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urdue Wrestling Boilermakers 2007-08 2007-08 BOILERMAKERS SEASON OUTLOOK ........................................16-17 NCAA QUALIFIERS .....................................18-25 JUSTIN FRAGA JAKE MURPHY JAKE PATACSIL COLTON SALAZAR TEAM CAPTAINS...........................................26-27 MARK POWELL SEAN SCHMALTZ RETURNING STARTERS ..................................28-32 NICK BERTUCCI NICK CORPE CHRIS KASTEN JASON MARTIN DAVID PISARCIK KEY RETURNERS ..........................................33-38 LOGAN BROWN / KEVIN CLEM AKIF EREN / AARON GOEBEL MATT HEMRY / KEVIN LIPP LUKE MANUEL / JORDAN NETTUNO SAM PATACSIL / MATT REDMOND NICK SPOHN / ROGER VUKOBRATOVICH NEWCOMERS ................................................39-42 JOHN DOYLE / MATT FIELDS JAKE FLECKENSTEIN / A.J. KISSEL GEORGE PETROV / BILL PUTMAN DAVID ZIMMER urdue Wrestling Season Outlook 125 POUNDS Redshirt freshman Akif Eren looks to take over the 125-pound duties this year, with several fi rst-years to push him. Throwing their names into the mix will be Matt Fields, George Petrov and Bill Putman. Fields was the 2007 Indiana State Champion, while Putman was an Illinois state qualifi er and Petrov was his team’s 2007 MVPs. 133 POUNDS Senior captain Sean Schmaltz s headlines the 133-pound class after a 14-18 campaign in 2006-07. Schmaltz saw several successes last year including a fourth-place NNo.o. 9 8 showing at the Reno Tournament of Champions JJakeake PPatacsilatacsil and his fi rst collegiate Big Ten win. Redshirt -0 freshman Matt Hemry will push Schmaltz all year and look to gain some experience of his 149 POUNDS 157 POUNDS makers own. The 149-pound class is loaded with The Boilermakers’ deepest weight r talent as junior captains Jake Patacsil and class, the 157-pound group includes a pair of 141 POUNDS 007 Mark Powell vie for the starting job. Patacsil NCAA qualifi ers, three former starters and the has earned a preseason No. 9 ranking after a 2006 Midwest Open champion. Junior Jake 2007-08 2 With the 141-pound class vacated by graduating senior Jason Cook and sophomore breakout sophomore campaign, placing in three Murphy hopes to defend his starting job and tournaments, winning the Reno Tournament preseason No. 18 ranking as he posted a 3-4 Big Boilermakers Boile Nick Bertucci, sophomore Matt Redmond and freshman Kevin Lipp will enter a heated battle of Champions, qualifying for the NCAA Ten Dual record, placed seventh at the Big Ten for the starting job. Redmond posted a stellar Tournament and shattering the Purdue single- Tournament last year and earned his fi rst trip season at 149 pounds last year, including a sixth- season record with an astounding 190 back to the NCAA Tournament. Standing in his way place fi nish at the Midlands Championships, points. Powell was no slouch, racking up a is former starter and national qualifi er Colton while Lipp was a two-time Ohio state high 17-5 record before concluding his season with Salazar, who returns to the Boilers after a two- school champion with over 150 wins to his injuries. Redshirt freshman Jordan Nettuno adds year hiatus on his mission, and sophomore Nick credit. even more depth as he plans to push the pair. Bertucci, who jumps up to 157 pounds after starting for most of last season at 141 pounds. Bolstering the ranks are junior Nick Spohn, who took home the Midwest Open crown last year, NNo.o. 1188 sophomore Sam Patacsil and redshirt freshman Kevin Clem. JJakeake MMurphyurphy 165 POUNDS Sophomore Justin Fraga brings a lot of promise to the Boilers’ 165-pound class after fi nishing among the team leaders in most categories last year and entering this season ranked 17th in the country. He won 27 matches, including fi ve in conference play, en route to a fourth-place fi nish at the Big Ten Championships and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Fraga led the Boilers with 82 takedowns in his rookie campaign and notched the sixth-highest single-season reversal total in school history. Challenging him for mat time will be redshirt PURDUE 16 2007-08 Boilermakers BOILERMAKERS urdue Wrestling Season Outlook freshman Luke Manuel, who was the 2006 California State runner-up and a high school- All-American. NNo.o. 1188 CChrishris KastenKasten 174 POUNDS Junior Nick Corpe looks to bounce back from an injury in 2006-07 to climb the 174-pound rankings this winter. In just 19 matches last season, he posted a 13-6 record with 38 takedowns. Corpe placed third in the season-opening Eastern Michigan Open last year, and notched a perfect 3-0 mark at the B inaugural ACC/Big Ten Clash. With a healthy Boilermakers 2007-08 campaign ahead, Corpe has his sights o set on a high level of performance at the Big Ten o 2007-08 2 i and NCAA Championships. i l 0 e 184 POUNDS e 0 r m Ohio state high school champion and received SCHEDULE m 7 Sophomore David Pisarcik holds the 7 Boilermakers’ 184-pound hopes after a solid National Top-12 honors after his fi nal year - a 0 freshman campaign at 197 and 285 pounds. at Covington High School. He now looks to The Boilermakers hope to return to 0 k He posted a 50-1 record as a senior at Mars continue that success representing the Old Gold the Top-25 ranks in the 2007-08 year, but will k 8 and Black. 8 e High School, with his only loss coming in the have a daunting schedule in their path. The e r Pennsylvania state championship match, and year opens with yet another trip to the Eastern r 285 POUNDS s then fi lled in as the Purdue heavyweight for the Michigan open, followed with a return to the s second half of last year. Sophomore Chris Kasten enters second-annual ACC/Big Ten Clash. After a one- the 2007-08 season with a preseason No. 18 year hiatus, Purdue returns to the Las Vegas 197 POUNDS ranking after a 16-6 campaign last year. Kasten desert for the annual Cliff Keen Invitational to placed fi fth at the Eastern Michigan Open, and face some of the nation’s top competition. The Redshirt freshman Logan Brown was one match shy of reaching the podium at Boilermakers also return to the Wendy’s Duals at is ready to unleash himself on the collegiate the Midlands Championships. Pushing him on Ashland University in Ohio, while dual matches wrestling scene this winter after sitting out a daily basis will be redshirt freshman Roger against Mount St. Josephs, Rider University, his fi rst year at Purdue. Brown was the 2006 Vukabratovich, who has made great strides in his inaugural year in the Purdue program. Drexel University and the Air Force Academy round out their non-conference schedule. The Big Ten schedule is as tough as NNo.o. 1177 ever, with nine of the top-15 preseason ranked JJustinustin FragaFraga programs in the nation in the conference. Defending NCAA Champions Minnesota headline the list of Purdue opponents with a No. 1 ranking, followed by third-ranked Michigan, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 7 Northwestern, 12th- ranked Penn State, No. 13 Indiana and No. 14 Illinois. The Boilermakers have the pleasure of hosting the Buckeyes, Hoosiers, Gophers and Wildcats within the conference slate, but will have to travel to Ann Arbor, East Lansing, State College and Champaign. The Big Ten will gather for its annual tournament March 8-9, in Minneapolis, with the season culminating at the NCAA Championships two weeks later in St. Louis, Mo. PURDUE 2007-08 Boilermakers 17 BOILERMAKERS urdue Wrestling NCAA Qualifier JUSTIN FRAGA 165 POUNDS 5’10” * SOPHOMORE / JUNIOR ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. * OVIEDO H.S. 2006-07 (FRESHMAN, 165) Qualifi ed for the NCAA Championships at 165 pounds, fi nishing the season at 27-16 (5-3 Big Ten) and placing fourth at the Big Ten Tournament (3/3-4) ... tallied s the fourth highest single-season reversal total in school history, notching 18 on the year ... led the team with 82 takedowns and earned Most Outstanding Freshman award ... pinned his fi rst collegiate opponent in the opening round of the Midlands Championships (12/29-30), sticking Sherwood Fendryck of Sacred Heart in 5:40 ... posted an undefeated 3-0 mark at the inaugural Boilermaker Duals (1/6), including a pair of major decisions ... earned his fi rst career Big Ten win, topping then 11th- 8 ranked Max Dean of Indiana 6-5 (1/19) ... won his opening-round NCAA match (3/15-17), defeating Tim Sayers of UT-Chattenooga by major decision, 16-8. -0 2005-06 (REDSHIRT) Did not compete during initial season at Purdue. makers r HIGH SCHOOL Four-time letterwinner at Oviedo High School ... posted a four-year career record of 180-12 ... was district and regional champion all four years ... fi nished third in the 007 state as a freshman with a record of 44-7 ... went 51-3 as a sophomore en route to a second-place showing at state ... won state titles as a junior (145) and senior (160) ... posted records of 46-1 and 39-1 in his fi nal two years on the mat ... earned academic all-conference honors in 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... coached on the mat by J.D. 2007-08 2 Robbins. Boilermakers Boile PERSONAL Born on Feb. 28, 1987, in Point Pleasant, N.J. ... full name is Justin S. Fraga ... son of Gus and Peggy Fraga ... has two sisters, Kristy Dephillips and Noel Dephillips ... enjoys fi shing, boating and wakeboarding ... majoring in organizational leadership and entrepreneurship. Career Superlatives Wins, season _____________________27 __________________ in 2006-07 (27-16) Win Percentage, season ___________.628 __________________ in 2006-07 (27-16) Consecutive Wins __________________4 _________Dec. 17, 2006 to Dec.