Sun Devil Wrestling Media Guide 20/21
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1 2 2020-21 Roster 2020-21 Schedule Name Wt Yr Hometown Date Opponent Location Time Hunter Balk 157 RFr. Weatherford, TX Dec. 19 M&G Tempe, AZ 12 pm Cade Belshay 184 RSr. Clovis, CA Jan. 2 UALR* Tempe, AZ W, 39-3 Cleveland Belton 133 RFr. Corona, CA Jan. 8 # 20 Oklahoma Norman, OK W, 20-12 Julian Chlebove 141 RFr. Northhampton, PA Jan. 23 Utah Valley Orem, UT Individual Austin Clayton 184 RJr. Middletown, DE Jan. 23 Wyoming Orem, UT Individual Zane Coleman 174 RFr. Choctaw, OK Feb. 6 Wyoming Laramie, WY W, 29-15 Brandon Courtney 125 RJr. Goodyear, AZ Feb. 11 Cal Poly* Tempe, AZ W, 34-6 Cory Crooks 149 RSr. Anthem, AZ Feb. 14 Northern Iowa Ames, IA W, 24-10 Navonte Demison 149 RJr. Bakersfield, CA Feb. 14 #13 Iowa State Ames, IA W, 20-15 Dom Digena 133 RFr. Mendham, NJ Lou Fincher 141 Fr. Lawrence, KS Feb. 28 Pac-12 Tournament Corvallis, OR All Day Cody Foote 149 Fr. Mesa, AZ Mar. 18 NCAA’s St. Louis, MO All Day Josiah Kline 133 Jr. Tucson, AZ Mar. 19 NCAA’s St. Louis, MO All Day Peter Lipari 141 Gr. Bryam Township, NJ Mar. 20 NCAA’s St. Louis, MO All Day Tristan Mascarenas 125 Fr. Rio Rancho, NM Michael McGee 133 RJr. Bolingbrook, IL Overall: 6-0 Conference: 2-0 Ryan Moltz 174 RSo. Salida, CO Trey Munoz 174 RFr. Mission Viejo, CA *Pac-12 Conference match Kordell Norfleet 197 Sr. Chicago, IL * All times AZ time Josh Nummer 174 RFr. Kodiak, AK David Palosika 285 Fr. Phoenix, AZ Ethan Pickren 157 RFr. Panama City Beach, FL Chad Porter 197 RJr. Phoenix, AZ Nicholas Raimo 133 RFr. East Hanover, NJ David Remer 197 Fr. Carson City, NV Ricky Roberto 165 Fr. Marietta, GA Ryan Rochford 165 RSo. Albuquerque, NM Cohlton Schultz 285 RFr. Parker, CO Marlee Smith Jr. Wantage, NJ Jacori Teemer 157 RSo. Long Beach, NY Alex Torres 157 RSo. Phoenix, AZ Anthony Valencia 165 RSr. Bellflower, CA Jesse Vasquez 141 Fr. Corona, CA 3 Mission and Values Arizona State Wrestling Vision To create and develop a world class wrestling program in a university environment by developing all members of the program into outstanding leaders in our community while helping them obtain advanced degrees in higher education and positioning them to win NCAA, world, and Olympic gold medals. ASU Wrestling Mission and Goals •Build a program where there is no ceiling in the program. You can become as good as you want to become. •Deliver the highest possible service to our student-athletes and be a productive member of our university and our athletic department. The New American Wrestling Program - Arizona State •1 | Leverage our Place | To build an overall program of success. •2 | Transform the Wrestling Model | From the youth level to the Olympic podium, ASU Wrestling will assist wrestlers through the pipeline from sport introduction to the Olympic gold medal. •3 | Value Wrestling Creativity | ASU Wrestling uses its world class knowledge and encourages strategic wrestling innovation. •4 | Enable Student Success | ASU Wrestling is committed to the success of the unique student-athlete. •5 | Build a bridge amongst Olympic Disciplines | ASU Wrestling partners with the National Team to develop an overall strategic program. •6 | Be Socially Embedded | ASU Wrestling connects with wrestling communities through social media to build its fan base and support. •7 | Engage Locally and Globally | ASU Wrestling understands the global wrestling model and use it as a catalyst to excellence. In addition, we service our wrestling community by engaging the Tempe, Phoenix, and Arizona fan base. •8 | Character and Ethical Responsibility | ASU Wrestling encourages strong decision making skills and builds the program around solid character. •9 | Leaders of our Communities | ASU Wrestling is building leaders for the future. 4 Head Coach Zeke Jones 5 Zeke Jones Bio Sun Devil wrestling head coach Zeke Jones enters his seventh season at the helm of the program and in just three and a half years has completely changed the face of ASU wrestling. Arizona State Vice Presi- dent for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson signed Jones to a contract that will keep him at ASU until 2021. A former Sun Devil, Jones was a three-time All-American and national runner-up as a collegiate wrestler, as well as a member of the 1988 ASU national championship team. An Olympic silver medalist himself, Jones served as head coach of the United States Freestyle Wrestling Team, coaching U.S. Olympians in the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, and 2016 Olympic games. Jones led his alma mater to its 19th Pac-10/12 championship (21st conference title including two Western Athletic Conference titles) in 2020 behind five individual champions in Brandon Courtney (125), Jacori Teemer (157), Anthony Valencia (174), Kordell Norfleet (197) and Tanner Hall (HWT). The Sun Devils also earned their highest finish (10th) at NCAA’s since 2011 in 2017-18. He has won four World Cup Gold medals and was selected The World’s Most Technical Wrestler, one of only three Americans ever to receive the award, by United World Wrestling, the international governing body for the sport of wrestling. Jones was Anderson’s first coaching hire, starting a long line of highly touted coaching hires at Arizona State that includes the likes of Bob Bowman (men’s and women’s swimming), Bobby Hurley (men’s bas- ketball), and Cliff English (women’s triathlon). “It is important we retain our high-caliber coaching hires and, without a doubt, Coach Jones has made a huge impact in his three years at Arizona State,” says Anderson. Already building an impressive resume at the ASU helm, Jones’ first full recruiting class, including heavy- weight Tanner Hall and brothers Zahid and Anthony Valencia, was tabbed the No. 1 recruiting class by D1CollegeWrestling.Net, FloWrestling, Intermat, and WIN Magazine. He continues to attract the nation’s top student-athletes, adding for 2018-19 the likes of Jacori Teemer, five-time New York state champion and Mason Smith, two-time NCAA qualifier from Central Michigan. In just three and a half years, he has also signed five No. 1 recruits in their perspective weights and eight that were ranked in the top 10 pound for pound. In addition, the Sun Devils have added eight cadet and junior world team members since Jones arrived. Academics have also been a high priority with Jones at the helm as several members of the current roster are part of Barrett Honors College, one of the nation’s top honors colleges. 6 Coaching Staff LEE PRITTS FRANK MARK PERRY ASSISTANT COACH MOLINARO ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH - Named assistant coach on April 9, 2020 - Named assistant coach on April 17, 2020 - Named assistant coach on Sept. 4, 2012 - Fifth-place finish at 65 kg in the Rio - Two-time NCAA champion (165 lbs) in Olympics for Team USA in men’s free- 2007 and 2008 for Iowa - Served as USA Wrestling assistant style coach at 2017 and 2018 Cadet World - Four-time All-American as a Hawkeye Championships - Helped coach Penn State to a National (2005-2008) Championship in 2016 - Considered one of top recruiters in the - Two-time high school national champi- country - Previous coaching experience: Penn on at Blair Academy and ended with a State, Virigina Tech and Rutgers career record of 169-7 - Previous coaching experience: NC State, Missouri, Old Dominion - 2016 Pan American games 70 kg - Coached and trained 2017 World Silver champion and placed 2nd at the 2017 medalist Thomas Gilman at Hawkeye - Two-time team captain (118 lbs) at World Team Trials Wrestling Club Eastern Michigan, made 3 appearanc- es at NCAA championships, earned - Four-time All-American (149 lbs), 2-time - Previous coaching experience: Penn All-America Big Ten champion and National Champi- State, Illinois and Cal Poly-San Luis honors (1996) on in 2012 Obispo 7 2018 International Competition Zahid Valencia competed in Final X in State College, Chad Porter represented the USA on the Greco-Ro- PA, a new set of competitions to decide who will rep- man Junior World Team while Brandon Courtney was a resent the United States on the Senior World Team. finalist for the Junior World Freestyle Team. Photo credit: Richard Immel 8 Barrett Honors Sun Devil wrestling has a strong recent history of numerous team members in Barrett, the Honors College at ASU. Estab- lished in 1988, Barrett, the Honors College, is one of the top honors colleges in the na- tion. Barrett students have the “Best of Both Worlds” - attending a Research I, Pac-12 school while living with other similar minded students. ASU is among the top pro- ducers of U.S. Fulbright scholarship winners. 9 2020-21 Season Stats All Matches in 2020-21 Season ‘Bonus Point’ Victories Career Numbers Sun Devil Wt. O’all Duals P-12 T’rny MD TF Pin Fast FW O’all Duals MD TF Fall Brandon Courtney 125 9-0 9-0 3-0 0-0 6-0 1-0 0-0 14-14 31-7 17-1 6-1 1-4 Michael McGee 133 6-0 6-0 3-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 6-0 6-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 Peter Lipari 141 3-4 3-4 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 Julian Chlebove 141/149 5-3 5-3 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 5-3 5-3 3-0 0-0 0-0 Cory Crooks 149 4-3 4-3 2-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 32-45 9-23 6-6 4-3 1-2 Jesse Vasquez 149 3-2 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Jacori Teemer 157 4-1 4-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 :38 21-6 16-3 4-0 2-0 1-0 Anthony Valencia 165 8-0 8-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 91-22 44-7 26-8 10-0 27-1 Trey Munoz 174 4-1 4-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cade Belshay 184 3-5 3-5 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 18-29 5-19 1-1 1-0 0-2 Kordell Norfleet 197 7-0 7-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 41-18 28-10 9-3 5-1 5-1 Cohlton Schultz HWT 10-0 10-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 10-0 10-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Total 66-19 66-19 24-4 0-0 16-0 5-0 11-0