SUN DEVIL WRESTLING SID Contact: Alex Ryan | [email protected] | (480) 965-4987 | thesundevils.com #22 Arizona State - 3-1 (1-0 Pac-10) Las Vegas Invite Awaits #22 ASU Wrestling Tournament #2 at 29th Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational Sun Devils set for annual trek to Vegas for tough tournament action Friday, December 3 - Saturday, December 4 SUN DEVIL PROBABLE STARTERS All Day Competition http://www.cklvwrestle.com/ Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nev. WT Sun Devil Yr. OAll Dual Notes 125 Anthony Robles (3) Sr.* 4-0 4-0 needs 10 wins to reach 100 career Date Opponent Time/Score 133 David Prado Jr.* 9-6 1-2 4th at ERAU Open to start the year N 13 at [#7] Grand Canyon W 29-8 141 Kalin Goodsite Fr.* 12-4 3-1 looking to place in third tourney this year at {#10} Embry-Riddle W 41-6149 Luke Ashmore Jr.* 8-3 1-2 4th at Fullerton Open in last action N 18 #8 Oklahoma L 32-7 or Tai Fukumoto So.* 0-3 0-1 157 Bubba Jenkins (2) Sr.* 3-1 3-1 upset #1 Adam Hall (12-4 MD) at All-Star N 20 at CS Fullerton Open All Day 165 Te Edwards Jr. 7-2 3-1 3rd at Fullerton Open N 27 CS Fullerton W 25-19 174 Eric Starks Jr. 6-2 2-2 Fullerton Open champion (4-0) D 3 at Las Vegas Invitational All Day 184 Jake Meredith Jr. 6-2 3-1 Fullerton Open runner-up D 4 at Las Vegas Invitational All Day 197 Luke Macchiaroli Fr.* 2-1 2-1 D 19 at Reno Tournament All Day 285 Levi Cooper So.* 5-2 2-1 ERAU Open runner-up to open the year or Michael Hawkins So.* 8-6 0-1 6th at Fullerton Open (5-3 record) J 2 #2 Oklahoma State 6:00 pm Virginia Duals (Hampton, VA) rankings from Amateur Wrestling News (November 30) J 7 vs TBD TBD J 8 vs TBD TBD TEMPE - For the 26th time in 29 years, the Arizona State University wrestling Lone Star Duals (Arlington, TX) team will venture north to Las Vegas, Nev., for the Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invita- J 15 vs Northern Colorado 10:00 am tional being held Friday and Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. One vs Air Force 12:00 pm of the top tournaments in the nation each year, the 29th installment of the event vs American 4:00 pmwill feature 12 teams currently ranked in the national Top 25, including the No. 22 vs Central Oklahoma 6:00 pmSun Devils (3-1, 1-0 Pac-10), who are one of six Pac-10 teams in the event. J 21 CS Bakers eld 7:00 pm J 30 Cal Poly 2:00 pm OPENING WHISTLE F 4 at #14 Nebraska 7:00 pm ASU is currently ranked No. 22 (NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll) F 6 at #17 Iowa State 2:00 pm Robles (#3) and Jenkins (#2) remained in the national Top 3 this week F 11 at #13 Oregon State 7:00 pm ASU making its 26th all-time appearance in the Las Vegas Invitational F 13 at Stanford 2:00 pm 12-of-25 nationally ranked teams will compete in the tournament this weekend Pac-10s (Corvallis, OR) 82 nationally ranked individuals will compete, including ve No. 1 wrestlers F 27 at Pac-10 Championships All Day ASUs trip this weekend is its rst of two in December to the state of Nevada NCAAs (Philadelphia, PA) ASU won its Pac-10 opener with a 25-19 defeat of CS Fullerton last week M 18 at NCAA Championships All Day ASU is 128-23-1 all-time against Pac-10 foes (82-23-1 against current members) M 19 at NCAA Championships All Day Robles has 90 wins, needing 10 more to join the Century Club M 20 at NCAA Championships All Day IN THE RANKINGS - TEAM All times local to site and subject to change Pac-10 Conferene dual; home duals in maroon The Sun Devils remained in the Top 25 this week in the NWCA/USA Today Coach- # preceeding team is NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll ranking at time of dual es Top 25 Poll, sliding two positions to No. 22. Cornell remained the top-ranked [#] NCAA Division II ranking; {#} NAIA ranking For tickets, call (480) 727-0000 or online at thesundevils.com team in the nation while fellow Pac-10 team Boise State (#6) and Oregon State (#13) are the lone conference schools ranked ahead of the Sun Devils. STRONG SCHEDULE Looking at the NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll, six of Arizona States opponents are currently ranked in the Top 25. Overall, ASUs schedule includes duals with No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 8 Oklahoma (L, 32-7), No. 13 Oregon State, No. 14 Iowa State, No. 15 Nebraska and No. 25 American. IN THE RANKINGS - INDIVIDUAL According to Amateur Wrestling News, only two individual Sun Devils carry na- tional rankings this week, but both are highly regarded as Anthony Robles and ASU WRESTLINGS SOCIAL MEDIA AREA Bubba Jenkins are among the Top 2 nationally in their weight classes. Robles remained at No. 3 in the 125-pound weight class while Jenkins moved up to No. FACEBOOK 2 this week after upsetting No. 1 Adam Hall (Boise State) in the NWCA All-Star Search: Sun Devil Wrestling Classic presented by The Marines. TWITTER @ASUWrestling 2010-11 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WRESTLING 1 Coach Charles / Notes HEAD COACH SHAWN CHARLES IN THE EVENT: LAS VEGAS The 2009 Las Vegas Invitational will be the 29th edition of the tournament with On May 8, 2009, the Sun Devil wrestling program brought back one of its own by hiring Shawn Charles ASU making its 25th all-time appearance in the event, which includes every tour- to lead the program that he competed for from 1990- nament held since the 1985 event. In that time, the Sun Devils have won the 93. An Arizona native and one of the more successful event three times, including the 1987, 1989 and 1992 tournaments, while n- Sun Devils in program history, Charles is just the sixth head coach in the programs 47-year history. ishing as the runner-up twice (1988, 1997). Overall, Arizona State has placed Charles brings a wealth of knowledge to the among the Top 5 16 times and among the Top 10 on 21 different occasions. The program following coaching stints as a head coach Sun Devils individually will be looking to capture a crown with the last individual (Fresno State, 2005-06 & Phoenix College, 1995- winner coming in 2006 when current assistant coach Brian Stith won the 157 title. 96) and as an assistant coach (Missouri, Brown, Nebraska, Central Michigan and Iowa State). During Anthony Robles was close last year as he reached the nal at 125 pounds and his time on the sidelines, he has worked with took second overall. 39 individuals that have earned NCAA All-America accolades with three competitors securing individual IN THE FIELD: HIGHLY RANKED TEAMS national titles. As a student-athlete at ASU, Charles earned All- Thirty-six teams are scheduled to compete in the 29th Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invi- America honors four times in his career and was tational this weekend, including 30 teams from the NCAA Division I level. Of those a two-time national finalist at 126 pounds. Charles 30 Division I teams, 12 are ranked, including: No. 1 Cornell, No. 4 Wisconsin, No. also was a two-time individual Pac-10 Champion 6 Boise State, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 9 Illinois, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 11 Central and helped his team to three Pac-10 Championships (1990, 1991, 1993) and three Top 6 finishes at the Michigan, No. 13 Oregon State, No. 19 Ohio State, No. 21 Michigan, No. 22 ASU NCAA Championships. In 1993, he graduated from and No. 23 Purdue. In the smaller divisions, ve of those six teams entered are ASU with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems to ranked in their respective national polls, including No. 9 Grand Canyon and No. cap a collegiate career that saw him win 103 career matches and compete in the NWCA East-West All- 18 San Francisco State (NCAA Division II); No. 9 Dickinson State (NAIA); and No. Star Classic twice. 2 North Idaho and No. 20 Western Wyoming (NJCAA). As an international competitor, Charles claimed 14 titles, including victories in tournaments in Iran, SCOUTING: LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL Manitoba, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Turkey while also winning the U.S. Open, the NYAC International and All told, 107 individuals enter the Las Vegas Invitational with national rankings, the Pan-American Championships. Along with sev- including 82 wrestlers in the Top 20 of the NCAA Division I rankings. According eral U.S. national titles, Charles twice placed second to the November 30 release of the Amateur Wrestling News rankings, ve top- at the World Team Trials and was an alternate on the ranked individuals will be in the tournament, including: Zach Bailey (Oklahoma, 1996 U.S. Olympic team. 141); Kyle Dake (Cornell, 149); Andrew Howe (Wisconsin, 165); Mack Lewnes QUICK FACTS ON CHARLES (Cornell, 174); and Kirk Smith (Boise State, 184). While each of the 10 weight ASUs first 4x NCAA All-American in wrestling (90-93) classes has at least four nationally ranked wrestlers set to compete, the toughest 2x Pac-10 Champion (126 pounds) weights look to be 133, 141 and 157, with 12, 10 and nine ranked wrestlers, re- Graduated from ASU in 1993 (BS, Computer Info.