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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY 3 of PENNSYLVANIA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 33 3 3 3 3 3 33 33 3 3 3 3 3 33 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 333 333 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 333 333 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 2008-09 Wrestling 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 THE UNIVERSITY ESUESU AtAt A GlanceGlance LocationLocation. .East.East StrouStroudsburg,dsburg, PaPa.. PresidentPresident. Dr.Dr. RobertRobert J. DiDillmanllman MemberMember . PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State SystemSystem . .of.of Higher EducatioEducationn SystemSystem ChancellorChancellor . Dr.Dr. JohnJohn C. CavanaughCavanaugh FoundedFounded. .1893.1893 EnrollmentEnrollment . 7,7,200200 (includes(includes 5,900 undergraduates)undergraduates) AthleticsAthletics AffiliationAffiliation . NCNCAAAA Division IIII ConferenceConference . PSACPSAC . PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State Athletic ConferenceConference SchoolSchool ColorsColors. .Red.Red andand BlackBlack TeamTeam NicknameNickname . WarriorsWarriors AthleticAthletic DirectorDirector Dr.Dr. Tom GioglioGioglio . 570-422-3642570-422-3642 AssociateAssociate AthleticAthletic DirectorDirector Dr.Dr. Carey SnyderSnyder . 570-422-3034570-422-3034 AcademicAcademic CoordinatorCoordinator The Warren E. and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, a $40 million NancyNancy Jo GreenawaltGreenawalt . .570-422-3795. 570-422-3795 state-of-the-art facility, was dedicated in September 2008. [email protected]@po-box.esu.edu DirectorDirector ofof Multicultural AffairsAffairs Providing High-Quality, Higher Education DanelleDanelle McCMcClanahan.lanahan. 570-422-3896570-422-3896 WrestlingWrestling OfficeOffice . 570-422-3313570-422-3313 ESU - In its 116th Year of Service SportsSports InformationInformation GregGreg Knowlden.Knowlden. 570-422-3312570-422-3312 Founded in 1893 as a Normal School, More than 2,100 students reside in eight . [email protected]@po-box.esu.edu EEast Stroudsburg University has been residence halls. The university also offers FaxFax . 57570-422-35860-422-3586 ooffering quality higher education to the apartment-style housing for another 200 WarriorsWarriors HotlineHotline . 570-422-3000570-422-3000 ccitizens of Pennsylvania for more than a students and has added accommodations WebWeb SiteSite. www.esu.eduwww.esu.edu ccentury. for an additional 540 students with the KeyKey Campus NumbersNumbers With an enrollment of more than 7,200 addition of University Ridge, a student AdmissionsAdmissions. 570-422-3542570-422-3542 sstudents, ESU has a strong commitment to apartment complex located adjacent to FinancialFinancial AidAid . .570-422-2800. 570-422-2800 aacademic excellence. Teacher education, the campus. hhealth sciences and programs associated Approximately 74 percent of the wwith science and technology are just a few students receive some form of financial aid, East Stroudsburg University is nestled examples of fields of study experiencing including scholarships, loans and grants. in the Pocono Mountains, which offer year- unprecedented growth in enrollment. The 2008-09 academic year will mark the round outdoor recreation of all sorts for With the university’s unique programs university’s 116th year of operation and the sports enthusiasts. From hiking in the fall to in such areas as computer technology, school has approximately 32,000 alumni. biking in the spring to swimming, golfing bio-technology, chemical bio-technology ESU, like many other public colleges and and fishing in the summer to snowboarding, and art and design, ESU is poised to offer universities across the country, started as a skiing or tubing in the winter, there is its students another century of academic normal school, a professional school for the plenty to do at any time of the year. Throw excellence. training of teachers. in shopping, great restaurants and plenty The new $40 million Science and ESU History of attractions and there is something for Technology Center, a state-of-the-art facility, East Stroudsburg Normal School was everyone, no matter the season. is the first new major academic building at founded to serve students in the state’s ESU is located approximately 75 miles ESU since 1979 and will be open for the Fall normal school fourth district and had 320 west of New York City, 85 miles northeast 2008 semester. students enrolled when classes started on of Philadelphia, 40 miles northeast of the The Center features a planetarium, September 4, 1893. Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area and 40 a rooftop observatory, and a wildlife In 1926 after the state assumed miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. museum of natural history, as well as control of the school, the original name The campus is 1/4 mile from exit 308, research, classroom and office space for was changed to East Stroudsburg State Interstate 80. Exit right onto Prospect Street. diverse departments from the sciences and Teachers’ College. mathematics to computer science. The school became East Stroudsburg Wrestling Office, First Floor, Koehler This past summer, the campus invested State College in 1960 to reflected the Fieldhouse — Take right at the first light on over $10 million dollars in safety and other school’s expanded curriculum with liberal East Brown Street. Go up the hill 6/10th of improvement projects associated with arts programs and graduate degrees. a mile, take the first left onto Smith Street. storm water management and campus In July 1983, the Pennsylvania General The fieldhouse is on the left on the corner of beautification. Assembly established the Pennsylvania Smith and Normal streets. The campus consists of 63 buildings on State System of Higher Education consisting 213 acres and boasts a student-to-teacher of 14 universities and East Stroudsburg ratio of 21 to 1. University was born as a comprehensive regional institution. 2008-09 ESU WRESTLING GUIDE Table of Contents The University. .IFC ESU at a Glance. .1 ESU Administrators . .2 Koehler Fieldhouse . .3 Student-Athlete Center for Excellence . .3 The Coaching Staff Interim Head Coach Joey Rivera . .4 Assistant Coach Charlie Brenneman. .4 The 2008-09 Warriors 2008-09 Roster . .5 2008-09 Outlook . .6 Individual Profiles . 7-13 The 2007-08 Season 2007-08 Results . 14 2007-08 Individual Results . 15 Wrestling History Record Book . 16 All-Americans and Champions . 17 The Warriors at Hickory Run State Park Year-by-Year Record. 18 All-Time Results . 18-20 All-Time Lettermen. .IBC The 2008-09 Wrestling Guide Credits The 2008-09 ESU Wrestling Guide is published by the Sports Information Office. GREG KNOWLDEN, SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR Cover Design: ESU Graphics Center, Cindy Chardiet-Vojnovic Cover Photos: Provided by Joey Rivera.