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458 ALL-AMERICANS | 142 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | #DYNASTYDEFINED | 34 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS | 11 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYSCOMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: HARRY ENDICOTT ([email protected]) | PHONE: (405) 744-3654 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT CAPSULE March 3-4, 2018 | All Day | BOK Center (19,199) CONFERENCE FINISHES UNDER Stream: FloWrestling (Sessions I, II, and III) JOHN SMITH TV: Fox Sports (Session IV) Radio: 93.7 KSPI-FM (Rex Holt and Roger Moore) Year Finish Champs Live Stats: FloArena 1992 n/a 3 1993 n/a n/a 1994 1st 4 OKLAHOMA STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 5 Oklahoma State 2018 Big 12 1995 2nd 2 Date Opponent Time/Result COWBOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS 11/11 No. 22 North Carolina W, 25-9 1996 1st 2 13-2; 8-0 Big 12 March 3-4, 2018 11/12 Journeymen Classic 5 champs 1997 1st 6 1998 1st 6 11/19 NO. 6 MINNESOTA W, 30-3 Coach John Smith Tulsa, Okla. 11/26 at North Dakota State W, 40-3 Oklahoma State, 1988 BOK Center (19,199) 1999 2nd 3 12/18 at Northern Colorado W, 37-4 Career: 411-62-6/27th year Tickets: BOKCenter.com 2000 1st 4 12/19 at Wyoming W, 20-15 At Oklahoma State: Same 2001 1st 4 1/5 vs. No. 5 NC State (in Naples, Italy) W, 19-16 2002 2nd 3 1/14 at No. 7 Iowa L, 20-12 2003 1st 6 1/19 WEST VIRGINIA W, 29-6 PROJECTED LINEUP 2004 1st 4 1/21 KENT STATE W, 42-3 NO. 5 OKLAHOMA STATE (SEED) NOTES 2005 1st 7 1/27 NO. 3 MISSOURI L, 21-19 1/28 IOWA STATE W, 31-3 125: No. 6 Nick Piccininni (2) ►Overall: 18-3 :: vs. Big 12: 8-0 :: RPI: 16-3 2006 1st 4 2/3 NO. 13 NORTHERN IOWA W, 24-10 RSo. | East Setauket, NY. ►2017 Big 12 Champion and NCAA All-American. 2007 3rd 3 2/9 EDINBORO W, 34-6 133: No. 4 Kaid Brock (2) ►Overall: 23-2 :: vs. Big 12: 7-1 :: RPI: 17-2 2008 3rd 1 2/11 OKLAHOMA W, 31-6 RSo. | Stillwater, Okla. ►2017 All American ... 52 dual takedowns on the year. 2009 4th 0 141: No. 7 Dean Heil (3) ►Overall: 21-4 :: vs. Big 12: 6-2 :: RPI: 16-4 2/18 at Fresno State W, 41-0 2010 1st 3 Sr. | Brunswick, Ohio ►Three-time Big 12 Champ. ... Two-time NCAA Champ 3/3-4 Big 12 Championships All Day 2011 1st 5 3/15-17 NCAA Championships All Day 149: No. 14 Boo Lewallen (2) ►Overall: 23-5 :: vs. Big 12: 7-1 :: RPI: 17-5 RSo. | Yukon, Okla. ►Making his first Big 12 Championships appearance. 2012 2nd 4 157: Jonce Blaylock* (4) ►Overall: 14-9 :: vs. Big 12: 4-3 :: RPI: 11-9 2013 1st 8 RJr. | Tulsa, Okla. ►Making his first Big 12 Championships appearance. 2014 1st 6 165: No. 8 Chandler Rogers (2) ►Overall: 17-3 :: vs. Big 12: 7-1 :: RPI: 13-3 2015 1st 7 RJr. | Stillwater, Okla. ►2017 All-American ... Leads OSU in pins with 10. 2016 1st 7 174: No. 13 Jacobe Smith (4) ►Overall: 15-4 :: vs. Big 12: 4-0 :: RPI: 10-4 2017 1st 8 RJr. | Muskogee, Okla. ►Making his first Big 12 Championships appearance. 184: No. 27 Keegan Moore (4) ►Overall: 15-7 :: vs. Big 12: 5-2 :: RPI: 13-6 RFr. | Jackson, Minn. ►Making his first Big 12 Championships appearance. 197: No. 7 Preston Weigel (1) ►Overall: 8-1 :: vs. Big 12: 5-0 :: RPI: 8-1 RJr. | Russell, Kan. ►2017 Big 12 Champion and NCAA All-American. HWT: No. 11 Derek White (1) ►Overall: 20-2 :: vs. Big 12: 9-0 :: RPI: 18-2 RJr. | Edmond, Okla. ►Leads OSU in maj. dec.'s (11) and takedowns (55) *or Tristan Moran COWBOY QUICK HITS ►When Oklahoma State takes the mat for the Big 12 Championships, it will be hunting its 16th Big 12 tournament title in 21 attempts since the league held its first championship in 1997. Two-time NCAA Champion and three-time Big 12 Champion Dean Heil ►Coach John Smith has led the Cowboys to 19 conference championships and has coached 110 individual conference champs since taking over the program in 1991-92. Under Smith, Oklahoma State has finished either first or second at the conference meet 21 times in 24 eligible years OKSTATE.COM | @OSUATHLETICS | @COWBOYWRESTLING | #OKSTATE 1 QUICK FACTS/ROSTER/MEDIA INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NAME WEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Location Stillwater, OK Ethan Andersen 285 RFr. Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk Founded Dec. 25, 1890 Colors Orange and Black Blake Andrews 285 RJr. Grapevine, Texas/NEO Enrollment 37,232 Christian Bahl 174 Fr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Conference Big 12 Jonce Blaylock 157 RJr. Tulsa, Okla./Berryhill Team Name Cowboys Mascot Pistol Pete Kaid Brock 133 RSo. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater President V. Burns Hargis Donald Cannon, Jr. 125/133 RJr. McAlester, Okla./McAlester Athletic Director Mike Holder Tyler Dieringer 157 Fr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Facility (Capacity) Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) Athletic Web Site www.okstate.com Daton Fix 125/133 Fr. Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page University Web Site www.okstate.edu Kaden Gfeller 141 Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall Gary Wayne Harding 133 RJr. Collinsville, Okla./Collinsville STAFF INFORMATION Head Coach John Smith Austin Harris 174 Fr. Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg School Record 411-62-6 (27th year) Dean Heil 141 RSr. Brunswick, Ohio/St. Edward Overall Record 411-62-6 (27th year) Bear Hughes 184 Fr. Coweta, Okla./Coweta Office Phone 405-744-4541 Office Fax 405-744-1763 Hestin Lamons 165 Sr. Tahlequah, Okla./Tahlequah Associate Head Coach Zack Esposito Boo Lewallen 149 RSo. Yukon, Okla./Yukon Assistant Coach Chris Perry Mike Magaldo 141 RJr. Gillette, N.J. / Watchung Hills Regional Volunteer Assistant Coach Isaac Jordan Andrew Marsden 184/197 RSo. Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central TEAM INFORMATION Geordan Martinez 149 RJr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Boise State 2017-18 Record 13-2 Keegan Moore 184 RFr. Jackson, Minn. / Jackson County Central 2017-18 Big 12 Record 8-0 2017 Big 12 Tournament Finish 1st Dalton Moran 157 RJr. Chandler, Ariz./South Dakota State 2017 NCAA Finish 3rd Tristan Moran 141/149 RSo. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater 2016-17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 18/7 Andrew Nieman 125/133 RFr. Stillwater, Okla. / Stillwater NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost 6/4 Starters Returning/Lost 10/4 Nick Piccininni 125 RSo. East Setauket, N.Y. / Ward Melville All-Americans Returning/Lost 9/3 Cornelius Putnam HWT Fr. Tampa, Fla./Blair Academy (N.J.) Chandler Rogers 165 RJr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater RETURNING 2016-17 NCAA CHAMPIONS Dean Heil (141 pounds) Wyatt Sheets 149/157 RFr. Stilwell, Okla./Stilwell Jacobe Smith 174 RJr. Muskogee, Okla./NEO RETURNING 2016-17 ALL-AMERICANS Joe Smith 157 Jr. Stillwater, Okla./Stillwater Nick Piccininni (4th place, 125 pounds), Kaid Brock (5th place, 133 pounds), Dean Heil (1st place, 141 pounds), Joshua Solomon 141 Fr. Stillwater, Okla./St. John Bosco Joe Smith (4th place, 157 pounds), Chandler Rogers Jet Taylor 125 Fr. Salisaw, Okla./Sallisaw (5th place, 165 pounds), Preston Weigel (6th place, 197 Preston Weigel 197 RJr. Russell, Kan./Hays pounds) Derek White HWT RJr. Edmond, Okla./Nebraska RETURNING 2016-17 BIG 12 CHAMPIONS Nick Piccininni (125 pounds), Dean Heil (141 pounds), Joe Smith (157 pounds), Preston Weigel (197 pounds) MEDIA INFORMATION AND POLICIES COWBOYS ON THE AIR The Oklahoma State athletic communications office welcomes you MEDIA PARKING to another season of Cowboy wrestling. The communications staff Members of the media attending matches at Gallagher-Iba Arena Rex Holt and Roger Moore are in their 13th year together 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 as the radio broadcast team of Oklahoma State Cowboy homa State athletics. Please take a moment to become familiar Stadium. The entrance to the lot is located off Knoblock Street. No Wrestling. OSU wrestling can be heard on its primary with the following media policies. parking pass is necessary for entry into the lot. home of 93.7 KSPI-FM radio in Stillwater. Occasional events are aired on either 105.5 KGFY-FM radio or 780 CREDENTIALS VISITING RADIO, PHONE LINES Members of the media should contact Harry Endicott in the Phone lines will be provided to the primary radio broadcast crews AM radio Stillwater should programming conflicts arise. Oklahoma State media relations office to request credentials to for both the Cowboys and the visiting team. Additional lines are Any time the Cowboys are on the air, the live broadcast OSU wrestling duals ([email protected] or 405-744- available to the media on a first-come, first-served basis in the can also be accessed live on the official web site of OSU 3654). Credentials can be picked up at the Southwest pass gate to Gallagher-Iba Arena media room. athletics, www.okstate.com. 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 Harry Endicott in the OSU media relations office. Coaches and wrestlers are typically available for interview before practice starts (usually around 3 p.m. CT), but arrangements can be made to accommodate most schedules.