaWVUwrestlerinschoolhistory,goingaperfect26-0.HealsobecamethefirstMountaineerto win multiple national titles with his 184-pound championship in St. Louis.

Jones posted his third victory of the tournament over Ben Heizer of North-ern Illinois and won his second crown, 10-5, in front of 15,081 fans at the Savvis Center. Jones’ performance was so dominant that he did not give up an offensive point during the entire 2004 NCAA Tournament in going 5-0.

He opened the season by winning the prestigious Midlands Classic title inlateDecember.Jones’unblemishedstartledtoWVU’sfirstundefeatedseason.

He won his third-consecutive EWL crown in leading the Mountaineers to a share of the 2004 EWL Championship title. His 7-0 record in league con-tests earned him the EWL Points Champion award. Jones was then named EWL Wrestler of the Year for the second time in his career.

2002 | 174 poundsIt will long be remembered as one of the greatest accomplishments in West Virginia history. Greg Jones became just the 10th freshman since 1970 to win a national championship.

Coming off a tiebreaker win over Edinboro’s Josh Koscheck in the EWL finals,JonesenteredtheNCAAChampionshipsastheNo.2seed.Jonesshowed two losses entering the tournament, one of them coming to top-seeded Otto Olson of Michigan and the other coming by way of injury default, meaning that the last time Jones was outscored in a match was Dec. 1.

AlthoughhebattlednervesinhisfirstappearanceattheNCAAChampion-ships in Albany, N.Y., he quickly got into a comfort zone. He won by scores of 17-10,8-3,10-4,15-5and12-5andwasnottakendownafterthefirstround.

Inthefinals,JoneswentupagainstGregParkerofPrinceton.Aswasstan-dard,Jonesscoredthefirsttakedownofthematchanddictatedthetempofrom there. Parker was no match for Jones’ speed and strength, and Jones went on to the title.

“Greg was given advice often that ‘you should probably go somewhere else because you don’t want to be in the shadow of your brother (Vertus). How are you going to match what he accomplished? He won four EWL titles, wasintheNCAAfinalstwiceandwasthirdtheothertime.’Ithinkhavingan older brother is a tremendous help. His title match in the EWL Cham-pionships as a freshman was against a defending national champion from Edinboro. It was an overtime win and I think it provided Greg with a lot of confidencegoingintothenationaltournament.Hereallytookitonematchatatimeandwrestledaveryconfidentsemifinalmatchandmadethefinalsas a freshman. At the time, he won and became the 10th freshman since 1970 who has won an NCAA Championship. It really was a credit to Greg and also his background, family support and brothers’ support. I don’t think people recognize it until they live it the stresses that are on someone in an individual sport to achieve your goal or pinnacle of your sport early.

“People, when they look at a career like Greg’s, they just think he did really well and everything came easy. There were tremendous challenges, especially coming from that second season and going into the next two, learning the things that he needed to from that year and coming back with a new perspective of what he had to bring to the practice and his preparation. He won the next two and was named the Outstanding Wrestler his senior year. In the three national tournaments that he won, he was only scoredononcewithoffensivepointsandthatwashisfirstmatch–asafreshman, he gave a takedown up and was never scored on again offen-sively. I think historians will put Greg into a category of one of the greatest wrestlers in NCAA history.”


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Jimmie Cox1929Wheeling, W.Va.

ThefirstWVUwrestlertoattainAll-Americahon-ors, Jimmie Cox placed third at the 1929 NCAA Championships at Ohio State. Cox won three matches at 135 pounds in guiding West Virginia toaninth-placeteamfinish.

Robert Perry1955Mission Viejo, Calif.

Robert Perry was one of two Mountaineers to earn All-America honors in 1955 at Cornell. Perry won his opening round match via fall over Syr-acuse’s Don Clark at 115 pounds. He won two more matches before taking fourth-place honors to become WVU’s second All-American.

Lewis Guidi1955McMurray, Pa.

Mountaineer Lewis “Lou” Guidi was the second WVU wrestler to earn All-America status at the 1955 NCAA Championships with a second-place finish.WVU’s123-pounderposteda4-1recordbefore falling in the championship match to Pitt’s EdPeery.Guidi’srunner-upfinish,alongwithteammate Robert Perry’s fourth-place result,

pushedWestVirginiatoa12th-placeteamfinish.Hewasinductedinto the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Mark Cagle1979Phoenixville, Pa.

Mark Cagle placed eighth out of 32 competi-tors at the 1979 NCAA Championships at Iowa State. Wrestling at 134 pounds, the sophomore posteda21-5seasonrecord,withallfivelossescomingtograpplerswhohadalsoqualifiedforthe NCAAs, including eventual national champion Darryl Burley of Lehigh. Cagle became the Moun-

taineers’ fourth All-American.

Jim Akerly1987Erie, Pa.

WestVirginia’sfifthAll-Americanwrestler,JimAkerly brought the program national publicity with his back-to-back national rankings (ranked No.3asasophomoreandajunior).Thefirst

Mountaineer invited to participate in the East-West All-Star Classic, Akerly collected more wins (119) than any previous WVU grappler to leadtheMountaineerstofour-consecutiveTop20finishes.Duringhis four-year association with the Mountaineer wrestling program, Akerly was a driving force behind a 45-23 team record. The Erie, Pa., native earned All-America status in 1987 at the NCAA Champi-onshipsatMaryland,wherehefinishedeighthat150pounds.

Michael Carr1988Erie, Pa.

Wrestling only one season at WVU, Michael Carr, an Iowa State transfer, set a Mountaineer record at the time for most takedowns in a sea-son with 70. Posting 39 wins, Carr became West Virginia’s second Eastern Wrestling League indi-vidual champion. He also won titles at the Navy Turkey Bowl, Hoosier Invitational and the WVU

Open.CarrearnedAll-Americahonorsforhisseventh-placefinishin the 158-pound weight class at the 1988 NCAA Championships at Iowa.

Mark Banks1990, 1991York, Pa.

Wrestling for West Virginia from 1990-91, Mark Banks was one of the most accomplished wrestlers in Mountaineer history. Banks earned back-to-backfifth-placefinishesattheNCAATournament in 1990 and 1991 at 167 pounds tobecometheMountaineers’firsttwo-timeAll-American. Banks, who competed in the

National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic in 1991, also won consecutive 167-pound EWL titles with the Mountaineers, WestVirginia’sfirsttwo-timeleaguetitlist.Throughouthisfour-yearcareer, which included two years at Bloomsburg, Banks compiled a 22-1 record in EWL dual matches. During his stay in Morgantown, Banks never lost a league match in 13 decisions and helped WVU wintwoleaguetitlesandearnasixth-placefinishatthe1991NCAAChampionships.

dominic Black1991Lexington, Ky.

Enjoying a banner collegiate career with the Mountaineers,DominicBlackfinishedasoneofonlyfivewrestlersinschoolhistoryatthetime to amass more than 100 career victories. Black capped his career with stellar seasons in 1990 and 1991. As a junior, he went 33-5 to establish a record for wins in a season by a

Mountaineer 177-pounder, won an EWL title and competed in his second-consecutive NCAA Tournament. The following year, Black posted a 39-win season (third-best in school history), earned his second-consecutiveEWLtitleandhadafourth-placefinishattheNCAAChampionships.In1995,BlackbecamethefirstWestVirginia wrestler to ever represent the United States in an interna-tional event, as he won a gold medal in the 198-pound weight class at the World Cup of Freestyle. In 1999, Black made the U.S. World Wrestling Team, which participates in world championships. He won a national title and was a gold medalist at the 1999 Pan-Amer-ican Games. He was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Scott Collins1991Clearfield,Pa.

Scott Collins was one of the greatest wrestlers inWestVirginiahistory.Thetwo-timeEWLfinalistbecamethefirstMountaineertowinanationaltitlewhenheclaimedfirst-placehonorsatthe1991 NCAA Championships at Iowa City. By becoming the EWL’s 12th national champion, Collins was named co-EWL Wrestler of the Year.

The 142-pounder also captured the 1991 EWL title. Collins, who went undefeated in EWL action during his national title season in 1991, ranked second in EWL history for most dual wins by a 142-pounder.Collinsfinishedhiscareerastheschool’sall-timewinleader, and he helped the Mountaineers win two EWL titles. Collins registeredasixth-placefinishatthe1991NCAAChampionships.He was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

doug Taylor1993Milesburg, Pa.

MakinghisfirstNCAAappearance,DougTaylorbecame West Virginia’s seventh All-American at the 1993 NCAA Championships in Ames, Iowa. Taylor, who battled an injury-plagued season, finishedfifthat158pounds.Taylorlostacontro-versialovertimedecisioninthesemifinals,tryingto become only the second Mountaineer wrestler

toreachtheNCAAfinalround.TayloradvancedtotheNCAATourna-mentbyvirtueofhissecond-placefinishattheEWLChampionships.

dean Morrison1994Amityville, N.Y.

In 1994, Dean Morrison concluded his outstand-ing career by becoming the second West Virginia wrestler to win an NCAA title. Morrison defeated Wyoming’s Reese Andy in Chapel Hill, N.C., to claim national supremacy and lead the Mountain-eerstoa14th-placeteamfinish.Duringhisca-reer,Morrisonbecamethefirstwrestlerinschoolhistory to win three Eastern Wrestling League

titles (1992-94) and just the fourth to win more than 100 career matches (103). Named the 1994 EWL Wrestler of the Year, Morrison competed in the prestigious National Wrestling Coaches Associa-tion All-Star Classic in Pittsburgh. Morrison’s 33 wins in 1994 also tied him with Dominic Black for the most wins by a Mountaineer 177-pounder in a season.

John Koss1997Collingswood, N.J.

Apowerfulwrestler,JohnKossbecamethefirstfour-timeNCAAqualifierinWVUhistory.Kosscapped off a brilliant campaign by advancing tothesemifinalsofthe1997NCAAChampion-ships. He recorded an impressive 87 wins as a Mountaineer, which was seventh best at the time in school history. Koss wrestled to an 8-0 du-

al-meet record at 177 pounds his senior season to top off a career 23winsintheEWL.AfterhisfirstNCAAappearanceasafreshman,Kosswasnamedafifth-teamselectiontotheAmateurWrestlingNews’ all-rookie team.

Mike Mason1997, 1998Williamstown, W.Va.

Mike Mason is remembered as one of the most diligent and hard-working wrestlers in the history of the program. The second WVU wrestler to be a two-time All-American – both at 150 pounds –andthefirstAll-AmericanfromthestateofWestVirginia,MasonearnedhisfirstAll-Americahonors in 1997 when he was seeded eighth and

wrestledtothequarterfinalround.Heposteda35-5recordhisju-nior year, including a 10-0 dual meet record. As a senior, Mason ad-vancedtotheNCAAsemifinal,losingacontroversialdouble-over-time decision, then came back to win two hard-fought matches and finishthirdforhissecondAll-Americahonor.HecompetedintheNWCAAll-StarClassic,wonanEWLtitleandwasthefifthWVUwrestler to reach 100 career wins.

Ian “Whitey” Chlebove1998, 1999Northampton, Pa.

A dangerous force at 134 pounds his junior year and 141 pounds his senior year, Ian “Whitey” Chlebove became a two-time All-American withhisseventh-placefinishatthe1998NCAAChampionships in Cleveland and his sixth-place finishatthe1999NCAAChampionshipsatPennState. As a senior, Chlebove was ranked as high

as fourth nationally during the season. As a junior, he was ranked as high as third. In 1996, Chlebove was one win away from All-America honorswitha3-2finishatthetournament.Afteraredshirtseasonin1997, he posted a 27-8 record in 1998 to set a WVU record at 134 pounds.

Vertus Jones1998, 1999, 2000Slickville, Pa.

OneofthefinestathletestocomethroughtheWVU program, Vertus Jones became the Moun-taineers’firstthree-timeAll-Americanwithhissecond-placefinishatthe2000NCAAChampi-onshipsinSt.Louis.HisfirstAll-Americahonorcamewithasecond-placefinishat177poundsat the 1998 NCAA Championships in Cleveland.

HissecondAll-Americahonorcamewithathird-placefinishatthe 184-pound weight class at the 1999 NCAA Championships at Penn State. As a sophomore, Jones was the youngest of 20 finalistsatthe1998tournamentandtheyoungestinWVUhistorytoreachtheNCAAfinals.HeisthefirstMountaineertobeafour-timeEWL champion and only the third EWL wrestler to be a four-time champion. He was the second WVU wrestler to win the EWLs as a freshman. Jones posted a stellar 30-2 senior season at 184 pounds, setting the all-time West Virginia consecutive-wins streak at 24 and finishedhiscareerwitha95-21mark,whichwassixthbestatthetime at WVU.

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Sam Kline1999Elkins, W.Va.

A master of using his speed and size at 174 pounds,SamKlinefinishedthirdatthe1999NCAA Championships at Penn State to garner All-America honors, defeating three ranked op-ponents along the way. Kline capped off a stellar careerwitha28-5seniorcampaign,finishingwith 84 wins to 22 losses. Kline won the 1999

EWL Tournament, the 1997 and 1998 WVU Open, and the 1997 and1998NavyClassic.Hefinishedeighthatthe1998LasVegasInvitational. Duringhiscareer,KlinequalifiedforthreeNCAAChampionships.

Greg Jones2002, 2004, 2005Slickville, Pa.

GregJonesbecamethefirstMountaineertowin multiple national titles with his 184-pound championship in St. Louis as a junior. He added to his legacy as a senior after blowing through competition yet again for his third national cham-pionship in four years.

During his senior year, Jones posted a perfect 25-0 record and was named the NCAA Tournament’s Most Out-standing Wrestler. He became just the 20th wrestler in NCAA history to win multiple national titles at different weight classes. As a junior, Jones posted his third victory of the tournament over Ben Heizer of Northern Illinois in winning his second crown, 10-5. Jones’ performance was so dominant that he did not give up an offensive point during the entire 2004 NCAA Tournament, going 5-0. In one of the most remarkable performances in the history of West Virginia athletics, freshman Jones cruised through the 174-pound bracket en route to the NCAA Championships. Jones was 34-2 and raked in numerous honors in his rookie campaign. At theNCAAChampionships,Jonesdominatedthefieldbyoutscor-inghisopponents62-27andonlyallowingatakedowninthefirstround.HedefeatedGregParkerofPrinceton12-5inthefinals. A four-time EWL champion, he was twice named EWL Wrestler of the Year and was named the 2004 EWL Points Champion. In 2002, he was the EWL Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler and the EWL Freshman of the Year.

Brandon Lauer2003Highland, Md.

Despite missing portions of the season to injury, Brandon Lauer fought his way to an eighth-place finishattheNCAAChampionshipsinKansasCity.Lauertrailedearlyinhisfirst-roundmatch,butwentontostunfifth-seededZachRober-son of Iowa State by pinning him at 4:21. He continued his roll with another fall in the second

round,thistimefinishingoffJasonCuocoloofSacredHeartin2:19.Afteranarrowlossinthechampionshipquarterfinals,Lauerneededone more win to assure himself of All-America status. He seemingly had the match in hand, but a late rally by Tom Clum of Wisconsin forced the match into overtime. Lauer was able to collect himself andquicklyfinishedoffthematchwithatakedownfoursecondsinto the extra session for the sudden victory. Nursing an ailing knee, Lauerdroppedhislasttwomatchestofinisheighthinthenationat133 pounds.

Shane Cunanan2003Spokane, Wash.

Using intensity, determination and superior conditioning, Shane Cunanan willed himself to thenationalsemifinalsandAll-Americahonorsin2003.Aftercruisingtoafirst-roundvictory,hescored one of the tournament’s biggest upsets at141poundsbyshockingfifth-seededZachEsposito of Oklahoma State, 3-1, in overtime.

Cunanan controlled most of the match, but could not convert on several opportunities. Finally, his tireless effort produced a take-down.Inthenationalquarterfinals,thestorywasagainthesameas Cunanan controlled the match and wore his opponent down before taking the 5-3 victory over the tournament’s seventh seed, Dana Holland of Arizona State. His roll ended with a heartbreaking 4-3lossinthenationalsemifinalsandheeventuallyfinishedsixth.Cunanan,whoqualifiedfortheNCAATournamentfourtimes,finallywasabletofinishhiscareerasanNCAAAll-American.

Matt Lebe 2005Jeannette, Pa.

Matt Lebe became WVU’s 20th All-American the hardwaybyfightingthroughthe157-poundcon-solation bracket after losing his opening match of the NCAA Tournament. Lebe pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the 2005 tournament when he knocked off Stanford’s defending national champion, Matt Gentry, 5-3.

The Jeannette, Pa., native then faced Clarion’s Chris Horning, whom he had beaten twice before earlier in the season. Lebe jumped out to a 4-1 lead and held off Horning for the rest of the match to escape with a 6-5 win. He later was knocked out of the tournamentbyArizonaState’sBrianSmithandfinishedseventhoverall.

Brandon Rader2006, 2007Parkersburg, W.Va.

No WVU true freshman had ever wrestled his way to All-America status before Parkersburg native Brandon Rader did so at the 2006 NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. The ParkersburgHighgraduatefinishedsixthinthetournament to become just the fourth West Vir-ginia native to earn All-America status.

Rader, seeded ninth in the 141-pound weight class, got off toablisteringpaceashepinnedhisfirsttwoopponents.Inhisthird bout, the freshman faced No. 1 seeded and undefeated Nate Gallick of Iowa State and lost a very close 3-0 decision. Rader rebounded in the consolation bracket by defeating Pitt’s Ron Tarquinio for the third time in 2006. He then defeated Virginia Tech’s DaveHoffman,11-7,intheconsolationquarterfinals. In2007RaderrepeatedhisAll-Americastatusbyfinishingsixthfor the second-consecutive year. This time, he rebounded from a second-round loss, which forced him to win four-consecutive matchestogetbacktotheNCAAplatform.HisdefiningmatchoccurredintheconsolationsemifinalsagainstNo.4-seededMannyRivera of Minnesota when he came away victorious, 9-5. The win for Rader made him just the sixth Mountaineer wrestler in school history to earn multiple All-America honors when he did so during the third session of the NCAA Championships in Detroit.

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NWCA Academic All-America Team1993......................................................... 9th1997....................................................... 19th1998....................................................... 11th1999....................................................... 11th2002......................................................... 9th2003....................................................... 18th2004....................................................... 12th2005......................................................... 9th2006....................................................... 30th

NWCA All-Academic Team Selections1991..........................................Scott Collins1993.........................................Daniel Staats1995........................................... Keith Taylor1995.......................................Douglas Verrer1997......................................... Samuel Kline1997.................................... Angelo Zegarelli1998...........................................Mike Mason1998..............................................Sam Kline 1998.................................... Angelo Zegarelli1998........................................Bob Patnesky1999..............................................Sam Kline2001...........................................Ryan Kehler2002...........................................Ryan Kehler2003.....................................Shane Cunanan2003...................................... Brandon Lauer2004............................................Greg Jones 2004..............................................Matt Lebe2005............................................Greg Jones2005..............................................Matt Lebe2006..............................................Matt Lebe2009....................................... Dustin Rogers2012........................................ Lance Bryson

Team HonorsCliff Keen/NWCA National Duals (Event initiated during 1988-89 season)1991 - Eighth Place Defeated Indiana, 21-14 Lost to Nebraska, 19-21 Defeated Northwestern, 35-5 Lost to Northern Iowa, 16-23 Lost to North Carolina, 15-201992 - Did Not Place Lost to Wisconsin, 9-39 Lost to Augsburg, 8-251996 - Did Not Place Lost to Oklahoma State, 15-28 Lost to Pitt, 15-221998 - Sixth Place Defeated Michigan, 28-10 Lost to Minnesota, 3-33 Defeated Penn, 20-19 Defeated Arizona State, 20-16 Lost to Penn State, 13-25 Lost to Nebraska, 8-361999 - Did Not Place Lost to Oklahoma State, 10-31 LosttoCal-Bakersfield,17-202000 - Did Not Place Lost to Penn, 20-23 Defeated Rider, 29-9 Lost to Nebraska, 6-352003 - Did Not Place Lost to Oklahoma, 18-20 Lost to Minnesota, 15-202004 - Did Not Place Lost to Michigan, 16-29 Defeated Cleveland State, 21-16

Lost to Penn, 18-212005 - Did Not Place Lost to Illinois, 6-34 Lost to Penn State, 16-24 2007 - Did Not Place Lost to Northwestern, 14-28 Lost to Penn, 18-252008 - Did Not Place Lost to Minnesota, 9-32 Lost to Ohio State, 9-292009 - Did Not Place2010 - 23rd

Eastern Mat Poll Champions1990

Individual HonorsNWCA All-Star Classic Participants1987 Jim Akerly (defeated by Iowa’s Jim Heffernan, 6-0) 1991 Scott Collins (defeated Oklahoma State’s Chuck Barbee, 10-6) Mark Banks (defeated by Iowa’s Mark Reiland, 9-8)1992 Craig Turnbull (coach of the Blue Team)1994 Keith Taylor (defeated by Cal Poly’s Jake Gaeir, 5-1) Dean Morrison (defeated by Oregon State’s Les Gutches, 12-3)1998 Mike Mason (defeated by Illinois’ Eric Siebert, 3-2)1999 Vertus Jones (defeated by Iowa State’s Cael Sanderson, 6-5)2001 Ryan Kehler (did not participate due to injury)2003 Greg Jones (defeated Oklahoma State’s Chris Pendleton, 7-3) Craig Turnbull (coach of the Blue Team)2004 Greg Jones (defeated Northern Illinois’ Ben Heizer, 10-6)2005 Greg Jones (defeated Iowa’s Paul Bradley, 3-2)

George Nedeff Outstanding Wrestler Award1990...........................................Mark Banks1991..........................................Scott Collins1992.......................................Dean Morrison1993........................................... Doug Taylor1994.......................................Dean Morrison1995........................................... Doug Vetter1996......................................... Jason Frable1997...........................................Mike Mason1998...........................................Mike Mason1999................. Sam Kline and Vertus Jones2000......................................... Vertus Jones2001...........................................Ryan Kehler2002............................................Greg Jones2003.....................................Shane Cunanan2004............................................Greg Jones2005............................................Greg Jones2006......................................Brandon Rader2007......................................Brandon Rader2008..........................................Kurt Brenner2009....................................... Dustin Rogers2010..............................Brandon Williamson2011.....................................Nathan Pennesi2012..............................Brandon Williamson2013.....................................Nathan Pennesi

Coaches’ Award1990............................................ Dave Miller1991.......................................Dominic Black1992.......................................Steve Millward1993......................................... Tom Onorato1994........................................... Keith Taylor1995........................................... Doug Vetter1996............................................ Scott Hage1997..............................................Sam Kline1998...........................................Mike Mason1999..............................................Sam Kline2000........................................Bob Patnesky2001................................................ Joe Carr2002.....................................Shane Cunanan2003.....................................Shane Cunanan2004..............................................Matt Lebe2005..............................................Matt Lebe2006..............................................Matt Lebe2007 ........................................... Zac Fryling2008...........................................Jared Villers2009........................................ Lance Bryson2010..........................................Kyle Rooney2011.................. Donnie Jones/Phil Mandzik2012.....................................Nathan Pennesi2013.....................................Nathan Pennesi

Rookie of the Year1990.......................................Dean Morrison1991.......................................... Rich Ginther1992........................................... Doug Vetter1993............................................ Scott Hage1994.........................................Dorian Hager1995...................................Whitey Chlebove1996.........................................O’Dell Tucker1997......................................... Vertus Jones1998........................................Bob Patnesky1999................................................ Joe Carr2000............................................. Billy Smith2001............................................Brian Floyd2002............................................Greg Jones2003.............................Seth Lisa, Matt Lebe2004......................... Joe Clarke, Zac Fryling2005...........................................Jared Villers2006......................................Brandon Rader2007....................................... Dustin Rogers2008........................................ Donnie Jones2009......................................Colin Johnston2010..............................Brandon Williamson2011.....................................Nathan Pennesi2012......................................Brutus Scheffel2013......................................Bubba Scheffel

Red Brown CupPresented annually to WVU’s most outstanding all-around student-athlete1991 Scott Collins2004 Greg Jones2005 Greg Jones

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90.......................President E. Gordon Gee

91...........Director of Athletics, Oliver Luck

92............................................Senior Staff

93.......................................Head Coaches

94....................................Athletic Facilities

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PRESIDENT

Dr. E. Gordon Gee served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to 2013. Prior to his service at Ohio State, he led Vanderbilt University (2001-2007), Brown University (1998-2000), the University of Colorado (1985-1990), and West Virginia University (1981-1985). He returned to WVU to serve as president for a term in January 2014. Gee has served in higher education for more than three decades and in 2009 was named by Time magazine as one of the top-10 university presidents in the United States. Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978. One year later, he was named dean of the West Virginia University Law School, and, in 1981, was appointed to that university’s presidency. Gee has been a member of several education-governance organizations and committees, including the Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents, the Inter-University Council of Ohio, the Business-Higher Education Forum, and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, Gee

was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Adbulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. Active in a number of national professional and service organizations during his tenures, he has served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Limited Brands, and the National 4-H Council. In 2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-2012, he was asked by Governor Kasich to chair both the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. And in December 2012, he was asked to serve on the Columbus Education Commission.Gee has received a number of honorary degrees, awards, fellowships, and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and received the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is the co-author of 11 books, including Law, Policy and Higher Education, published in 2012. He is also the author of numerous papers and articles on law and education. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is the Medicaid Medical Director for the State of Louisiana, and an assistant professor of Public Health and Medicine at Louisiana State University. She is also a Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology/IOM Anniversary Fellow.

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OLIVER LUCK Director of Athletics West Virginia University

Successful at each of his previous career stops, Oliver Luck continues that streak at West Virginia University. A former Mountaineer quarterback, Luck, appointed the University’s 11th Director of Athletics by President James P. Clements on June 9, 2010, has made significant strides in his first three years to enhance WVU’s role as a major player in the collegiate world. In his first year, Luck hired four head coaches, while maintaining WVU’s superior level of suc-cess. In addition to new hires, Luck oversaw the progress of major capital projects, such as the $25 million WVU basketball practice facility for men’s and women’s basketball and the women’s soccer training complex. He also fostered an atmosphere for achievement and triumph in the classroom and on the field. In year two, Luck led WVU into the Big 12 Conference, oversaw the best fundraising year in school history, implemented several safety and crowd enhancements at Mountaineer sporting events, increased overall department revenue, continued a master plan for facility upgrades and watched his football program gain its third BCS bowl victory with a record-setting 70-33 win in the Orange Bowl. In year three, Luck oversaw the reseating of the WVU Coliseum to further increase WVU’s fundraising efforts. He added an 18th varsity sport - the return of men’s golf – teeing it up in 2015 for the first time since 1982, and he contin-ues his tireless work on facility upgrades to keep the Mountaineers competitive in the Big 12. Luck’s athletic and professional career has been the epitome of success, first as a record-setting quarterback for the Mountaineers from 1978-81, then as a professional quarterback for the National Football League’s Houston Oil-ers, and later as a professional sports executive. Luck’s journey to the big chair at WVU began in his native Cleveland, where in 1977 he was named the Cleveland Touchdown Club Player of

the Year at St. Ignatius High. Luck chose WVU over Ivy League schools Harvard and Yale, em-barking upon a career that saw him establish school records for touchdown passes and com-pletions during his playing days, while also leading the Mountain-eers to a 26-6 upset victory over Florida in the 1981 Peach Bowl. His best season came as a senior in 1981 when he completed 216 of 394 passes for 2,448 yards and 16 touch-downs. He passed for a career-high 360 yards in a 27-24 loss to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome in the final regu-lar-season game of his career. Luck ended his college career with 5,765 yards and 43 touchdown passes, both figures still ranking among the best in school history. Luck was a two-time team MVP in 1980 and 1981, and also received the Louis D. Meisel Award for the WVU football student-athlete with the highest grade point average. The two-time ESPN

The Magazine Academic All-American was the recipient of Today’s Top Five, presented for scholastics by the NCAA and was selected by the National Football Foundation as one of its 10 scholar-athletes to make a keynote speech at its annual banquet in 1982. Selected in the second round of the NFL draft by the Houston Oilers (44th overall pick), Luck spent four years with the Oilers from 1982-86. His most extended action came in 1983 when he started six games and finished the season completing 124-of-217 passes for 1,375 yards and eight touchdowns. After retiring from football, Luck became vice president of business development for the NFL and later was appointed general manager of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the newly created World League of American Football. He spent the ’95 season as general manager of the Rhein Fire before being named President and CEO of NFL Europe in 1996. Luck totaled more than 10 years with the NFL, before becoming chief executive officer of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority in 2001. In that role, Luck oversaw the development and management of a $1 billion professional sports and entertainment complex for the city of Houston that included Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets, Comets and Aeros and the Livestock Show and Rodeo. In 2005, Luck was appointed as the first president of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamos, helping that organization to a pair of MLS Cup titles in his first two years at the helm. Luck secured the funding for an $80 million soc-cer complex to house the Dynamos when the call came to return to his alma mater. BBVA Compass Stadium was built and opened in 2012 adding to Luck’s legacy with the professional soccer team, and the overall Houston sports facility complex-es. He returned in May, 2012 for the opening ceremony of the soccer stadium that he fought so hard for. Prior to his current position at WVU, Luck was appointed to a four-year term on the West Virginia University Board of Governors, a spot he relinquished to become director of athletics. The Rhodes Scholar finalist graduated Phi Beta Kappa from WVU in 1982. He also earned a law degree from Texas, graduating cum laude in 1987. In 1997, Luck was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2000, he was inducted into the CoSIDA Academ-ic All-America Hall of Fame. “It’s an incredible honor for me to be the athletic director at my alma mater,” said Luck. “I care deeply about this school, and WVU is truly one of the outstanding land-grant universities in the country. I am so pleased to be a part of the leadership team assembled under President Clements at a dynamic and strategic time in its history.” He is married to the former Kathy Wilson. They have two sons and two daughters: Andrew, a former All-American quarterback and two-time Heisman Trophy finalist at Stanford and No. 1 overall pick of the 2012 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts; Mary Ellen, a senior volleyball player at Stanford; Emily, a sophomore at Stanford and Addison, who attends Morgan-town High.

WVU’s Directors of Athletics Anthony Chez 1904-13 E.R. Sweetland 1913-14 George Pyle 1914-17 Harry Stansbury 1917-38 Roy “Legs” Hawley 1938-54 Robert “Red” Brown 1954-72 Leland Byrd 1972-78 Richard Martin 1978-81 Fred Schaus 1981-89 Ed Pastilong 1989-2010 Oliver Luck 2010-present

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MICHAEL SzulSenior Associate Athletic Director

Business Operations

MATT BormanSenior Associate Athletic Director

MAC Executive Director

KELI CunninghamExecutive Senior Associate

Athletic Director

MICHAEL FragaleAssociate Athletic Director

Communications

MIKE ParSonSDeputy Director of Athletics

TERRI howeSSenior Associate Athletic Director

Sports Administration, SWA

MATT wellSAssociate Athletic Director

Marketing and Sales

LACEY giBSonAssistant Athletic Director

Compliance

BEN murrayAssistant Athletic Director

Major Gifts and Capital Campaigns

APRIL meSSerlyAssistant Athletic Director

Facilities and Operations

KEVIN millerAssistant Athletic Director

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MARLON leBlanCMen’s Soccer

VIC riggSSwimming and Diving

RANDY mazeyBaseball

CRAIG TurnBullWrestling

BOB hugginSMen’s Basketball

NIKKI izzo-BrownWomen’s Soccer

DANA holgorSenFootball

JILL KramerVolleyball

JON hammondRifle

JIMMY KingRowing

JASON BuTTSGymnastics

SEAN ClearyCross Country/Track

MIKE CareyWomen’s Basketball

MOUNTAINEER HEAD COACHES

miha liSaCTennis

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Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium

Dreamswork Field

Mountaineer Track

WVU Coliseum

Caperton Indoor Facility

Cary Gym

WVU Rifle Range

Basketball Practice Facility

Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium

WVU Wrestling Pavilion

WVU Boathouse

WVU Natatorium

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Contact Information: WVU Sports Communications PO Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877 Phone: (304) 293-2821 Fax: (304) 293-4105

Directions to the WVU Coliseum:

From Interstate 79Take the Star City/WVU (mile marker 155) exit. Cross the Star City bridge and proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past the Texas Roadhouse. The WVU Coliseum is on the right. Enter at the Patteson Drive light.

From Interstate 68Take the Pierpont Road exit and follow signs toward the stadium. At the second traffic light, turn right onto Route 705 and stay on this highway as it becomes Chestnut Ridge Road (through two more traffic lights). Turn left at the third traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road. The road becomes Patteson Drive at University Avenue. The Coliseum parking lots are directly ahead at this light.

WVU Sports Communications: The West Virginia University Sports Communications office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Red Gate. The main Sports Communications office is Room 214.

Members of the Media: This publication was prepared by the West Virginia Sports Communications office and is intended to assist you in your coverage of Mountaineer wrestling. We hope it will be an invaluable asset to you during the 2013-14 season. We appreciate your coverage and look forward to working with you this season.

Weekly Interviews: All player and coach interviews must be arranged through the WVU Sports Communications office. Please speak with wrestling contact Jonathan Hevron to make interview arrangements. Student-athletes’ telephone numbers will not be released to the media. Every attempt will be made to fulfill requests as efficiently and quickly as possible. All interview requests should be made at least one day in advance.

Post-Event Interviews: No formal press conference is held after each meet. Wrestlers and coaches will be available on the mat for interviews approximately 10 minutes after the end of the meet. Please see Jonathan Hevron prior to the conclusion of the contest with your interview requests.

WVUSports.com: is the official website for West Virginia wrestling. Media and fans can access up-to-date information, including press releases, statistics, results, student-athlete features and other information all season long.

Radio: Those wishing to broadcast matches via the radio during matches must purchase their own phone lines by contacting Lisa Ammons in the WVU Sports Communications office. Please fax a request on company letterhead; lines must be paid for in advance.

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Sports Communications The West Virginia University Sports Communication Office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Red Gate. The main sports communications office is Room 214

Mailing Address Sports Communications Office West Virginia University P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877

overnight Shipping Address Sports Communications Office West Virginia University 214 Coliseum Monongahela Blvd. Morgantown, WV 26505

Phone Information Office: 304-293-2821 Fax: 304-293-4105 Wrestling Contact Jonathan Hevron Sports Communications Graduate Assistant E-Mail: [email protected]

Sports Communications Staff

WVUSPORTSCommuniCaTionS

JON heVronSports CommunicationsGraduate Assistant

michael Fragale Assistant Athletic Director, Communications

John antonik Director of New Media

Bryan messerly Sports Information Director

mike montoro Director of Football Communications

Joe Swan Sports Publications Director

Katie Kane Associate Sports Information Director

Shannon mcnamara Associate Sports Information Director

grant dovey Associate Sports Information Director

Kristin Coldsnow Multimedia Specialist

lisa ammons Business Manager

amy Prunty Program Assistant

Cheryl maust Program Assistant

nick arthur Graduate Assistant

eva Buchman Graduate AssistantJon hevron Graduate Assistant

Jonathan harkey Graduate Student

2013-14 west virginia university wrestling guide

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support staff

head coach craig turnbull

coaching staff

assistant coach danny

tradition of excellence

mountai excellence

brutus scheffel

chris chirico