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DUKE WRESTLING 2019-20 RECORD BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM Quick Facts/Table of Contents 2 GENERAL INFORMATION Duke University’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, the 2019-20 Roster & Schedule 3 Name of School Duke University crown jewel of college athletics classic venues, was Head Coach: Glen Lanham 4-6 City/Zip Durham, N.C./27708 conceived on the back of a matchbook cover in Coaching & Support Staff 6 Founded 1838, Trinity College 1935 and renovated in the late 1980s at a cost of $2 2018-19 Results 7 Enrollment 6,994 million. Cameron underwent a series of improvements 2018-19 Starting Lineups 7 Colors Duke Blue & White over the summer of 2009 to enhance the gameday 2018-19 Dual Meet Scoring 8 Nickname Blue Devils experience, while also retaining the revered qualities 2018-19 Individual Results 8 Conference Atlantic Coast of the facility now in its 79th year as the home of the 2018-19 Tournament Results 9 Arena Cameron Indoor Stadium Blue Devils. Legend has it that it all began with a book 2018-19 Duke in the Rankings 9 Affiliation NCAA Division I of matches, which for a town and a school founded 2018-19 Dual Match Results 10-11 President Vincent E. Price on local tobacco fortunes, seems a promising way All-Time Coaching Records 12 Vice President & Director of Athletics Kevin White to start. Program Milestone Wins 12 Athletics Website www.GoDuke.com NCAA All-America 13 It’s the intimacy of the arena, the unique seating NCAA Qualifiers 13 DUKE WRESTLING INFORMATION arrangement that puts the wildest fans right down on ACC Champions 13 Head Coach Glen Lanham (Oklahoma State ’88) the floor with the players. It’s the legends that were All-ACC Wrestlers 13 Email [email protected] made there, the feeling of history being made with All-Time NCAA Team Finishes 13 Record at Duke Eighth Season every game. And it’s something more than either of Team Academic Honors 13 Career Record 45-66, 4-32 ACC these, something indescribable that comes from the Individual Records 14 First Year 1927 building itself. No one who has experienced it will Duke Hall of Fame 14 All-Time Record 453-536-13, 93 Years ever forget it. All-Time ACC Finishes 15-16 ACC Champions 32 NCAA Tournament Results by Year 17-20 NCAA Qualifiers 65 Originally the largest indoor arena in the South, NCAA Tournament Results by Wrestler 21-25 2018-19 Record/ACC 2-9/0-5 Cameron is today one of the smallest in the nation. Individual NCAA Tournament Records 26 2019 ACC Tournament Finish Fifth, 39.0 Nevertheless, its stature grows from year-to-year. Year-by-Year Results 27-42 2019 NCAA Tournament Finish 24th, 19.0 In its June 7, 1999, issue, Sports Illustrated rated Record by Opponent 43-50 Starters Returning/Lost 2/8 Cameron Indoor Stadium fourth on a list of the top All-Time Letterwinners 51-53 20 sporting venues in the world in the 20th Century, DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION ranking ahead of such notables as Wrigley Field, Sr. Assoc. Director/Wrestling SID Kat Castner Fenway Park and Pebble Beach Golf Club. SID Office Phone (919) 684-8708 SID Cell Phone (984) 245-5940 SID Email [email protected] GODUKE.COM Duke fans and media can access the latest stats, biographies and rosters of Duke Wrestling on the official website for the Duke University Athletic Department, www.GoDuke.com. 2 2019-20 RECORD BOOK DUKE WRESTLING 2019-20 WRESTLING ROSTER NAME WT. CL. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Benjamin Anderson 165 R-So. Pleasant Grove, Utah (Pleasant Grove) Vincent Baker 197 Fr. Roswell, Ga. (Blessed Trinity Catholic) Kai Blake 184 Fr. Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) Harrison Campbell 133 Jr. Calabash, N.C. (West Brunswick) Eric Carter 157 Jr. Vernon Hills, Ill. (Stevenson) Louis “LJ” Castellano 197 Jr. Roseland, N.J. (Delbarton School) Drake Doolittle 125 Fr. Webster City, Iowa (Webster City) Mason Eaglin 174 R-Fr. Port Orchard, Wash. (South Kitsap) Ben Frye 285 R-So. Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Coffman) Brandon LaRue 149/157 Fr. Wantage, N.J (High Point Regional) Ty Mills 141 R-Fr. Brownsburg, Ind. (Brownsburg) Bryson Neace 141 Fr. McDonough, Ga. (Union Grove) Jonah Niesenbaum 285 Fr. Allentown, Pa. (Salisbury) Wyatt Pfau 157/165 Fr. Brush, Colo. (Brush) Patrick Rowland 149 Fr. Woodland Hills, Calif. (Chaminade College Prep) Wade Unger 149 Fr. Montvale, N.J. (Bergen Catholic) Head Coach: Glen Lanham (Oklahoma State ’88) Assistant Coach: Brandon Nelsen (Purdue ‘15) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Corey Bell (UNC ’01) 2019-20 SCHEDULE Date Event Location Time November 3 at Battle at the Citadel Charleston, S.C. All Day November 9 at Mountaineer Invitational Boone, N.C. All Day November 24 at Keystone Classic Philadelphia, Pa. All Day December 29-30 at South Beach Wrestling Duals Fort Lauderdale, Fla. All Day January 1 at Southern Scuffle (select wrestlers) Chattanooga, Tenn. All Day January 10-11 at Virginia Duals Virginia Beach, Va. All Day January 17 at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. TBA January 19 at CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, Calif. TBA January 23 at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. 6:30 p.m. January 25 PITTSBURGH* Durham, N.C. 10 a.m. January 31 at North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. February 5 GARDNER-WEBB Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. February 8 at Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 5 p.m. February 9 NAVY Pittsboro, N.C. 2 p.m. February 14 VIRGINIA* Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. February 21 N.C. State* Durham, N.C. 7 p.m. March 8 at ACC Championships Pittsburgh, Pa. All Day March 19-21 at NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day * ACC Matches PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kai Blake KI (like hi) Louis Castellano cast-tell-LANO Mason Eaglin e-GLEN Wyatt Pfau FOW 3 DUKE WRESTLING 2019-20 RECORD BOOK GLEN LANHAM Head Coach • 8th Season • Oklahoma State ’88 Record at Duke: 45-66 • Career Record: Same GLEN LANHAM YEAR-BY-YEAR Year School Record Pct. Achievments 2012-13 Duke 9-10 .474 2 NCAA Qualifiers - Brandon Gambucci, Conner Hartmann All-ACC - Brandon Gambucci 2013-14 Duke 6-15-0 .286 NCAA All-American, 5th Place - Conner Hartmann 2 NCAA Qualifiers - Conner Hartmann, Immanuel Kerr-Brown NCAA Championships 29th-Place Finish 2014-15 Duke 11-7-0 .611 NCAA All-American, 6th Place - Conner Hartmann Program record 5 NCAA Qualifiers - Marcus Cain, Mitch Finesilver, Conner Hartmann, Jacob Kasper, Immanuel Kerr-Brown NCAA Championships 28th Place Finish - Highest in program history 2015-16 Duke 6-9-0 .400 NCAA All-American, 7th Place - Conner Hartmann [first three-time All-American in school history] 4 NCAA qualifiers – Jake Faust, Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver, Conner Hartmann All-ACC – Mitch Finesilver and Conner Hartmann NCAA Championship 31st Place Finish 2016-17 Duke 4-9-0 .308 NCAA All-American, 6th Place - Jacob Kasper (HWT) 3 NCAA qualifiers - Connor Bass, Jake Faust, Jacob Kasper All-ACC - Jacob Kasper NCAA Championship 32nd Place Finish 2017-18 Duke 7-7-0 .500 NCAA All-American, 4tth Place - Jacob Kasper (HWT) 5 NCAA qualifiers - Josh Finesilver, Matt Finesilver, Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver, Jacob Kasper All-ACC - Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver, Jacob Kasper NCAA Championship 22nd Place Finish 2018-19 Duke 2-9-0 .182 NCAA All-American, 4tth Place - Mitch Finesilver (149) 5 NCAA qualifiers - Benjamin Anderson, Josh Finesilver, Matt Finesilver, Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver All-ACC - Mitch Finesilver, Matt Finesilver NCAA Championship 24th Place Finish Glen Lanham was introduced as Duke wrestling head coach April 16, 2012 and has Lanham’s continued to add to All-Americans to the wall in 2016-17 as Kasper achieved made major strides in each of his seasons at the helm. The Blue Devils have finished All-America status with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. He became higher at the NCAA Championships each of the past six seasons than in all of the the second wrestler under Lanham to earn the honor and the fourth All-America previous years prior to coming under Lanham’s leadership. It all culminated with award won under Lanham’s watch. consecutive top-25 finishes in 2018 and 2019, taking 22nd and 25th, respectively, and crowning two more All-Americans, the fifth and sixth in seven seasons. In addition to Kasper, Jake Faust and Connor Bass advanced to the NCAA Championships, marking the third straight season Duke has landed at least three Despite having a lean lineup in terms of depth in 2018-19, five Blue Devils qualified wrestlers at the postseason event and the fifth straight year multiple Blue Devils for the NCAA Championships for the second straight season. The group consisted qualified. Prior to the 2015-16 season, Duke had never sent more than two wrestlers of the four Finesilver brothers and redshirt freshman Ben Anderson. Headlining the to the NCAA Championships in consecutive seasons. squad all season was redshirt senior Mitch Finesilver at 149 pounds. A three-time ACC Duke also did well in the classroom in 2016-17 with four wrestlers earning NWCA All- runner-up, Mitch broke through for his first ACC title and ultimately finished fourth Academic honors and the Blue Devils posting the 17th-best team GPA among Division at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America recognition. Junior Matt Finesilver I teams. Duke was the lone ACC team represented in the top 30. garnered All-ACC as the runner-up at 174 pounds, while Josh and Zach Finesilver took third to earn a spot in the NCAA postseason event. Lanham made history in 2016 as Conner Hartmann, under Lanham’s mentoring, became Duke’s first three-time All-American.