QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION IN-SEASON INTERVIEWS Location ...... USAF Academy, Colo. All Air Force wrestlers and coaches are available for interviews Founded ...... 1954 during the week with the following guidelines: All interviews Enrollment ...... 4,000 must be made through Marcus Rodriguez in the media relations Nickname ...... Falcons offi ce. (719-333-9025 or [email protected]). Requests Colors ...... Blue and Silver must be made at least one day in advance so that the player and Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I coaches can be properly notifi ed. All interviews must be done be- Superintendent ...... Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson tween 1:00- 2:30 p.m. or 5-6:00 p.m. MST. Athletic Director ...... Jim Knowlton POST-GAME INTERVIEWS COACHING STAFF Air Force head coach Sam Barber and athletes are available for Head Coach ...... Sam Barber interviews in the arena following the 10-minute period in which Offi ce Phone ...... (719) 333-1751 the head coach meets with the team. A member of the media Offi ce Fax ...... (719) 333-2599 relations staff will be available to assist you in the interview pro- Coach’s E-mail: ...... [email protected] cess. Air Force Record (Yrs) ...... 14-14 /2 DI Career Record (Yrs) ...... Same PRESS FACILITIES Assistant Coaches ...... Bart Horton, Chris Heilman The press row at the Clune Arena has seating for visiting media ...... Dustin Kilgore members and radio. Match notes and fl ip-cards are available pri- or to each event. Upon receiving permission to broadcast the TEAM INFORMATION game, please contact the media relations offi ce. Home Venue ...... Clune Arena Seating Capacity ...... 5,858 FOLLOW AIR FORCE ON THE WEB Conference...... Big 12 Wrestling news releases, roster, statistics and other information 2015-16 Overall Record ...... 8-6 is updated weekly on goAirForceFalcons.com. Match stats and 2015-16 Conference Record ...... 2-3 (7th) recaps will be available following each match. Letterwinners R/L ...... 12/6 Starters R/L...... 6/4 NCAA Qualifi ers R ...... Drew Romero (125), Dylan Hyder (133) NCAA Qualifi ers L ...... Josh Martinez (133) TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/Media Info/Table of Contents ...... 1 TEAM HISTORY Head Coach ...... 2 First Year...... 1956 All-Time Record...... 412-318-6 Assistant Coaches ...... 3-5 NCAA Champions ...... 1 (Don Henderson, 1967) Sports Physical Therapist ...... 6 All-Americans...... 8 (11 Times) 2016-17 Roster ...... 7 NCAA Qualifi ers ...... 90 Team Captains ...... 8-9 Senior Bios ...... 10-12 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Assoc. AD, Communications/Information ...... Troy Garnhart Junior Bios ...... 13-17 Asst. Media Relations Director (Wrestling SID) ...... Marcus Rodriguez Sophomore Bios ...... 18-23 Offi ce Phone ...... (719) 333-9025 Freshmen Bios ...... 24-26 E-mail address ...... [email protected] Roster Extras ...... 27 Offi cial website ...... GoAirForceFalcons.com 2016-17 Dual Opponents ...... 28-29 Twitter ...... @AFAwrestling Facebook ...... Facebook.com/AirForceWrestling 2015-16 Overall Stats ...... 30 2015-16 Dual Results ...... 31 CREDITS 2015-16 Season Review ...... 32-33 The 2017 Air Force wrestling information guide is a publica- 2015-16 Dual Stats ...... 34 tion of the Air Force athletic media relations offi ce. The guide 2015-16 Stat Extras ...... 35 was written and designed by assistant media relations director Marcus Rodriguez. Photography provided by Team DMI Photo- All-Americans ...... 36 graphics and Marcus Rodriguez. Honors & Awards ...... 37 All-Time NCAA Qualifi ers ...... 38-39 ON THE COVER Air Force Legends ...... 40 2016-17 team captains Parker Hines and Jerry McGinty. U.S. Air Yearly Records ...... 41 Force Academy Chapel. All-Time Dual Results ...... 42-47 DIRECTIONS The Air Force Academy ...... 48 From Interstate 25 take exit 156 heading west (towards moun- Air Force Academy Senior Leadership ...... 49 tains) and enter through the North Gate of the Academy. Head Athletic Director ...... 50 straight for approximately 1.5 miles, then turn left of Parade Vice Athletic Director/Athletic Department ...... 51 Loop. At the top of the hill you will take the fi rst right. Clune Arena is located in Cadet Field House. Directional signs to the fi eld house are posted. Visitor parking is on the south and east side of the fi eld house.

1 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING HEAD COACH Sam Barber Head Coach Third Season | Upper Iowa ‘95

Sam Barber enters his third season at the helm of the Air Force wrestling program and his second season in the Big 12 wres- tling conference. Barber has coached 15 national qualifi ers at USAFA while also making his mark as a recruiter, bringing in a program-best 19th ranked recruiting class in the nation in 2015 and one of the top 25 classes in the nation in 2012. In 2015 Bar- ber led the Falcons to an All-Academy Championship team title for the fi rst time in 12 years and the fi fth time in program history.

Barber spent fi ve years as a full-time assistant coach and recruiting coordi- nator for the Falcons after serving as a volunteer assistant during the 2008- 09 season. With more than 21 years of coaching experience, Barber’s resume also includes a pair of head coaching stints, as well as 12 years coaching at the international level. He served as the head coach at his alma mater, Up- per Iowa, and at perennial DIII powerhouse Augsburg College (Minn.).

During his tenure at Augsburg, the Auggies never fi nished below third place at the NCAA Division III championships, winning national titles in 2002, 2005 and 2007. In 2006, Barber was named the Division III Co-Nation- al Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Associa- tion. Additionally, he coached 16 national champions and 60 All-Americans prior to coaching at Air Force, including a spectacular 2005 season in which 10 Augsburg wrestlers earned All-America honors on their path to the na- tional championship.

Barber’s resume extends to the international stage where he was the head coach of the 2015 Junior Pan American Greco team, which fi nished second in competition. In 2012 he coached the FILA Cadet Pan American Freestyle team and the 2013 FILA Junior Pan American Freestyle team, which both captured gold medals; testament to his coaching ability across the wres- tling arts. Barber is also responsible for coaching Jesus Wilson, who placed second in the 1999 World Team Trials.

Barber arrived at the Academy after working with USA Wrestling as the manager of the National Coaches Education Program. Prior to that, he spent seven years with the wrestling program at Augsburg College, spend- ing four seasons as the head assistant coach before being promoted to as- sociate head coach in 2005 and taking over the reins as head coach in 2007.

A 1995 graduate of Upper Iowa University, Barber served as the head assis- tant coach at his alma mater from 1995-99 before being named the head coach in 1999. Barber also spent the 2000-01 season as a graduate assistant coach at Minnesota State-Mankato, where he earned his master’s degree in educational leadership and experiential education in 2004. While there, Barber helped lead the Mavericks to a fi fth-place fi nish at the NCAA Divi- sion II Championships in 2001.

Barber and his wife, Danielle, currently reside in Colorado Springs, with their daughter, Aven.

2 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ASSISTANT COACH Bart Horton Assistant Coach 10th Season | Iowa State ‘97

Bart Horton is now in his 10th year as an assistant wrestling coach for the Air Force Academy.

Horton has been a signifi cant contributor to the program’s continued progress over the past decade. After a sixth-place fi nish at the NCAA West Regional in 2007, the Falcons turned things around in 2008, cap- turing a second-place fi nish at the 2008 NCAA West Regional. Air Force’s fi nish matched their best-ever showing at the tournament (as they also placed second in 2003).

Horton arrived at the Academy in the summer of 2007 after spending nine years as the fi rst assistant at the University of Missouri. In his tenure at Missouri, Horton helped the Tigers continuously improve, culminating in a banner year in 2007. In addition to taking home the team trophy at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Missouri, led by two- time national champion Ben Askren, fi nished third at the NCAA Champi- onship. The Tigers’ showing in 2007 marked the program’s highest-ever placing at the national tournament.

Horton has also proven his value as a recruiter, helping Missouri land a pair of top-10 recruiting classes and an additional four top-15 recruiting classes in six years.

A 1997 graduate of Iowa State University, Horton was an All-American at 167-pounds in his senior campaign. He was also a four-year letter winner and a two-time freestyle All-American for the Cyclones under head coach Bobby Douglas. Horton was also named a High School All-American in 1992, while attending high school in Dubuque, Iowa.

Horton and his wife, Lorna, reside in Colorado Springs Colo., with their sons, Max and Oliver.

3 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ASSISTANT COACH Chris Heilman Assistant Coach Third Season Cornell College ‘08 Chris Heilman enters his third year as an assistant wrestling coach at Air Force in the 2016- 17 season. Heilman comes to Air Force from Wiscon- sin-Whitewater, where he was named 2014 NCAA DIII Mid- west Regional Assistant Coach of the Year.

Heilman led UW-Whitewater to the DIII Runner-up fi n- ish in the 2014 and third-place fi nish 2013 during his two years there.

Prior to his tenure at UW-Whitewater, Heilman spent two seasons as the head coach at Davenport West High School, in Davenport, Iowa. Heilman also spent two years as a graduate assistant at St. Cloud State Uni- versity, helping the team to two top 10 team fi nishes. The 2010 team at St. Cloud posted the highest GPA amongst NCAA Div. II wrestling programs.

Heilman is a 2008 graduate of Cornell College (Iowa). He was a three-time All-American during his time at Cornell College. He currently resides in Colorado Springs with his wife and son, Jen Ryder and dog Layla.

4 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ASSISTANT COACH Dustin kilgore Vol. Assistant Coach First Season Kent State ‘13 Air Force wrestling has an- nounced three-time wrestling All-American Dustin Kilgore as the volunteer assistant coach for the upcoming 2016-17 sea- son. The Berea, Ohio native is a four-time MAC champion and boasts the accolade of being the only national cham- pion Kent State has ever produced in wrestling.

After earning his bachelor’s in criminal justice at Kent State, Kilgore broadened his wrestling resume by earn- ing a silver medal at the World University Champion- ships in 2014. He is a four-time USA National Team member and currently trains freestyle wrestling at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Kilgore’s addition to the wrestling staff is a continua- tion of an already blossoming relationship between Air Force and USA Wrestling, as Kilgore is the third wrestler to volunteer as an Air Force assistant while training at the Olympic Training Center.

Kilgore currently resides in Colorado Springs with his wife Abby and their sphynx cat, Koshka.

5 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING PHYSICAL THERAPIST Jerry McGinty Sports Physical Therapist Third Season Maryland ‘88 Dr. Jerry McGinty enters his second year with the USAF Academy wrestling team as the Sports Physical Therapist responsible for the medical care of the wrestlers. Dr. Mc- Ginty received his Bachelors in Physical Therapy from University of Maryland, a Masters in Physical Therapy from University of Pitts- burgh and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Regis University. He is board certifi ed in orthopedics and sports. Dr. McGinty retired from the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel after 24 years of mili- tary service.

In addition, Dr. McGinty is also the Director of Re- search and Rehabilitation for the Athletic Depart- ment and the Primary Investigator for the $30 mil- lion NCAA/DoD CARE Consortium Concussion Study. From 2005-2008, he served as 10 MDG Physical Med- icine Flight Commander and then served as Director of Sports Medicine for the Athletic Department from 2008-2015 before acquiring his current position.

Dr. McGinty resides with his wife Mimi in Colorado Springs and has four children Kelly, Michael, Jerry III, and Kaitlin. His son Jerry is a senior at the USAF Acad- emy and is also a team captain for the USAF Academy wrestling team.

6 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ROSTER

LAST FIRST CLASS WT. HOMETOWN(HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Amico Marcus Fr. 157 Anchorage, AK (Eagle River) Barker Bridger Fr. 184 Phoenix, AZ (Seton Catholic Prep) Billingsley Michael Jr. 174 Winnemucca, NV (Lowry/USAFA Prep) Billingsley Beau So. 174 Winnemucca, NV (Lowry) Boyle Luke So. 149 Rowley, MA (Triton) Giorgio Josh So. 141 Leesport, PA (Schuylkill Valley High) Hagey John Jr. 174 Nashville, TN (Father Ryan) Hedash Connor Sr. 165 Slatington, PA (Bethlehem Catholic) Hines Parker Sr. 197 Ellsworth, WI (Ellsworth) Hyder Dylan Sr. 133 Yelm, WA (Yelm) Ikehara Zen Jr. 184 Mililani, HI (Kamehameha) Irons Noah Jr. 174 Lake Mills, IA (Lake Mills) Jimenez Isaac So. 133 El Paso, TX (Coronado/ USAFA Prep) Kreimier Sam Jr. 157 Fort Collins, CO (Loveland/USAFA Prep) Kurzhals Jake Fr. 149 Pearl River, NY (Pearl River) Lopouchanski Alex So. 165 Fort Lauderdale, FL (Cardinal Gibbons) McGinty Jerry Sr. 149 Colorado Springs, CO (Pine Creek/USAFA Prep) McHugh Anthony Sr. 141 Lewis Center, OH (Culver Academies) McLaughlin Anthony So. 197 Cleveland, OH (St. Ignatius/USAFA Prep) Meneweather Randy Fr. 174 Washington, IL (Washington Community) Mossing Alex So. 157 Toledo, OH (Central Catholic/USAFA Prep) Mossing Josh So. 165 Toledo, OH (Central Catholic) O’Hara Conor Sr. 149 Farmingville, NY (Sachem East) O’Shea Garrett Fr. 133 Butler, NJ (Butler) Opsal Alec Fr. 125 New Fairfi eld, CT (New Fairfi eld) Oshiro Cassidy Sr. 125 Aiea, HI (Maryknoll/USAFA Prep) Padilla Ricky Fr. 165 Covina, CA (Northview/USAFA Prep) Pelter Adam So. 157 Matthews, NC (David W. Butler) Plummer Lyle Jr. 141 Dayton, OH (Chaminade Julienne) Powers Kerry Fr. 285 Sheridan, WY (Sheridan/USAFA Prep) Robbins Dane Jr. 157 Fairfax, VA (Robinson) Romero Drew Jr. 125 La Junta, CO (Broomfi eld/USAFA Prep) Ryals Toby Jr. 184 Rainbow City, AL (Southside) Stowe Colt So. 141 The Colony, TX (The Colony/USAFA Prep) Twomey John So. 141 South Huntington, NY (Saint Anthony’s/USAFA Prep) Wagner Matt Fr. 197 Mill Rift, PA (Delaware Valley/USAFA Prep) Walker David Sr. 141 St. Mary’s, IA (Martensdale-St. Mary’s) Walker Robert Jr. 149 St. Mary’s, IA (Martensdale-St. Mary’s/USAFA Prep) Wiederholt Tyler Fr. 165 Bellbrook, OH (Bellbrook-Sugarcreek)

COACHES MANAGERS Sam Barber - Head Coach, Third Season Patrick Butler Bart Horton - Asst. Coach, 10th Season Jonsen Crandall Chris Heilman - Asst. Coach, Third Season Austin Lininger Dustin Kilgore - Vol. Asst. Coach, First Season Brock McArdle

SPORTS MEDICINE MEDIA RELATIONS Jerry McGinty - Sports Physical Therapist, Third Season Marcus Rodriguez - Sports Information Director

7 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING TEAM CAPTAINS PARKER HINES SR. - 197 ELLSWORTH, WI (ELLSWORTH) JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the sea- son with a 20-13 overall record and 10-4 dual slate record … 3-2 record in Big 12 Conference matches … second on the team with 20 overall wins on the season … led the team with 42 dual points … led the team with sev- en major decisions … logged three technical falls and one fall … fastest fall was in 4:55 … tied for fi rst on the team with 10 dual meet wins … led the team with seven bonus point victories in dual matches … one of three wrestlers to post a fall in a dual meet on the season … led the team with four major decisions in dual meet matches … the only member of the team to post a technical fall in conference action … NWCA Academic All-American … academic all-Big 12 fi rst team … second place at the All-Academy Championships … eighth place at the Southern Scuffl e … third at the Cowboy Open … Air Force wrestling scholar athlete award for 100% varsity participation while maintaining a 3.72 GPA in civil engineering … Air Force wrestling most improved wrestler award … Air Force scholar athlete award … Iron Bolt Award … will serve as the squadron athletics offi cer as a senior … head logistics cadet at the fi eld engi- neering readiness lab over the fi rst period of summer … participated in cadet summer research program in Panama City, Fla., for fi ve weeks working on the newest engineering techniques and airfi eld damage repair techniques.

SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 2-8 overall record in the 197 class … recorded one fall on the season in 2:10 … scholar athlete award … WWC all-academic team with a 3.74 GPA in civil engineering … squadron element leader and wing anti-terrorism and force protection NCO … two-time WWC all-academic team … com- pleted Operation Air Force at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska … spent three weeks in Jacks Valley learning hands on civil engineering practices to include concrete placement, asphalt paving, basic construction skills … superintendent for Demons squadron during basic.

FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted a 13-8 overall record with a 1-5 record in dual matches at the 197 weight ... recorded one fall on the season in 4:45 ... placed fi rst at the Cowboy Open … placed second in the UNK Holiday Inn Classic … placed second in the US Western National Open … placed third in the Bob Smith Open ... WWC All-Academic team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years in wrestling ... coached by Jack Radabaugh and Chad Steldt ... state runner-up in his junior season … state champion as a senior ... member of the team that won state title in 2011 and fi nished second in 2012 ... lettered three years in football ... conference MVP ... honorable mention all-state selection ... WIAA scholar-athlete ... class salutatorian.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 10 ... son of Wally and Lisa Hines ... has an older sister ... was a walk-on wrestler at the University of Wisconsin ... majoring in civil engineering ... aspires to be a civil en- gineering offi cer in the Air Force … credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career ... hobbies include the outdoors, hunting, snowmobiling and hanging with friends … favorite quote, “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath then you will be successful."

FROM THE TEAM CAPTAIN: “You become friends with a group of guys that are dedicated to something bigger than themselves and everything they left at home and together you push each other to become better on and off the mat. Eventually we all go on to serve in the U.S. Air Force as offi cers and are able to apply what was we learned from wrestling to push others to hopefully make a diff erence in their lives.” -Parker Hines

8 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING TEAM CAPTAINS

JERRY MCGINTY SR. - 149 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (PINE CREEK/USAFA PREP) JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the season with a 12-12 overall record … posted a 6-6 dual slate record, second most dual wins on the season … went 2-2 in Big 12 con- ference action … earned 19 dual points for the Falcons … logged three major decisions and a tech- nical fall … placed second at the Cowboy Open … placed second at the All-Academy Championships … academic all-Big 12 second team … coaches appreciation award … Superintendent’s list … ESET cadre over the fi rst block of summer … completed powered fl ight airmanship program over the third block of summer … will serve as an athletics offi cer as a senior.

SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 21-15 overall record and 8-5 dual record in the 149 class … placed second at the All-Academy Championships … placed third in the NCAA West re- gional … placed fourth at the UNK Holiday Inn Open in the 149 class … earned a decision victory in match against No. 17 Oregon State … All-WWC third team … co-most improved wrestler ... squadron support NCO … Athletic Director’s list for every semester, Com- mandant’s list and most recently the Dean’s list … grappled with Special Tactics Offi cers and accomplished the intense daily training performed by special tactics personnel over the summer … worked the confi dence course for Cadet Basic Training.

FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted a 14-7 overall record and a 1-0 dual record at 149 ... posted a 0-2 overall record with 0-2 dual record at 157 ... posted two falls on the season with a fastest time of 1:45 ... placed second at the UNK Holiday Inn Open … placed fourth at the Cowboy Open at 149.

USAFA Prep: Wrestled for coach Wayne Alger at USAFA Prep and was a NWCA All-American.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling ... coached by Billy Gabel and Brian Martinez ... state runner-up ... three-time state place winner ... member of the state championship team ... NHSCA All-American ... member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 27 ... son of Gerald and Mary McGinty ... father is the athletic physical therapist for Air Force wrestling … has three siblings ... attended the USAFA Prep School … majoring in management … aspires to be a pilot in the Air Force ... credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career … hobbies include camping, fi shing and hanging out with friends ... craziest ambition is to run with the bulls in Spain … favorite quote, “That’s a movement I can get behind.” -Josh Mossing

9 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SENIORS CONNOR HEDASH DYLAN HYDER SR. - 165 SR. - 133 SLATINGTON, PA YELM, WA (BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC) (YELM) JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the season with a 6-7 overall record and season with a 5-11 overall record and a 0-1 dual record … posted two 1-5 dual record … posted two falls falls and one major decision on the and a major decision on the season … season … fastest fall was in 1:02 … fastest fall came in 2:40 … logged fi ve second at the Rocky Mountain Open dual points for the Falcons … fourth … fourth at the Cowboy Open … at the All-Academy Championships … completed Expeditionary Survival and academic all-Big 12 fi rst team … did Escape Training over the summer … summer research over the fi rst block competed powered fl ight airmanship of summer … completed Operation program over the summer … will serve as the assistant fl ight com- Air Force at Scott AFB, Ill. … assistant cadet in charge of Basic Cadet mander as a senior. Training assault course over the third block of summer … will serve as the B Flight commander as a senior. SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 2-6 overall and 0-1 dual record in the 157 class … placed fi rst at the U.S. Western SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Did not wrestle this season, returned to Open … WWC Coaches Honor Roll with a 3.08 GPA in economics. Academy after a two years of mission work … B Flight NCO ... 2012 NCAA qualifi er… two-year member of Dean’s list and Athletic Direc- FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted a 17-6 overall record and 1-1 dual tor’s list … 2012-2013 NCWA individual all-academic wrestling team record at 157 weight and posted a 1-5 overall record with a 1-3 dual … 2012-2013 WWC Co-Wrestler of the Week. record at the 165 weight ... recorded two falls on the season with fast- est pin recorded at 5:37 ... placed third in the Cowboy Open ... placed FRESHMAN 2011-12: Compiled a 17-5 overall record on the season fourth at the UNK Holiday Inn Open … placed fourth at the Bob Smith ... registered a 6-0 dual mark ... qualifi ed for the NCAA tournament … Open. recorded seven pins on the season, with a fastest fall of 1:37 ... won his fi rst tournament title at the UNK Holiday Inn Open, placing fi rst in HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling ... coached by Jeff the amateur division ... took third place at the All-Academy Champi- Karam ... state qualifi er ... member of two-time state champion team onships ... recipient of the Coaches Appreciation Award ... named to ... also lettered in baseball two years ... member of the National Honor WWC Coaches’ Honor Roll. Society. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling for coach Gaylord PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 29 ... son of Joseph and Strand ... two-time state champion ... four-time state placer, placing Audrey Hedash ... has three older brothers ... brother Casey wrestled at second in 2008 and third in 2009 ... took fi fth place at NHSCA Junior Shippensburg University, while brothers Craemer and Colin wrestled Nationals in 2010 ... lettered four years in cross country ... named at Army and Appalachian State, respectively ... plans to major in man- Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2010 and 2011 ... class salutatorian ... Eagle agement ... hobbies include fi shing, camping and hanging with the Scout. boys … favorite quote, “A link is only as strong as your longest strong chain.” PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 33 ... son of Scott and Tanny Hyder ... has three younger siblings ... majoring in operations research ... will serve in the Air Force as an operations research analyst ... hob- bies include rock climbing, hiking and camping ... craziest ambition is to backpack across Europe or South America … credits his father Scott Hyder with the greatest impact on his athletic career … favorite quote, “In order to be successful you have to be willing, at any mo- ment, to sacrifi ce who you are, for what you will become.”

10 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SENIORS ANTHONY MCHUGH CONOR O’HARA SR. - 141 SR. - 149 LEWIS CENTER, OH FARMINGVILLE, NY (CULVER ACADEMIES) (SACHEM EAST) JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the season with a 9-9 overall record … season with a 10-7 overall record … posted a 0-3 dual record … logged logged one fall and three major deci- four falls on the season … fastest sions … posted seven technical falls pin was in 1:29 … placed third at the on the season; most on the team … Cowboy Open … placed second at fourth place at the Northern Colorado the U.S. Collegiate Championships … Open … fi fth place at the UNK-Hol- will serve as a fl ight commander in his iday Inn Open … will serve as the squadron as a senior … completed squadron safety and security offi cer as powered fl ight over the summer … a senior … Athletic Director’s list ev- served as the academics and administrative squadron commander ery semester … Dean’s list … completed the powered fl ight program over the third block of summer … Dean’s list and Athletic Director’s over the fi rst block of summer … participated in Operation Air Force pin every semester … Commandant’s pin … Superintendent’s pin. over the second block of summer … served as the confi dence course commander over the third period of summer. SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 17-15 overall record and 7-5 dual record … recorded three falls on the season with SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with an 8-5 overall a fastest time of 1:54 … placed second at the UNK Holiday Open and record and a 1-1 dual record … placed sixth at the UNK Holiday Inn the All-Academy championships in the 133 class … placed fourth at Open … squadron element leader… Athletic Director’s list every the Cowboy Open and NCAA West regionals in the 133 class … earned semester… confi dence course cadre. a victory by fall in the match against No. 1 Minnesota … WWC all-ac- ademic team with a 3.43 GPA in economics … acting wing parking FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted an 11-10 overall record … recorded NCO in charge of parking security and registration at the Academy … three falls on the season with a fastest fall time in 43 seconds ... fi n- Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s pin all semesters at the Academy … ished third at the US Western National Open at 141. attended Operation Air Force at Hill AFB, Utah where he was received an F-16 fl ight … worked ESET as a commissioning education supervi- HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling for coach Sean O’Hara sor. ... compiled a career record of 159-21 ... two-time state qualifi er ... member of the National Foreign Language Honor Society. FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted an 18-4 overall record with 11 falls on the season with a fastest fall of 1:18 ... placed fi rst at the U.S. Western PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 9 ... son of Dennis and National Open … placed third at the Cowboy Open … placed third Kathleen O’Hara ... has three siblings ... uncle, Sean O’Hara, wrestled at at the Colorado Mesa Double Tree Open … placed sixth at the UNK the University of Pennsylvania ... majoring in management … plans Holiday Inn Open ... WWC all-academic team. to serve as an acquisitions offi cer ... hobby is playing video games … credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career … Fa- HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling ... coached by Matt vorite quote, “I am a fi rm believer in luck, and I fi nd the harder I work, Behling ... four-time state fi nals qualifi er (once in Ohio, three times in the more I have of it.” Indiana) ... placed fi fth in 2013 ... registered 179 career wins ... three- year team captain ... 2012 NHSCA Junior Nationals All-American ... also lettered three years in baseball ... academic all-state ... received Lausier Award for leadership and character.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 28 ... son of Dan and Jean McHugh ... has a younger sister ... father played baseball at Bowling Green State ... majoring in economics ... credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career … hobbies include reading, run- ning, traveling, meeting people, playing pickup sports and learning new things ... aspires to be a pilot in the Air Force … craziest ambition is to ride an elephant … loves to dance … would like to share that he, “has two loving parents and a stud sister who dives at Princeton.”

11 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SENIORS CASSIDY OSHIRO DAVID WALKER SR. - 125 SR. - 141 AIEA, HI ST. MARY’S, IA (MARYKNOLL) (MARTENSDALE-ST. MARY’S) JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the JUNIOR 2015-16: Finished the sea- season with a 6-7 overall record son with an 8-8 overall record … post- and 0-1 dual record … posted two ed a 1-3 dual match record … logged falls and one major decision on the three falls on the season, fastest was season … fastest fall was in 1:02 … recorded at 2:30 … three-year varsity second at the Rocky Mountain Open letter winner … Commandant’s list … … fourth at the Cowboy Open … Athletics list … assisted with sports completed Expeditionary Survival and camps over the summer … will serve Escape Training over the summer … as the assistant fl ight commander as competed powered fl ight airmanship a senior. program over the summer … will serve as the assistant fl ight com- mander as a senior. SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 7-9 overall record and 0-1 dual record in the 141 class … placed fourth at the UNK Holi- SOPHOMORE 2014-15: Finished the season with a 2-6 overall and day Inn Open in the 141 class. 0-1 dual record in the 157 class … placed fi rst at the U.S. Western Open … WWC Coaches Honor Roll with a 3.08 GPA in economics. FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted a 22-13 overall record with an 11-4 dual mark at 141 … recorded three falls with a fastest pin of 2:02 ... placed FRESHMAN 2013-14: Posted a 17-6 overall record and 1-1 dual fi rst at the Cowboy Open … second at the UNK-Holiday Inn Open … record at 157 weight and posted a 1-5 overall record with a 1-3 dual fourth at the NCAA West Regional at 141 ... Air Force Athlete of the record at the 165 weight ... recorded two falls on the season with fast- Week. est pin recorded at 5:37 ... placed third in the Cowboy Open ... placed fourth at the UNK Holiday Inn Open … placed fourth at the Bob Smith HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling ... coached by Brian Open. Sweet ... state champion ... also lettered in baseball fi ve years ... three- time state champion in baseball. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in wrestling ... coached by Jeff Karam ... state qualifi er ... member of two-time state champion team PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 35 ... son of Chad and Robin ... also lettered in baseball two years ... member of the National Honor Walker ... has four siblings, including a twin brother that wrestles on Society. the Air Force team with him ...majoring in management … hobbies include ping pong, hunting, fi shing, wrestling, fi xing trees and climb- PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 20 ... son of Cal and Karen ing windmills and country music ... credits his family with the greatest Oshiro ... has an older brother, Brandon, who wrestles at Maryville impact on his athletic career … craziest ambition is to take down University. Chuck Norris … favorite quote, “all you need in this life is ignorance and confi dence, and then success is sure.” -Mark Twain

12 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING JUNIORS MICHAEL BILLINGSLEY JOHN HAGEY JR. - 174 JR. - 174 WINNEMUCCA, NV NASHVILLE, TN (LOWRY/USAFA PREP) (FATHER RYAN) SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished season with a 14-10 overall record with an overall record of 9-9 in the and a 1-2 dual record in the 165 class 174 class … did not compete in dual … logged three dual points for the meet action … led the team in falls Falcons … 10 decision victories, one with seven on the season … fastest major decision and two falls on the fall was in 1:39 … second at the season … fastest fall was in 2:02 … Northern Colorado open … third at sixth-place fi nish at the Big 12 Wres- the U.S. Collegiate Championships tling tournament … second place at … completed Operation Air Force at the Rocky Mountain Open … fourth Hurlburt Field, Fla., where he was in- at the UNK-Holiday Inn Open-elite … squadron honor NCO … Athletic troduced to the special tactics community … worked as Expeditionary Director’s list … Dean’s list … participated in the pilot training opera- Survival and Escape Training cadre over the summer. tions course over the fi rst block of summer … Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training cadre. FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 5-6 overall record in the 174 class … recorded one fall on the season in 5:37 … squadron FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 8-4 overall record, athletic clerk … completed parachutist training and Expeditionary and a 2-2 dual record in the 165 class … fi nished the season with a 7-5 Survival and Escape Training over the summer. overall record and a 1-2 dual record in the 174 class … recorded three falls on the season with a fastest fall time of 1:43 … placed fi rst at the HIGH SCHOOL: Second ranked wrestler in state his junior year … Cowboy Open … placed third at the U.S. Western Open … placed Tennessee state champion as a senior ... wrestled under coach Pat fourth in the UNK Holiday Inn Open … placed fourth in the All-Acad- Simpson at Father Ryan HS ... Honor Roll member … Dean’s list. emy Championships … Dean’s list … Athletic Director’s list … placed eighth at Greco University Nationals … attended operations research PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 37 ... son of Tommy and and survival training over the summer. Margaret Hagey with fi ve brothers and two sisters ... father wrestled at the University of Tennessee and grandfather Jimbo played football at USAFA PREP: Wrestled for coach Wayne Alger at the USAFA Prep Georgia and football, basketball, and tennis at Middle Tennessee State School. ... major is management ... plans to serve in the Air Force as a special tactics offi cer … credits his father with the greatest infl uence on his HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … three-year letter- athletic career ... favorite quote is “I can do all things through Christ man in track and football ... NCWA All-American ... four-time Nevada who strengthens me” ~Philippians 3:14 state champion in wrestling … Rollie Lane champion … all-state outside linebacker in football ... wrestled for coach John Brooks at Lowry HS ... National Honor Society member … academic all-state for two years.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 31 ... son of Tim and Susan Billingsley with two brothers … younger brother, Beau, is a member of the Air Force wrestling team ... majoring in management ... hobbies include anything outdoors, fi shing, hunting, hanging out at the lake ... credits his father and cousin, Jace Billingsley, with the greatest impact on his athletic career ... has never had a bloody nose … joined the Academy for a great education, great wrestling, and a chance to be an offi cer in the military ... favorite quote, “success is not fi nal, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” ~Winston Churchill

13 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING JUNIORS ZEN IKEHARA NOAH IRONS JR. - 184 JR. - 174 MILILANI, HI LAKE MILLS, IA (KAMEHAMEHA/ (LAKE MILLS) USAFA PREP) SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Fin- SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the ished the season at 8-8 … did not season with a 6-8 overall record and a compete in dual meets … pinned 3-3 dual record … pinned one person fi ve opponents on the season with on the season in 2:29 … logged nine the fast pin time of 50 seconds … dual points for the Falcons … placed earned one major decision … placed second at the U.S. Collegiate Champi- third at the Rocky Mountain Open in onships in the 184 class … completed the 165 class … placed fourth at the Operation Air Force at Tinker AFB, U.S. Collegiate Championships in the Okla., over the fi rst block of summer 184 class … earned the second most … Basic Cadet Training cadre over the third block of summer … will falls on the team … instructed survival training over the fi rst block serve as element leader and public aff airs NCO for his squadron as a of summer … completed Operation Air Force and deployed to Qatar junior. for the second and third blocks of summer … Dean’s list … Athletic Director’s list … will serve as an honor NCO as a junior. FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 14-13 overall record and a 3-7 dual record in the 184 class … recorded one fall on the FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 3-6 overall record season with a time of 2:48 … placed fi rst at the UNK Holiday Inn Open in the 157 class … recorded one fall on the season in a lightning fast in the 184 class … placed second in the Cowboy Open … placed third 0:32 seconds … placed fourth at the Cowboy Open in the 157 class in the All-Academy Championships … placed fourth in the NCAA West … WWC coaches honor roll with a 3.14 GPA … C-1 Element NCO … Regional … coaches appreciation award … WWC all-academic team Dean’s list and Athletic Director’s list … completed Expeditionary Sur- with a 3.24 GPA. vival and Escape Training and parachutist training over the summer.

USAFA PREP: Attended the USAFA prep school where he placed fi rst HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters in wrestling and track and at the Cowboy Open. two varsity letters in football ... wrestled for coach Alex Brandenburg at Lake Mills HS ... has school records in career wins, career pins, sea- HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters in wrestling and three son wins, and season pins in wrestling ... second place in state senior varsity letters in football … wrestled under coach Chris West at Kame- year at 152 ... state track & fi eld qualifi er senior year in the 4x800 ... hameha HS ... state champion … three-time state placer… team state National Honor Society … academic all-state in football and track … champion in wrestling ... two-time all-conference … all-state honor- fi rst team academic all-state in wrestling … all-conference academic. able mention … HUB Goodwill Senior Bowl, two-time team MVP in football as a junior and senior ... honors list. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 21 ... son of Gary and Rox- anne Irons ... has two brothers ... major is systems engineering and one PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11 ... son of Adrian and Iolani day hopes to be a developmental engineer ... hobbies include hunting Ikehara ... has two brothers and a sister ... older brother, Kazden, was and fi shing ... credits his father as the greatest infl uence on his athletic a wrestler and USAFA grad … his cousin graduated from a military career ... came to the Academy to serve the country and receive a academy ... major is systems engineering-human factors … his middle great education ... favorite quote is “before you criticize a man, walk a name is 21 letters long ... he came to the Academy because his brother mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile came here and he wanted to be a part of something bigger than away and have his shoes.” -Steve Martin himself ... favorite quote is “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.”

14 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING JUNIORS SAM KREIMIER LYLE PLUMMER JR. - 157 JR. - 141 FORT COLLINS, CO DAYTON, OH (LOVELAND/USAFA PREP) (CHAMINADE JULIENNE) SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the season with a 4-3 overall record … did season with a 13-7 overall record; fi fth not compete in dual action … logged most wins on the team … posted a a major decision and a fall in 2:46 … 1-0 record in dual meets … logged placed second at the UNK-Holiday Inn one major decision and two falls … Open in the 157 class … completed fastest fall was recorded in 2:07 … Operation Air Force over the summer fi fth place at the UNK-Holiday Inn … completed Expeditionary Survival Open … second place at the F&M and Escape Training over the third Open … completed Operation Air block of summer … Superintendent’s Force at Eielson AFB, Alaska … re- list … two-time Universities Greco All-American … three-time Dean’s ceived a fl ight in an F-16 and caught an 80lb Halibut while on Ops … list selection … will serve as the wing AT/FP NCO as a junior. worked the confi dence course in Jack’s Valley over the third block of summer … will serve as an honor NCO as a junior. FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 13-14 overall record and a 5-7 dual record in the 157 class … recorded three falls on the FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with an overall record of season with a fastest pin time of 2:32 … placed fi rst in the Cowboy 6-6 and a dual record of 0-1 in the 133 class … placed second at the Open … placed second at the All-Academy Championships … WWC U.S. Western Open and fourth in the UNK Holiday Inn Open … oper- coaches honor roll with a 3.09 GPA … Dean’s list and Athletic Honors ations clerk and coach … earned jump wings and cyber wings over … civil engineering training, parachutist and space training over the the summer and also completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape summer. Training.

USAFA PREP: Attended the USAFA Prep school and earned NCWA HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in varsity wrestling under coaches All-American (6th) and maintained a 3.5 GPA throughout all quarters. Tim Begly and Mark Disalvo at Chaminade Julienne HS... four-time state qualifi er … 2014 state runner up at 132 … Team Ohio member… HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters in wrestling under coach 2013 Ohio Greco state champion ... National Honor Society. Faren Stroh at Loveland HS ... male athlete of the year as a senior … 2012 state champion at 152 … 2010 and 2011 state fourth place ... PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 19 ... son of Phil and Cindy Suma Cumluade. Plummer ... has two older siblings ... credits his father with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career ... decided to come to the Academy PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 28 ... son of Steven and Dina because of his recruiting visit and the great opportunity he has to be- Kreimier with eight siblings ... older brother, Josh, graduated from come a better person … major is management … aspires to be a pilot USAFA in 2014 and was a three-time NCAA qualifying wrestler for the in the Air Force … his father is the acting Sheriff of his home county ... Academy ... major is management and plans to be an acquisitions hobbies include fi shing and riding four wheelers ... favorite quote is “I offi cer ... hobbies include outdoors, fi shing, music and dangerous can do all things through he who strengthens me” -Philippians 4:13 adventures ... credits his father and brother, Josh, with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career ... wanted to come to the Academy to create his own legacy and a bright future ... favorite quote is “blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.” -James 1:12

15 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING JUNIORS DANE ROBBINS DREW ROMERO JR. - 157 JR. - 125 FAIRFAX, VA LA JUNTA, CO (ROBINSON) (BROOMFIELD/ USAFA PREP) SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the season with an 11-6 overall record … SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished did not compete in dual meet action the season with a 17-17 overall … posted one major decision and record … 2016 NCAA national one fall in 2:23 … placed second at qualifi er … posted a 5-5 dual meet the U.S. Collegiate Championships record … logged 19 dual points for … Expeditionary Survival and Escape the Falcons … logged three major Training cadre over the summer. decisions and two falls … second at the All-Academy Championships … FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the placed seventh at the Big 12 Wres- season with a 3-4 overall record and a 1-0 dual record in the 149 class tling tournament … Frank “Bruiser” Bryant Award … Athletic Director’s and fi nished with a 2-4 overall record in the 141 class … recorded one pin … Commandant’s pin … completed Operation Air Force at Travis, fall on the season in 6:04 … placed fi rst in the U.S. Western Open for AFB, Calif. … Expeditionary, Survival and Evasion Training cadre over the 149 class … B1 Element NCO … Athletic Director’s List … complet- the third block of summer … will serve as the B-2 element leader as a ed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training over the summer. junior.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling under Coach Bryan FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with a 7-3 overall record Hazard at Robinson HS ... two-time DoDDES European Champion … and 1-1 dual record … placed second at the Cowboy Open … second seventh at 3A state VA … third at 6A State VA ... High Honor Roll in the U.S. Western Open 125 class.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 40 ... son of Scott and USAFA PREP: Attended the USAFA prep school where he took third in Genevieve Robbins ... has two older siblings ... major is management the NCWA tournament and kept a GPA above 3.0. and plans to be a contractor in the future ... credits his father with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … father is a CMSgt in the Air HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in varsity wrestling under coach Force ... came to the Academy to wrestle and get a good education ... Kurtis Romero at Broomfi eld HS ... 2010 3A third, 2011 3A fi rst, 2013 hobbies include rock climbing, drawing and reading ... favorite quote 4A fi rst and 2013 4A second … sixth in Greco and fi fth in freestyle at is “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch 98lbs … All-American at Fargo. excellence” ~Vince Lombardi PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 35 ... son of Anthony Romero and Brandon and Kerri Brittain ... has two siblings ... credits brother and coach Kurtis Romero with the greatest impact on athletic career ... came to the Academy to be the best in every aspect of his life and he thinks the best place to do that is at the Academy ... major is management … hobbies include working out, riding motorcycles and coaching wrestling ... loves to wrestle against coach Heilman … favor- ite quote is, “One day your life will fl ash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching” -Oscar Wilde

16 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING JUNIORS TOBY RYALS ROBERT WALKER JR. - 184 JR. - 149 RAINBOW CITY, AL ST. MARY’S, IA (SOUTHSIDE) (MARTENSDALE-ST. MARY’S/USAFA PREP) SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the season with a 2-4 overall record SOPHOMORE 2015-16: Finished the … completed Operation Air Force at season with an overall record of 6-6 Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. … Expedi- … did not compete in dual meet ac- tionary, Survival and Evasion Training tion … logged one major decision on cadre over the third block of summer the season … placed fi rst at the Rocky … will serve as the public aff airs NCO Mountain Open … participated in as a junior. Operation Air Force at Schreiver AFB, Colo., over the summer … will serve FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the as an element leader as a junior. season with a 4-4 overall record in the 157 class … recorded one fall on the season in 2:29. FRESHMAN 2014-15: Finished the season with an 8-6 overall record and 1-0 dual record in the 149 class … recorded one fall on the season HIGH SCHOOL: Six-time letterman … four letters in wrestling … one in 1:11. letter in baseball and cross country … wrestled for Coach Kyle Routon at Southside HS … four-time state champion … two-time NHSCA USAFA PREP: Wrestled for coach Wayne Alger at the USAFA Prep All-American in wrestling … Bryant-Jordan Student-Athlete Award. school … NWCA nationals.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11 … son of Toby and Jac- HIGH: SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling, fi ve-year letterman queline Ryals with three siblings … major is management … credits in baseball … wrestled for coach Brian Sweet at St. Mary’s high school his father with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favorite … three-time state champion in wrestling and baseball … graduated quote is, “I do things today that others don’t, so I can do things tomor- second in class with a 4.0 GPA. row that others can’t.” PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 12 … son of Chad and Robin Walker with four siblings, twin brother Dave Walker wrestles for USAFA … anticipates a major in management … credits friends and family with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career, especially his father Chad … hobbies include hunting, fi shing, exploring and hanging out with the team … favorite quote is, “Get your facts fi rst and then you can distort them as much as you please.” –Mark Twain

17 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES BEAU BILLINGSLEY LUKE BOYLE SO. - 174 SO. - 149 WINNEMUCCA, NV ROWLEY, MA (LOWRY) (TRITON) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with an 8-10 record in the 165 season with a 10-10 overall record class … did not compete in a dual in the 149 class … did not compete meet … logged three decision wins, in any dual meets … posted seven one technical fall and three falls on decision wins, one major decision the season … fastest fall was in 58 and two falls on the season … fast- seconds … completed Expedition- est fall was in 3:38 … fi nished third ary Survival and Escape Training … at the U.S. Collegiate Championships earned his parachutist badge over the … two-time Superintendent’s list summer. … B1 element NCO … completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training over the fi rst period of HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … three-year letter- summer … earned his parachutist jump wings over the third period of man in football … two-year letterman in track … wrestled for coach summer. John Brooks at Lowry HS … four-time Nevada division 1A champ … all-state running back and co-off ensive Player of the Year in football HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … three-year … NHSCA sophomore All-American in wrestling … National Honor letterman in football … two-year letterman in baseball … wrestled for Society member… three-time academic all-state. coach Shawn McElligott at Triton Regional HS … 2015 New England champion, and 2015 Massachusetts all-state champion in wrestling PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 16 … son of Tim and Susan … 199 career wins … fi ve-time state qualifi er … three-time defensive Billingsley with two brothers, one of which is a teammate on the Air MVP in football … 2014 Cape Ann League Player of the Year … gradu- Force wrestling team … hobbies include hunting, fi shing, camping, ated fourth in class … National Honor Society member. and chess with his father … credits his father, older cousin and older brother and teammate, Michael Billingsley, as the people with the PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 37 … son of Mark and most impact on his athletic career … major is management … favorite Margaret Boyle with four siblings … brother, Mark Boyle, wrestles at quote; “happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only Sacred Heart University … credits grandfather, Matthew Boyle, and one remembers to turn on the lights.” –A. Dumbledore father, Mark Boyle, with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … majoring in civil engineering … aspires to be a pilot in the Air Force … hobbies include ping-pong and video games.

18 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES JOSH GIORGIO ISAAC JIMENEZ SO. - 141 SO. - 125 LEESPORT, PA EL PASO, TX (SCHUYLKILL VALLEY) (CORONADO/ USAFA PREP) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with an 11-8 overall record in FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the the 141 class … did not compete in a season with an overall record 4-4 and dual meet … posted three falls, one 2-2 in dual meets … earned seven technical fall and one major decision dual points for the Falcons … earned … fastest fall was in 1:10 … third at three major decisions on the season the U.S. Collegiate Championships … … tied for fourth on the team in completed Expeditionary Survival and most major decisions … awarded the Escape Training over the summer … A-10 Warthog Award … completed earned his parachutist badge over the parachutist training over the summer summer … will serve as the cadet security team clerk as a sophomore. … completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training over the third block of summer … will serve as the squadron security clerk as a HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … wrestled for sophomore. coach Duane Maurer at Schuylkill Valley HS … most wins in school history as a freshman (42) … four-time sectional champion … two- USAFA PREP: Attended the Air Force Prep School where he won time district champion … three-time state qualifi er … state runner-up the NCWA championships … received the academic rope for three … National Honor Society member… class vice-president … student quarters and the athletic rope for having a PFT score over 450 all four council representative … Leo Club president and vice-president. semesters.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 3 … son of Michael and HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in wrestling … wrestled for Donna Giorgio with two older brothers … anticipates a major in civil coach Aldo Mesa at Coronado HS … runner up at the ASICS cadet engineering and plans to be a pilot upon graduation … nickname is nationals as a freshman in Greco Roman wrestling and fi fth in the JG … both of his brothers attended and wrestled for the Coast Guard same tournament in freestyle wrestling … as a junior he earned fourth Academy ... brother, Nathan, was a three-time DIII All-American … in the Greco Roman wrestling and sixth in the freestyle at the ASICS hobbies include hunting and fi shing and a love for country music … junior nationals … fourth as a sophomore at the Texas HS state cham- credits coach Kenny Courts with having the greatest impact on his pionships … fi rst as a senior at Texas HS state championships. athletic career … decided to come to the Academy for the countless opportunities and “the chance to blaze my own trail on my quest to PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 8 … son of Demetrio and become a fi ghter pilot in the world’s greatest Air Force.” ... favorite Leticia Jimenez with a younger brother … anticipates a major in quote is; “whether you think you can or can’t, you’re probably right.” computer engineering … credits his father with the greatest infl uence –Arnold Palmer. on his athletic career through his infl uence of hard work and sacrifi ce … chose to come to the Academy because he is accustomed to taking the harder paths in life and knew the Academy would be both chal- lenging and rewarding … favorite quote, “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

19 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES ALEX LOPOUCHANSKI ANTHONY MCLAUGHLIN SO. - 165 SO. - 197 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL CLEVELAND, OH (CARDINAL GIBBONS) (ST. IGNATIUS/ USAFA PREP) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with an overall record of 18-8, FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the third most overall wins on the team season with a 12-8 overall record and … had the second best dual slate 6-2 dual slate record … went 3-1 in fi nish on the team with a 10-2 record, conference dual matches … logged tied for fi rst in most dual wins on the 19 dual points for the Falcons … season … fi ve bonus points wins in logged two major decisions and a fall dual matches, second most on the … placed third at the Cowboy Open team … went 4-1 in Big 12 conference … A-10 Warthog Award … completed duals … earned 36 dual points for Expeditionary Survival and Escape the Falcons, second most on the team … logged four major decisions, Training over the fi rst period of summer … completed unmanned second most on the team … two technical falls in dual meet action, aircraft systems training over the third period of summer … Dean’s list most on the team … one pin on the season in 1:35 … three dual … will serve as the athletic clerk as a sophomore. match major decisions, second most on the team … placed second at the Cowboy Open … placed third at the All-Academy Championships USAFA PREP: Wrestled for coach Wayne Alger at the Air Force Prep … completed UAS/Space training over the fi rst block of summer … School earning conference wrestler of the year … prep school nation- completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training over the third al champion … Dean’s list with a 3.8 GPA. block of summer … will serve as the athletic clerk as a sophomore. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … wrestled for HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … wrestled for Coach Mark Sullivan at St. Ignatius HS … two-time state qualifi er … coach Frank Pettineo at Cardinal Gibbons HS … two-time FHSAA state placed sixth at state for his junior year … All-American wrestler at the third place fi nisher … three-time FHSAA state qualifi er … member Iron Man senior year. of the 2014 FHSAA state championship team … graduated with a 4.5 GPA and earned the honor roll all four years. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11 … son of Steve and Rana- da McLaughlin with four siblings … hopes to serve as a pilot upon PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 22 … son of Alex and Marina graduation from the Academy … credits his father with the greatest Lopouchanski with two brothers … plans to be a pilot or security forc- impact on his athletic career … hobbies include music and movies … es offi cer in the future … plans to major in management … fl uent in plans to major in management … most notable mention from home- Russian … brother, Ivan, was an All-American wrestler at Purdue and is town is LeBron James and the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame … joined the also credited with having the greatest impact on his athletic career … Academy in order to pursuit greatness and make a name for his family came to the Academy to be a part of something bigger than himself … mother, Ranada, babysat LeBron James … favorite quote is, “to hell and help others while doing something worthwhile … favorite quote; with circumstances; I create opportunities” –Bruce Lee “once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy.” –Dan Gable

20 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES ALEX MOSSING JOSH MOSSING SO. - 157 SO. - 165 TOLEDO, OH TOLEDO, OH (CENTRAL CATHOLIC/ (CENTRAL CATHOLIC) USAFA PREP) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with a 5-8 overall record … season with an 8-5 overall record and did not compete in dual meet action 1-1 dual slate record … logged two … posted two falls on the season … technical falls and three falls … fi rst claimed the fastest fall on the team, place at the UNK-Holiday Inn Open pinning his opponent in 37 seconds … fi rst place at the U.S. Collegiate … third at the U.S. Collegiate Cham- Championships … coaches appre- pionships … Dean’s list … Comman- ciation award … athletic honors dant’s list … completed parachutist every semester … unmanned aircraft training over the fi rst period of sum- systems training … civil engineering and Expeditionary Survival and mer … Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training in the third period Escape Training over the summer … will serve as the safety, academic of summer … will serve as the MWR/support clerk as a sophomore. and D&C clerk for his squadron as a sophomore. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … wrestled for USAFA PREP: Dean’s list for three quarters … fi rst place at the NCWA coach Tony Guerra at Toledo Central Catholic … two-time Catholic nationals. Invitational Champion … 2014 Outstanding Wrestler … 2014 OHSAA state runner-up … 2015 OHSAA state third place … four-time mem- HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letterman in wrestling, two-time letterman ber of Ohio National Team … three-time Ohio Greco-Roman state in golf, and on letter in tennis … wrestled for coach Tony Guerra at champion … Top-fi ve percent of graduating class … National Honor Toledo Central Catholic … fi rst freshman state placer in wrestling … Society. most wrestling wins in school history … fi rst two-time state wrestling champion in school history … district qualifi er in golf … three year PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 5 … son of Dr. John and team captain in wrestling … two-time golf team captain … placed in Kimberly Mossing with three siblings … older brother, Jason Mossing, state wrestling four times (7th, 3rd, 1st, 1st) from freshman year to se- wrestled for USAFA and graduated in 2015 ... uncle, Nick Mossing, also nior year, respectively … seventh at Ironman … outstanding wrestler wrestled at USAFA (1999) … cousin, Alex Mossing, wrestles for the at Catholic Invitational Tournament junior year. Academy … credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career, his father also wrestled at Toledo … hobbies include fi shing, PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 15 … son of Gary and Jana Monopoly, playing cards and camping … came to the Academy to get Mossing, with three siblings … has two family members who graduat- a great education, wrestle, and to learn from the many opportunities ed from USAFA; cousin Jason Mossing (2015) and uncle Nick Mossing at USAFA … favorite quote; “do a job big or small, do it well or not at (1999) … cousin, Josh Mossing, wrestles for Air Force, they are both all.”- Charles Mossing in the class of 2019 … hobbies include video games such as Tetris, eating, and golfi ng … plans to major in computer engineering … credits his brother Tony as the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … came to the Academy to be a part of the foundation for the upris- ing Falcon Wrestling team as they make their way toward becoming a wrestling power house … favorite quotes; “I’m a winner. I’m going to win.”-Remember the Titans and “Find A Way!”-Tony Guerra

21 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES ADAM PELTER COLT STOWE SO. - 157 SO. - 141 MATTHEWS, NC THE COLONY, TX (DAVID W. BUTLER) (THE COLONY/ USAFA PREP) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with a 4-6 overall record … did FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the not compete in dual action … posted season with an overall record of 7-8 one technical fall on the season … … posted three falls on the season placed fourth at the U.S. Collegiate … fastest fall was recorded in 3:38 Championships … Athletic Director’s … fourth place at the U.S. Collegiate list … completed Expeditionary Sur- Championships … Superintendent’s vival and Escape Training in the third pin twice … completed cyber training period of summer … will serve as the for his cyber wings and earned his anti-terrorism force protection clerk parachutist badge over the fi rst as a sophomore. period of summer … completed Expeditionary, Survival and Evasion Training over the third block of summer … will serve as the support HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … wrestled for clerk and element NCO as a sophomore. coach Billy Puckett at D.W. Butler HS … placed in state championships … three-time state qualifi er … two-time regional champion … two- USAFA PREP: Attended the Air Force Academy Prep School, earned time conference Wrestler of the Year. academic achievement rope during second quarter … made it to the Blood Round of the NCWA tournament at 133lbs. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 19 … son of Jeff and Alicia Pelter with two younger sisters … plans to work as an RPA pilot upon HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letter winner in wrestling … wrestled for graduation from the Academy … credits his father with the greatest coaches James Brown and Waymon May at the Colony HS … placed impact on his athletic career … a lover of old jazz music, hobbies in- third at Brute Nationals … two-time Greco State runner-up … two- clude reading and singing … came to the Academy because he knew time freestyle state third place winner … two-time qualifi er for Fargo he wanted to serve, also wanted a college degree and USAFA off ered Nationals … two-time Team Texas representative … junior nationals both ... the opportunity to wrestle for a DI program made the Acade- qualifi er … two-time district champion … two-time regional champi- my the perfect match for him … favorite quote; “no one feels sorry for on … third place in state as a junior with 39-5 record … second place you Pelter!” -Jimmy Avola in state as senior with 42-1 record … overall high school record 131-37 … Student of Month for excellence as a student … National Honor Society member for four years.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 24 … son of Robert and Te- resa Stowe with two older brothers Darren and Wesley, both wrestlers and graduates of USAFA … credits his entire family with the great- est impact on his athletic career, especially his older brothers who encouraged him to try wrestling … came to the Academy because he saw through his brother's experiences 'all of the amazing opportuni- ties that USAFA off ers and the success that becomes of offi cers who graduate from there. Ultimately, to have an awesome job being a pilot but most importantly, protecting those he loves and even those he doesn’t know.' ... aspires to be a pilot in the Air Force … favorite quote; “I have been given this day to do as I will. I can use it for my good or waste it. Whatever I decide to do is important because I am exchang- ing a day of my life for it.” -unknown … hobbies include lifting, wres- tling, talking with loved ones and playing with his beloved dog.

22 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SOPHOMORES JOHN TWOMEY SO. - 141 SOUTH HUNTINGTON, NY (SAINT ANTHONY’S/ USAFA PREP) FRESHMAN 2015-16: Finished the season with a 19-8 overall record; third most wins on the team … post- ed a 6-1 dual slate record … recorded 24 dual points for the Falcons; third most on the team … logged three major decisions, two technical falls and fi ve falls … second most falls on the team… fastest fall was recorded at 1:01 … third place at the Northern Colorado Open … fi rst place at the Rocky Mountain Open … third at the U.S. Collegiate Champion- ships … Superintendent’s list … completed Expeditionary, Survival and Evasion Training over the summer … earned his parachutist badge over the summer … will serve as the STAN evaluation clerk and A-2 element NCO as a sophomore.

USAFA PREP: Attended the Air Force Prep School where he was the NWCA runner-up in the 133 class … recipient of an academic rope while at the prep school.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letterman in wrestling … wrestled for coach Antoni Walters at St. Anthony HS … MHSCA Senior National Champion … all-state … three-time CHSAA wrestling champion … NYS Freestyle state champion.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 7 … son of John Twomey and Emilia Dalto with three younger siblings … credits Coach Vougar Oroujov with the greatest infl uence on his wrestling career … antic- ipates a major in economics or management … aspires to be a Navy SEAL … decided to come to the Academy for the opportunity to serve his country … favorite quote is, “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” -George Orwell

23 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING FRESHMEN MARCUS AMICO BRIDGER BARKER FR. - 157 FR. - 184 ANCHORAGE, AK PHOENIX, AZ (EAGLE RIVER) (SETON CATHOLIC PREP) HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … state champion … in wrestling ... also lettered in football two-time regional champion … wres- … wrestled for coach Eric Larkin tled for coach Lance Bodeen … class at Seton Catholic Prep … six-time salutatorian … four academic gold All-American … two-time state run- stars (four-time 4.0 GPA). ner-up … NHSCA national champion … seven-time honor roll member … PERSONAL: Member of cadet squad- Stagecraft Class Award. ron 38 … son of Nick and Berta Amico with one older brother … anticipates PERSONAL: Member of cadet squad- a major in political science … aspires to fl y something fast … hobbies ron 12 … son of Ray and Michelle Barker with three younger siblings include ice fi shing, lifting and climbing … will one day return to Alas- … anticipates a major in chemistry … hobbies include hunting and ka to build a cabin on a remote lake … credits his older brother with fi shing … something people don’t know about him is that he loves the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favorite quote is, “it’s soccer … credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic ca- not the size of the dog in the fi ght, it’s the size of the fi ght in the dog.” reer … decided to come to the Academy for the opportunity to serve -Mark Twain. and a great academics ….favorite quote, “I do it for the kids.”

JAKE KURZHALS RANDY MENEWEATHER FR. - 149 FR. - 174 PEARL RIVER, NY WASHINGTON, IL (PEARL RIVER) (WASHINGTON COMMUNITY HS) HIGH SCHOOL: Nine varsity letters HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman … four-year letterman in wrestling … in wrestling … three-year letterman three-year track and fi eld letterman in football … two-time wrestling state … two-year letterman in soccer … champion … greco All-American … two-time place winner at the New Washington HS’s all-time leading York state tournament (2nd, 5th) … rusher and all-time leading scorer in … state fi nalist team in soccer … sec- football … graduated with a 4.09 GPA. tion champion in the track and fi eld pentathlon … 2016 Pearl River Male PERSONAL: Member of cadet squad- Athlete of the Year … vice-president ron 2 … son of Randy Sr. and Dawn of the National Honor Society … scholar athlete … high honor roll … Meneweather with an older sister … god-brother, Eric Oliver, attend- AP scholar award … top 10 percent of graduating class. ed the U.S. Naval Academy … god-brother, Elijah Oliver, wrestles at Indiana University… anticipates a major in management … aspires PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 39 … son of John and Debra to become a pilot … credits his father with the greatest infl uence on Kurzhals with a younger sister … anticipates a major in aeronautical his athletic career … came to the Academy because a great education engineering … aspires to become a pilot in the Air Force … uncle with great athletics creates great men. Timothy Hogan was on the Air Force boxing team and graduated from the Academy in 1989 … hobbies include boy scouts, soccer and wa- tersports … trained with the Romanian junior national team … credits his parents and coaches with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favorite quote is, “prepare for the worst; hope for the best.”

24 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING FRESHMEN GARRETT O’SHEA ALEC OPSAL FR. - 133 FR. - 125 BUTLER, NJ NEW FAIRFIELD, CT (BUTLER) (NEW FAIRFIELD) HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … 148-16 career record in wrestling … wrestled for coach … four-time Morris County fi nalist Paul Musso … NHSCA All-American … two-time district champion … … two-time Connecticut state open regional champion … two-time state champion … third and fourth place place winner (6th, 4th) … four-time fi nishes at the New England cham- NHSCA All-American (7th, 2nd, 5th, pionships … member of the 2016 7th) … National Honor Society … Connecticut state open champion- scholar athlete award … three-time ship team … 16 quarters on the high Suma Award winner … honor roll honor roll … National Honor Society every semester of high school. … National Science Honor Society … weighted GPA of 4.341. PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 22 … son of John O’Shea and Lisa Racz with three siblings … anticipates a major in biology … PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 13 … son of Todd and Lori aspires for a career in medicine … his father, John O’Shea, wrestled at Opsal with an older brother … anticipates a major in aeronautical Lycoming College … enjoys spending time with his family and playing engineering … plans for a career in engineering or cyber defense outdoor games … credits his father with the biggest infl uence on his … hobbies include archery, woodworking and playing the guitar … athletic career … favorite quote is, “success comes from knowing that wrestled at 90 lbs as a freshman in high school … credits his father you did your best that you are cabale of becoming.” -John Wooden. and coaches with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favor- ite quote is, “Do or do not … there is no try.” -Yoda

RICKY PADILLA KERRY POWERS FR. - 165 FR. - 285 COVINA, CA SHERIDAN, WY (NORTHVIEW/USAFA PREP) (SHERIDAN/USAFA PREP) USAFA PREP: NWCA national cham- USAFA PREP: NWCA All-American pion HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling and football …. wrestled in wrestling … three-year letterman for coach Tyson Shatto at Sheridan in football … wrestled for coaches … two-time state champion …. Bobby Bellamy, David Ochoa and All-American … honor roll. Vince LaFarge … sixth place at the California state championships … sev- PERSONAL: Member of cadet enth place at the Virginia Beach senior squadron 5 … son of Charlie and nationals … eighth place at Fargo Kathy Powers with a younger brother cadet freestyle nationals … eighth place at Flo nationals …. Four-year … anticipates a major in business … hobbies include fl y fi shing and honor roll member … graduated in the top-10 of his class. hunting … something people do not know about him is that he was raised in Alaska … credits Cowboy Tim with the greatest impact on his PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 1 … son of Lisa Padilla with athletic career … came to the Academy because it has been a life-long three siblings … anticipates a major in biology … aspires to become dream … favorite quote, “be the ball Danny, be the ball.” a doctor … brother, Chris, wrestled at Oregon State … sister, Tatiana, fi ghts professional MMA … nickname is Slick Rick … hobbies include long walks on the beach, surfi ng and making weight … drinks milk like water … credits his mother, brother, Chris, and high school coach- es with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favorite quote, “you’re going to earn your biscuits today, boys!” -Wayne Alger

25 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING FRESHMEN MATT WAGNER TYLER WIEDERHOLT FR. - 285 FR. - 165 MILL RIFT, PA BELLBROOK, OH (DELAWARE VALLEY/USAFA PREP) (BELLBROOK-SUGRACREEK) HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman in wrestling … team captain as a in wrestling … wrestled for coaches junior and senior … second place Robert Kosins and Ron Wiederholt … district fi nisher as a freshman … OHSAA Div. II 182lb state champion fi rst place district fi nish, third place 2016, 2nd in 2015 and 6th in 2014 regional fi nish as a sophomore … fi rst … Ohio freestyle state champion in place district fi nisher and fourth place 2016 and 2014, 2nd in 2015 … Ohio regional fi nisher as a junior … fi rst Schoolboy national wresting team place district, fi rst place regional, fi fth and cadet national team in 2014, both place at state as a senior … honorable teams placed 2nd … United World mention academics as a junior and Wrestling Cadet Championships senior … NHSCA second place as a All-American and 6th place in 2015 … holds high school records for freshman …. NHSCA sixth place as a sophomore …. NHSCA seventh most take downs and most technical falls … high school career record place as a junior … Mighty Ducks wrestling club … Tin Man wrestling was 140-27 … National Honor Society and graduated with honors. club … athletic leadership council… wrestled for coach Lou DeLauro … three year letterman in football … football team captain as a junior PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 22 … son of Ron and Cindy and senior … all-state linebacker … second time all-region, fi rst team Wiederholt with two siblings … plans to major in mathematics and all-district as a sophomore … fi rst team all-district and all-region as sciences … hobbies include RC planes, fi shing and longboarding … a junior … fi rst team all-state, all-district and all-region as a senior … both parents are retired Air Force and his brother is active duty Air fi rst team all-academic as a junior and senior Force … credits his father with the greatest infl uence on his athletic career … favorite quote is, “think training is hard? Try losing.” PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11 … son of Don and Jenni- fer Wagner with two older brothers … anticipates a major in business management … brother, Marc Wagner, wrestled and graduated from USCGA in 2016 … father, Don, was a DIII national champion in wres- tling at Millersville University … uncle, Ray Wagner, was a four-time national wrestling qualifi er and All-American at Kent State … hobbies include fi shing … credits his brothers, father and Wayne Alger with the biggest infl uence on his athletic career.

26 2016-17 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ROSTER EXTRAS

BY WEIGHT BY STATE (23 STATES) 125 165 Alaska New Jersey Opsal Hedash Amico (Anchorage) O’Shea (Butler) Oshiro Lopouchanski Romero J. Mossing Alabama New York (3) Padilla Ryals (Rainbow City) Kurzhals (Pearl River) 133 Wiederholt Hyder O’Hara (Farmingville) Jimenez 174 Arizona Twomey (South Huntington) O’Shea M. Billingsley Barker (Phoenix) B. Billingsley Ohio (6) 141 Hagey California Wiederholt (Bellbrook) Giorgio Irons Padilla (Covina) McLaughlin (Cleveland) McHugh Meneweather Plummer (Dayton) Plummer Colorado (3) McHugh (Lewis Center) Stowe 184 McGinty (Colorado Springs) A. Mossing (Toledo) Twomey Barker D. Walker Ikehara Kreimier (Fort Collins) J. Mossing (Toledo) Ryals Romero (La Junta) 149 Pennsylvania (3) McGinty 197 Connecticut Giorgio (Leesport) O’Hara Hines Opsal (New Fairfi eld) Wagner (Mill Rift) Kurzhals McLaughlin Hedash (Slatington) R. Walker Florida HWT Lopouchanski (Fort Lauderdale) Tennessee 157 Powers Hagey (Nashville) Amico Wagner Boyle Hawaii (2) Kreimier Oshiro (Aiea) Texas (2) Mossing Ikehara (Mililani) Jimenez (El Paso) Pelter Stowe (The Colony) Robbins Iowa (3) Irons (Lake Mills) Virginia D. Walker (St. Marys) Robbins (Fairfax) R. Walker (St. Marys) Washington BY CLASS Illinois Hyder (Yelm) Seniors (8) Sophomores (11) Meneweather (Washington) Hedash B. Billingsley Wisconsin Hines Boyle Massachusetts Hines (Ellsworth) Hyder Giorgio Boyle (Rowley) McGinty Jimenez Wyoming McHugh Lopouchanski O’Hara McLaughlin North Carolina Powers (Sheridan) Oshiro A. Mossing Pelter (Matthews) D. Walker J. Mossing Pelter Nevada Juniors (10) Stowe M. Billingsley (Winnemucca) Billingsley Twomey B. Billingsley (Winnemucca) Hagey Ikehara Freshmen (10) Irons Amico Kreimier Barker Plummer Kurzhals PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Robbins Meneweather Romero O’Shea John HAGEY ...... Heyg-EE (hard G) Ryals Opsal Connor HEDASH ...... Head-ish R. Walker Padilla Zen IKEHARA ...... EE-KAY-har-uh Powers Issac JIMENEZ ...... Him-en-ez Wagner Sam KREIMIER ...... KREE-meyer Wiederholt Alex LOPOUCHANSKI ...... LOW-poo-chan-SKI Cassidy OSHIRO ...... Oh-SHE-ro John TWOMEY ...... Two-me Marcus AMICO ...... Uh-MEEK-oh Jacob KURZHALS ...... Kurtz-alls Randy MENEWEATHER ...... Men-E-weather Alec OPSAL ...... Op-sull Tyler WIEDERHOLT ...... WEED-er-holt

27 2016-17 DUAL MEET OPPONENTS

NC State~ Nov. 19, 9:00 a.m. ET | Cary, NC Location: Raleigh, NC 2015-16 Overall Record: 23-1 Head Coach: Pat Popolizio Enrollment: 34,015 2015-16 Conference Record: 4-1 Alma Mater: Oklahoma State '01 Nickname: Wolfpack Assistant Coaches: Frank Beasley, Conference: ACC Series vs. Air Force: 0-0 Adam Hall, Obe Blanc Home Arena:Carmichael Gym Web Site: gopack.com

UNC-Pembroke~ Nov. 19, 11:30 a.m. ET | Cary, NC Location: Pembroke, NC 2015-16 Overall Record: 14-9 Head Coach: Othello Johnson Enrollment: 6,222 2015-16 Conference Record: 4-2 Alma Mater: UNCP '07 Nickname: Braves Assistant Coaches: Rashaad Saun- Conference: ECAC (DII) ders, Daniel Ownbey Home Arena: English E. Jones Center Series vs. Air Force: 0-0 Web Site: uncpbraves.com

$ Western state Jan. 7, 10:00 a.m. MT | Gunnison, CO Location: Gunnison, CO 2015-16 Overall Record: 9-3 Head Coach: Miles Van Hee Enrollment: 2,726 2015-16 Conference Record: 6-1 Alma Mater: Western State '94 Nickname: Mountaineers Assistant Coaches: Charlie Pipher, Conference: RMAC (DII) Series vs. Air Force: 13-31-1 Daren Hockett, Donovan McMahill, Home Arena: Mountaineer Fieldhouse Craig Otto Web Site: gomountaineers.com

$ colorado mesa Jan. 7, 11:00 a.m. MT | Gunnison, CO Location: Grand Junction, CO 2015-16 Overall Record: 9-2-0 Head Coach: Chuck Pipher Enrollment: 10,662 2015-16 Conference Record: N/A Alma Mater: Southern Colorado '90 Nickname: Mavericks Series vs. Air Force: 2-12 Assistant Coaches: Larry Wilbanks, Conference: RMAC (DII) Nick Petersen, Dan Burke Home Arena: Brownson Arena Web Site: cmumavericks.com

$ cal baptist Jan. 7, 12:00 p.m. MT | Gunnison, CO Location: Riverside, CA 2015-16 Overall Record: 7-3 Head Coach: Lennie Zalesky Enrollment: 8,541 2015-16 Conference Record: 4-1 Alma Mater: Iowa '83 Nickname: Lancers Assistant Coaches: Arsen Aleksanyan Conference: RMAC (DII) Series vs. Air Force: 0-4 Home Arena: Van Dyne Gym Web Site: cbulancers.com

$ simon fraser Jan. 7, 1:00 p.m. MT | Gunnison, CO Location: Vancouver, BC Canada 2015-16 Overall Record: 5-7 Head Coach: Justin Abdou Enrollment: 34,990 2015-16 Conference Record: N/A Alma Mater: Simon Fraser '94 Nickname: Clan Assistant Coaches: Skylor Davis Conference: GNAC (DII) Series vs. Air Force: 0-2 Home Arena: West Gym Web Site: athletics.sfu.ca

utah valley* Jan. 13, 7:00 p.m. MT | Orem, UT Location: Orem, UT 2015-16 Overall Record: 4-10 Head Coach: Greg Willams Enrollment: 34,978 2015-16 Conference Record: 0-4 Alma Mater: Utah State '85 Nickname: Wolverines Assistant Coaches: Erkin Tadzhime- Conference: Big 12 Series vs. Air Force: 6-6 tov, Ethen Lofthouse Home Arena: PE Building Web Site: wolverinegreen.com 28 2016-17 DUAL MEET OPPONENTS

South Dakota State* Jan. 15, 11:00 a.m. MT | USAFA, CO Location: Brooking, SD 2015-16 Overall Record: 14-6 Head Coach: Chris Bono Enrollment: 12,557 2015-16 Conference Record: 6-2 Alma Mater: Iowa State '97 Nickname: Jackrabbits Assistant Coaches: John Reader Conference: Big 12 Series vs. Air Force: 4-9 Home Arena: Frost Arena Web Site: gojacks.com

Stanford Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m. PT | Palo Alto, CA Location: Palo Alto, CA 2015-16 Overall Record: 11-4 Head Coach: Jason Borrelli Enrollment: 15,877 2015-16 Conference Record: 2-2 Alma Mater: Central Michigan '06 Nickname: Cardinal Assistant Coaches: Jamill Kelly, Ray Conference: Pac 12 Series vs. Air Force: 5-4 Blake Home Arena: Burnham Pavillion Web Site: gostanford.com

Cal Poly Jan. 22, 2:00 p.m. PT | San Luis Obispo, CA Location: San Luis Obispo, CA 2015-16 Overall Record: 3-9 Head Coach: John Sioredas Enrollment: 20,944 2015-16 Conference Record: 1-4 Alma Mater: UT-Chattanooga '05 Nickname: Mustangs Assistant Coaches: Todd Schavrien, Conference: Pac 12 Series vs. Air Force: 0-4 Mike Hatcher Home Arena: Mott Gym Web Site: gopoly.com

Wyoming* Feb. 4, TBA MT | Laramie, WY Location: Laramie, WY 2015-16 Overall Record: 6-6 Head Coach: Mark Branch Enrollment: 13,551 2015-16 Conference Record: 4-4 Alma Mater: Oklahoma State '97 Nickname: Cowboys Assistant Coaches: Ethan Kyle, Teyon Conference: Big 12 Series vs. Air Force: 39-12 Ware Home Arena: UniWyo Sports Complex Web Site: gowyo.com

North Dakota State* Feb. 10, 7:00 p.m. MT | USAFA, CO Location: Fargo, ND 2015-16 Overall Record: 4-6 Head Coach: Roger Kish Enrollment: 14,432 2015-16 Conference Record: 2-2 Alma Mater: Minnesota '08 Nickname: Bison Assistant Coaches: Manny Rivera, Conference: Big 12 Series vs. Air Force: 12-2 Derek St. John Home Arena: Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse Web Site: gobison.com

Northern Colorado* Feb. 16, 7:00 p.m. MT | USAFA, CO Location: Greeley, CO 2015-16 Overall Record: 4-7 Head Coach: Troy Nickerson Enrollment: 11,290 2015-16 Conference Record: 1-5 Alma Mater: Cornell '10 Nickname: Bears Assistant Coaches: Tucker Lane, Conference: Big 12 Series vs. Air Force: 12-16 Donny Corby Home Arena: Bank of Colorado Arena Web Site: uncbears.com

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29 2015-16 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SEASON STATS

Overall Dual Big 12 Dual Fastest Wins by Class Name Wt. Dec. MD TF Fall W-L W-L W-L Points Fall Forfeit Sr. Willie Baker 184 4-7 2-2 0-0 6 3 - - 1 4:44 - Fr. Beau Billingsley 165 8-10 0-0 0-0 - 3 - 1 3 0:58 1 So. Michael Billingsley 165 14-10 1-2 0-1 3 10 1 - 2 2:02 - Fr. Luke Boyle 149 10-10 0-0 0-0 - 7 1 - 2 3:38 - Fr. Chris Cos 165 6-8 0-0 0-0 - 1 - 1 4 1:45 - Fr. Josh Giorgio 141 11-8 0-0 0-0 - 5 1 2 3 1:10 - So. John Hagey 174 9-9 0-0 0-0 - 2 - - 7 1:39 - Jr. Connor Hedash 157 6-7 0-1 0-1 - 3 1 - 2 1:02 - Jr. Parker Hines 197 20-13 10-4 3-2 42 9 7 3 1 4:55 - Jr. Dylan Hyder 141 5-11 1-5 1-3 5 2 1 - 2 2:40 - So. Zen Ikehara 174 6-8 3-3 1-2 9 5 - - 1 2:29 - So. Noah Irons 165 8-8 0-0 0-0 - 1 1 - 5 0:50 1 Sr. Adam Jackson 174 14-10 5-4 0-1 18 11 - - - - 1 Fr. Isaac Jimenez 125 4-4 2-2 0-0 7 1 3 - - - - So. Sam Kreimier 157 4-3 0-0 0-0 - 2 1 - 1 2:46 - Fr. Alex Lopouchanski 165 18-8 10-2 4-1 36 11 4 2 1 1:35 - Sr. Marcus Malecek 285 13-15 6-7 2-3 24 6 1 - 1 2:27 4 Sr. Josh Martinez 133 25-10 7-0 4-0 24 13 4 2 3 4:36 1 Jr. Jerry McGinty 149 12-12 6-6 2-2 19 7 3 1 - - - Jr. Anthony McHugh 141 9-9 0-3 0-0 - 3 - 1 4 1:29 1 Fr. Anthony McLaughlin 184 12-8 6-2 3-1 19 9 2 - 1 6:58 - Fr. Alex Mossing 157 8-5 1-1 0-1 3 2 - 2 3 4:21 1 Fr. Josh Mossing 157 5-8 0-0 0-0 - 3 - - 2 0:37 - Jr. Conor O’Hara 149 10-7 0-1 0-0 - 2 3 4 1 4:02 - Jr. Cassidy Oshiro 125 2-2 0-0 0-0 - 2 - - - - - Fr. Adam Pelter 157 4-6 0-0 0-0 - 3 - 1 - - - So. Lyle Plummer 141 13-7 1-0 0-0 3 10 1 - 2 2:07 - So. Dane Robbins 157 11-6 0-0 0-0 - 9 1 - 1 2:23 - So. Drew Romero 125 17-17 5-5 1-4 19 7 3 - 2 3:53 1 So. Toby Ryals 165 2-4 0-0 0-0 - 2 - - - - - Sr. Zach Stepan 157 12-13 5-6 2-2 15 10 1 - - - - Fr. Colt Stowe 141 7-8 0-0 0-0 - 3 - - 3 3:38 1 So. Steve Turner 141 3-6 0-0 0-0 - 2 - - 1 1:30 - Fr. John Twomey 133 19-8 6-1 1-0 24 8 3 2 5 1:01 1 Jr. David Walker 141 8-10 1-3 0-1 3 5 - - 3 2:30 - So. Robert Walker 157 6-6 0-0 0-0 - 4 1 - - - 1 So. Jordan Wengreen 165 6-9 0-0 0-0 - 3 1 1 - - 1 Fr. Jonah Whitt 149 2-3 0-0 0-0 - 0 1 - 1 4:20 -

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Nov. 13 – Air Force (0-1, 0-1 Big 12) vs Wyoming (1-0, 1-0 Big 12) Jan. 22 – Air Force (5-3, 0-2 Big 12) at North Dakota State (2-4, 2-0 Big 12) 125: Drew Templman (WYO) Dec. Drew Romero (AF) – 8-1, WYO 0-3 125: #16 Josh Rodriguez (NDSU) TF Drew Romero (AF) – 18-2(5:23), NDSU 5-0 133: John Twomey (AF) Dec. Gunnar Woodburn (WYO) – 6-2, TIE 3-3 133: #19 Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Nico Colunga (NDSU) – 8-3, NDSU 5-3 141: Cole Meredith (WYO) Fall David Walker (AF) – 1:27, WYO 3-9 141: Dylan Hyder (AF) MD Tommy Walton (NDSU) – 12-2, AF 7-5 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) Dec. Austin Breckenridge (WYO) – 6-4, WYO 6-9 149: Clay Ream (NDSU) Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) – 2-0, NDSU 8-7 157: Archie Colgan (WYO) Dec. Zach Stepan (AF) – 6-5, WYO 6-12 157: Zach Stepan (AF) Dec. Kyle Gliva (NDSU) – 7-3, AF 10-8 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) MD Chaz Polson (WYO) – 11-1, WYO 10-12 165: Grant Nehring (NDSU) Dec. Alex Lopouchanski (AF) – 9-2, NDSU 11-10 174: #13 Ben Stroh (WYO) Dec. Michael Billingsley (AF) – 12-3, WYO 10-16 174: Blake Thompson (NDSU) Dec. Zen Ikehara (AF) – 5-3, NDSU 14-10 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) Dec. Jace Jensen (WYO) – 7-4, WYO 13-16 184: #6 Hayden Zillmer (NDSU) Fall Anthony McLaughlin (AF) – 2:52, NDSU 20-10 197: Parker Hines (AF) Dec. Brandon Tribble (WYO) – 5-4, TIE 16-16 197: Parker Hines (AF) MD Logan Paxton (SDSU) – 12-4, NDSU 20-14 285: #20 Tanner Harms (WYO) Fall Marcus Malecek (AF) – 0:57, WYO 22-16 285: Ben Tynan (NDSU) Dec. Marcus Malecek (AF) – 4-1, NDSU 23-14 Wyoming 22, Air Force 16 North Dakota State 23, Air Force 14 Nov. 21 – Air Force (1-1, 0-1 Big12) at Wisconsin-La Crosse (0-1, 0-0 WIAC) Jan. 24 – Air Force (5-4, 0-3 Big12) at South Dakota State (9-5, 2-1 Big12) 125: Drew Romero (AF) Dec. Ryan Weinmann (UWL) – 10-8, AF 3-0 125: Ben Gilette (SDSU) MD Drew Romero (AF) – 15-4, SDSU 4-0 133: #13 Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Dustin Weinmann (UWL) – 6-2, AF 6-0 133: #19 Josh Martinez (AF) Fall #17 Brance Simms (SDSU) – 6:00, AF 6-4 141: Dave Walker (AF) Dec. Cody See (UWL) – 5-3, AF 9-0 141: Seth Gross (SDSU) Fall Dylan Hyder (AF) – 2:49, SDSU 10-6 149: Mason Geary (UWL) Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) – 6-3, AF 9-3 149: Alex Kocer (SDSU) Dec. Alex Mossing (AF) – 12-9, SDSU 13-6 157: Zach Stepan (AF) Dec. Austin Schoen (UWL) – 3-2, AF 12-3 157: #6 Cody Pack (SDSU) Dec. Zach Stepan (AF) – 10-6, SDSU 16-6 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) MD Andrew Dayland (UWL) – 13-4, AF 16-3 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) Dec. Logan Peterson (SDSU) – 7-3, SDSU 16-9 174: Adam Jackson (AF) Dec. Tyler Schneider (UWL) – 4-3, AF 19-3 174: David Kocer (SDSU) MD Zen Ikehara (AF) – 19-6, SDSU 20-9 184: Willie Baker (AF) Dec. Alex Friedman (UWL) – 7-4, AF 22-3 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) Dec. Brady Ayers (SDSU) – 3-2, SDSU 20-12 197: Parker Hines (AF) MD Zach Tooley (UWL) – 16-5, AF 26-3 197: #14 Nate Rotert (SDSU) Dec. #18 Parker Hines (AF) – 8-7, SDSU 23-12 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) Dec. Clay Broze (UWL) – 7-3, AF 29-3 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) Dec. Alex Macki (SDSU) – 2-0, SDSU 23-15 Air Force 29, UW-LaCrosse 3 South Dakota State 23, Air Force 15 Nov. 21 – Air Force (1-2, 0-1 Big 12) at No. 22 Minnesota (4-3, 0-0 Big 10) Feb. 6 – Air Force (5-5, 0-3 Big12) vs No. 22 Stanford (10-2, 2-1 Pac12) 125: Skyler Petry (UM) Dec. Drew Romero (AF) – 9-7, UM 3-0 285: #20 Nathan Butler (STAN) MD Marcus Malecek (AF) – 9-0, STAN 4-0 133: #13 Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Sam Brancale (UM) – 8-5, TIE 3-3 125: #17 Connor Schram (STAN) Dec. Issac Jimenez (AF) – 8-4, STAN 7-0 141: #12 Tommy Thorn (UM) Dec. David Walker (AF) – 12-7, UM 6-3 133: #19 Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Mason Pengilly (STAN) – 4-0, STAN 7-3 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) Dec. Miles Patton (UM) – 8-3, TIE 6-6 141: #2 Joey McKenna (STAN) Fall Dylan Hyder (AF) – 6:50, STAN 13-3 157: Brandon Kingsley (UM) Fall Zach Stepan (AF) – 0:48, UM 12-6 149: Tommy Pawelski (STAN) SV-1 Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) –3-1, STAN 16-3 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) Dec. Dylan Urbach (UM) – 3-1, UM 12-9 157: Alex Mossing (AF) FF Walker Dempsey (STAN) – Forfeit, STAN 16-9 174: Adam Jackson (AF) Dec. Jordan Rothers (UM) – 5-1, TIE 12-12 165: #18 Jim Wilson (STAN) Dec. Alex Lopouchanksi (AF) – 5-1, STAN 19-9 184: Chris Pfarr (UM) TB-2 Dec. Anthony McLaughlin (AF) – 8-7, UM 15-12 174: Adam Jackson (AF) Dec. Peter Galli (STAN) – 4-2, STAN 19-12 197: #6 Brett Pfarr (UM) MD Parker Hines (AF) – 12-4, UM 19-12 184: Garet Krohn (STAN) MD Zen Ikehara (AF) – 12-2, STAN 23-12 285: #9Michael Kroells (UM) Dec. Marcus Maleck (AF) – 9-3, UM 22-12 197: #17 Parker Hines (AF) MD Michael Sojka (STAN) –14-5, STAN 23-16 Minnesota 22, Air Force 12 Stanford 23, Air Force 16 Jan. 9 – Air Force (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) vs CSU-Pueblo (0-1) Feb. 11 – Air Force (6-5, 1-3 Big 12) vs. Utah Valley (3-8, 0-2 Big 12) 125: Drew Romero (AF) FF Adrian Monzo (CSU-P) - Forfeit, AF 6-0 174: Ross Taylor (UVU) SV-2 Dec. Adam Jackson (AF) – 4-1, UVU 3-0 133: John Twomey (AF) TF Thomas Hancock (CSU-P) - 17-0 (4:20), AF 11-0 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) Dec. Will Sumner (UVU) – 9-3, TIE 3-3 141: Lyle Plummer (AF) Dec. Kyle Fantin (CSU-P) - 5-1, AF 14-0 197: #17 Parker Hines (AF) TF Aryton Almberg (UVU) – 22-4 (5:39), AF 8-3 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) MD Dixon Richins (CSU-P) - 13-4, AF 18-0 285: Dustin Dennison (UVU) Dec. Marcus Malecek (AF) – 3-1, AF 8-6 157: Zach Stepan (AF) Dec. JaCobi Jones (CSU-P) - 10-7, AF 21-0 125: #18 Chasen Tolbert (UVU) MD Drew Romero (AF) – 8-0, UVU 10-8 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) TF Kyle Bateman (CSU-P) - 18-2 (6:16), AF 26-0 133: #18 Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Jade Rauser (UVU) – 4-3, AF 11-10 174: Adam Jackson (AF) FF Keith Karnes (CSU-P) - Forfeit, AF 32-0 141: Jarod Maynes (UVU) Dec. Dylan Hyder (AF) – 4-3, UVU 13-11 184: Willie Baker (AF) Dec. Jakob Lund (CSU-P) - 3-1, AF 35-0 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) Dec. Matthew Ontiveros (UVU) – 9-3, AF 14-13 197: Parker Hines (AF) Inj. Def. Augie Desantis (CSU-P) - AF 41-0 157: Zach Stepan (AF) Dec. Raider Lofthouse (UVU) – 10-4, AF 17-13 285: Jacob Mitchell (CSU-P) FF Marcus Malecek (AF) - Forfeit, AF 41-6 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) Dec. Brayden Humphreys (UVU) – 7-0, 20-13 Air Force 41, CSU-Pueblo 6 Air Force 20, Utah Valley 13 Jan. 9 – Air Force (3-2, 0-1 Big 12) vs Western State Colorado University (2-1) Feb. 11 – Air Force (7-5, 1-3 Big 12) vs. New Mexico Highlands (3-6, 1-1 RMAC) 125: Drew Romero (AF) Dec. Ronald Wardleigh (WSU) - 7-4, AF 3-0 174: Zen Ikehara (AF) Dec. J.B. Bechtloff (NMH) – 3-1, AF 3-0 133: John Twomey (AF) Dec. Zach Shank (WSU) - 6-2, AF 6-0 184: Luis Terrazas (NMH) SV-2 Dec. Willie Baker (AF) – 6-5, TIE 3-3 141: Corbin Bennetts (WSU) Dec. Anthony McHugh (AF) - 4-3, AF 6-3 197: #17 Parker Hines (AF) Fall Cody Marquez (NMH) – 4:55, AF 9-3 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) Dec. Tyler Adams (WSU) - 8-6, AF 9-3 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) FF Corbin Grenowich (NMH) – FF, AF 15-3 157: Ian Steen (WSU) MD Zach Stepan (AF) - 17-8, AF 9-7 125: Issac Jimenez (AF) Dec. Jacob Espana (NMH) – 5-1, AF 18-3 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) MD Travis Bradford (WSU) - 10-1, AF 13-7 133: John Twomey (AF) Fall Tre Humphrey (NMH) – 4:04, AF 24-3 174: Austin Harris (WSU) Dec. Adam Jackson (AF) - 6-4, AF 13-10 141: Dan Gaylor (NMH) Dec. Dave Walker (AF) – 3-2, AF 24-6 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) Dec. Brandon Supernaw (WSU) 5-1, AF 16-10 149: Reis Humphrey (NMH) Dec. Conor O’Hara (AF) – 9-5, AF 24-9 197: Parker Hines (AF) MD Mick Dougharity (WSU) 16-6, AF 20-10 157: Alex Mossing (AF) Dec. Orlando Guerra (NMH) – 11-5, AF 27-9 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) Dec. Lewis Arendall (WSU) 6-0, AF 23-10 165: Michael Billingsley (AF) Dec. Juan Alvarado (NMH) – 7-3, AF 30-9 Air Force 23, Western State 10 Air Force 30, New Mexico Highlands 9 Jan. 9 – Air Force (4-2, 0-1 Big 12) vs Colorado Mesa (4-1) Feb. 14 – Air Force (7-6, 1-3 Big 12) at Oregon State (10-6, 2-2 Pac 12) 125: Issac Jimenez (AF) MD Jonathon Stelling (CMU) - 14-0, AF 4-0 197: Cody Crawford (OSU) Dec. Parker Hines (AF) – 8-5, OSU 3-0 133: John Twomey (AF) MD Gambrell Madison (CMU) - 11-3, AF 8-0 285: #10 Amarveer Dhesi (OSU) MD Marcus Malecek (AF) – 18-6, OSU 7-0 141: Daniel Salazar (CMU) Dec. Anthony McHugh (AF) - 5-0, AF 8-3 125: #7 Ronnie Bresser (OSU) Dec. Issac Jimenez (AF) – 4-1, OSU 10-0 149: Drew Schuman (CMU) Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) - 5-1, AF 8-6 133: Joey Palmer (OSU) MD John Twomey (AF) – 14-4, OSU 14-0 157: Jason Buhr (CMU) Fall Connor Hedash (AF) – 4:19, CMU 12-8 141: Jack Hathaway (OSU) Dec. Dylan Hyder (AF) – 5-3, OSU 17-0 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) Dec. Jessie Hoff schnelder (CMU) - 3-1, CMU 12-11 149: Joey Delgado (OSU) Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) – 6-1, OSU 20-0 174: Zen Ikehara (AF) Dec. Bruno Nicoletti (CMU) - 7-4, AF 14-12 157: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) Dec. Zach Stepan (AF) – 12-10, OSU 23-0 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) MD Adam Visconti (CMU) - 11-1, AF 18-12 165: Seth Thomas (OSU) Fall Michael Billingsley (AF) – 5:30, OSU 29-0 197: Parker Hines (AF) Dec. Marcus Haughian (CMU) - 8-1, AF 21-12 174: Tyler Chay (OSU) Dec. Adam Jackson (AF) – 3-1, OSU 32-0 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) FF Colter Bentley (CMU) - Forfeit, AF 27-12 184: Corey Griego (OSU) MD Willie Baker (AF) – 10-2, OSU 36-0 Air Force 27, Colorado Mesa 12 Oregon State 36, Air Force 0 Jan. 17 – Air Force (5-2, 0-1 Big 12) vs Grand Canyon University (5-13) Feb. 17 – Air Force (8-6, 2-3 Big 12) at Northern Colorado (4-7, 1-5 Big 12) 125: Drew Romero (AF) Dec. Trayton Libolt (GCU) – 11-5, AF 3-0 125: Drew Romero (AF) MD Jesse Reed (UNC) - 14-4, AF 4-0 133: John Twomey (AF) Dec. Jauquin Olivas (GCU) – 7-2, AF 6-0 133: Josh Martinez (AF) Dec. Rico Montoya (UNC) - 7-4, AF 7-0 141: Rafael Tovar (GCU) Dec. Anthony McHugh (AF) – 6-3, AF 6-3 141: Ben Polkowske (UNC) Dec. Dylan Hyder (AF) - 8-2, AF 7-3 149: Jerry McGinty (AF) Dec. Blake Monty (GCU) – 8-4, AF 9-3 149: Timmy Box (UNC) Dec. Jerry McGinty (AF) - 9-4, AF 7-6 157: Zach Stepan (AF) Dec. Zack Velasquez (GCU) – 3-1, AF 12-3 157: Eleazar De Luca (UNC) Dec. Zach Stepan (AF) - 4-3, UNC 9-7 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) TF Casey Larson (GCU) – 17-2 (6:40), AF 17-3 165: Alex Lopouchanski (AF) Dec. Keilan Torres (UNC) - 3-2, AF 10-9 174: Kenny Moore (GCU) Dec. Adam Jackson (AF) – 3-1, AF 17-5 174: Adam Jackson (AF) Dec. Tanner Davis (UNC) - 6-3, AF 13-9 184: Anthony McLaughlin (AF) SV-2 Dec. Austin Gaun (GCU) – 4-2, AF 20-6 184: Zen Ikehara (AF) Dec. Horacio Vialpando (UNC) - 3-1, AF 16-9 197: #18 Parker Hines (AF) Dec. Austin Trujillo (GCU) – 3-1, AF 23-6 197: Trent Noon (UNC) Dec. Parker Hines (AF) - 8-6, AF 16-12 285: Daniel Chaid (GCU) Dec. Marcus Malecek (AF) – 4-1, AF 23-9 285: Marcus Malecek (AF) Dec. Jack Kuck (UNC) - 3-0, AF 19-12 Air Force 23, Grand Canyon University 9 Air Force 19, Northern Colorado 12

31 2015-16 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SEASON REVIEW

AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARCH 5 2015-16 DUAL RESULTS Air Force sent 10 wrestlers to compete in the Big 12 Championships in Kansas City, Mo. The event marked the fi rst time in program history that Air Force com- DATE OPPONENT RESULTS peted for conference titles as a Big 12 Conference affi liate member. Air Force ended day one action at the Big 12 Championships with three wres- Nov. 13 Wyoming* L, 22-16 tlers advancing into the second day of action. Martinez and Michael Billingsley earned a spot in the consolation semifi nals for the chance at third and fi fth Nov. 21 Wisconsin-LaCrosse W, 29-3 place, while Romero landed a bout for seventh and the possibility of qualifying for the national tournament. Nov. 21 #22 Minnesota L, 22-12 Seven Falcon wrestlers saw action in the championship preliminaries in which Jan. 9 CSU-Pueblo W, 41-6 fi ve of the seven earned decision wins. Jan. 9 Western State W, 23-10 The Falcons were met with heavy resistance in the championship quarterfi nals, dropping matches in all 10 weight classes. Jan. 9 Colorado Mesa W, 27-12 In the fi rst round of consolation matches, Air Force produced six wins in seven weight classes. Romero and Hyder led the Falcons and earned bonus points. Jan. 17 Grand Canyon W, 23-9 Romero commanded a 13-3 major decision over Jesse Reed (UNC) in the 125 class, while Hyder produced a fall at 4:33 against Ben Polkowske (UNC) in the Jan. 22 North Dakota St.* L, 23-14 141 class. Jan. 24 South Dakota St.* L, 23-15 McGinty bested Trevor Willson (UVU) with an 8-6 decision in the 149 class and Billingsley earned a sudden victory, 10-8 decision, over Chaz Polson (WYO) in Feb. 6 #22 Stanford L, 23-16 the 165 class. Jackson also saw victory over Jace Jensen (WYO) in the 174 class, while Malecek held Alex Macki (SDSU) to zero with a 1-0 decision. Feb. 11 Utah Valley* W, 20-13 In the second consolation round, three Falcons earned enough wins to secure Feb. 11 New Mexico Highlands W, 30-9 a spot in day two action. Billingsley led the way with a fall at 2:57 over Keilan Torres (UNC) in the 165 class, while Martinez logged bonus points with an 11-2 Feb. 14 Oregon St. L, 36-0 major decision over Rico Montoya (UNC) in the 133 class. Feb. 17 Northern Colorado* W, 19-12 Martinez started day two against Jade Rauser (UVU) in the consolation semi-fi - nals. Rauser struck fi rst with takedown points followed by a Martinez takedown in the fi rst period. After an exchange in takedowns and escapes, Martinez THE 2016-17 SEASON IN A NUTSHELL dropped the 10-6 decision to the Wolverine wrestler. Air Force wrestling entered its second season under the reins of head coach Sam Barber and its fi rst season as a Big 12 Wrestling Conference affi liate mem- In his second bout of the day, Martinez squared off against Keegan Moore ber. The Falcons fi nalized their dual slate at 8-6 overall while going 2-3 in Big 12 (WVU) for fi fth place. Moore started the match as the aggressor, getting a Conference match ups. takedown in 36 seconds. In the second period Martinez took control of the match with two takedowns and a two-point near fall for the substantial lead. The Big 12 Wrestling Conference is comprised of 10 teams; Iowa State, Okla- Martinez secured the 10-2 major decision over the Mountaineer wrestler for a homa, Oklahoma State and West Virginia make up the traditional Big 12 teams fi fth place fi nish. while Air Force, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming make up the affi liate teams of the Big 12. Billingsley opened up day two action against Connor Flynn (WVU) in the consolation semi-fi nals. He was unable to score until the third period where he Air Force wrestling agreed to join the Big 12 Conference as an affi liate member managed a two-point reversal. Billingsley dropped the 7-3 decision to Flynn beginning with the 2015-16 season. The Falcons are part of six wrestling pro- and moved into the fi fth place bout. grams (Northern Colorado, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming), all formerly comprised of the Western Wrestling Conference, In his second match of the day, Billingsley squared off against Luke Zilverberg which have agreed to become a part of the Big 12. (SDSU) for a fi fth place fi nish. Billingsley struck fi rst with a takedown at nine seconds left in the fi rst period. Zilverberg would be the only one to score Air Force saw action against two nationally ranked schools on the season in No. points in the fi nal two periods, sealing the match at 4-2, giving Billingsley the 22 Minnesota and No. 22 Stanford. The Falcons met with Big 12 foes Wyoming, sixth place fi nish. North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Northern Colorado; picking up wins against the Wolverines of Utah Valley and the Bears of North- Romero was slated to take on Zeke Moisey for seventh place but Moisey was ern Colorado. unable to compete due to injury giving Romero the seventh place fi nish by medical forfeit. The Falcons capped the regular tournament season with 51 place winners in nine national tournaments to include the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Romero was then slated to take on Chasen Tolbert (UVU) for the true sixth spot Invitational and the Southern Scuffl e. The Falcons posted a top-eight individual and an automatic bid into the national tournament. Tolbert was unable to fi nish at the Cliff Keen Invitational and two top-eight individual fi nishes at the compete due to injury, giving Romero the true-sixth fi nish and his fi rst career Southern Scuffl e. Air Force wrestlers tallied six fi rst-place titles on the season; bid into the NCAA tournament. one apiece coming from the Cowboy Open, UNK-Holiday Inn Open, All Acade- my Championships, and the U.S. Collegiate Championships and two fi rst-place titles at the Rocky Mountain Open. JJoshosh MartinezMartinez In the fi rst Big 12 Conference championship in program history, Air Force would see three wrestlers on the Big 12 podium. Senior team captain Josh Martinez led the Falcons with a fi fth place fi nish while sophomores Michael Billingsley and Drew Romero fi nished sixth and seventh, respectively. Two Falcons earned their way to the NCAA Championships in the famed Madi- son Square Garden, in New York, N.Y. Martinez was selected for his fourth career NCAA bid; one of fi ve Falcons to accomplish such a feat in program history. Romero punched his ticket to New York for his fi rst NCAA qualifi cation in the wake of his seventh-place fi nish at the Big 12 Championship tournament.

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AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, MARCH 17 ANNUAL AWARDS Both, Martinez and Romero went 1-1 on the fi rst day to secure their spot in the Annual award winners were announced at the Falcon wrestling team’s post-sea- second session of the consolation bracket. son banquet, May 6. Martinez was named as the team’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. Martinez concluded his wrestling career with 109 career wins and four Romero began his fi rst round of championship action against fi fth-seeded Ryan trips to the NCAA tournament. He held his highest national ranking of No. 7 for Millhof of Oklahoma. Millhof was crowned champion at the Big 12 tournament, two weeks. Mar. 6, in Kansas City. Jackson was awarded the Commitment to Excellence award; he held a 3.82 Millhof scored a late take down in the fi rst period to go up 2-0. No points were grade point average in pre-med biology. His military performance average scored in the second, however; Millhof logged two minutes of riding time by and physical education average were 3.119 and 3.62, respectively. Jackson will the end of the period. attend medical school at the University of Minnesota. Millhof quickly escaped at the beginning of the third to go up, 3-0. Romero was Hines was awarded the Scholar Athlete Award. Hines had 100% varsity par- unable to fi nd a scoring rhythm, allowing Millhof one more take down and a ticipation and held a 3.72 grade point average in civil engineering. Hines was riding time point at the end of regulation. The decision was in favor of the Big named team captain for the 2016-17 season. 12 champion, 6-0. The Coaches Appreciation Award went to McGinty and Alex Mossing. The Martinez (133) opened up championship action against eighth-seeded Earl Coaches Appreciation Award is given to individuals who exemplify character, Hall of Iowa State. Hall earned a Big 12 championship runner-up fi nish just two leadership and commitment to the team, on and off the mat. McGinty was weeks prior. named team captain for the 2016-17 season. Hall was the aggressor for the majority of the match, earning two takedowns in Hines and Stepan were selected for Most Improved. In the 2014-15 season, the fi rst period. Martinez was able to stay in the fi ght, earning an escape point Hines fi nished with a 2-8 overall record and no dual action. He fi nished this for each of Hall’s takedowns. season at 20-13 with a .714 winning percentage in 14 dual bouts. He logged three wins in Big 12 action and held his highest national ranking of No. 17 for In the second period, Hall was able to snag the last takedown of the match, two weeks. quickly met with a Martinez escape. After a scoreless third period, Hall fi nalized the decision, 6-3, over Martinez. Stepan fi nished the 2014-15 season with a 5-5 overall record and no dual action marks. At the conclusion of his senior season, Stepan’s overall record was 12- In his second bout of the day, Romero squared off against 12-seed Paul Petrov 13, with two wins coming in Big 12 action and fi ve wins in dual meets. Stepan of Bucknell. Romero went on the off ensive fi rst with a takedown midway earned 15 dual points for the Falcons this season. through the fi rst period. In the second period Romero extended his lead with another takedown and four near fall points. Air Force wrestling was honored and humbled to introduce the inaugural Frank “Bruiser” Bryant Warrior Award in the 2015-16 season. The award is given to the Petrov attempted to rally but Romero was able to keep the lead and secure a wrestler who embodies the team’s values of living a championship lifestyle, riding time point to seal the deal, 9-4, in favor of the Falcon. loving competition and overcoming adversity to achieve winning results. Lt Col. Bryant was a former USAFA wrestler and team captain. He was killed while In his second bout of the day, Martinez took on returning All-American, Rosario serving in Afghanistan in 2011. Air Force wrestling is inspired by Lt. Col. Bryant’s Bruno of Michigan. Martinez would strike fi rst with a take down early in the commitment to his country, his warrior ethos and his bravery. His name will live fi rst. on through the team and this award After exchanging escape points in the last two rounds, Martinez had the lead, Romero earned the honor for the inaugural Frank “Bruiser” Bryant Warrior 3-2, at the fi nal whistle. Following his consolation win, Martinez has made it to Award. CMSgt Max Grindstaff , who worked with Bryant in Kabul, presented the day two action in each of his four NCAA appearances. award. On the second day, Martinez squared off against Ohio State’s 10-seed, Johnni McLaughlin and Jimenez were awarded the A-10 Warthog Award. Named in DiJuilius, in the second round of consolations. Martinez went on to score fi rst part for the Falcons’ former head coach, the award is earned by the wrestler(s) with an early takedown and four near fall points in the fi rst period. who, like Coach Wayne Baughman and the A-10 Warthog, are relentless and ag- gressive, and demonstrates an unwavering determination to succeed and who The two would exchange takedowns and escapes in the second period, but embodies good sportsmanship and team spirit. Wayne Baughman presented Martinez would capitalize with a two-point reversal. Martinez went on to the award. make the fi nal takedown late in the third period; with riding time in his favor, Martinez sealed the deal over the Buckeye with a 13-8 decision to advance to Hines earned his third honor of the night with the Iron Bolt Award for outstand- the next round. ing achievement in strength and conditioning. In the third consolation round, Martinez met with Mason Beckman of Lehigh. Beckman proved to be the aggressor, scoring three takedowns in the bout. Martinez matched each takedown with an escape but was unable to fi nd a scoring rhythm. With riding time in favor of the Lehigh wrestler, Beckman defeated Martinez with a 7-3 decision. Martinez’s elimination fi nalized his season record at 25-10. Romero met with Cornell’s Dalton Macri in the second round of consolation bouts. Romero would begin the match as the aggressor, earning takedown points early in the fi rst period. Macri struck back with a takedown, which led to a pin at 4:49 over Romero in the second period exchange. Romero’s elimination capped his sophomore season record at 17-17 along with his fi rst ever NCAA tournament bid.

JJoshosh Martinez,Martinez, TeamTeam MVPMVP 33 2015-16 AIR FORCE WRESTLING DUAL MEET STATS

MATCH-BY-MATCH STARTING LINEUPS DATE OPPONENT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Nov. 13 Wyoming Romero Twomey D. Walker McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski M. Billingsley McLaughlin Hines Malecek Nov. 21 UW-LaCrosse Romero Martinez D. Walker McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson Baker Hines Malecek Nov. 21 Minnesota Romero Martinez D. Walker McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson McLaughlin Hines Malecek Jan. 9 CSU-Pueblo Romero Twomey Plummer McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson Baker Hines Malecek Jan. 9 Western State Romero Twomey McHugh McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson McLaughlin Hines Malecek Jan. 9 Colorado Mesa Jimenez Twomey McHugh McGinty Hedash Lopouchanski Ikehara McLaughlin Hines Malecek Jan. 17 Grand Canyon Romero Twomey McHugh McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson McLaughlin Hines Malecek Jan. 22 North Dakota St. Romero Martinez Hyder McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Ikehara McLaughlin Hines Malecek Jan. 24 South Dakota St. Romero Martinez Hyder Mossing Stepan Lopouchanski Ikehara McLaughlin Hines Malecek Feb. 6 Stanford Jimenez Martinez Hyder McGinty Mossing Lopouchanski Jackson Ikehara Hines Malecek Feb. 11 Utah Valley Romero Martinez Hyder McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson McLaughlin Hines Malecek Feb. 11 New Mexico Highlands Jimenez Twomey D. Walker O’Hara Mossing M. Billingsley Ikehara Baker Hines Malecek Feb. 14 Oregon St. Jimenez Twomey Hyder McGinty Stepan M. Billingsley Jackson Baker Hines Malecek Feb. 17 Northern Colorado Romero Martinez Hyder McGinty Stepan Lopouchanski Jackson Ikehara Hines Malecek

DUAL TEAM POINTS BY WEIGHT DATE OPPONENT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 TOTAL Nov. 13 Wyoming 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 3 0 16 Nov. 21 UW-LaCrosse 3 3 3 0 3 4 3 3 4 3 29 Nov. 21 Minnesota 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 12 Jan. 9 CSU-Pueblo 6 5 3 4 3 5 6 3 6 0 41 Jan. 9 Western State 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 4 3 23 Jan. 9 Colorado Mesa 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 6 27 Jan. 17 Grand Canyon 3 3 0 3 3 5 0 3 3 0 23 Jan. 22 North Dakota St. 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 14 Jan. 24 South Dakota St. 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 15 Feb. 6 Stanford 0 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 4 0 16 Feb. 11 Utah Valley 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 3 5 0 20 Feb. 11 New Mexico Highlands 3 6 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 6 30 Feb. 14 Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb. 17 Northern Colorado 4 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 19

DUAL RECORD BY WEIGHT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 7-7 13-1 3-11 6-8 6-8 11-3 8-6 9-5 10-4 6-8 DUAL FALLS BY WEIGHT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 - 2 (4:04) ------1 (4:55) - DUAL TECHNICAL FALLS BY WEIGHT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 - 1 (4:20) - - - 2 (6:16) - - 1 (5:39) - DUAL MAJOR DECISIONS BY WEIGHT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 2111-3-14 - DUAL DECISIONS BY WEIGHT 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 492566784 4 34 2015-16 AIR FORCE WRESTLING SEASON REVIEW

2015-16 SEASON AT A GLANCE 2015-16 TOURNAMENT PLACE WINNERS

Overall Record: 8-6 | Big 12 Record: 2-3/7th Northern Colorado Open F&M Open Team Captains: Josh Martinez, Marcus Malecek John Hagey, 174 - 2nd Lyle Plummer - 2nd John Twomey, 133 - 3rd 2015-16 Awards and Honors Conor O’Hara, 149 - 4th Rocky Mountain Open Outstanding Wrestler John Twomey, 133 - 1st Josh Martinez Cowboy Open Rob Walker, 157 - 1st Commitment to Excellence Award Josh Martinez, 133 – 1st Michael Billingsley, 165 - 2nd Adam Jackson Adam Jackson, 174 – 2nd Connor Hedash, 157 - 2nd Alex Lopouchanski, 165 – 2nd Dave Walker, 141 - 2nd Scholar Athlete Award Jerry McGinty, 149 – 2nd Noah Irons, 165 - 3rd Parker Hines Zach Stepan, 157 – 2nd Parker Hines, 197 – 3rd U.S. Collegiate Championships Coaches Appreciation Award Anthony McHugh, 141 – 3rd Alex Mossing, 157 - 1st Jerry McGinty, Alex Mossing Anthony McLaughlin, 184 – 3rd Zen Ikehara, 184 - 2nd Most Improved Wrestlers Marcus Malecek, HWT – 4th Anthony McHugh, 141 - 2nd Parker Hines, Zach Stepan Connor Hedash, 157 – 4th Dane Robbins, 157 - 2nd Luke Boyle, 149 - 3rd Frank “Bruiser” Bryant Award UNK-Holiday Inn Open Josh Giorgio, 141 - 3rd Drew Romero Alex Mossing, 157 – 1st John Hagey, 184 - 3rd Sam Kreimier, 157 – 2nd Josh Mossing, 174 - 3rd Wayne Baughman A-10 Warthog Award: Michael Billingsley, 165 – 4th John Twomey, 133 - 3rd Anthony McLaughlin, Isaac Jimenez Conor O’Hara, 149 – 5th Jordan Wengreen, 165 - 3rd Iron Bolt Award Lyle Plummer, 141 – 5th Noah Irons, 184 - 4th Parker Hines Adam Pelter, 157 - 4th Cliff Keen Vegas Invite Colt Stowe, 141 - 4th Most Falls Josh Martinez, 133 - 8th Jonah Whitt, 149 - 4th John Hagey (7) Jan. 1 - Southern Scuffl e Josh Martinez - 5th Big 12 Championships Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year Parker Hines - 8th Josh Martinez, 133 - 5th Adam Jackson Michael Billingsley, 165 - 6th Academic All-Big 12 First Team: All-Academy Championships Drew Romero, 125 - 7th Parker Hines, Dylan Hyder, Adam Jackson, Marcus Malecek Marcus Malecek, HWT – 1st Parker Hines, 197 – 2nd Academic All-Big 12 Second Team: Josh Martinez, 133 – 2nd Jerry McGinty, Tyler Mergen Jerry McGinty, 149 – 2nd Drew Romero, 125 – 2nd NWCA Academic All-American: Adam Jackson, 174 – 3rd Parker Hines Alex Lopouchanski, 165 – 3rd CoSIDA Academic All-District: Willie Baker, 184 - 4th Adam Jackson Dylan Hyder, 141 - 4th

NATIONAL RANKINGS WEEK NAME 1 Josh Martinez, 133 14 15 NR 15 2 Josh Martinez, 133 14 15 NR 12 3 Josh Martinez, 133 13 15 NR 12 4 Josh Martinez, 133 13 15 20 12 5 Josh Martinez, 133 12 15 20 14 6 Josh Martinez, 133 16 17 19 17 7 Josh Martinez, 133 19 17 NR 17 8 Josh Martinez, 133 19 17 NR 19 9 Josh Martinez, 133 20 17 NR 19 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 19 NR 10 Josh Martinez, 133 19 16 NR 18 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 18 NR 11 Josh Martinez, 133 19 18 NR 18 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 18 NR 12 Josh Martinez, 133 19 NR 18 19 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 18 NR 13 Josh Martinez, 133 NR NR NR 19 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 17 NR 14 Josh Martinez, 133 NR NR NR 18 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 17 NR 15 Josh Martinez, 133 NR NR NR 17 Parker Hines, 197 NR NR 18 NR

35 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-AMERICANS

The Air Force wrestling program boasts a proud history, with eight diff erent wrestlers earning All-America accolades a combined 11 times.

Terry Issacson became the Falcons’ fi rst All-American, fi nishing second at 167 pounds in 1962. He backed up that performance with a fourth-place fi nish in 1963 and a sixth-place fi nish in 1964, becoming Air Force’s fi rst and only three-time All-American.

While Issacson was the fi rst All-American, Don Henderson was the fi rst national champion for the Falcons. A three-time MIWA cham- pion, Henderson won the title at 145 pounds in 1967.

Twins Ken and Kirt Donaldson were next to garner All-America honors in 1971. Ken became the next runner-up, fi nishing second at 126 pounds, while Kirt took fi fth place at 118 pounds that season. Four years later, Bob Orwig became the next All-American, fi nishing fi fth at 190 pounds.

It was almost 30 years before another Air Force wrestler would earn All-America honors, but the Falcons came on strong in 2002. Three Air Force wrestlers fi nished as All-Americans that year. Scott Frohardt took seventh place at 149 pounds, while Kevin Hoy (HWT) and Terry Parham (174) each fi nished eighth at the NCAA Championships.

Hoy had an even more impressive fi nish in 2003, placing second. He became just the third national runner-up in Air Force history, and just the second wrestler to earn All-America accolades in more than one season.

TERRY DON KEN KIRT ISAACSON HENDERSON DONALDSON DONALDSON • Three-time All-American • 1967 National Champion • 1971 All-American • 1971 All-American (1962-64) (167 lbs) (145 lbs) (126 lbs) (118 lbs) • 1962 NCAA Runner-up • Three-time MIWA champion • 1971 NCAA Runner-up

BOB SCOTT TERRY KEVIN ORWIG FROHARDT PARHAM HOY • 1975 All-American • 2002 All-American • 2002 All-American • Two-time All-American (190 lbs) (149 lbs) (174 lbs) (2002-03) (HWT) • 2003 NCAA Runner-up

36 AIR FORCE WRESTLING HONORS AND AWARDS

MIWA Champions All-WWC Name Yr. Wt. Name Yr. Wt. George Bruns 1963 177 Stephen Crozier (third) 2007 174 Terry Isaacson 1964 167 Jacob Devlin (third) 2007 184 Don Henderson 1965 145 Jake Kriegbaum (fi rst) 2008 141 Don Henderson 1967 145 Tyler French (fi rst) 2008 174 Don Henderson 1968 145 Tony Dorward (second) 2008 157 Bob Pavalko 1968 123 Stephen Crozier (second) 2008 165 Jack Thrasher 1969 171 Jacob Devlin (second) 2008 184 Jim Callard 1970 150 Stephen Crozier (second) 2009 174 Academic All-WWC Jim Callard 1971 150 Cole VonOhlen (second) 2010 141 Name Year Ken Donaldson 1971 126 Tyler French (second) 2010 174 Stephen Crozier 2007-09 Jim Callard 1973 150 Stephen Larson (second) 2010 HWT Brett Boyce 2009 Steve Campbell 1974 167 Derek Gillespie (third) 2010 133 Neil Delaney 2009-11 Russ Casella 1974 177 Cole VonOhlen (fi rst) 2011 141 Joshua Smith 2009-10 Steve Campbell 1976 177 Joseph Staff ord (second) 2011 174 Jared Erickson 2011-13 Lowell Tenpas 1979 190 Derek Gillespie (third) 2011 133 Kazden Ikehara 2011 Gary Chadwick 1980 177 Clayton Gable (third) 2011 165 Dylan Hyder 2013 Gary Chadwick 1981 177 Neil Delaney (third) 2011 197 Jesse Staff ord 2013-15 Dale Walters 1981 167 Jared Erickson (third) 2011 HWT Parker Hines 2014-15 Cole VonOhlen (fi rst) 2012 149 Marcus Malecek 2014-15 Clayton Gable (second) 2012 174 Anthony McHugh 2014-15 Greg Rinker (third) 2012 125 Adam Jackson 2015 Tyler Untrauer (third) 2012 133 Zen Ikehara 2015 Josh Kreimier (third) 2012 157 Josh Mohr (third) 2012 197 Dylan Hyder (fi rst) 2013 133 Josh Kreimier (fi rst) 2013 157 Josh Martinez (second) 2013 125 Cole VonOhlen (second) 2013 149 Devin Hightower (third) 2013 184 WAC Champions Greg Rinker (fi rst) 2014 133 Name Yr. Wt. Josh Martinez (second) 2014 125 Dale Walters 1981 167 Natrelle Demison (second) 2014 149 Gary Chadwick 1981 177 Josh Kreimier (third) 2014 157 Academic All-NWCA Terry Maki 1985 HWT Konner Witt (third) 2014 174 Name Year J.B. Waltermire 1987 158 Devin Hightower (third) 2014 184 Beau Tresemer 2006 Scott Ulrich 1989 HWT Jesse Staff ord (second) 2015 165 Stephen Crozier 2008-09 Tom Tingley 1990 118 Jerry McGinty (third) 2015 149 Dylan Hyder 2013 Thad Allen 1991 126 Jesse Staff ord 2013, 15 Jon Erickson 1991 134 WWC Coaches’ Honor Roll* Parker Hines 2016 Matt Ciccarello 1991 142 Name Year Brian McGill 1991 158 Samuel Sheppard 2007 MWC Scholar-Athlete Johnny Harrison 1992 190 Kurt Spranger 2007 Name Year Wes Winterstein 1992 150 Andrew Teigeler 2007 Ryan Coates 2001 Jeremy Potvin 1994 158 David Heitstuman 2009 Luke Vitolo 2001 Shawn Finnicum 1998 177 Kazden Ikehara 2009-10 Luke Lefever 2003-05 Mike Kallai 1998 150 Samuel Mitchel 2009 Andrew Teigeler 2004 Jake Sherer 1998 190 Mengyuan Qiu 2009-12 Stephen Crozier 2006-09 Scott Frohardt 1999 149 Joseph Staff ord 2009 Joshua LeMair 2008 Shawn Finnicum 1999 177 Wesley Stowe 2009 Brett Boyce 2009 Tanner Weltzin 2009 Mengyuan Qiu 2009 Academic All-WAC Caleb Egli 2010-11 Joshua Smith 2009-10 Name Year Jared Erickson 2010 Jared Erickson 2010-13 Jon Erickson 1991 Michael Erickson 2010 Brandon Mueller 2010-12 Joe Heilhecker 1991 Jonathan Fonbuena 2010 Daniel Nissen 2010 Brook Leonard 1991-92 Thomas Gorry 2010 Max Piazza 2011 A.J. Werner 1991-92 Josh Larson 2010-11 Jesse Staff ord 2011, 13 Dan Bunts 1992-94 Stephen Larson 2010 Marcus Malecek 2013 Jason Arnold 1994 Josh Mohr 2010 Matt Warner 1996-98 Brandon Mueller 2010-13 Chris Linberg 1997-98 Daniel Nissen 2010-13 Luke Osborne 1997 Dake Williams 2010 Chris Sample 1997-98 Lee Wise 2010 Joseph Beauregard 1998 Dan Barringer 2011, 13-14 Daniel Baucke 2011 West Regional Evan Gros 2011 Champions Vance Hawk 2011-14 Name Yr. Wt. Devin Hightower 2011-13 Scott Frohardt 2001 149 Colby Kluesner 2011 Academic All-Big 12 Year Scott Frohardt 2002 149 Max Piazza 2011 Parker Hines (fi rst) 2016 Terry Parham 2002 174 Jesse Staff ord 2011 Dylan Hyder (fi rst) 2016 Kevin Hoy 2003 HWT Jack Carda 2012, 14 Adam Jackson (fi rst) 2016 Heath McKim 2003 125 Cody Hancock 2012-14 Marcus Malecek (fi rst) 2016 Brandon Strong 2005 125 Dylan Hyder 2012 Jerry McGinty (second) 2016 Matt Benza 2005 133 Trevor Moore 2012 Tyler Mergen (second) 2016 Jake Kriegbaum 2008 141 Jason Mossing 2012-14 Tyler French 2008 174 Garrett Wells 2012, 14 NSCAA Strength & Cole VonOhlen 2011 141 Adam Jackson 2013-14 Conditioning All-American Cole VonOhlen 2012 149 Lucas Lambrecht 2013 Name Year Dylan Hyder 2013 133 Marcus Malecek 2013 Stephen Crozier 2009 Josh Kreimier 2013 157 Chris Morales 2013-14 Greg Rinker 2014 133 Nathan Volk 2013 Tyler Mergen 2014 Connor Hedash 2015 Noah Irons 2015 Sam Kremier 2015 Konner Witt 2015 *known as Commissioner’s Honor Roll prior to 2009 37 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-TIME NCAA QUALIFIERS

Four-Time Qualifi ers (4) One-Time Qualifi ers (51) Dale Walters (1979-82) Jim Woods (1961) Sco Frohardt (1999-2002) DeVere Henderson (1961) Cole VonOhlen (2010-13) Charles Franco (1961) Josh Mar nez (2013-16) Tom Su on (1961) Joe Zaleski (1962) Bob Houde (1964) Rehn Moncrief (1965) Tom Boe cher (1965) Al Pfeltz (1965) Bob Englebretson (1966) Mike Grenard (1967) Mike Thrower (1967) Frank Kocian (1967) Gary Hebenstreit (167) John Bierie (1968) Sco Weaver (1969) Ron Diehl (1969) Jim Scrabeck (1969) Bob Gemignani (1969) Mike Reynolds (1970) Jerry Ford (1970) DDrewrew RRomeroomero Jack Black (1970) SScottcott FFrohardtrohardt Rich Hinebaugh (1971) George Lawrence (1972) Yearly Conference Team Finishes Chris Johnson (1972) 1981 Third (WAC) Three-Time Qualifi ers (9) Russ Casella (1974) 1982 Fourth (WAC) Terry Isaacson (1962-64) Al Nuy en (1975) 1983 Fi h (WAC) Bob Pavelko (1966-68) Marvin Cook (1976) 1984 Third (WAC) Jim Callard (1970-71, 73) Doug Wells (1984) 1985 Third (WAC) Steve Campbell (1973-75) J.B. Waltermire (1987) 1986 Fourth (WAC) Johnny Harrison (1992-93, 95) Chase McCown (1988) 1987 Third (WAC) Kevin Hoy (2001-03) Tom Tingley (1990) 1988 Third (WAC) Brandon Strong (2004-06) Jon Erickson (1991) 1989 Fourth (WAC) Jake Kriegbaum (2005-06, 08) Brian McGill (1991) 1990 Fourth (WAC) Josh Kreimier (2012-14) Jeff Dalrymple (1994) 1991 First (WAC) Rangi Smart (1994) 1992 Fourth (WAC) Bre Machovina (1994) 1993 Fourth (WAC) Chris Kretsinger (1996) 1994 Third (WAC) Mike Kallai (1998) 1995 Fourth (WAC) Jake Sherer (1998) 1996 Fourth (WAC) TJ Huxel (2001) 1997 Fourth (WAC) Terry Parham (2002) 1998 Fourth (WAC) Chris Nissen (2004) 1999 Fourth (WAC) Ma Benza (2005) 2000 Fourth (West Regional) Beau Tresemer (2006) 2001 Fourth (West Regional) Stephen Crozier (2008) 2002 Fourth (West Regional) Tyler French (2008) 2003 Second (West Regional) Jacob Devlin (2008) 2004 Fourth (West Regional) Dylan Hyder (2012) 2005 Third (West Regional) Greg Rinker (2014) 2006 Fourth (West Regional) Devin Hightower (2014) 2007 Sixth (West Regional) Jesse Staff ord (2015) 2008 Second (West Regional) JJoshosh KreimierKreimier Drew Romero (2016) 2009 Sixth (West Regional) 2010 Fi h (West Regional) Two-Time Qualifi ers (24) 2011 Third (West Regional) Thad Wolfe (1962-63) 2012 Fourth (West Regional) George Bruns (1962-63) 2013 Fourth (West Regional) Don Henderson (1967-68) 2014 Third (West Regional) Felix Sanchez (1968-69) 2015 Sixth (West Regional) Don Horton (1968-69) 2016 Sixth (Big 12) Jack Thrasher (1968-69) Kirt Donaldson (1970-71) Big 12 Conference Tournament Ken Donaldson (1970-71) 2016 Ninth John Griffi th (1970-71) Bob Orwig (1972, 75) Monroe Ratchford (1976-77) Gary Chadwick (1980-81) Terry Maki (1984-85) Sco Ulrich (1988-89) Ma Ciccarello (1989, 91) Mark Lindlow (1990-91) Thad Allen (1991-92) Wes Winterstein (1992-93) Jeremy Potvin (1994, 97) Luke Bindreiff (1998-99) Shawn Finnicum (1998-99) BBobob OrwigOrwig Heath McKim (2002-03) Brenden McLean (2005-06) 38 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-TIME NCAA QUALIFIERS

1957 None Rich Hinebaugh, 190 1998 Mike Kallai, 150 1958 None John Griffi th, UNL Luke Bindreiff , 167 1959 None 1972 George Lawrence, 142 Shawn Finnicum, 177 1960 None Bob Orwig, 177 Jake Sherer, 190 1961 Jim Woods, 130 Chris Johnson, 190 1999 Sco Frohardt, 149 DeVere Henderson, 147 1973 Jim Callard, 150 Luke Bindreiff , 174 Charles Franco, 157 Steve Campbell, 167 Shawn Finnicum, 184 Tom Su on, 177 1974 Steve Campbell, 167 2000 Sco Frohardt, 157 1962 Thad Wolfe, 137 Russ Casella, 177 2001 Sco Frohardt, 149 *Terry Isaacson, 167 (2nd) 1975 Steve Campbell, 177 TJ Huxel, 157 George Bruns, 177 *Bob Orwig, 190 (5th) Kevin Hoy, 285 Joe Zaleski, 191 Al Nuy en, UNL 2002 Heath McKim, 125 1963 Thad Wolfe, 137 1976 Marvin Cook, 118 *Sco Frohardt, 149 (8th) *Terry Isaacson, 167 (4th) Monroe Ratchford, 150 *Terry Parham, 174 (7th) George Bruns, 177 1977 Monroe Ratchford, 142 *Kevin Hoy, 285 (8th) 1964 Bob Houde, 115 1978 None 2003 Heath McKim, 125 *Terry Isaacson, 167 (6th) 1979 Dale Walters, 167 *Kevin Hoy, 285 (2nd) 1965 Rehn Moncrief, 115 1980 Dale Walters, 167 2004 Brandon Strong, 133 Tom Boe cher, 167 Gary Chadwick, 177 Chris Nissen, 149 Al Pfeltz, 177 1981 Dale Walters, 167 2005 Brandon Strong, 125 1966 Bob Pavelko, 123 Gary Chadwick, 177 Ma Benza, 133 Bob Englebretson, 160 1982 Dale Walters, 167 Jake Kriegbaum, 141 1967 Bob Pavelko, 123 1983 None Brenden McLean, 197 Mike Grenard, 130 1984 Doug Wells, 142 2006 Brandon Strong, 133 **Don Henderson, 145 (AA - 1st) Terry Maki, UNL Jake Kriegbaum, 141 Mike Thrower, 152 1985 Terry Maki, UNL Beau Tresemer, 165 Frank Kocian, 167 1986 None Brenden McLean, 197 1968 Bob Pavelko, 123 1987 J.B. Waltermire, 158 2007 None Felix Sanchez, 130 1988 Chase McCown, 177 2008 Jake Kriegbaum, 141 Don Henderson, 145 Sco Ulrich, 275 Stephen Crozier, 165 Don Horton, 152 1989 Ma Ciccarello, 142 Tyler French, 174 Gary Hebenstreit, 167 Sco Ulrich, 275 Jacob Devlin, 184 Jack Thrasher, 191 1990 Tom Tingley, 118 2009 None John Bierie, UNL Mark Lindlow, 190 2010 Cole VonOhlen, 141 1969 Felix Sanchez, 123 1991 Thad Allen, 126 2011 Cole VonOhlen, 141 Sco Weaver, 130 Jon Erickson, 134 2012 Cole VonOhlen, 149 Don Horton, 152 Ma Ciccarello, 142 Josh Kreimier, 157 Ron Diehl, 160 Brian McGill, 158 2013 Josh Mar nez, 125 Jim Scrabeck, 167 Mark Lindlow, 190 Dylan Hyder, 133 Bob Gemignani, 171 1992 Thad Allen, 118 Cole VonOhlen, 149 Jack Thrasher, 191 Wes Winterstein, 150 Josh Kreimier, 157 1970 Kirt Donaldson, 118 Johnny Harrison, 190 2014 Josh Mar nez, 125 Ken Donaldson, 126 1993 Wes Winterstein, 150 Greg Rinker, 133 Mike Reynolds, 142 Johnny Harrison, 190 Josh Kreimier, 157 Jim Callard, 150 1994 Jeff Dalrymple, 142 Devin Hightower, 184 Jerry Ford, 158 Rangi Smart, 150 2015 Jesse Staff ord, 165 Jack Black, 167 Jeremy Potvin, 158 Josh Mar nez, 125 John Griffi th, UNL Bre Machovina, 167 2016 Josh Mar nez, 133 1971 *Kirt Donaldson, 118 (5th) 1995 Johnny Harrison, 190 Drew Romero, 125 *Ken Donaldson, 126 (2nd) 1996 Chris Kretsinger, 177 Jim Callard, 150 1997 Jeremy Potvin, 177

39 AIR FORCE WRESTLING LEGENDS 1st Lt. Dick Christy (1946-1972)

1st Lt. Dick Christy was the USAFA wrestling team captain during the 1969-70 season. Although he was unable to retain his varsity spot, he remained on the team and his leadership was credited for one of the most successful seasons in Falcon wres- tling history. Christy was loved and respected by all who knew him and represented the best of what the Academy is about. The Most Valuable Wrestler Award is presented in Christy’s memory.

1st Lt. Dale Walters (1959-1985) 1st Lt. Dale Walters held the Academy record for most single-season and career victories for many years. He was the Acad- emy’s fi rst-ever WAC Champion in any sport and was awarded the Academy’s Athletic Excellence Award in his senior year. In 1985, he was killed while fl ying a mission as a Euro-NATO Instructor Pilot at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. The Athletic Excellence Award is presented in Walters’ memory.

Lt. col frank "bruiser" Bryant (1973-2011) Lt. Col Frank Bryant was a former USAFA wrestler and team captain. He was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2011. Air Force wrestling is inspired by Lt Col Bryant’s commitment to his country, his warrior ethos, and his bravery. During his career, he earned his jump wings, senior pilot wings and a master's degree in business administration and management from Touro University. In 2008, he won the 19th Air Force Air-to-Ground Fighter Pilot Instructor of the Year award and was named the 19th Air Force Top Instructor Fighter Pilot, receiving the Gen. William R. Looney, III Award An annual award is given to the wrestler who embodies the team’s values of living a championship lifestyle, loving com petition and overcoming adversity to achieve winning results. The Frank “Bruiser” Bryant Warrior Award is presented in Bryant's memory.

Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (Ret.) Brig. GEN. Billy walker (RET.) National Wrestling Hall of Fame National Wrestling Hall of Fame Outstanding American Outstanding American

Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (Ret.) was honored by Brigadier General Billy Walker (Ret.) was hon- the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007, as ored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in a recipient of the Outstanding American Award. 2016, as a recipient of the Outstanding Ameri- Fogleman, a 1963 graduate of the Academy, can Award. served as the 15th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, the highest leadership position A retired Brigadier General in the United States and senior ranking offi cer in the USAF. As chief, Air Force, Dr. Walker wrestled at the Air Force Fogleman was responsible for the organization, Academy for legendary coach Wayne Baugh- training and equipage of 750,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civil- man from 1979-1983, serving as team captain ian forces serving in the United States and overseas. Fogleman was the his senior year. Additionally, he was an assistant coach under Baugh- fi rst Academy graduate to become Air Force chief of staff . man from 1991-1994.

Fogleman also served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff , where he functioned As Deputy Athletic Director at Air Force, Walker spearheaded the for- as a military adviser to the secretary of defense, National Security mation of the Western Wrestling Conference in 2005, and served as its Council and the president. He was a career offi cer in the Air Force from commissioner until 2013. Walker has also served as Chair of the NCAA 1963-1997. Division I Wrestling Committee, and is now serving on the committee for a second time. In his fl ight career, Fogleman received a rating as a command pilot and parachutist. He logged more than 6,800 fl ight hours in fi ghter, trans- A command pilot with nearly 3,000 hours of helicopter fl ight time, port, tanker and rotary wing aircraft. He fl ew 315 combat missions and Walker has had numerous operational assignments. He served as com- logged 806 hours of combat fl ying in fi ghter aircraft. mander of the 37th Rescue Flight at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., and also commanded the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Andrews AFB, Md. Fogleman was a successful wrestler for Juniata High School in Mif- fl intown, Pa., where he was team captain as a senior and won regional Additionally, he served as Deputy Commander of the 89th Operations and sectional tournaments. He was also a member of the varsity wres- Group, Andrews AFB, Md., an organization of 800 people responsible tling team as a cadet at the Academy. for the safe transport of the President of the United States, Vice Pres- ident, Cabinet Secretaries, members of Congress, foreign heads of state, and other dignitaries around the world.

In 2001, Walker was appointed by President George W. Bush as the fi rst Permanent Professor of Physical Education and Athletics in Air Force Academy history. While at the Academy, Walker was also the fi rst Di- rector of the Air Force Combatives Center of Excellence, responsible for developing and implementing hand-to-hand combat training for thousands of airmen deployed worldwide.

40 AIR FORCE WRESTLING YEARLY RECORDS

YEAR W-L-T PCT. COACH CAPTAIN(S) COACHING RECORDS 1957 4-4 .500 1Lt Bob Karnes Charles Zaleski 1958 5-7 .417 Karl Kitt Charles Zaleski 1959 5-6 .454 Karl Kitt Charles Zaleski KARL KITT 1960 4-6 .400 Karl Kitt Wayne Kendall 1961 4-5 .444 Karl Kitt Terry Jorris 1958-1975 (18 years) 1962 8-3-1 .607 Karl Kitt Joe Zaleski 113-79-2 (.587) 1963 7-3 .700 Karl Kitt DeVere Henderson 1964 4-5 .444 Karl Kitt Thad Wolfe 1965 2-7 .222 Karl Kitt Al Pfeltz 1966 9-3 .750 Karl Kitt Bob Englebretson 1967 9-3 .750 Karl Kitt Bob Englebretson 1968 4-7 .364 Karl Kitt Don Henderson 1969 7-3 .700 Karl Kitt Mike Grenard JIM OESER 1970 10-2 .833 Karl Kitt R.Christy/F. Sanchez 1971 10-1 .909 Karl Kitt Jim Scrabeck 1985-1987 (3 years) 1972 4-8 .333 Karl Kitt John Black 23-21 (.523) 1973 5-4 .555 Karl Kitt Jim Callard 1974 6-5 .545 Karl Kitt George Lawrence 1975 10-1-1 .875 Karl Kitt Bob Orwig 1976 7-6 .538 Maj. W. Baughman Al Nuytten 1977 3-7 .300 Maj. W. Baughman Monroe Ratchford 1978 6-6-1 .500 Maj. W. Baughman Greg Bush 1979 5-4 .555 Maj. W. Baughman Lowell Tenpas DON MABRY 1980 13-7 .650 Maj. W. Baughman Paul Feliz 1988 (1 year) 1981 7-6 .538 Maj. W. Baughman Gary Chadwick 1982 6-13 .316 Maj. W. Baughman Dale Walters 9-4 (.692) 1983 6-8 .423 Maj. W. Baughman Billy Walker 1984 12-3 .800 Maj. W. Baughman Dave Stark 1985 10-7 .571 Capt. Jim Oeser T. Seeley/D. Wells 1986 3-12 .200 Maj. Jim Oeser Kevin Houdek 1987 10-2 .833 Maj. Jim Oeser Steve Turner 1988 9-4 .692 Capt. Don Mabry Scott Smith WAYNE BAUGHMAN 1989 7-7 .500 Wayne Baughman Scott Ulrich 1990 4-6-1 .409 Wayne Baughman Tom Tingley 1976-1984 (9 years) 1991 10-3 .769 Wayne Baughman Mark Lindow 1989-2006 (18 years) 1992 6-3-1 .650 Wayne Baughman Brook Leonard 183-134-4 (.574) 1993 10-1 .909 Wayne Baughman J. Erickson/W. Winterstein 1994 8-2 .800 Wayne Baughman Brett Machovina 1995 8-1 .889 Wayne Baughman Frank Bryant 1996 6-3 .666 Wayne Baughman Dax Cornelius 1997 5-4 .555 Wayne Baughman C. Kretsinger/J. Potvin 1998 8-2 .800 Wayne Baughman K. Eknes/J. Sherer JOEL SHARRATT 1999 5-7-1 .417 Wayne Baughman L. Bindreiff /C. Sample 2007-14 (8 years) 2000 7-6 .538 Wayne Baughman P. Brady-Lee/P.Johnston 2001 7-2 .778 Wayne Baughman S. Jenkins/A. Pelbath 67-62 (.502) 2002 11-3 .785 Wayne Baughman S. Frohardt/T. Parham 2003 6-2 .750 Wayne Baughman K. Hoy/S. Sherertz 2004 3-7 .300 Wayne Baughman B. Brown/H. McKim 2005 5-7 .416 Wayne Baughman L. Lefever/J.Peterson 2006 2-8 .200 Wayne Baughman B. Strong/B. Tresemer 2007 6-10 .375 Joel Sharratt B. Lord/Z. Lord 2008 9-9 .500 Joel Sharratt Chris Szabolcs SAM BARBER 2009 4-12 .250 Joel Sharratt Stephen Crozier 2015 - Current (2 years) 2010 6-11 .353 Joel Sharratt Justin Shadrix 14-14 (.500) 2011 12-5 .706 Joel Sharratt Joseph Staff ord 2012 8-5 .615 Joel Sharratt A. Williams/C. VonOhlen 2013 11-4 .733 Joel Sharratt Cole VonOhlen 2014 11-6 .647 Joel Sharratt D. Hightower/J. Kreimier 2015 6-8 .429 Sam Barber J. Carda/J. Staff ord 2016 8-6 .571 Sam Barber M. Malecek, J. Martinez

TOTAL: 412 - 318 - 6 (.564)

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1956-57 (2-1)* 1962-63 (7-3) 1/12 DENVER W, 23-9 12/8 UTAH STATE W, 28-5 2/9 WESTERN STATE W, 17-11 1/12 at Arizona W, 24-8 2/22 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES L, 9-17 1/19 at Army L, 10-18 1/26 DENVER W, 22-6 1957-58 (4-7)* 2/2 at Colorado W, 16-11 1/10 COLORADO STATE L, 6-24 2/9 COLORADO STATE COLLEGE L, 13-16 1/15 DENVER W, 38-0 2/9 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 27-3 1/25 ADAMS STATE W, 31-3 2/15 at Wyoming L, 10-19 1/31 BYU W, 19-7 2/23 at UCLA W, 17-11 2/1 FORT HAYS STATE W, 20-6 3/2 NEBRASKA W, 20-11 2/8 WISCONSIN L, 11-14 2/15 at Colorado School of Mines L, 10-21 1963-64 (4-5) 2/22 at San Jose State L, 11-19 1/11 at Colorado School of Mines L, 8-22 3/1 at Colorado L, 11-19 1/17 WYOMING L, 6-18 3/8 WYOMING L, 3-25 1/25 COLORADO STATE L, 9-15 3/15 COLORADO STATE COLLEGE L, 5-22 2/1 vs. North Dakota State (at Montana State) W, 25-3 2/1 at Montana State L, 11-24 1958-59 (5-6) 2/8 at Denver W, 34-4 1/10 at Fort Hays State W, 17-9 2/15 at New Mexico W, 16-13 1/14 ADAMS STATE W, 29-3 2/21 UCLA W, 16-14 1/17 at UCLA W, 17-11 2/29 COLORADO L, 5-26 1/21 DENVER W, 21-9 1/24 at Colorado State L, 2-23 1964-65 (2-7) 1/31 COLORADO L, 3-25 12/5 at Michigan State L, 3-29 2/6 KANSAS STATE L, 12-19 1/9 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES L, 9-17 2/7 NEBRASKA W, 25-5 1/16 at Utah State L, 5-22 2/14 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES L, 6-22 1/23 at Wyoming L, 0-24 2/21 at Wyoming L, 0-32 2/6 MONTANA STATE L, 8-23 2/28 at Wisconsin L, 0-24 2/9 at Colorado State College L, 5-25 2/13 NEW MEXICO W, 17-11 1959-60 (4-6) 2/20 at UCLA W, 16-15 1/9 at Colorado State College L, 0-28 2/27 vs. Kansas State L, 2-27 1/16 ADAMS STATE W, 16-14 1/23 at Denver L, 11-15 1965-66 (9-3) 1/30 FORT HAYS STATE W, 25-11 12/4 MICHIGAN STATE L, 13-36 2/5 at Nebraska W, 30-10 12/4 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 22-16 2/6 at Kansas State L, 6-22 12/11 at Illinois W, 21-17 2/13 UCLA W, 17-9 1/14 UCLA W, 19-18 2/20 COLORADO STATE L, 9-15 1/15 UTAH STATE W, 23-16 2/24 COLORADO L, 8-20 1/22 DENVER W, 22-11 2/27 at Colorado School of Mines L, 5-26 1/29 COLORADO STATE W, 30-12 2/5 at Montana State L, 7-30 2/5 vs. Weber State (at Montana State) W, 32-5 1960-61 (4-5) 2/12 at New Mexico W, 32-11 1/7 at Adams State W, 21-8 2/19 at Montana W, 31-10 1/14 DENVER L, 10-19 2/26 at Kansas State L, 13-19 1/21 at Arizona W, 21-11 2/1 ILLINOIS L, 10-18 1966-67 (9-3) 2/4 at New Mexico W, 14-11 12/3 at Michigan State L, 13-36 2/11 NEBRASKA L, 13-17 12/10 UTAH L, 16-19 2/18 at Wyoming L, 2-32 1/14 at Colorado School of Mines W, 18-16 2/24 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES L, 13-18 1/18 at Denver W, 38-2 3/4 at UCLA W, 24-6 1/21 at Utah State W, 27-6 1/27 NEW MEXICO W, 24-9 1961-62 (8-3-1) 1/28 at Colorado State W, 18-16 1/13 ARIZONA W, 16-13 2/4 WYOMING W, 19-15 1/17 COLORADO W, 14-11 2/4 MONTANA STATE W, 24-12 1/20 ADAMS STATE W, 15-13 2/11 ILLINOIS W, 30-8 1/27 at Illinois W, 15-11 2/18 at UCLA L, 11-24 1/27 vs. Minnesota (at Illinois) L, 3-21 2/25 KANSAS STATE W, 15-14 1/27 vs. Wisconsin (at Illinois) T, 12-12 2/3 at Denver W, 19-7 1967-68 (4-7) 2/10 NEW MEXICO W, 26-6 12/2 MICHIGAN STATE L, 8-25 2/17 WYOMING L, 11-17 12/6 at New Mexico L, 9-18 2/24 at Colorado School of Mines W, 14-9 1/13 at Kansas State L, 14-15 3/3 at Nebraska L, 9-19 1/20 COLORADO STATE L, 13-24 2/9 UCLA W, 25-5 1/27 at Coast Guard W, 27-8 2/3 ARIZONA W, 23-10 2/3 WYOMING L, 7-30 2/9 UCLA L, 13-27 2/10 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 29-6 2/17 at Illinois L, 19-20 2/24 UTAH STATE W, 19-11

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1968-69 (7-3) 1974-75 (10-1-1) 12/7 KANSAS STATE W, 24-9 12/7 vs. Alabama (at Auburn) W, 26-14 1/11 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 20-8 12/7 at Auburn L, 13-25 1/11 WESTERN STATE L, 13-18 1/18 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 52-0 1/18 at Colorado State W, 20-9 1/18 ADAMS STATE T, 17-17 1/25 WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH W, 22-8 2/1 WYOMING W, 17-15 2/1 at Arizona W, 25-11 2/4 COLORADO W, 28-9 2/8 at Idaho State L, 11-20 2/8 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 30-6 2/15 ILLINOIS L, 11-18 2/8 UTAH STATE W, 22-15 2/22 at Utah State W, 25-8 2/15 at Western State W, 31-10 3/8 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 36-3 2/15 vs. New Mexico (at Western State) W, 30-9 2/22 at Arizona W, 36-5 1969-70 (10-2) 2/22 vs. Arizona State (at Arizona) W, 19-15 12/6 at Kansas State W, 19-18 12/6 vs. Oklahoma (at Kansas State) L, 2-33 1975-76 (7-6) 12/13 NOTRE DAME W, 25-11 11/15 at New Mexico W, 22-21 1/10 at Colorado School of Mines W, 33-2 11/22 NEBRASKA W, 21-20 1/17 COLORADO STATE W, 26-6 12/5 at Colorado State W, 23-17 1/24 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh W, 22-11 12/10 AUBURN W, 28-12 1/31 ARIZONA W, 32-5 1/10 at Adams State L, 18-24 2/7 WESTERN STATE W, 17-14 1/14 ARIZONA L, 14-20 2/7 COLORADO STATE L, 14-19 1/17 at Northern Colorado L, 12-23 2/14 at Wyoming W, 23-12 1/31 at Minnesota L, 9-25 2/21 UTAH STATE W, 39-2 1/31 vs. Michigan (at Minnesota) L, 9-30 2/28 at UTEP W, 25-12 1/31 vs. Mankato State (at Minnesota) W, 18-12 1970-71 (10-1) 2/7 at Colorado School of Mines W, 32-10 12/5 FORT LEWIS W, 37-3 2/14 WESTERN STATE W, 27-9 12/12 at Arizona State W, 22-12 2/18 COLORADO L, 14-22 1/9 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 19-16 1/16 at Colorado State W, 28-11 1976-77 (3-7) 1/23 KANSAS STATE W, 24-11 12/10 COLORADO STATE L, 12-25 1/30 HOFSTRA W, 29-8 1/14 ADAMS STATE L, 9-29 1/30 OKLAHOMA L, 16-17 1/22 NEW MEXICO W, 23-20 2/13 WYOMING W, 33-2 2/2 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS W, 51-0 2/20 at Utah State W, 33-5 2/5 at Western State L, 14-21 2/27 at Arizona W, 24-14 2/5 vs. Mesa State (at Western State) L, 14-21 3/6 at Notre Dame W, 33-2 2/12 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 39-3 2/19 at Colorado L, 6-31 1971-72 (4-8) 2/26 at Northern Colorado L, 0-43 12/11 ARIZONA STATE W, 28-15 2/26 vs. Utah (at Northern Colorado) L, 18-24 1/8 at Colorado School of Mines W, 29-15 1/15 COLORADO STATE W, 34-9 1977-78 (6-6-1) 1/22 at Kansas State L, 15-23 12/2 vs. Cal State Bakersfi eld $ L, 9-31 1/29 at Hofstra L, 11-21 12/2 vs. California $ L, 3-35 1/29 vs. Army (at Hofstra) L, 15-28 12/2 vs. UC Davis $ W, 24-15 2/5 COLORADO L, 19-23 12/9 at Colorado State L, 12-30 2/12 at Wyoming L, 9-30 1/10 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS L, 12-22 2/19 vs. Washington (at Oklahoma) L, 5-33 1/14 WESTERN STATE W, 26-18 2/19 vs. Kansas State (at Oklahoma) L, 15-19 1/14 WYOMING W, 25-15 2/19 at Oklahoma L, 0-36 1/14 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 44-6 2/26 METRO STATE W, 39-9 1/21 at Adams State L, 16-20 2/4 at New Mexico W, 21-20 1972-73 (5-4) 2/11 at Colorado School of Mines W, 24-8 12/9 at Arizona State L, 19-22 2/18 at Nebraska T, 17-17 1/6 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 34-10 2/22 OREGON STATE L, 12-26 1/10 at Western State L, 17-19 1/13 at Colorado State L, 12-31 1978-79 (5-4) 1/20 KANSAS STATE W, 22-15 11/4 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 24-15 2/3 at Colorado L, 13-28 11/24 WEBER STATE W, 20-16 2/10 WYOMING W, 27-21 12/8 COLORADO STATE L, 18-27 2/16 at Arizona W, 22-18 1/10 BALL STATE W, 24-20 2/24 UTAH STATE W, 21-19 1/19 at Western State W, 23-19 1/20 at Mesa State W, 30-13 1973-74 (6-5) 2/2 ADAMS STATE L, 14-27 12/4 at Colorado School of Mines L, 16-20 2/3 UTAH STATE L, 12-27 12/8 ARIZONA STATE L, 16-19 2/17 at Wyoming L, 14-26 1/12 COLORADO STATE L, 17-20 1/19 ARIZONA L, 18-19 2/1 at Richland College (Texas) W, 52-0 2/2 at North Texas State W, 51-0 3/2 CENTRAL STATE (OKLA.) W, 19-17 2/6 WESTERN STATE W, 31-9 2/9 at Wyoming L, 11-27 2/16 at Utah State W, 24-12 2/23 COLORADO W, 20-14

43 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-TIME DUAL RESULTS

1979-80 (13-7) 1983-84 (12-3) *Missing Dates 11/9 COLORADO L, 3-43 Colorado School of Mines W, 48-6 11/21 WASHINGTON STATE W, 23-15 Mesa State W, 41-5 11/23 WEBER STATE W, 21-20 UC Davis W, 25-20 11/29 at Chico State W, 24-15 Minnesota L, 6-47 11/30 at UC Davis W, 29-12 Southwest Missouri State W, 23-18 11/30 at Sacramento State W, 19-18 Wyoming L, 6-45 12/7 at Colorado State L, 15-32 Northern Colorado W, 22-21 12/8 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 36-15 Chadron State W, 45-5 12/12 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - EDWARDSVILLE L, 22-24 Western State W, 34-16 1/10 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL L, 13-31 Gustavus Adolphus W, 56-0 1/16 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W, 23-19 Adams State W, 26-20 1/17 OREGON STATE L, 9-29 Fort Lewis W, 41-9 1/18 WESTERN STATE W, 32-17 Southern Colorado L, 18-23 1/19 FORT LEWIS W, 23-17 New Mexico Highlands W, 36-18 1/23 MONTANA STATE W, 41-6 Colorado School of Mines W, 42-6 2/2 at Adams State L, 20-24 2/6 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS W, 39-5 1984-85 (5-4) *Missing Results 2/8 at Wyoming L, 17-26 11/9 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 2/9 at Colorado School of Mines W, 34-9 11/23 FORT LEWIS 2/16 NEW MEXICO W, 27-13 11/30 at Northern Colorado L, 21-22 12/7 at Army L, 12-27 1980-81 (7-6) 12/8 vs. St. Lawrence (at Army) 11/14 at New Mexico Highlands W, 24-15 12/8 vs. Seton Hall (at Army) 11/15 at New Mexico L, 19-24 12/8 vs. Springfi eld (at Army) L, 8-36 11/28 MINNESOTA L, 13-26 1/11 at Western State W, 28-12 12/5 COLORADO STATE W, 23-10 1/12 at Mesa State W, 34-12 12/10 WYOMING W, 30-20 1/12 vs. Fort Lewis (at Mesa State) 1/9 NEBRASKA-OMAHA L, 18-19 1/16 at Wyoming* L, 12-35 1/14 Grinnell 1/19 at Southern Colorado Mesa State W, 46-3 1/19 vs. Western State (at Southern Colorado) W, 28-12 Northern Colorado W, 23-14 1/19 vs. Fort Hays State (at Southern Colorado) W, 28-17 Colorado School of Mines W, 45-9 2/2 ADAMS STATE W, 27-17 Notre Dame W, 44-4 2/8 at New Mexico Highlands 2/14 ADAMS STATE L, 15-19 2/9 at New Mexico* 2/15 at Colorado State* 1981-82 (6-13) * - WAC 11/7 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 36-12 11/13 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 24-13 1985-86 (10-2) *Missing Dates 11/27 MINNESOTA L, 4-43 Notre Dame W, 23-18 12/3 San Francisco State L, 16-27 Westmar College W, 34-12 12/3 Chico State L, 15-34 Northern Michigan W, 26-11 12/4 UC Davis L, 10-26 Buena Vista W, 27-15 12/5 San Jose State W, 22-17 Southern Colorado L, 13-22 1/7 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W, 30-15 Adams State L, 14-23 1/8 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 9-37 Southwest Missouri State W, 29-16 1/15 WESTERN STATE W, 34-15 Colorado School of Mines W, 28-15 1/19 NEW MEXICO L, 9-30 Western State W, 26-15 1/22 Adams State L, 8-36 Fort Lewis W, 24-12 1/23 Fort Lewis L, 20-23 Northern Arizona W, 20-15 1/25 OREGON L, 7-37 Northern Colorado W, 39-8 2/5 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 16-34 2/6 Mesa State W, 21-19 1986-87 (10-2) *Missing Dates 2/6 Montana State L, 18-28 Notre Dame W, 23-18 2/6 Colorado State L, 21-25 Westmar College W, 34-12 2/13 Wyoming L, 18-28 Northern Michigan W, 26-11 Buena Vista W, 27-15 1982-83 (12-3) *Missing Results Southern Colorado L, 13-22 11/12 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Adams State L, 14-23 11/13 at Southern Colorado Southwest Missouri State W, 29-16 11/23 at Metro State Colorado School of Mines W, 28-15 11/26 FORT LEWIS Western State W, 26-15 12/1 SOUTHERN COLORADO Fort Lewis W, 24-12 12/4 at Northern Colorado W,21-20 Northern Arizona W, 20-15 1/21 at Western State L,20-26 Northern Colorado W, 39-8 1/22 at Mesa State L,24-29 2/4 METRO STATE 2/5 ADAMS STATE 2/11 at New Mexico Highlands 2/12 at New Mexico 2/18 COLORADO STATE

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1987-88 (9-4, 1-2) 1992-93 (10-1, 2-0) 11/25 NORTHERN COLORADO W, 22-15 11/6 at Army L, 12-31 12/28 WESTERN STATE W, 29-6 11/13 FORT LEWIS W, 42-4 1/7 at Colorado School of Mines W, 29-12 11/20 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 31-33 1/8 NOTRE DAME L, 9-31 12/3 vs. San Francisco State W, 24-10 1/9 at Fort Lewis W, 27-17 12/3 vs. UC Davis W, 34-3 1/9 vs. Mesa State (at Fort Lewis) W, 30-10 1/22 ADAMS STATE W, 19-18 1/16 at Adams State L, 14-19 1/22 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 26-14 1/16 vs. Colorado School of Mines W, 29-12 1/23 at Western State W, 35-7 1/16 vs. Chadron State W, 43-7 2/12 at Southern Colorado W, 24-13 WYOMING* L, 6-31 2/20 WYOMING* W, 26-12 2/2 Gustavus Adolphus W, 35-13 2/27 at New Mexico* W, 36-6 at Wyoming* L, 10-26 * - WAC at New Mexico* W, 30-17 * - WAC 1993-94 (8-2, 1-1) 11/5 ARMY L, 9-27 1988-89 (7-7, 1-1) 11/19 at Colorado School of Mines W, 38-3 11/11 at Illinois State L, 17-19 12/2 vs. San Francisco State W, 28-11 11/12 at Illinois L, 13-24 12/2 vs. UC Davis W, 27-10 11/12 vs. Olivet Nazarene (at Illinois) W, 34-8 1/26 WESTERN STATE W, 19-12 11/13 at Notre Dame L, 9-36 2/4 at Adams State W, 23-12 11/17 WYOMING* L, 20-24 2/5 at Fort Lewis W, 43-0 11/22 NORTHERN COLORADO W, 20-17 2/12 NEW MEXICO* W, 38-6 11/27 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 30-7 2/12 SOUTHERN COLORADO W, 27-13 12/9 at Western State L, 19-21 2/18 at Wyoming* L, 9-32 1/2 BUENA VISTA W, 21-15 * - WAC 1/14 ADAMS STATE L, 14-21 1/21 FORT LEWIS W, 33-9 1994-95 (8-1, 1-1) 2/11 at Mesa State W, 33-8 12/1 FORT LEWIS W, 37-3 2/16 SOUTHERN COLORADO L, 15-22 1/11 ADAMS STATE W, 34-9 2/25 at New Mexico* W, 27-13 1/13 at UC Davis W, 40-4 * - WAC 1/13 vs. San Francisco State (at UC Davis) W, 28-10 1/25 at Western State W, 27-7 1989-90 (10-3, 2-1) *Missing Results 2/7 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 30-10 11/17 at Adams State W 2/11 WYOMING* L, 21-24 11/18 at Fort Lewis W 2/15 at Southern Colorado W, 26-13 11/29 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 16-21 2/18 at New Mexico* W, 31-3 12/8 WESTERN STATE L, 19-20 * - WAC 1/12 vs. Stanford (at UC Davis) W 1/12 at UC Davis W 1995-96 (6-3, 1-2) 2/10 at Colorado School of Mines W 11/30 at San Francisco State W, 20-9 2/14 at Southern Colorado W 1/12 at Stanford W, 24-14 2/17 NEW MEXICO* W 1/26 at Colorado School of Mines W, 35-3 2/24 at Wyoming* L, 3-33 2/10 at Adams State L, 15-21 * - WAC 2/15 at Wyoming* L, 14-20 2/17 at BYU* L, 3-27 1990-91 (10-3, 2-1) *Missing Dates 2/24 SOUTHERN COLORADO W, 36-0 Fort Lewis W, 37-4 2/24 WESTERN STATE W, 32-16 Western State W, 21-15 3/2 NEW MEXICO* W, 34-9 Humboldt State W, 25-5 * - WAC San Francisco W, 36-8 Northern Colorado L, 12-21 1996-97 (5-4, 1-2) Wyoming* L, 13-20 12/5 vs. Stanford W, 20-14 San Diego State* W, 32-12 12/5 vs. UC Davis L, 19-20 UC Davis W, 38-11 1/24 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 31-10 Southern Oregon L, 10-25 2/5 at Southern Colorado W, 23-14 Adams State W, 25-9 2/8 BYU* L, 15-18 Colorado School of Mines W, 25-15 2/15 at Western State L, 18-21 Southern Colorado W, 22-16 2/21 ADAMS STATE W, 23-13 New Mexico* W, 23-12 2/22 WYOMING* L, 3-39 * - WAC 3/1 at New Mexico* W, 34-8 * - WAC 1991-92 (6-3-1, 2-1) 11/8 ARMY L, 12-27 1997-98 (8-2, 1-2) 11/22 at Colorado School of Mines W, 43-2 11/21 EMBRY-RIDDLE W, 34-15 12/5 vs. San Francisco State $ W, 33-15 12/4 vs. Cal State Fullerton W, 35-11 12/5 vs. San Diego State* $ W, 25-12 12/4 vs. UC Davis W, 18-13 2/8 WESTERN STATE W, 29-14 1/22 at Colorado School of Mines W, 27-12 2/8 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 22-23 2/8 WESTERN STATE W, 22-15 2/14 at Adams State T, 18-18 2/13 SOUTHERN COLORADO W, 17-16 2/15 at Fort Lewis W, 36-9 2/14 at Adams State W, 22-17 2/21 at Wyoming* L, 14-25 2/20 at Wyoming* L, 18-25 2/29 New Mexico* W, 34-6 2/21 at BYU* L, 13-19 * - WAC 2/28 NEW MEXICO* W, 36-9 * - WAC

45 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-TIME DUAL RESULTS

1998-99 (5-7-1, 2-1) 2004-05 (5-7) 12/3 vs. Portland State $ W, 27-13 1/8 vs. Stanford L, 16-27 12/3 vs. UC Davis $ L, 18-26 1/8 vs. Columbia L, 6-39 1/2 vs. Penn & L, 9-32 1/8 vs. Brown L, 15-26 1/2 vs. Purdue L, 6-38 1/15 PORTLAND STATE W, 40-6 1/2 vs. Harvard L, 16-25 1/22 ADAMS STATE W, 28-15 1/20 at Southern Colorado L, 21-24 1/27 at Western State W, 29-14 1/24 at #7 Nebraska ! L, 16-29 1/29 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 37-12 1/30 at New Mexico* W, 42-0 2/9 NORTHERN COLORADO L, 15-26 2/11 at Western State T, 19-19 2/11 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 37-12 2/13 ADAMS STATE W, 43-6 2/18 at #6 Nebraska L, 15-31 2/13 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 29-18 2/19 at #12 Northern Iowa L, 6-40 2/19 WYOMING* L, 18-19 2/23 WYOMING L, 24-25 2/26 BYU* W, 21-17 * - WAC 2005-06 (2-8) 12/9 at Colorado School of Mines W, 32-9 1999-2000 (7-6) 1/7 at Portland State W, 38-9 11/5 at Colorado School of Mines W, 39-3 1/13 WESTERN STATE L, 14-21 12/2 vs. UC Davis L, 15-19 1/14 at Adams State L, 15-27 1/7 vs. #7 Michigan L, 15-24 1/27 at North Dakota State L, 9-27 1/7 vs. Hofstra & L, 9-38 1/28 at South Dakota State L, 12-25 1/13 #4 ILLINOIS L, 9-33 2/10 CAL STATE FULLERTON L, 12-27 1/22 vs. Cal State Fullerton W, 42-9 2/17 at Wyoming L, 12-33 1/22 vs. Portland State W, 22-15 2/23 vs. Utah Valley State (at UNC) L, 20-24 1/22 vs. Cal Poly W, 19-15 2/23 at Northern Colorado L, 18-22 1/28 WESTERN STATE W, 31-10 2/11 at Adams State W, 32-15 2006-07 (6-10, 3-1) 2/12 SOUTHERN COLORADO W, 31-12 12/8 at Western State L, 12-19 2/18 at Wyoming L, 18-21 1/6 vs. #4 Oklahoma State L, 5-40 2/19 at BYU L, 15-28 1/6 vs. Central Oklahoma L, 0-38 1/6 vs. Brown W, 18-13 2000-01 (7-2) 1/6 vs. #19 Wisconsin L, 6-37 12/8 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 41-0 1/20 at Pittsburgh L, 9-28 1/6 at UC Davis L, 13-21 1/21 vs. Cleveland State L, 10-23 1/6 vs. Cal State Fullerton (at UC Davis) W, 25-13 1/21 at Ashland ! L, 9-24 1/19 at Western State W, 27-15 1/21 vs. #21 Kent State L, 4-33 1/20 ADAMS STATE W, 44-3 1/27 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* L, 15-24 2/8 at Southern Colorado W, 22-20 1/27 ADAMS STATE L, 15-23 2/10 WYOMING W, 19-16 1/28 vs. Portland State (at UNC) W, 31-9 2/17 PORTLAND STATE W, 34-6 2/10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* W, 25-21 2/17 #16 FRESNO STATE L, 9-25 2/17 at Utah Valley State* W, 38-6 2/20 NORTHERN COLORADO* W, 25-20 2001-02 (11-3) * - Western Wrestling Conference 11/29 vs. UC Davis $ L, 22-23 11/29 vs. Embry-Riddle $ W, 24-12 2007-08 (9-9, 3-2) 12/7 #17 NEBRASKA L, 13-31 1/5 vs. Eastern Michigan L, 12-20 1/11 vs. Cal State Fullerton ! W, 33-7 1/5 vs. Appalachian State L, 9-25 1/11 vs. Simon Fraser ! W, 40-12 1/5 vs. Brown L, 15-19 1/11 vs. Portland State ! W, 29-14 1/12 at Adams State W, 22-21 1/11 vs. #13 Illinois ! L, 13-26 1/18 at Purdue L, 6-35 1/16 at Adams State W, 28-17 1/19 vs. Indianapolis L, 14-21 1/23 at Northern Colorado W, 27-14 1/19 at #17 Indiana L, 3-39 1/25 at Colorado School of Mines W, 38-7 1/19 vs. Gardner-Webb W, 36-6 2/7 CHADRON STATE W, 33-6 1/25 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 39-3 2/10 #14 NORTHERN IOWA W, 17-17 1/25 UTAH VALLEY STATE* W, 33-6 2/15 WESTERN STATE W, 34-12 1/26 at Western State L, 11-25 2/27 at Wyoming W, 22-16 1/26 vs. Grand Canyon W, 42-12 1/26 vs. Mesa State W, 37-6 2002-03 (6-2) 1/26 vs. New Mexico Highlands W, 36-7 1/17 NORTHERN COLORADO W, 18-18 2/10 at Northern Colorado* L, 14-25 1/17 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 31-6 2/15 at North Dakota State* L, 17-20 2/7 ADAMS STATE W, 24-15 2/16 at South Dakota State* W, 26-10 2/11 at Chadron State W, 31-9 2/23 WYOMING* W, 21-12 2/15 PORTLAND STATE W, 29-13 * - Western Wrestling Conference 2/22 at #11 Nebraska L, 10-35 2/22 vs. Hofstra (at Nebraska) L, 15-30 2/26 WYOMING W, 19-14

2003-04 (3-7) 12/4 vs. UC Davis $ L, 9-27 12/4 vs. Utah Valley State $ W, 35-3 1/16 #3 NEBRASKA L, 3-43 2/6 at Adams State L, 12-28 2/8 at Northern Colorado W, 21-21 2/13 CHADRON STATE L, 6-35 2/14 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L, 0-42 2/18 WESTERN STATE L, 12-32 2/20 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 33-9 2/25 at Wyoming L, 9-31 46 AIR FORCE WRESTLING ALL-TIME DUAL RESULTS

2008-09 (4-12, 1-5) 2012-13 (11-4, 2-3) 1/3 vs. Appalachian State L, 6-30 11/7 vs. Dakota Wesleyan W, 46-0 1/3 vs. Brown L, 6-26 vs. Northwestern (Iowa) W, 53-0 1/3 vs. #7 Minnesota L, 3-41 vs. Augustana (S.D.) W, 36-0 1/10 at Cal Baptist W, 23-15 1/11 #11 OREGON STATE L, 7-32 1/11 at Cal State Fullerton L, 7-39 1/13 NORTHERN IOWA W, 19-18 1/11 vs. San Francisco State (at CSF) L, 13-26 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 42-0 1/16 STANFORD L, 7-32 1/18 at Stanford W, 24-12 1/17 #22 NORTHERN IOWA* L, 0-42 vs. Menlo W, 37-3 1/24 vs. CSU-Pueblo W, 29-13 1/20 at Cal Poly W, 39-3 1/24 at Western State L, 9-26 1/25 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* L, 23-15 1/24 vs. Mesa State W, 36-3 1/27 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* W, 41-5 1/30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* L, 17-23 Western State W, 35-4 1/31 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* W, 31-19 2/16 at Utah Valley* L, 9-23 2/12 NORTHERN COLORADO* L, 12-29 2/21 vs. Wyoming* L, 16-17 2/19 at Wyoming* L, 3-37 2/24 NORTHERN COLORADO* W, 35-9 2/20 at Utah Valley* L, 6-36 * - Western Wrestling Conference * - Western Wrestling Conference 2013-14 (11-6, 2-3) 2009-10 (6-11, 1-5) 11/8 vs. #21 Northwestern L, 15-28 12/11 OHIO L, 3-35 11/10 STANFORD L, 4-30 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 33-13 11/15 vs. Chadron State W, 28-6 12/18 vs. Southern Oregon L, 16-20 vs. Morningside W, 37-3 at #25 Oregon State L, 3-43 at Augustana (S.D.) W, 30-13 1/16 vs. Northwestern L, 15-26 1/11 at Western State Colorado W, 26-9 vs. Brown W, 18-15 vs. Embry-Riddle W, 37-12 vs. #23 Arizona State L, 6-28 vs. Colorado Mesa W, 36-9 1/23 vs. CSU-Pueblo W, 29-6 vs. Simon Fraser W, 51-0 vs. Mesa State W, 37-15 1/18 at #20 Oregon State L, 3-30 at Western State L, 16-23 vs. Southern Oregon W, 23-14 1/28 UTAH VALLEY* L, 15-26 1/24 at #23 North Dakota State* L, 6-41 1/30 at South Dakota State* W, 23-12 1/26 at South Dakota State* L, 14-18 1/31 at North Dakota State* L, 18-26 2/11 WYOMING* L, 14-28 2/12 at Northern Colorado* L, 13-24 2/14 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 41-0 2/14 CAL STATE FULLERTON W, 22-19 UTAH VALLEY* W, 24-13 2/18 WYOMING* L, 13-22 2/23 at Northern Colorado* W, 26-16 2/21 at Northern Iowa* L, 15-24 * - Western Wrestling Conference * - Western Wrestling Conference 2014-15 (6-8, 0-5) 2010-11 (12-5, 3-3) 11/15 #1 MINNESOTA L, 15-28 12/10 COE COLLEGE W, 21-13 12/11 at Wyoming* L, 0-34 WESTERN STATE W, 26-12 1/10 vs. CSU-Pueblo W, 48-0 12/17 #14 OREGON STATE L, 3-42 vs. Western State W, 33-7 1/15 vs. Brown W, 26-6 vs. Cal Baptist W, 35-7 vs. Arizona State W, 26-23 1/16 at Cal Poly W, 20-19 vs. Wayland Baptist W, 55-0 1/18 at Stanford L, 8-27 vs. #19 American L, 17-23 1/23 at Utah Valley* L, 13-25 1/21 at Cal State Fullerton W, 23-10 1/30 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 25-10 1/22 vs. Menlo W, 43-9 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* L, 11-28 at Cal Baptist W, 43-3 2/1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* L, 9-23 1/28 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* W, 22-19 GRAND CANYON W, 38-3 1/29 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* W, 38-6 2/15 #17 OREGON STATE L, 3-36 2/3 at Wyoming* L, 12-32 2/18 NORTHERN COLORADO* L, 19-20 2/11 at Utah Valley* L, 20-23 *- Western Wrestling Conference 2/13 NORTHERN IOWA* L, 12-25 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 43-3 2015-16 (8-6, 2-3) 2/18 NORTHERN COLORADO* W, 24-14 11/13 WYOMING* L, 16-22 * - Western Wrestling Conference 11/21 vs. Wisconsin (La Crosse) W, 29-13 11/21 at #22 Minnesota L, 12-22 2011-12 (8-5, 3-3) 1/9 CSU-Pueblo W, 41-6 1/6 at Coe College W, 19-18 1/9 Western State W, 23-10 1/8 at Northern Iowa* L, 12-33 1/9 Mesa State! W, 27-12 1/14 vs. Chattanooga L, 7-28 1/17 GRAND CANYON W, 23-9 vs. Brown W, 33-16 1/22 at #25 North Dakota State* L, 14-23 vs. Harvard L, 12-27 1/24 at South Dakota State* L, 15-23 vs. Central Baptist W, 56-0 12/6 #22 STANFORD L, 16-23 1/19 UTAH VALLEY* W, 26-15 2/11 UTAH VALLEY* W, 20-13 1/21 CAL POLY W, 30-15 2/11 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 30-9 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS W, 44-0 2/14 at Oregon State L, 0-36 1/27 at North Dakota State* L, 18-21 2/17 at Northern Colorado* W, 19-12 1/29 at South Dakota State* W, 37-6 *-Big 12 Conference 2/2 #11 WYOMING* L, 6-32 2/19 at Northern Colorado* W, 33-6 * - Western Wrestling Conference

47 THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY

The United States Air Force Academy offers a Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, History of four-year program of instruction and experience ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical train- designed to educate, train and inspire men and ing -- are emphasized the first summer during basic The Academy women to become officers of character, motivated cadet training. Freshmen then study the military role to lead the United States Air Force in service to our in United States society as well as the mission and nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive In 1948, a board of lead- science degree and a commission as a second lieu- instruction in communication skills and juniors study tenant in the Air Force. the combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. ing civilian and military educators was appointed Course of Study he Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, to plan the curriculum for Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that pro- soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to an academy that would vides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essen- instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft meet the needs of the newly tial to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA with the Cadet Flying Team. experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set established Air Force. The of desired outcomes in every graduate. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, board determined that Air three-week training periods. There are a variety of Force requirements could The core academic curriculum includes courses programs available and each cadet is required to com- not be met by expanding the in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and plete two training periods each summer with leave other service academies and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of basic cadet training in their first summer. recommended an Air Force of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete Academy be established majors in science and engineering; the remainder Combat survival training is a required three-week without delay. graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some program during cadets’ second summer. For other of the most popular majors include management, second-summer training periods, cadets have options aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at In 1949, then Secretary behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, of the Air Force W. Stuart engineering, electrical engineering and engineering soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. Symington appointed a mechanics. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered commission to assist in Faculty Composition leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the selecting a site and on April The majority of the Academy’s faculty members, more summer programs listed above. 1, 1954, President Dwight than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected D. Eisenhower authorized primarily from career-officer volunteers who have Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of creation of the United States established outstanding records of performance and the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and dedication. Each has at least a master’s degree and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of Air Force Academy. After more than 55 percent have doctorates or other termi- the programs available. considering 580 sites in 45 nal degrees in their field of study. states, the commission nar- Nominations rowed the choice to three About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring Nominations to the Academy may be obtained locations. The summer of great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise through a congressional sponsor or by meeting and provide academic stability and continuity. eligibility criteria in other categories of competition 1954, Secretary of the Air established by law. For information on admission pro- Force Harold Talbott selected Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet cedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, a site near Colorado Springs, learning as an integral part of their officer develop- Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025 or go to: Colo. Colorado contributed ment. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. $1 million toward purchase 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved WWW.USAFA.EDU faculty. of the property. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting profes- In July 1955, the first sors and endowed professors who serve one or more Academy class entered years. Officers from other services, as well as officers interim facilities at Lowry Air from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Force Base, Denver, while Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share construction began. It was their expertise with the cadets during the academic year. sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing Athletic Program in late August 1958. Initial The Academy’s athletic program is designed to construction cost was $142 improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and million. develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate ath- Women entered the letic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year. Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980. Military Education and Training An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military edu- cation, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organiza- tional leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are project- ed into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers.

48 THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY SENIOR LEADERSHIP Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson Academy after serving as the Deputy, Chief of Staff, Operation is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allies Powers Europe, Academy, Colorado Springs, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Casteau, Belgium. She has Colo. She directs a four-year served in various assignments in air mobility, airlift and tanker academic, military training, ath- flying operations and training, academic instruction and person- letic and character development nel. A command pilot, the general has more than 3,600 flying program leading to a bachelor’s hours in the C-141, T-41, KC-10, C-17, C-5 and the KC-14 air- degree and commission as an craft. Air Force officer. The general is The general’s military awards and decorations include the a distinguished graduate of the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak 1981. After graduating from the leaf cluster, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Academy, she completed gradu- Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness Medal ate studies as a Rhodes Scholar with oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal with before earning her pilot wings in bronze star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia 1984. Service Medal with bronze star and the Global War on Terrorism Johnson has held numerous command positions at the Service Medal. group, wing and numbered Air Force level, and came to the

Vice Superintendent Commandant of Cadets Dean of Faculty Commander, Command Chief Col. David Harris Brig. General Brig. General 10th Air Base Wing CMSgt Stephen C. Williams Andrew Armacost Col. Troy Dunn Max Grindstaff

49 THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Jim Knowlton nity speaking to special interest groups. In his time in Troy, Knowlton helped begins his sec- The department moved a ticket and develop the strategic vision for the athletic ond full year as merchandise store to downtown Colorado department, implemented a new athletics the director of Springs and the football team’s annual branding initiative, increased two-way athletics at the spring game was played at Fountain Fort communication with the student-athletes, Air Force Acad- Carson High School, bringing military created and fi lled many key positions, and emy. Knowlton leaders from Peterson Air Force Base and facilitated renovations to the Houston joined the Fort Carson Army Base together with the Field House as well as the construction of Academy as the Academy leadership. the $102M fi rst phase of Rensselaer’s East Campus Athletic Village. Knowlton was 11th director The department announced the fi rst selected as the National Association of of athletics on of a concert series in Falcon Stadium with Collegiate Director’s of Athletics (NACDA) March 22, 2015. Tim McGraw headlining a star-studded Under Armour Division III Athletic Director He oversees 27 event in September. Several more are in of the Year in 2011. Knowlton also repre- intercollegiate the works, along with several other special sented Rensselaer serving on several na- varsity sports, physical education, intramu- event attractions to the base. One of the tional committees, including the NACDA rals and all physical testing and evaluation most noticable improvements to the fan executive committee, the board of College at the Academy. experience is a new video board at Falcon Hockey, Inc. and as the chair of the NCAA Knowlton’s fi rst year at the Academy Stadium. The new board is the largest in Division I men’s Ice Hockey committee. was tremendously successful. The Falcons the conference and among the service celebrated a school-best Learfi eld Direc- academies. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Knowlton served as the director of the Center for tor’s Cup standing of 52nd which led the Knowlton led several initiatives that Enhanced Performance at the United Mountain West for the fi rst time in school have benefi ted all cadets, in addition to States Military Academy in West Point, history and was tops among the three incollegiate athletes. The department N.Y. In that position, he led a staff of 50 serive academies for the fi fth straight started the Falcon Fuel program, install- professionals who delivered training for year. Air Force celebrated fi ve conference ing re-fueling stations outside weight peak performance in athletics, academics, championships (men’s cross country, rooms for all 4,000 cadets at the Acade- and military endeavors to cadets, soldiers, men’s indoor and outdoor track, men’s my. Cadets can refuel their bodies before and athletes both on and off the West swimming and diving and lacrosse) which and after workouts with healthy snacks Point campus. tied as the most in a single year in Acad- and drinks. The Air Force Pride Clubs saw emy history. A school-record 11 coaches donations double to over $1 million while From 2003 to 2006 Knowlton served were named coach of the year and 45 intramural championships were moved to as both deputy and interim director for cadet-athletes earned All-American status, the best athletic venues including Falcon the athletics department at West Point, the best in school history. The Acade- Stadium and Clune Arena. where he led a staff of more than 200 my had four multi-sport All-Americans, people and supervised 25 intercollegiate Prior to the Air Force Academy, Knowl- including two fi rst-ever Divison I women’s athletic programs with more than 1,000 ton served as the director of athletics at All-American honorees, and three athletes student-athletes. During his tenure, West Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was earn trips to the Olympic Trials. Senior Point set the stage to earn its fi rst NCAA responsible for overseeing the Institute’s marksman David Higgins became the fi rst national championship in more than 50 12 men’s and 11 women’s NCAA inter- to earn a spot on an Olympic team as a years. cadet, earning a spot on the shooting collegiate varsity teams and three junior team. varsity squads, involving more than 600 Knowlton received a bachelor’s degree student-athletes, as well as intramurals. in engineering in 1982 from West Point, Several other inititiaves were started where he was a four-year letterwinner that have the athletic department on the and captain of the varsity hockey team. move. The athletic department vision has After 10 years of organizational leader- been put into a strategic plan that is in ship positions of increasing responsibility step with the Academy’s intent and post- in the U.S. Army, Knowlton received a ed on the athletic’s website. In addition, master’s in civil engineering from Cornell Knowlton has furthered the department’s University. He returned to West Point in culture of excellence and developed a 1992 to teach in the civil and mechanical culture and climate offi cer that has met engineering department, after which he with all 27 intercollegiate teams to teach was selected to lead and manage larger healthy relationship training. An athletic and more complex organizations within department reorganization incorporated the Army, ultimately leading a battalion of the department’s non-profi t entity, the 750 men and women while stationed at Ft. Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation Carson, Colo., before deploying to Iraq. (AFAAC), into the department easing processes and improving communication. Knowlton is a registered profession- The two worked together to extend the al engineer in the state of Virginia. His department’s Nike contract which doubled awards and decorations include the the fi nancial support received from the Ranger Tab, the Air Assault Badge, and the previous contract for athletics. Senior Parachutist Badge. One of the primary emphasis areas Knowlton and his wife, Corey, have fi ve has been community outreach and the sons: Jimmy, Patrick, Christopher, Mark department has moved forward in several and Shawn. areas. A fan engagement committee was formed and athletic department staff and coaches have been active in the commu-

50 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT VICE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy’s. Col. Brian Hill The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the Vice Director of Athletics physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for offi cership, to teach leadership in a competitive Col. Brian A. Hill is the vice athletic director environment and to build character. There are three subdivisions at the Air Force Academy. A 1991 Academy of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and graduate, he began his current assignment in physical education. June, 2015. The intercollegiate program has 17 men’s and 10 women’s Hill was the Vice Commander, 92nd Air Re- NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition fueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, from July 2013-June 2015. The 92nd ARW provides KC-135 aircraft and ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and aircrews to support world-wide aerial refueling and airlift missions in outdoor track, lacrosse, rifl e, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, support of the Department of Defense. Prior to this assignment, he was water polo and wrestling. The Academy fi elds women’s teams in a student at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Colonel Hill basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, rifl e, indoor and also served as Commander, 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volley- Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Prior to his command assignment, Colonel Hill ball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs; was the Deputy Executive Assistant to the Commander, Headquarters boxing and cheerleading. United States Pacifi c Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs A veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, South- compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Con- ern Watch, Joint Forge and Joint Endeavor, Hill earned his commission ference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. He is a command pilot with from Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i (football more than 3,100 hours in the T-1, T-3, T-37, T-38, C-130E/H and the KC- only), Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, 135R/T aircraft. Hill earned his master’s degree in physical education UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. All sports also compete against from the University of Northern Colorado in 1995 and a master’s in non-conference opponents, including many nationally ranked strategic studies from Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Ala. teams. A three-year letterman on the Air Force football team, Hill was a The football team competes annually for the Command- team captain and second-team all-conference selection at inside line- er-in-Chief’s Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy backer in 1990. He was the Air Force Academy male MVP for the 1990-91 football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 19 times, academic year. which is more than any other academy. Hill and his wife, Suzette, have a son, Brayden, who is a senior at the The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive Academy buildings in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is fi ve stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fi elds laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000. Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and fi eld competitions. The $4.1-million renovation to the Cadet Track Stadium, the outdoor home of the Air Force track and fi eld team, was com- pleted in the fall of 2011 and is one of the premier track and fi eld facilities in the nation. The Holaday Athletic Center, a $15.5 million completely donor funded indoor training facility, was completed in July 2011. The Cadet Fitness Center, a $9.5 million, Military Construction project, home of the Air Force Academy’s fencing practice facility and aerobics/weight lifting facility that contains a nearly 33-foot climbing wall, opened in May 2012.

51 22016-17016-17 AAirir FForceorce WrestlingWrestling ScheduleSchedule Date Time Event Location Nov. 5 9:00 a.m. Cowboy Open Laramie, WY Nov. 9 TBA BLACK AND BLUE USAFA, CO Nov. 13 9:00 a.m. Northern Colorado Open Greeley, CO Nov. 19 9:00 a.m. Holiday Inn Open Kearney, NE Nov. 19 10:00 a.m. NC State~ Cary, NC UNC-Pembroke~ Nov. 20 9:00 a.m. North Carolina State Open Raleigh, NC Dec. 2 9:00 a.m. Cliff Keen Vegas Invite Las Vegas, NV Dec. 3 9:00 a.m. Cliff Keen Vegas Invite Las Vegas, NV Dec. 3 9:00 a.m. Bob Smith Open Hays, KS Jan. 1 9:00 a.m. Southern Scuffl e Chattanooga, TN Jan. 2 10:00 a.m. Southern Scuffl e Chattanooga, TN Jan. 7 10:00 a.m. Western State$ Gunnison, CO Colorado Mesa$ Cal Baptist$ Simon Fraser$ Jan. 13 7:00 p.m. Utah Valley University* Orem, UT Jan. 15 11:00 a.m. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* USAFA, CO Jan. 20 6:30 p.m. Stanford Palo Alto, CA Jan. 22 2:00 p.m. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA Jan. 29 10:00 a.m. All Academy Championships Annapolis, MD Feb. 4 TBA Wyoming* Laramie, WY Feb. 10 7:00 p.m. NORTH DAKOTA STATE* USAFA, CO Feb. 16 7:00 p.m. NORTHERN COLORADO* USAFA, CO Feb. 19 9:00 a.m. U.S. COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS# USAFA, CO Mar. 4 9:00 a.m. Big 12 Tournament Tulsa, OK Mar. 16 9:00 a.m. NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO Mar. 17 10:00 a.m. NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO Mar. 18 10:00 a.m. NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO

HOME matches are in BOLD CAPS FREE ADMISSION to all home matches in Clune Arena, USAFA All times are local to site

*Denotes Big 12 Conference Match ~Denotes NC State Duals - Cary, NC $Denotes Tracy Borah Duals - Gunnison, CO #U.S. Collegiate Championships - Center Gym, Cadet Gymnasium, USAFA

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