WISCONSIN WRESTLING 2015 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 2015-16 Badgers Cathery, Santonio 5-8 157 RS JR Chicago, Ill
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WISCONSINWRESTLING 68 NCAA All-Americans . 108 All-America Honors . 18 Individual National Titles . 69 Individual Big Ten Titles #14 WISCONSIN (0-0, 0-0) vs. UW-WHITEWATER (0-0, 0-0) The University THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2015 . 7 P.M. (CT) . MADISON, WIS. UW FIELD HOUSE School Name: Wisconsin Location: Madison, Wis. Location ................................ Madison, Wis. WISCONSIN BADGERS Population: 243,344 Site ..................................... UW Field House Rankings (Coaches/Flo) ..............................14/13 Enrollment: 43,193 Capacity ............................................10,600 Record (Big Ten) ................................... 0-0 (0-0) All-Time Series ...................WIS leads, 5-0 Head Coach .......................................Barry Davis Chancellor: Rebecca M. Blank Record at Wisconsin (Years) ..... 216-154-11 (22) Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez In Madison .............................................4-0 Last Meeting......... Wisconsin 27, UWW 12 Colors: Cardinal and White UW-WHITEWATER WARHAWKS 2013-14 (at UW-Whitewater Double Dual) Nickname: Badgers Rankings (Coaches/InterMat) ......................11/11 Conference: Big Ten Record (WIAC) ...................................... 0-0 (0-0) Interim Head Coach ............................Ned Shuck Facility: UW Field House/6,012 Record at UW-Whitewater (Years) ....... 15-1-0 (2) Wrestling Staff Head Coach: Barry Davis (Iowa, 1985) BADGERS OPEN SEASON AGAINST IN-STATE FOE School Record: 216-154-11 (21 years) Wisconsin (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) begins its campaign with a Career record: Same dual against UW-Whitewater (0-0, 0-0 WIAC) at the UW Office: 608-262-3586 Field House on Thursday at 7 p.m. (CT). Assistant Coaches: The meeting marks the sixth all-time, dating back to the Kyle Ruschell (Wisconsin, 2010) 1968-69 season, as the Badgers hold an undefeated record Trevor Brandvold (Wisconsin, 2011) against Whitewater. UW and the Warhawks last matched Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mitch Hull up during the 2013-14 season at the UW-Whitewater Program Assistant: Breanne Eoff Double Dual. TJ Ruschell won, 20-2, by technical fall and Isaac Jordan beat Tom Gerszewski with a 14-3 major deci- Athletic Trainer: Gary Johnson sion, as the Badgers took the event, 27-12. Wrestling contact: KEY NOTES TO CONSIDER Kelli Grashel The Badgers begin the season ranked 14th in the USA Email: [email protected] Today/NWCA Coaches poll. UW is one of nine Big Ten Isaac Jordan looks to defend his Big Office Phone: 608-262-8216 schools ranked in the top 25. Also included in the poll Ten title at 165 lbs. and improve on a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Cell Phone: 608-262-8216 is No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Iowa, No. Championships last year. Fax: 608-262-8184 5 Ohio State, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 11 Illinois, No. 16 Assistant wrestling contact: Minnesota and No. 17 Rutgers. Christian Blatner Three Wisconsin wrestlers cracked the FloWrestling and InterMat top-20 rankings. Isaac Email: [email protected] Jordan (165) is ranked second, while Ryan Taylor ( 133) and Ricky Roberston (174) are third and 10th, respectively. Address: 1440 Monroe Street Jens Lantz (133) and Seth Liegel (165) will join the starting lineup in place of Taylor and Madison, WI 53711 Jordan, who are still working their way back to 100 percent health. Website: UWBadgers.com Robertson gets the start at 174 lbs., facing off against Whitewater’s Connor Price. The sopho- Twitter: @BadgerWrestling more was 18-10 last year. Facebook: /WisconsinWrestling Luke Rowh is set to wrestle Matthew Adcock in the 141 lbs. match. Rowh posted a 12-2 record Instagram: BadgerWrestling wrestling unattached in 2014-15 compared to Adcock’s 29-11 output. The 2015 Michigan State Open takes place on Sunday at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, 2014-15 in Review Michigan. Up to 250 wrestlers will compete, including members from UW’s roster. 2014-15 Dual Record: 9-4 2014-15 Conference Record: 7-2 2014-15 B1G Finish: 8th/1 champion 2014-15 NCAA Finish: 17th/3 All-Amer- icans 3 4 14 Lettermen returning/lost: 16/9 Last year, UW had three All- Wisconsin returns four of its 2015 Nearly half of the Badgers 30-man 2014-15 Starters Returning/Lost: 9/4 Americans. Isaac Jordan (165) NCAA qualifiers--Isaac Jordan, roster is composed of freshman NCAA qualifiers Returning/Lost: 4/4 became a two-time All-American, Rylan Lubeck, Ricky Robertson and (nine true, five redshirt). The group Qualifiers Returning: Isaac Jordan while Ryan Taylor (133) and Connor Ryan Taylor. Jordan and Taylor both is headlined by redshirt-freshmen (2014/15), Ricky Robertson (2015), Medbery (Hwt) secured their first earned seventh-place finishes in Jens Lantz (133) and Luke Rowh Rylan Lubeck (2014) and Ryan Taylor All-America honors. Medberry is their weight class, as the pair picked (141), who will make starts against (2014/15). taking an Olympic redshirt this up All-American honors. Whitewater. season. Wrestling Contact: Kelli Grashel . Office: 608-262-8216 . Cell: 608-262-8216 . E-mail: [email protected] Secondary Wrestling Contact: Christian Blatner . E-mail: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Jimenez finished the season 5-9 and went USA Today/NWCA Coaches (Nov. 10) 0-2 in the Big Ten championships. He took Whitewater is projected as the No. 11 team first place at the Pointer Open last season. in Division III and have claimed four con- Rank Team (First) Record secutive WIAC titles. 1 Oklahoma State (10) 0-0 ON POINT The Warhawks had a successful run last 2 Penn State (1) 0-0 Wisconsin freshmen had a big showing at season, finishing fourth in the NCAA 3 Michigan (1) 0-0 the Pointer Open last weekend after finish- Division III championships and garnering 4 Iowa 0-0 ing with three first-place finishes, three five All-America honors. 5 Ohio State 0-0 runner-ups and one third-place finisher. 6 Virginia Tech 1-0 UWW won their fourth-consecutive Eli Stickley, Eric Schmid and Izaec 7 Lehigh 1-0 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Quintanilla all brought home first-place 8 Cornell 0-0 Conference championship and third-straight crowns from the Pointer Open. 9 Missouri 0-0 NCAA Midwest Regional title. 10 Nebraska 0-0 Three of the Warhawks’s five All- BADGERS IN THE POLLS 11 Illinois 3-0 Americans return, but only one will see the The Badgers begin the season ranked 14th 12 NC State 0-0 mat against the Badgers. 13 North Carolina 0-0 in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches poll. Matt Adcock was an NCAA Division III 14 Wisconsin 0-0 UW is one of nine Big Ten schools ranked All-American at 141 pounds taking seventh 15 Old Dominion 0-0 in the top 25. Also included in the poll is place and the NCAA DIII Midwest Region 16 Minnesota 3-0 No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 champion at 141 lbs. He had a 29-11 record 17 Rutgers 3-0 Iowa, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 10 Nebraska, and finished third in the WIAC champi- 18 Iowa State 0-1 No. 11 Illinois, No. 16 Minnesota and No. onships. He was the NCAA Division III 19 West Virginia 3-0 17 Rutgers. The Badgers moved up a spot national runner-up at 141 lbs. in 2013-14. 20 Oregon State 0-0 as they were ranked No. 15 in the first poll 21 Ohio 3-0 Isaiah Vela took third place at the WIAC of the season. 22 Oklahoma 0-0 at 149 lbs. and compiled a 27-5 record on Three wrestlers are ranked by 23 Virginia 3-1 the season including two pins and a techni- TheOpenMat.com. Ryan Taylor comes 24 Central Michigan 2-0 cal fall. in at No. 5 in the 133-pound weight class. 25 Northern Iowa Tom Gerszewski is Whitewater’s Isacc Jordan is ranked at No. 3 behind starter 165 lbs. and was an NCAA DIII Oklahoma State’s Alex Dieringer and Dropped Out: N/A Championships qualifier at 157 lbs. last sea- North Carolina’s Ethan Ramos in the 165- Receiving Votes: Edinboro 13, Arizona State 4, son and the NCAA DIII Midwest Region pound weight class. Ricky Robertson takes Stanford 4, Kent State 3, Princeton 3, Pittsburgh runner-up at 157 lbs. and the WIAC champ the No. 11 spot at 174 pounds. 2, Purdue 2, Rider 2 at 157 lbs.. He tied for the team lead in wins with 33-9 record. FloWrestling (Nov. 9) Connor Price took sixth in the NCAA DIII Midwest Region at 165 lbs. and was the Rank Team WIAC runner-up. He is wrestling at 174 1 Penn State lbs. this season. 2 Iowa 3 Oklahoma State A LOOK BACK 4 Virginia Tech 5 Ohio State Wisconsin finished the season with a 9-4 6 Michigan conference dual record and finished in 17th 7 Missouri place with 32.5 team points at the 2015 8 Cornell NCAA Wrestling Championships. UW 9 NC State boasted three All-Americans last season, the 10 Illinois most in a single season since 2011. Isaac 11 Nebraska Jordan, Ryan Taylor and Connor Medbery 12 North Carolina all brought home All-America honors. 13 Wisconsin X Isaac Jordan, the Big Ten Conference’s 14 Lehigh champion at 165 lbs., earned his sec- ond All-America honor as he placed 15 Edinboro seventh at the tournament. Taylor also 16 Old Dominion finished in seventh at 133 pounds. 17 Northern Iowa X Medbery was Wisconsin’s highest plac- 18 Duke ing wrestler. He made his way into the 19 Iowa State third place match and closed out the weekend in fourth place during his sec- 20 Oklahoma ond NCAA appearance.