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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 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 UTAH VALLEY 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, Utah Valley University 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 www.WolverineGreen.com - 1 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 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.