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458 ALL-AMERICANS | 142 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | #DYNASTYDEFINED | 34 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS | 11 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYSCOMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: EMILY LINGENFELTER ([email protected]) | PHONE: (405) 744-4316 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE DUAL CAPSULE 6:30 p.m. CT | Frost Arena | Brookings, S.D. SERIES HISTORY VS. SOUTH DAKOTA Stream: FloWrestling STATE Radio: 93.7 KSPI-FM (Rex Holt and Roger Moore) Live Stats: Trackwrestling 11/16/14 W 25 9 N 11/27/15 W 21 9 A OKLAHOMA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS 1/22/17 W 31 9 H Date Opponent Time/Result 11/17 at South Dakota State 6:30 p.m. No. 22 South Dakota State No. 4 Oklahoma State 11/18 at Minnesota 4 p.m. JACKRABBITS COWBOYS 11/25 Wyoming 2 p.m. 0-1; 0-0 Big 12 0-0; 0-0 Big 12 12/9 Oklahoma 12:30 p.m. 12/16 at Northern Colorado 2 p.m. Coach Damion Hahn Coach John Smith 12/20 Reno Tournament of Champions All Day Minnesota, 2004 Oklahoma State, 1988 1/1-2 Southern Scuffle All Day Career: 0-1/1st year Career: 411-62-6/28th year 1/12 at Princeton 1 p.m. At South Dakota State: Same At Oklahoma State: Same 1/13 at Rutgers 1 p.m. 1/18 at West Virginia 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 1/19 at Pitt 1 p.m. 1/27 Iowa State 2 p.m. NO. 4 OKLAHOMA STATE VS. NO. 22 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SERIES 2/1 Northern Iowa 7 p.m. 2/3 Lehigh 1:30 p.m. 125: No. 4 Nick Piccininni (2-0) vs. Gregory Coapstick (1-3) Never met 2/8 Air Force 7 p.m. 133: No. 9 Daton Fix (3-0) vs. No.1 Seth Gross (1-0) Never met 2/16 at Missouri 2:30 p.m. 141: No. 5 Kaid Brock (0-0) vs. Riley Molitor (0-1) Never met 2/24 Iowa 2 p.m. 149: No. 5 Boo Lewallen (2-0) vs. No. 17 Henry Pohlmeyer (4-1) Never met 3/9-10 Big 12 Championships All Day 3/21-23 NCAA Championships All Day 157: No. 20 Andrew Shomers (0-0) vs. Colten Carlson (2-3) Never met 165: Chandler Rogers (3-0) vs. Logan Peterson (2-2) Never met 174: Jacobe Smith (0-0) vs. Brett Bye (2-4) Never met SERIES CAPSULE VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 184: Dakota Geer (3-0) vs. Zach Carlson Jr. (4-0) Never met Series History OSU leads, 3-0 197: No. 6 Preston Weigel (3-0) vs. Samuel Grove (0-3) Never met In Stillwater OSU leads, 1-0 In Brookings OSU leads, 1-0 HWT: No. 3 Derek White (0-0) vs. Blake Wolters (2-2) Never met Neutral OSU leads, 1-0 First meeting (2014) OSU 25, SDSU 9 Last meeting (2017) OSU 31, SDSU 9 COWBOY QUICK HITS John Smith vs. South Dakota State 3-0 ►Seven All-Americans and five seniors return to the Cowboys lineup and redshirt-freshman Damion Hahn vs. Oklahoma State 0-0 and 2017 Junior World Champion Daton Fix is another key addition at 133 pounds. ►In 2017-18 the Cowboys went 13-2 in dual meets and wrapped up conference competition at the Big 12 Championships in Tulsa, Okla., claiming their sixth consecutive conference title with four individual champions. ►The Cowboys enter the 2018-19 season with 11 wrestlers ranked at their respective weights in various polls. Following his NWCA All-Star Dual bout with Youssif Hemida, Derek White is the top-ranked Cowboy, coming in No. 3 at heavyweight. ►Oklahoma State head coach John Smith assumed the title of winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I wrestling over a year ago. He holds 411 wins for his coaching career. Last season, Smith became the eighth coach to notch 400 wins in division I wrestling. ►The Cowboys bring in two new faces at 157 and 184 in Andrew Shomers and Dakota Geer, respectively. Both wrestlers transferred from Edinboro and look to have an immediate impact for the Pokes. OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @COWBOYWRESTLING | #OKSTATE 1 QUICK FACTS/ROSTER/MEDIA INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Stillwater, OK NAME WEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Founded Dec. 25, 1890 Colors Orange and Black Wesley Ahrberg 157 Fr. Cushing, Okla./Cushing Enrollment 24,274 Christian Bahl 174 RFr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Conference Big 12 Jonce Blaylock 157 RSr. Tulsa, Okla./Berryhill Team Name Cowboys Mascot Pistol Pete Kaid Brock 133/141 RJr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater President V. Burns Hargis Colton Denney 157 Fr. Edmond, Okla./Heritage Hall Athletic Director Mike Holder Facility (Capacity) Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Zalin Edwards 165 RSr. Pawhuska, Okla./Pawhuska Athletic Web Site www.okstate.com Daton Fix 125/133 RFr. Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page University Web Site www.okstate.edu Jacob Fontanez 125/133 RSo. Stillwater, Okla./Army West Point STAFF INFORMATION Dakota Geer 184 RSo. Franklin, Penn./Edinboro Head Coach John Smith Kaden Gfeller 141/149 RFr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall School Record 411-62-6 (28th year) Jalin Harper 165 Fr. Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan Overall Record 411-62-6 (28th year) Office Phone 405-744-4541 Austin Harris 197 RFr. Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg Office Fax 405-744-1763 Dusty Hone 149 RSo. Cedar City, Utah/St. Edward Associate Head Coach Zack Esposito Assistant Coach Chris Perry Bear Hughes 184 RFr. Coweta, Okla./Coweta Recruiting Coordinator Tyler Caldwell JaQuan Jackson 174 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Robinson Boo Lewallen 149 RJr. Yukon, Okla./Yukon TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 Record 13-2 Mike Magaldo 141 RSr. Gillette, N.J. / Watchung Hills Regional 2017-18 Big 12 Record 8-0 Andrew Marsden 184/197 RJr. Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central 2018 Big 12 Tournament Finish 1st Geordan Martinez 149 RSr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Boise State 2018 NCAA Finish 13th 2017-18 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 14/5 Anthony Montalvo 184 Fr. Clovis, Calif./Buchanan NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost 7/2 Andrew Nieman 125/133 RSo. Stillwater, Okla. / Stillwater Starters Returning/Lost 8/2 All-Americans Returning/Lost 7/1 Nick Piccininni 125/133 RJr. East Setauket, N.Y. / Ward Melville Cornelius Putnam HWT RFr. Tampa, Fla./Blair Academy (N.J.) RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS Hanyu Qiu 149 Fr. Springfield, Va./West Springfield 2017-18 Kaid Brock (5th place, 133 pounds), Boo Lewallen (8th Chandler Rogers 165 RSr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater place, 149 pounds), Chandler Rogers (8th place, 165 Wyatt Sheets 149/157 RSo. Stilwell, Okla./Stilwell pounds), Jacobe Smith (8th place, 184 pounds) Bennett Sherrer 133 Fr. Pryor, Okla./Pryor 2016-17 Andrew Shomers 157 RJr. Ransomville, N.Y./Edinboro Nick Piccinni (4th place, 125 pounds), Kaid Brock (5th Jacobe Smith 174 RSr. Muskogee, Okla./NEO place, 133 pounds), Joe Smith (4th place, 157 pounds), Chandler Rogers (5th place, 165 pounds), Preston Joe Smith 157/165 RJr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Weigel (6th place, 197 pounds) Gavin Stika 157/165 Fr. Creston, Ohio/Norwayne Jet Taylor 125 RFr. Salisaw, Okla./Sallisaw RETURNING BIG 12 CHAMPIONS 2017-18 Cole VanVleet 141/149 Fr. Littleton, Colo./Heritage Nick Piccininni (125 pounds), Boo Lewallen (149 Preston Weigel 197 RSr. Russell, Kan./Hays pounds), Chandler Rogers (165 pounds), Derek White Derek White HWT RSr. Edmond, Okla./Nebraska (heavyweight) Conner Wilson 133/141 Fr. Allen, Texas/ Allen 2016-17 Travis Wittlake 174 Fr. Coos Bay, Ore./Marshfield Nick Piccininni (125 pounds), Joe Smith (157 pounds), Preston Weigel (197 pounds) MEDIA INFORMATION AND POLICIES COWBOYS ON THE AIR Rex Holt and Roger Moore are in their 14th year together The Oklahoma State athletic communications office welcomes you MEDIA PARKING as the radio broadcast team of Oklahoma State Cowboy to another season of Cowboy wrestling. The communications staff Members of the media attending matches at Gallagher-Iba Arena is here to assist members of the media in their coverage of Okla- should park in the lot just south of the arena and Boone Pickens Wrestling. OSU wrestling can be heard on its primary homa State athletics. Please take a moment to become familiar Stadium. The entrance to the lot is located off Knoblock Street. No home of 93.7 KSPI-FM radio in Stillwater. Occasional with the following media policies. parking pass is necessary for entry into the lot. events are aired on either 105.5 KGFY-FM radio or 780 AM radio Stillwater should programming conflicts arise. CREDENTIALS VISITING RADIO, PHONE LINES Any time the Cowboys are on the air, the live broadcast Members of the media should contact Emily Lingenfelter in the Phone lines will be provided to the primary radio broadcast crews can also be accessed live on the official web site of OSU Oklahoma State media relations office to request credentials to for both the Cowboys and the visiting team. Additional lines are athletics, www.okstate.com. OSU wrestling duals ([email protected] or 405-744- available to the media on a first-come, first-served basis in the 416). Credentials can be picked up at the Southwest pass gate to Gallagher-Iba Arena media room. Gallagher-Iba Arena on match days. PHOTOGRAPHERS INTERVIEWS Photographers may shoot from the east and west sides of the mat, Media interview requests for Oklahoma State head coach John but are prohibited from shooting in front of either team’s bench on Smith should be directed to Sean Maguire in the OSU media the north and south sides of the mat. relations office. Any requests for assistant coaches and wrestlers should be directed to Emily Lingenfelter in the OSU media relations office. Coaches and wrestlers are typically available for interview before practice starts (usually around 3 p.m.