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WRESTLING • 2020-21 SEASON DEREK SPANN TWO-TIME NATIONAL QUALIFIER 2020-21 WRESTLING QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO COACHING STAFF Location ......................................................... Buffalo, NY 14260 Head Coach ......................................................John Stutzman Founded ............................................................................. 1846 Alma Mater............................................................. Buffalo ‘98 Enrollment ....................................................................... 30,500 Career Record ........................................................152-130-1 Nickname.............................................................................Bulls Record at UB (Seasons) ........................................55-74-0 (7) Colors .......................................................Royal Blue and White Wrestling Office Phone ...................................(716) 645-6876 Affiliation ............................................................NCAA Division I Assistant Coach......................................................Evan Ramos Conference ................................................Mid-American (MAC) Assistant Coach.......................................................Justin Oliver President ....................................................Dr. Satish K. Tripathi Volunteer Assistant Coach......................................... Troy Keller Athletic Director ........................................................ Mark Alnutt Athletic Department Phone.................................(716) 645-3141 PROGRAM HISTORY Website ............................................................www.ubbulls.com Years ...................................................................................... 86 First Year ....................................................................... 1933-34 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS All-Time Dual Meet Record ............................608-517-15 (.540) Address ............................................................ 21 Alumni Arena Buffalo, NY 14260 TEAM INFORMATION Office Phone .......................................................(716) 645-6311 Home Venue ..............................................Alumni Arena (6,100) Office Fax ...........................................................(716) 645-6840 2019-20 Dual Meet Record ................................................. 9-11 Assistant AD/Communications (wrestling contact) ......Jon Fuller 2019-20 MAC Dual Meet Record .......................................... 3-7 E-mail ......................................................... [email protected] Office Phone .......................................................(716) 645-6762 2020 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Athletic Communications Director .............................Brian Wolff 2020 NCAA Qualifiers............................................................... 2 Assistant Director, Communications .................... Sarah Tranelli 2020 NCAA Qualifiers Returning .............................................. 1 2019-20 TEAM INFORMATION MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE (MAC) Wrestlers Returning/Lost ................................................... 17/14 Address .........................................24 Public Square, 15th Floor Starters Returning/Lost.......................................................... 7/3 Cleveland, OH 44113 Newcomers............................................................................. 15 Office Phone .......................................................(216) 566-4622 Office Fax ...........................................................(216) 696-2622 Commissioner........................................ Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher Asst. Commissioner/Wrestling Contact ....................Ken Mather E-mail ............................................... [email protected] Website ..................................................... www.mac-sports.com 2020-21 University at Buffalo Wrestling 2020-21 ROSTER Name Year Weight Hometown High School Pete Acciardi 184 R-So. Woodcliff Lake, NJ Don Bosco Prep Bryson Alsteen 174 So. Kaukauna, WI Kaukauna John Arceri 141 Gr. Huntington, NY Huntington Toby Cahill 285 R-Jr. Berlin, PA Berlin Brothervalley Adam Daghestani 174 Fr. Grand Island, NY Grand Island Tristan Daugherty 125 Fr. Peoria, IL Peoria Notre Dame Jake Eckerle Fr. Northport, NY Commack Ben Freeman 149 R-Jr. Walled Lake, MI Walled Lake Central Sam Freeman 149 Fr. Brighton, MI Brighton Noah Grover 157 R-Jr. Warsaw, NY Warsaw Giuseppe Hoose 174 R-So. Lakewood, NY Southwestern Central Jake Lanning 184 R-Jr. Pontiac, IL Pontiac Township Tommy Maddox 133 R-Fr. Washingtonville, NY Washingtonville Justin McDougald 141 Fr. Niagara Falls, NY Niagara Wheatfield Warren McDougald 157 R-Fr. Niagara Falls, NY Niagara-Wheatfield Sam Mitchell 197 R-Fr. Marshfield, WI Marshfield Tyler Mitchell 125 R-Fr. Spencerport, NY Spencerport Leo Mushinsky 149 R-Fr. Peoria, IL Notre Dame Jay Nivison 165 Fr. Davison, MI Davison Marcus Petite 165 Fr. Piscataway, NJ Piscataway Michael Petite 157 R-So. Piscataway, NJ Piscataway Fabio Preka 174 R-Fr. Bronx, NY Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy Ty Raines 149 R-Fr. North Chili, NY Churchville-Chili Jordan Reyes 125 So. Grand Ronde, OR Willamina Jimmy Ryan 125 So. Staten Island, NY Monsignor Farrell Matt Ryan 141 Fr. Trumbull, CT Trumbull Sam Schuyler 197 R-Jr. Kings Park, NY Kings Park Hunter Shaut 157 So. Mohawk, NY Central Valley Academy Derek Spann 133 R-Sr. Boonville, NY Adirondak Caleb Svingala 133 Fr. Castleton, NY Maple Hill Dan Torres 174 Jr. Stockton, NY Falconer Robbie Unruh 285 Fr. Reading, PA Exeter Head Coach: John Stutzman Assistant Coaches: Evan Ramos, Justin Oliver Volunteer Assistant Coach: Troy Keller 2020-21 University at Buffalo Wrestling 2020-21 SCHEDULE Date Opponent/Event Site Time Jan 2 Ohio* Buffalo, NY 1:00 pm Jan 10 Cleveland State* Buffalo, NY 3:00 pm Jan 14 Gannon Buffalo, NY 7:00 pm Jan 24 Rider* Buffalo, NY 11:00 am Jan 24 George Mason* Buffalo, NY 1:00 pm Jan 30 at SIU-Edwardsville* Edwardsville, IL 11:00 am Jan 30 vs. Northern Illinois* Edwardsville, IL 1:00 pm Jan 30 vs. Clarion* Edwardsville, IL 3:00 pm Feb 7 Central Michigan * Buffalo, NY 1:00 pm Feb 14 Drexel Buffalo, NY 1:00 pm Feb. 27 at MAC Championships Lawrenceville, NJ Feb. 28 at MAC Championships Lawrenceville, NJ Mar. 18 at NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO Mar. 19 at NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO Mar. 20 at NCAA Championships St. Louis, MO * Mid-American Conference Dual 2020-21 University at Buffalo Wrestling WRESTLING FACILITIES The University at Buffalo athletic department recently made major fa- arena to enhance the game-day atmosphere, adding state-of-the-art cility renovations to the wrestling complex, the first of such upgrades sound and lighting systems as well the installation of a new video and since Alumni Arena opened its doors in 1982. scoring system. The eye-catching centerpiece of the renovation is the new four-sided, center-hung LED display, that provides live video, in- The $400,000 project brought several improvements to the coaches’ stant replays, and animations. offices, student-athlete common areas, on-site fitness room and team practice area. Another aspect of the renovation included the addition The displays measure eight feet high and 14 feet wide and will be ac- of windows on the outside facade allowing the practice area to be ex- companied by an LED ring underneath which measures 3 feet high and posed to natural light for the first time. 52 feet in diameter. Rounding out the scoring system will be new fixed- digit displays in both end-zones and seventy feet of LED scorer’s tables The on-site fitness center is one of the most important additions for the at court level. The video board made its debut on Jan. 7, 2012. Buffalo coaches, as it will allow the student-athletes to train with their team and coaches. The building includes three levels of offices, locker rooms, equipment and training-therapy rooms, seminar rooms and racquetball courts. The One area in the new complex will be named after former captain Jeff Phase II Building on the north side of Alumni Arena has an Olympic- Parker, who lost his battle with cancer in May 2010. The official name for sized swimming pool and a separate diving well, a triple gymnasium the space will now be the Jeff Parker Student-Athlete Lounge. and dance studio. The Recreation and Athletics Complex (RAC) on the University’s North Campus includes Alumni Arena, a $12.5 million Phase II Building and a Other areas are a wrestling practice room, two weight-training rooms $1.5 million outdoor playing fields complex. (a state-of-the-art fitness center and a varsity weight room), additional racquetball and squash courts, an erg room, and an aerobics room. Alumni Arena’s main gymnasium is home to the Bulls’ men’s and wom- en’s basketball teams, wrestling team and the women’s volleyball team. The largest “free-floating” hardwood floor in the United States at the time it was built, it features basketball, volleyball and badminton courts circled by a 200-meter track and seating for 6,100 spectators following renovations during the summer of 2004. In 2011, the University began to renovate the inner-workings of the 2020-21 University at Buffalo Wrestling COACHING STAFF STUTZMAN BY THE NUMBERS John NCAA MAC YEAR W L T PCT. QUALS W L 2005-06 11 9 0 .550 at Bloomsburg 2006-07 12 9 0 .571 at Bloomsburg STUTZMAN 2007-08 8 7 1 .531 at Bloomsburg Head Coach 2008-09 9 7 0 .563 at Bloomsburg 8th Season 2009-10 10 8 0 .556