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2012-13 SCHEDULE 11.01 UVU Intrasquad Dual (Ex) NCAA Championships 11.03 at Cowboy Open NTS 11.10 Campbell University Duals March 21-23, 2013 Des Moines, Iowa (Wells Fargo Arena) at Campbell W, 32-6 vs. Bloomsburg L, 10-25 Tournament Notes 11.11 at NC State Wolfpack Open NTS UVU’s 4th straight year competing 2013 11.17 at UNC Old Chicago Open NTS UVU has had 10 NCAA qualifiers all-time 11.30 at CK Las Vegas Invite WOLVERINES 3 qualifiers matches an all-time high NCAA 12.01 at CK Las Vegas Invite 23rd of 32 6-4, 3-2 WWC Had 1 All-American (Ben Kjar, 2011) CHAMPIONSHIPS UVU had 2 conference champs this year 12.16 at Reno Tournament 16th of 27 Head Coach 12.29 at Midlands Championships Match Coverage 3 participants this year, 12.30 at Midlands Championships 29th of 48 Greg Williams TV: ESPNU & ESPN matching a program high 01.04 No. 16 Wyoming* L, 12-20 53-47 at UVU Live Results: TrackWrestling.com 01.05 UVU Open NTS 7th Season Live Video: ESPN3.com 01.18 Arizona State^ W, 26-15 01.26 Northern Colorado* W, 39-0 02.01 Stanford^ W, 18-15 UVU Heads to Iowa for NCAA Championships winning their respective weight classes at the NCAA West Re- For the fourth straight year, will be gional in Laramie, Wyo., on March 9, while Rauser earned his 02.06 at South Dakota St.* W, 22-18 represented at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. with a fourth-place finish at the same tournament (the Western 02.08 at No.25 North Dakota St.* L, 15-18 This year three Wolverine wrestlers will be looking to become Wrestling Conference received four automatic bids at 125 this 02.13 at No. 21 Boise State L, 10-29 All-Americans as redshirt freshman Jade Rauser (125 pounds), year). 02.16 Air Force* W, 23-9 senior Josh Wilson (149) and sophomore heavyweight Adam Fager will all be competing at the “Big Show”. The senior Wilson leads Utah Valley on the season with a 22-8 03.09 at NCAA West Regional 3rd of 5 overall record. Rauser (20-8) and Fager (20-10) are next as The three-day, six-session NCAA Championships will take they both will enter the tournament with 20 wins on the year. NCAA Championships place at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, and will Rauser will be UVU’s first-ever freshman to compete at the March 21-23, 2013 - Des Moines, Iowa run Thursday to Saturday. All six sessions will be broadcast live tournament. on the ESPN family of networks. The entire tournament can be All Times Listed in Mountain Time seen on ESPN3.com with ESPN and ESPNU covering rounds as Each weight class consists of 33 wrestlers with the top 12 be- * Conference Dual well. Both sessions on Friday as well as the medal rounds on ing seeded in each bracket. All three Wolverines will enter the ^ UVU TV Saturday morning will air live on ESPNU while the National tournament unseeded. Finals will air live on ESPN Saturday night. The trio of Wolverines were each ranked in the final NCAA This weekend will mark Rauser and Fager’s first trip to the tour- Coaches’ Panel that came out just after regular season con- nament but will be Wilson’s second after he went 2-2 during cluded. Rauser came in at 20th in his weight class while Wilson his inaugural run in St. Louis, Mo., a year ago. was 21st and Fager was 33rd. Both Rauser and Wilson are also ranked in the latest InterMat rankings as Rauser is 16th Both Wilson and Fager punched their tickets to Nationals by and Wilson is 20th. WWC DUAL STANDINGS 2012-13 WOLVERINES TEAM CONF. OVERALL Name Wt. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) NORTH DAKOTA STATE 5-0 10-8 Logan Addis 149 FR-RS Cottonwood, Arizona (Mingus Union HS) Napoleon Aniciete 157 SO-1V Las Vegas, Nevada (Las Vegas HS) No. 23 WYOMING 4-1 9-6 Colby Christensen 125 SO-1V Vernal, Utah (Uintah HS) UTAH VALLEY 3-2 6-4 Abner Cook 165 JR-1V Pocatello, Idaho (Pocatello HS) AIR FORCE 2-3 11-4 Chase Cuthbertson 157 FR-RS Scottsboro, Alabama (Scottsboro HS) SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1-4 5-12 Kyle Cuthbertson 165/174 FR-RS Scottsboro, Alabama (Scottsboro HS) NORTHERN COLORADO 0-5 1-10 Adam Fager HWT SO-1V Layton, Utah (Layton HS) Avery Garner 141 JR-2V Boise, Idaho (Centennial HS) Zac Jensen HWT JR-1V West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills HS) Derek Malan 133 SO-1V Ogden, Utah (Weber HS) Chris Mayolo 133/141 FR-RS La Center, Washington (La Center HS) Sam Mecham 141/149 SO-1V Roseburg, Oregon (Roseburg HS) Josh Metivier 133 FR-HS Hudson, N.H. (Alvirne HS) Bracken Nipko 125 FR-HS Pleasant View, Utah (Weber HS) UTAH VALLEY’S LINEUP Andrew Orr 157 FR-RS Reedsport, Oregon (Reedsport HS) 125 - Jade Rauser, RFr. 20-8 David Prieto 197 SO-1V Las Vegas, Nevada (Las Vegas HS/Arizona State) -UVU’s first freshman to compete at NCAAs Jade Rauser 125 FR-RS Townsend, Montana (Broadwater HS) Val Rauser 133 FR-RS Townsend, Montana (Broadwater HS) -Placed 4th at NCAA West Regional Tucker Ray 149 FR-RS Roy, Utah (Box Elder HS) Monte Schmalhaus 174 JR-2V Tooele, Utah (Tooele HS) 149 - Josh Wilson, Sr. 22-8 Ethan Smith 157/165 SO-1V Midway, Utah (Wasatch HS/Purdue) -2nd straight trip to NCAAs/went 2-2 last year Glenn Terrano 141 SR-2V Las Vegas, Nevada (Palo Verde HS/Portland State) Derek Thomas 184 FR-RS Layton, Utah (Layton HS) -Won the NCAA West Regional Chasen Tolbert 125 SO-TR Delta, Utah (Delta HS/Colorado Mesa) Josh Wilson 149 SR-2V Morgan, Utah (Morgan HS) 285 - Adam Fager, RSo. 20-10 -Won the NCAA West Regional Head Coach: Greg Williams (7th Season) -First trip to NCAAs Assistant Coaches: Erkin Tadzhimetov, Justin Ruiz

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Rauser received a tough draw and will open his first na- be held in the UCCU Center on the campus of Utah Valley Western Wrestling Conference tional tournament against the two-seed and former All- University and will be sometime in early to mid March of American from Illinois Jesse Delgado (21-3), while Wilson 2014. There, berths to the 2014 NCAA Wrestling Cham- WWC IN THE RANKINGS - TEAM will take on the one-time All-American from Oklahoma pionships will be on the line. Nick Lester (16-1) in his opener and Fager will begin in School NWCA InterMat WIN the pigtail round against Iowa State’s Matt Gibson (17-9). Williams Picks Up Win Number 50 Coach Greg Williams, who is in his seventh season at the Wyoming 23 29 T25 N. Dakota St. RV 28 T28 Thursday’s opening session will get underway at 10 a.m. head of the Utah Valley University wrestling program, recorded his 50th career victory on Jan. 26 over WWC Air Force NR 21 T25 MT and can be seen on ESPN3.com. The second session foe Northern Colorado. Williams currently holds a career Utah Valley NR 41 T48 will then begin that night 5:30 p.m. MT. Live results can also record of 53-47 in seven season at UVU and he is also 15- Northern Colo. NR NR NR be followed throughout the tournament by visiting Track- 20 all-time in Western Wrestling Conference action. S. Dakota St. NR NR NR Wrestling.com. Wilson Places 8th at Midlands INDIVIDUAL The three Wolverine wrestlers headed to this year’s NCAA Senior 149-pounder Josh Wilson led UVU at the presti- Championships will now give Utah Valley 10 all-time gious Midlands Championship hosted by Northwestern NCAA qualifiers after UVU had three qualify for it in its University on Dec. 29-30 by placing eighth. The placement 125 pounds Intermat AWN inaugural year of being eligible for postseason competi- for Wilson at the top-notch tournament was his second in as Trent Sprenkle (NDSU) 8 8 tion at the Division I level (2009-10), three more the fol- many years after he finished sixth at the same tournament Josh Martinez (AFA) 10 10 lowing year (2010-11) and one last season (2011-12). a year ago. After going 4-1 on day one of the tourney, Tyler Cox (UW) 14 18 Wilson finished with a 5-3 record at Midlands that includ- Jade Rauser (UVU) 16 NR UVU has previously produced one All-American wrestler ed a win over 16th-ranked David Habat of Edinboro. in the past as former 125-pounder Benjamin Kjar placed 133 pounds Intermat AWN fourth at Nationals in 2011. Jade Rauser Places at CKLV Invite Redshirt freshman Jade Rauser (125 pounds) led UVU 141 pounds Intermat AWN Jade, Josh & Adam Ranked in Coaches Poll at the 31st annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational by Jade Rauser (125), Josh Wilson (149) and Adam Fag- placing eighth at the stacked tournament. Rauser prob- ably would have finished higher but became very ill 149 pounds Intermat AWN er (285) were all ranked in the final NCAA Coaches’ Cole VonOhlen (AFA) 3 3 Panel that came out on Feb. 28. Jade came in at 20th, and after securing a placement finish was pulled from while Wilson was 21st and Fager was 33rd. The trio competition and suffered a forfeit in his last two match- Josh Wilson (UVU) 20 17 were also all ranked on the NCAA’s final RPI as well as es, which resulted in the eighth-place finish. During his Abner Cook (165) and David Prieto (197). Jade came tournament run, he defeated the three-seed and 13th- 157 pounds Intermat AWN in at 13th in the final RPI, while Wilson was 23rd, Fager ranked Sean Boyle from Michigan to advance to the Josh Kreimier (AFA) 14 14 was 25th and Cook and Prieto were both 32nd. The quarterfinals. Andy McCulley NR 20 final rankings will be one of the tools used as part of Two Sets of Twins the selection process to determine the qualifiers for the 165 pounds Intermat AWN 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. It’s rare enough to have one set of twins on a collegiate ros- ter but the UVU wrestling team has two. Both Jade and Val Steven Monk (NDSU) 6 6 Rauser and Wilson Ranked on InterMat Poll Rauser and Chase and Kyle Cuthbertson are twin brothers. Jade Rauser is currently rakned 16th at 125 pounds All four the of UVU grapplers are redshirt freshmen as 174 pounds Intermat AWN by InterMat while Josh Wilson is 20th at 149. Rauser well after they all redshirted last season. Jade and Val are jumped into the rankings after upsetting Air Force’s Josh from Townsend, Mont. (Broadwater HS) while Chase and 184 pounds Intermat AWN Martinez -- who was ranked eighth at the time -- on Kyle are from Scottsboro, Ala. (Scottsboro HS). Feb. 16 while Wilson came in after defeating No. 3 197 pounds Intermat AWN Wolverines Excel in the Classroom Cole VonOhlen by medical forfeit in the title bout of the Alfonso Hernandez (UW) 4 4 NCAA West Regional. For four consecutive years the UVU wrestling team has been recognized by the NWCA (National Wrestling Heavyweight Intermat AWN Wilson’s Second Straight Trip to NCAAs Coaches Association) for finishing in the Top 10 on the Divi- Senior 149-pounder will make his second straight trip sion I All-Academic Top 30 Team. to the NCAA Championships this weekend after he went WWC WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK 2-2 at same tournament a year ago. Fellow UVU wres- Last season UVU placed fourth with a 3.27 team GPA. The Nov. 6 - Alfonzo Hernandez (UW) tlers Jade Rauser (125) and Adam Fager (HWT) will be fourth-place team finish is the highest that UVU has ever Nov. 13 - Josh Wilson (UVU) making their first appearances. had after it finished sixth in 2008-09 with a 3.16, ninth in Nov. 20 - Cole VonOhlen (AFA) 2010-11 with a 3.13, and ninth again in 2009-10 with a Nov. 27 - Trent Sprenkle (NDSU) UVU Places 3rd at NCAA West Regional 3.18 GPA. Dec. 4 - Steven Monk (NDSU) UVU had its highest finish in program history at the Dec. 11 - Brandon Richardson (UW) NCAA West Regional/WWC Championships in Laramie, UVU senior 149-pounder Josh Wilson was also recognized to the NWCA Individual All-Academic team as he held a Dec. 18 - Tyler Cox (UW) Wyo., on March 9 by placing third (its previous high was Jan. 1 - Steven Monk (NDSU) fourth). The Wolverines got all 10 of their wrestlers into 3.62 GPA in accounting. Wilson was also the Wolverines’ the medal rounds (5 in the finals & 5 in the 3rd-place lone NCAA Qualifier this past season and went 2-2 at the Jan. 8 - Cole VonOhlen (AFA) bouts) to help them place third. UVU finished with 70 2012 NCAA Championships. Jan. 15 - Trent Sprenkle (NDSU) points, just nine back of the winner Wyoming (79). North Jan. 22 - Jade Rauser (UVU)/Dylan Hyder (AFA) Dakota State placed second with 76 points. Pronunciations Jan. 29 - Josh Martinez (Air Force) Napoleon Aniciete Anna-SET-ee Feb. 5 - Kurtis Julson (NDSU)/Andy McCulley (UW) Wolverines Finish 3rd in WWC Josh Metivier Ma-TV-ee-er Feb. 12 - Adam Fager (UVU) Utah Valley finished third in the WWC dual standings David Prieto Pre-ET-toe Monte Schmalhaus Shmall-HOUSE Feb. 19 - Jade Rauser (UVU) this season with a 3-2 record. UVU defeated No. 22 Feb. 26 - Josh Kremier (AFA)/Tyler Cox (UW) Air Force 23-9, Northern Colorado 39-0 and South Glenn Terrano Ta-ron-OH Dakota State 22-18 and fell to then No. 16 Wyoming Chasen Tolbert Chasen like Jason 20-12 and then No. 25 North Dakota State 18-15. Tall-bert UVU All-Time Against Erkin Tadzhimetov ER-Keen Campbell 1-0 UVU Records First-Ever Shut Out TADZ-he-me-toff Bloomsburg 0-1 Utah Valley recorded its first-ever shut out on Jan. 26 as Just Ruiz Reece Wyoming 1-8 it won all 10 matches in its 39-0 rout over Western Wres- Arizona State 1-2 tling Conference rival Northern Colorado. Four of UVU’s Northern Colorado 6-7 10 wins were via bonus points. Officially Utah Valley University Stanford 2-0 South Dakota State 7-1 UVU to Host 2014 WWC Championships As of July 1, 2008 the official school name isnow Utah Valley Univer- North Dakota State 1-7 The University of Wyoming will host this year’s WWC Championships/NCAA West Regional in Laramie, Wyo., sity. The words ‘state’ and college’ are no longer part of our identity. Boise State 2-5 on March 9 but next year it will be UVU’s turn to host the DivisionPlease refer toI usBecomes as Utah Valley University, Official Utah Valley or UVU. Air Force 6-4 conference championships for the first time. The event will The UVU athletics department was notified on July 7, WWC 16-20 www.WolverineGreen.com - 2 James Warnick l WRST Contact 2012-13 UTAH VALLEY 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Utah, 84058 WOLVERINE WRESTLING Office) 801-863-6231 l Cell) 801-376-0814 l Fax) 801-863-8813 Email) [email protected] l www.WolverineGreen.com

Quick Facts Head Coach Greg Williams

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Entering his seventh year He began his coaching career at Sky View High Location Orem, Utah at the helm of Utah Valley School in Smithfield, Utah, where he led the school Founded 1941 University, head wrestling to an 87-8 record. Enrollment 31,556 coach Greg Williams has Williams, a native of San Diego, California, gradu- School Colors Green & White taken Wolverine wrestlers ated from University High School in 1979 where he Nickname Wolverines to the NCAA Champion- was a California State Champion. Wrestling Facility PE Building ships in each of the past Capacity 2,000 three seasons. In 2011 he From there, he moved on to Utah State University in Ticket Information (801) 863-SHOW also coached UVU’s first- Logan, Utah and was an All-American and a three- Affiliation NCAA Division I ever wrestling All-Amer- time NCAA qualifier for the Aggies. Conference Western Wrestling Conference ican in 125-pounder Ben President Dr. Matthew S. Holland Kjar, as Kjar placed fourth at the 2011 NCAA Wres- Williams graduated from Utah State in 1985 with Vice President for Student Affairs Cory Duckworth Director of Athletics Michael V. Jacobsen tling Championships. a degree in Marketing Education. He and his wife Senior Associate AD Dr. D.J. Smith Kristin have two children, Alexis and Taylor. Associate AD; SWA Megan Kennedy In 2009-10, Williams had his most successful overall Associate AD; External Operations Jared Sumsion year when he led his team to a 10-3 overall record Assistant AD; Corporate Partners Nate Mathis and a second place conference finish at 4-1. That Assistant AD; Media Relations Clint Burgi year Williams also coached UVU’s first-ever NCAA Athletics Website www.WolverineGreen.com Division I qualifiers as three Wolverine wrestlers punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Greg Williams (7th Season) Williams also coached his first conference champion Alma Mater Utah State (1985) that season as Flint Ray (133 lbs.) became the first Overall Record 53-47 Wolverine to win his weight bracket at the WWC Record at Utah Valley Same Championships. In 09-10, Williams picked up UVU’s Overall NCAA Div. I Record Same inaugural victory over a nationally-ranked program Office Phone 801-863-7141 as his Wolverines upset the #8 Boise State Broncos E-Mail [email protected] at home by a score of 22-20.

Associate Head Coach Erkin Tadzhimetov (4th Season) In 2008-09, Williams coached his Wolverines to a Alma Mater Utah Valley (2007) school-record in victories with an 11-3 clip. Williams’ Office Phone 801-863-7141 Utah Valley grapplers also posted a 4-1 record in E-Mail [email protected] the Western Wrestling Conference that season as well. Assistant Coach Justin Ruiz (1st Season) Alma Mater Colorado, Colorado Springs (2012) In Williams’ six seasons of coaching at UVU he has a Office Phone 801-863-7141 tallied an overall record of 47-43. In his first season E-Mail [email protected] (2006-07) he posted a 6-12 record and in 2007-08 his squad finished at 9-11 and also picked up the TEAM INFORMATION Wolverines first dual victory in Western Wrestling First Season of Wrestling at UVU 2003-04 Conference action with a 39-4 win over South Da- All-Time NCAA Div. I Record (10th Season) 74-72-1 kota State. In 2010-11 Williams led his team to a All-Time WWC Record (7th Season) 16-20 5-4 record and this last year he led his young squad All-Time NCAA Qualifiers 7 to a 6-10 clip. All-Time All-Americans 1 (Ben Kjar, 4th, 125, 2011) UVU UNDER WILLIAMS 2011-12 Record 6-10 Willliams is the second coach in Utah Valley’s short Conference Record 1-5 (6th) Conf Conf Conf history as the school will begin its 10th season of Postseason Placed 5th at Regional Year W-L W-L Place Champs AA NCAA competition this fall. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 12/7 06-07 6-12 0-5 7th N/A N/A Starters Returning/Lost 8/2 Newcomers 3 Williams brings to UVU over 20 years of coaching 07-08 9-11 1-4 6th N/A N/A NCAA Qualifiers Lost/Returning 0/1 experience, including 13 years as the owner and coach of the Elite Wrestling Club prior coming to 08-09 11-3 4-1 2nd N/A N/A Key Returners Utah Valley. 09-10 10-3 4-1 2nd 1 0 Josh Wilson, Sr., 149lbs. 2012 NCAA Qualifier 10-11 5-4 3-2 3rd 1 1 He is a 14-time coach of the Utah National Wres- SPORTS INFORMATION tling Team and during his coaching career has tu- 11-12 6-10 1-5 6th 0 0 Wrestling Contact James Warnick tored over 70 high school All-Americans. 12-13 6-4 3-2 3rd 2 Office Phone 801-863-6231 53-47 16-20 2 1 Cell Phone 801-376-0814 Williams’ pupils include current UVU assistant coach, Office Fax 801-863-8813 Justin Ruiz, who was previously the #1 ranked Greco E-Mail [email protected] wrestler at 211 lbs. Ruiz is a two-time All-Ameri- can at Nebraska and bronze medalist at the World Mailing Address Championships in 2005. Utah Valley University Athletics - MS 104 800 W. University Parkway www.WolverineGreen.com - 3 James Warnick l WRST Contact 2012-13 UTAH VALLEY 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Utah, 84058 WOLVERINE WRESTLING Office) 801-863-6231 l Cell) 801-376-0814 l Fax) 801-863-8813 Email) [email protected] l www.WolverineGreen.com

2012-13 UVU Season Preview

The 2012-13 Utah Valley University wrestling team will begin its sea- In all UVU has 27 grapplers on its roster, which includes 12 returning son Thursday at 7 p.m. in the PE Building with the annual UVU Intra- letterwinners and eight returning starters from last years team that squad Dual. The contest will be free of charge and will be a good went 6-10 overall and 1-5 in Western Wrestling Conference duals. opportunity for fans to get an early look at the young and talented Wolverine squad. “We’ve never had this much talent in the room before,” Williams said. “The program is progressing and we’re very pleased with the direction “This season will be kind of an unknown for us as we are very young,” that it is going.” said seventh year head coach Greg Williams. “Most of our freshmen are redshirt freshmen however and have a year of experience under After the intrasquad scrimmage on Thursday, the Wolverines will hit the their belt but they haven’t really faced tough competition yet. The road and travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take part in the Cowboy Open question is: how well will the first year starters do in Las Vegas (Cliff at the University of Wyoming on Saturday. ¬The Wolverines will then Keen Las Vegas Invitational) or at Midlands (Championships).” travel to North Carolina the following week, Nov. 10-11, to take on Campbell and Bloomsburg and participate at NC State’s Wolfpack Besides having 11 freshmen on the roster this season, UVU also mixes Open. From there UVU will round out the calendar year with two major in 10 sophomores, four juniors and two seniors. One of the two seniors tournaments, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) and is returning NCAA Qualifier Josh Wilson (149 pounds). Wilson, who is the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30). ranked 18th in the preseason InterMat poll, wrestled at his first NCAA Championships last season in St. Louis, Mo., and will look to help lead The Wolverines will then begin their home season against the reigning his young teammates WWC Champion this year. Wyoming Cowboys on Jan. 4 and will Other upper class- host the annual UVU men are senior Glenn Open the following Terrano (141) and day (Jan. 5). Utah juniors Abner Cook Valley will continue (165), Avery Garner its home slate by (141), Zac Jensen welcoming Pac-12 (HWT) and Monte foe Arizona State Schmalhaus (174). on Jan. 18, WWC The 10 sophomores rival Northern Colo- on the Wolverine rado Jan. 26 and roster this year are another Pac-12 op- Napoleon Aniciete ponent Stanford (157), Colby Chris- on Feb. 1, who the tensen (125), Adam Wolverines defeat- Fager (HWT), Clay ed last year in Palo Frost (149/157), Alto 25-10. Derek Malan (133), Blake Mangum UVU will then hit the (125/133), Sam road to take on con- Mecham (141/149), From L to R: Avery Garner (141), Monte Schmalhaus (174) and Josh Wilson (149). ference foes North David Prieto (197), Dakota State and Ethan Smith (165) and transfer Chasen Tolbert (125) from Colorado South Dakota State on Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 respectively and Boise State Mesa. on Feb. 13. The Wolverines will close their regular season by hosting Air Force on Feb. 16. UVU will then head back to Laramie, Wyo., for Out of the 11 freshmen, nine of them are redshirt freshmen and they the WWC Championships/NCAA West Regional on March 9. The NCAA are Logan Addis (149), Chase Cuthbertson (157), Kyle Cuthbertson Championships will then take place in Des Moines, Iowa March 21-23. (165/174), Chris Mayolo (133/141), Andrew Orr (157), Jade Rauser (125), Val Rauser (133), Tucker Ray (149) and Derek Thomas (184). “All of our conference matches are important and we’re also hosting The two incoming true freshmen this season are Josh Metivier (133) three really good duals this year. We’ve got Wyoming, Arizona State from Hudson, N.H./Alvirne High School and Bracken Nipko (125) from and Stanford all coming in. They are all good quality programs and Pleasant View, Utah/Weber HS. have been ranked in the past. We’re really excited about our home schedule this year,” concluded Williams. “We know that it is a special group and these guys are going to accom- plish some really great things during their time here at UVU,” added Williams. “We also have a number of sophomores, juniors and seniors that should do quite well too. We have almost all of our starters return- ing from last year and I’m excited for the season to begin.” www.WolverineGreen.com - 4 James Warnick l WRST Contact 2012-13 UTAH VALLEY 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Utah, 84058 WOLVERINE WRESTLING Office) 801-863-6231 l Cell) 801-376-0814 l Fax) 801-863-8813 Email) [email protected] l www.WolverineGreen.com

2012-13 UVU DUAL RESULTS Utah Valley 32, Campbell 6 - Buies Creek, N.C. - Nov. 10 Bloomsburg 25, Utah Valley 10 - Buies Creek, N.C. - Nov. 10 125: Jade Rauser (UVU) over Eric Montoya (CAM), MD 12-2 125: Jade Rauser (UVU) over Sean Boylan (BU) Dec. 2-0 133: Val Rauser (UVU) over Tanner Bidelspach (CAM), Dec. 3-0 133: Nick Wilcox (BU) over Val Rauser (UVU) MD 10-1 141: Avery Garner (UVU) over Gabe Gardner (CAM), MD 10-0 141: Simon Kitzis (BU) over Avery Garner (UVU) Dec. 7-5 OT 149: Josh Wilson (UVU) over Ryan Krecker (CAM), Medical Forfeit 149: Josh Roosa (BU) over Josh Wilson (UVU) Dec. 3-1 OT 157: Nick Rex (CAM) over Chase Cuthbertson (UVU), Dec. 9-6 157: Frank Hickman (BU) over Chase Cuthbertson (UVU) Fall 4:22 165: Ethan Smith (UVU) over Paul Duggan (CAM) Dec. 13-8 165: Abner Cook (UVU) over Josh Veltre (BU) Dec. 5-4 174: Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) over Cody Ryba (CAM) Dec. 5-2 174: Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) over Chris SMith (BU) MD 10-1 184: Taylor McGiffen (CAM) over Derek Thomas (UVU) Dec. 3-2 184: Andre Petroski (BU) over Derek Thomas (UVU) Dec. 7-2 197: David Prieto (UVU) over John Merickel (CAM) Dec. 5-3 197: Richard Perry (BU) over David Prieto (UVU) Dec. 4-2 285: Adam Fager (UVU) over Brenden Lindsay (CAM) Fall 285: Justin Grant (BU) over Adam Fager (UVU) Dec. 5-2

No. 16 Wyoming 20, Utah Valley 12 - Orem, Utah - Jan. 4 Utah Valley 26, Arizona State 15 - Orem, Utah - Jan. 18 149: Brandon Richardson (Wyo) Dec., Josh Wilson (UVU) 6-4, SV 157: Codey Combs (ASU) Dec., Ethan Smith (UVU), 5-2 157: #12 Andy McCulley (Wyo) Dec., Ethan Smith (UVU) 4-1 165: Joel Smith (ASU) Dec., Abner Cook (UVU), 4-3 165: Abner Cook (UVU) Dec., Dakota Friesth (Wyo) 8-3 174: Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) Fall Raymond Waters (ASU), 4:46 174: L.J. Helbig (Wyo) Dec., Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) 8-3 184: No. 20 Kevin Radford (ASU) Dec., Derek Thomas (UVU), 6-2 184: Shane Woods (Wyo) Dec., Derek Thomas (UVU) 4-3 197: No. 7 Jake Meredith (ASU), Dec., David Prieto (UVU), 5-3 197: #4 Alfonso Hernandez (Wyo) MD, David Prieto (UVU) 13-5 285: No. 17 Levi Cooper (ASU), Dec., Adam Fager (UVU), 4-0 285: Adam Fager (UVU) Dec., Leland Pfeifer (Wyo) 10-4 125: Jade Rauser (UVU) Fall Dalton Miller (ASU), 1:17 125: Jade Rauser (UVU) Dec., Tyler Cox (Wyo) 6-3 133: Val Rauser (UVU) Fall Ares Carpio (ASU), 2:43 133: Zach Zehner (Wyo) MD, Chasen Tolbert (UVU) 14-3 141: Avery Garner (UVU) Dec., Matt Kraus (ASU), 10-3 141: Avery Garner (UVU) Dec., Kyle Komata (Wyo) 6-2 149: Josh Wilson (UVU) Tech. Fall Preston McCalmon (ASU), 17-1, 7:00

Utah Valley 39, Northern Colorado 0 - Orem, Utah - Jan. 26 Utah Valley 18, Stanford 15 - Orem, Utah - Feb. 1 141: Avery Garner (UVU) Major Dec., Nick Adams (NC) 10-1 125: Evan Silver (Stanford) Dec., Jade Rauser (UVU), 4-3 149: Josh Wilson (UVU) Tech. Fall Nick Alspaugh (NC) 17-1, 2:24 133: Chasen Tolbert (UVU) Major Dec., Alex Manley (Stanford), 8-0 157: Chase Cuthbertson (UVU) Dec., Mitchell Polkowske (NC) 11-8 141: Avery Garner (UVU) Dec., Josh Lauderdale (Stanford), 7-2 165: Abner Cook (UVU) Fall Iver Sandoval (NC), 2:11 149: Josh Wilson (UVU) Major Dec., Timmy Boone (Stanford), 10-2 174: Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) Dec., Jesse Neilsen (NC) 8-2 157: Kyle Meyer (Stanford) Dec., Chase Cuthbertson (UVU), 2-1 184: Derek Thomas (UVU) Dec., Keith Johnson (NC) 10-4 165: Bret Baumbach (Stanford) Dec., Abner Cook (UVU), 5-2 197: David Prieto (UVU) Dec., Cody McAninch (NC) 8-6, SV 174: Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) Major Dec., Thomas Kimbrell (Stanford), 8-0 285: Adam Fager (UVU) Dec., Henry Chirino (NC) 5-2 184: Derek Thomas (UVU) Dec., Ryan Davies (Stanford), 8-1 125: Jade Rauser (UVU) Fall Abe Fox (NC) 1:26 197: Michael Sojka (Stanford) Dec., David Prieto (UVU), 3-2, 1TB 133: Chasen Tolbert (UVU) Dec., Sam Bauer (NC) 9-4 285: Dan Scherer (Stanford) Dec., Adam Fager (UVU), 3-2

Utah Valley 22, South Dakota State 18 - Brookings, S.D. - Feb. 6 No. 25 North Dakota State 18, Utah Valley 15 - Fargo, N.D. - Feb. 8 125 - Aaron Pickrel (SDSU) won by forfeit 125 - No. 9 Trent Sprenkle (NDSU) won by forfeit 133 - Brance Simms (SDSU) Fall Chasen Tolbert (UVU), 2:40 133 - Chasen Tolbert (UVU) Dec., Josh Rodriguez (NDSU), 5-0 141 - Avery Garner (UVU) Dec., Ben Gillette (SDSU), 9-2 141 - Avery Garner (UVU) Dec., Mark Erickson (NDSU), 7-5 149 - Josh Wilson (UVU) Major Dec., Dustin Walraven (SDSU), 12-4 149 - Josh Wilson (UVU) Dec., Joe Garner (NDSU), 6-0 157 - Chase Cuthbertson (UVU) Fall Cody Pack (SDSU), 1:42 157 - Ethan Smith (UVU) Dec., Tanner Carlisle (NDSU), 9-4 165 - Joe Brewster (SDSU) Dec., Abner Cook (UVU), 4-2 (SV1) 165 - No. 6 Steven Monk (NDSU) Dec., Abner Cook (UVU), 2-0 174 - Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) Dec., Troy Morisette (SDSU), 5-0 174 - Hayden Zillmer (NDSU) Dec., Monte Schmalhaus (UVU), 5-4 184 - Shea Nolan (SDSU) Dec., Derek Thomas (UVU), 3-2 184 - Mac Stoll (NDSU) Dec., Derek Thomas (UVU), 6-1 197 - David Prieto (UVU) Dec., Joe Skow (SDSU), 3-1 (SV1) 197 - Kallen Kleinschmidt (NDSU) Dec., David Prieto (UVU), 6-1 285 - Adam Fager (UVU) Dec., J.J. Everard (SDSU), 5-3 285 - Adam Fager (UVU) Dec., Evan Knutson (NDSU), 3-2 No. 21 Boise State 29, Utah Valley 10 - Boise, Idaho - Feb. 13 Utah Valley 23, No. 22 Air Force 9 - Orem, Utah - Feb. 16 285: No. 14 J.T. Felix (BSU) Fall Adam Fager (UVU), 1:52 125 - Jade Rauser (UVU) Dec. No. 8 Josh Martinez (AF), 6-5 125: Rami Haddadin (BSU) won by forfeit 133 - Dylan Hyder (AF) Dec. Chasen Tolbert (UVU), 7-3 133: Chasen Tolbert (UVU) Major Dec., Manny Ybarra (BSU), 14-0 141 - Avery Garner (UVU) Dec. Carter McElhany (AF), 6-5 141: Travis Himmelman (BSU) Major Dec. Avery Garner (UVU), 12-3 149 - Josh Wilson (UVU) Major Dec. Logan Burch (AF), 14-6 149: No. 2 Jason Chamberlain (BSU) Dec. Josh Wilson (UVU), 10-4 157 - Josh Kreimier (AF) Dec. Ethan Smith (UVU), 2-1 157: No. 17 George Ivanov (BSU) Major Dec. Chase Cuthbertson (UVU), 15-5 165 - Abner Cook (UVU) Dec. Jesse Stafford (AF), 3-0 165: Abner Cook (UVU) Dec. Holden Packard (BSU), 5-0 174 - Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) Dec. Dan Barringer (AF), 3-2 174: Scott Bacon (BSU) Dec. Monte Schmalhaus (BSU), 9-3 184 - Devin Hightower (AF) Dec. Derek Thomas (UVU), 4-1 184: No. 9 Jake Swartz (BSU) Dec. Derek Thomas (BSU), 6-3 197 - David Prieto (UVU) Dec. Josh Mohr (AF), 5-3 197: David Prieto (UVU) Dec. Cody Dixon (BSU), 3-2 285 - Adam Fager (UVU) Major Dec. Bentley Alsup (AF), 17-6 2012-13 UVU DUAL LINEUP BREAKDOWN Date Opponent 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT 11/10 Campbell J. Rauser V. Rauser Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Smith Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 11/10 Bloomsburg J. Rauser V. Rauser Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 01/04 #16 Wyoming J. Rauser Tolbert Garner Wilson Smith Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 01/18 Arizona State J. Rauser V. Rauser Garner Wilson Smith Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 01/26 Northern Colo. J. Rauser Tolbert Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 02/01 Stanford J. Rauser Tolbert Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 02/06 So. Dakota St. - Tolbert Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 02/08 #25 No. Dakota St. - Tolbert Garner Wilson Smith Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 02/13 #21 Boise State - Tolbert Garner Wilson C. Cuthbertson Cook Schmanhaus Thomas Prieto Fager 02/16 #22 Air Force J. Rauser Tolbert Garner Wilson Smith Cook Schmalhaus Thomas Prieto Fager www.WolverineGreen.com - 5 James Warnick l WRST Contact 2012-13 UTAH VALLEY 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Utah, 84058 WOLVERINE WRESTLING Office) 801-863-6231 l Cell) 801-376-0814 l Fax) 801-863-8813 Email) [email protected] l www.WolverineGreen.com

2012-13 UVU INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 2012-13 UVU LEADERS ...

Name Overall Duals WWC Pins TF MD Dec. Dual Pts. OVERALL WINS 1. Josh Wilson 22-8 PROBABLE STARTERS 2. Jade Rauser 20-8 Jade Rauser (125) 20-8 6-1 5-3 8 0 1 11 25 2. Adam Fager 20-10 2. Monte Schmalhaus 20-10 Chasen Tolbert (133) 13-9 4-3 6-7 3 0 4 5 14 2. Avery Garner 20-11 Avery Garner (141) 20-11 8-2 10-3 2 0 3 15 26 3. David Prieto 17-14 4. Abner Cook 16-10 Josh Wilson (149) 22-8 7-3 6-1 0 2 6 11 31 5. Chasen Tolbert 13-9 Ethan Smith (157) 10-10 2-3 3-5 0 1 0 9 6 6. Val Rauser 11-3 7. Chase Cuthbertson 10-8 Abner Cook (165) 16-10 5-4 6-3 2 2 1 10 18 7. Ethan Smith 10-10 Monte Schmalhaus (174) 20-10 7-3 6-3 1 0 4 15 26 Derek Thomas (184) 9-20 2-8 3-8 3 0 2 4 6 DUAL WINS 1. Avery Garner 8 David Prieto (197) 17-14 5-5 6-3 0 0 2 15 15 2. Monte Schmalhaus 7 Adam Fager (HWT) 20-10 6-4 6-0 8 0 1 11 22 2. Josh Wilson 7 3. Adam Fager 6 3. Jade Rauser 6 NON-STARTERS DUAL POINTS Logan Addis (149) 4-6 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 3 0 1. Josh Wilson 31 Napoleon Aniciete (157) 1-1 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2. Monte Schmalhaus 26 2. Avery Garner 26 Colby Christensen (125) 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 3. Jade Rauser 25 Chase Cuthbertson (157) 10-8 2-4 4-0 2 1 2 4 9 4. Adam Fager 22 Kyle Cuthbertson (165) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5. Abner Cook 18 6. David Prieto 15 Zac Jensen (HWT) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 7. Chasen Tolbert 14 Derek Malan (133) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 PINS Chris Mayolo (133) 1-4 0-0 0-3 0 0 0 1 0 1. Adam Fager 8 Sam Mecham (141) 7-6 0-0 2-2 2 0 1 4 0 1. Jade Rauser 8 3. Val Rauser 6 Josh Metivier (133) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Derek Thomas 3 Bracken Nipko (125) 2-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 4. Chasen Tolbert 3 Andrew Orr (165) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 QUICKEST PIN Val Rauser (133) 11-3 2-1 2-1 6 0 3 1 9 1. Adam Fager, :23 over Southern Nevada’s Stephen Wilbert Tucker Ray (149) 4-4 0-0 0-1 2 0 0 2 0 2. Adam Fager, :26 over Gardner-Webb’s Justin Kozera 3. Val Rauser, :31 over Duke’s Evan Botwin Glenn Terrano (141) 5-6 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 5 0 4. Val Rauser, :36 over Virginia’s Zach Watson 5. Abner Cook, :47 over Air Force’s Jesse Stafford 5. Adam Fager, :54 over King College’s Jeff Crawford 6. Val Rauser, 1:01 over Chadron St.’s Josh McCance TECHNICAL FALLS 1. Abner Cook 2 1. Josh Wilson 2 2. Chase Cuthbertson 1 2. Ethan Smith 1 MAJOR DECISIONS 1. Josh Wilson 6 2. Monte Schmalhaus 4 2. Chasen Tolbert 4 3. Avery Garner 3 3. Val Ruaser 3 4. Chase Cuthbertson 2 4. David Prieto 2

12-13 UVU Dual Breakdown

Overall Record 6-4 Record vs. WWC 3-2 Back Row (From L to R) Beav Leavitt, Greg Williams, Tucker Ray, Monte Schmalhaus, Zac Jensen, Record at Home 4-1 Ethan Smith, Adam Fager, Derek Thomas, David Prieto, Justin Ruiz, Erkin Tadzhimetov. Record on Road 2-2 Middle Row: Kyle Cuthbertson, Glenn Terrano, Logan Addis, Napoleon Aniciete, Clay Frost, Record vs. Neutral Sites 0-1 Abner Cook, Andrew Orr, Josh Metivier, Avery Garner, Chase Cuthbertson. Record vs. Top 25 1-3 Front Row: Chasen Tolbert, Colby Christensen, Josh Wilson, Derek Malan, Jade Rauser, Sam Mechan, Bracken Nipko, Val Rauser, Chris Mayolo.

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