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WRESTLING 2014-15 Schedule Nov. 2 at Michigan State Open All Day Nov. 13 ARIZONA STATE 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at Navy Classic All Day Nov. 29 vs. Cornell ^ TBA Nov. 29 vs. Northern Illinois ^ TBA Nov. 29 vs. Rutgers ^ TBA Dec. 5 Cliff Keen Invitational # All Day Dec. 6 Cliff Keen Invitational # All Day Dec. 19 at Lock Haven 7 p.m. West Virginia Mountaineers Michgan State Open Jan. 3 at Grand Canyon 10 p.m. 0-0, 0-0 Big 12 East Lansing, Mich. Jan. 4 at Arizona State 10 p.m. Jan. 9 at Hampton Duals TBA Date: November 2 Live results: TrackWrestling.com Jan. 10 at Hampton Duals TBA Site: Jenison Field House Live video: FloWrestling.org Jan. 16 at Oklahoma State * 8 p.m. Time: 9 a.m. (Finals at 6 p.m.) Twitter: @WVUWrestling Jan. 18 at Oklahoma * 3 p.m. Format: Double Elimination Facebook: /WVUWrestling Feb. 6 at Clarion 6 p.m. Feb. 7 IOWA STATE * 6 p.m. Feb. 15 OHIO 1 p..m. Feb. 20 EDINBORO 8 p.m. West Viirginia Projected Lineup Feb. 22 at Pittsburgh 2 p.m. Mar. 7 Big 12 Championships $ All Day 125 .............................................Joseph Wheeling .............................................0-0 Mar. 19 NCAA Championships ! All Day Mar. 20 NCAA Championships ! All Day 133 ............................................. Cory Stainbrook .............................................0-0 Mar. 21 NCAA Championships ! All Day All times are Eastern and subject to change 141 ............................................. Michael Morales .............................................0-0 * Big 12 Conference match 141 ...............................................Louis Colonna ...............................................0-0 Home matches in ALL CAPS ^ Journeyman/Northeast Duals - Troy, N.Y. # Las Vegas, Nevada 149 ..............................................James Dekrone ..............................................0-0 $ Des Moines, Iowa 149 ..............................................Mickey Bennett ..............................................0-0 ! St. Louis, Missouri 149 .................................................Ty Millward .................................................0-0 149 ..............................................William Jenkins ..............................................0-0 157 ..............................................Brutus Scheffel ..............................................0-0 157 ............................................ Roman Perryman ............................................0-0 Rankings 157 .................................................Zach Heeter.................................................0-0 165 ............................................... Tim Wheeling ...............................................0-0 Intermat M. Morales 149 14th 174 .............................................Christian Chirico .............................................0-0 FloWrestling 184 .............................................. Bubba Scheffel ..............................................0-0 M. Morales 149 14th 184 ...............................................Greg Thurston ...............................................0-0 184 ...............................................Warren Boord ...............................................0-0 The Open Mat M. Morales 149 15th 197 ...............................................Bryson Begley ...............................................0-0 197 ................................................. Jake Smith .................................................0-0 HWT ...........................................A.J. Vizcarrondo .............................................0-0 2014-15 West Virginia Wrestling Head Coach Sammie Henson Champions, Big 10 Champions and Pac 12 Champions, including: Shane and Dane Valdez (Oklahoma), Witt Durden (Oklahoma) and SAMMIE HENSON Josh and Scott Moore (Penn State), Chad Mendes (Cal Poly), Chase Head Coach | First Season Pami (Cal Poly), Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly), Jarrod Patterson Missouri, 1995 (Oklahoma), Zach Bailey (Oklahoma), Kyle Terry (Oklahoma), Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma) and Eric Lapotsky (Oklahoma). @SammieHenson Henson has been widely recognized as one of the elite assistant coaches in the country. Tim Foley of Intermat rated him as the best in • World Champion the nation in an article from 2010, stating that “Henson’s intensity is • Olympic Silver Medalist legendary and seemingly always transferred to his grapplers. There • World Bronze Medalist is nothing coincidental about his arrival in Norman and the Sooners • 2x NCAA Champion impressive 2009-2010 turnaround.” • 71-0 at Clemson • Head Coach - Sunkist Along with collegiate coaching, Henson is also the current head coach for the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, which has more current Sammie Henson, who has excelled as a wrestler and as a coach, world and Olympic wrestlers than any other wrestling club in the Unit- was named West Virginia University’s eighth head wrestling coach by ed States. Out of the seven freestyle wrestlers who represented Team Director of Athletics Oliver Luck on May 15, 2014. USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, three came from the Sunkist Kids. Included in that group is Olympic gold medalist Jordan “We are excited to have Sammie Henson join the Mountaineer family Burroughs at 74 kg/163 lbs. Also representing the United States in as our new head wrestling coach,” says Luck. “Sammie has experi- the Olympics in 2012 were Sam Hazewenkil (55 kg/121.3 lbs. and enced much success as a wrestler and a coach, and he knows what Tervel Dlagnev (120 kg/264.6 lbs.). it takes to win. He brings a lot of excitement, energy and enthusiasm, and understands the work ethic that all Mountaineers share.” Henson’s resume as a competitor speaks for itself. He went on to be- Henson, who brings with him 17 years of coaching experience, has come one of the most celebrated wrestlers in the history of the Unit- coached more than 20 All-Americans and five NCAA national cham- ed States, as one of just a few wrestlers in USA history to earn three pions. In those 17 years, Henson has never had a season without world medals. In 1998, Henson became a world champion for Team an All-American and has raised the level of success in each of those USA at the World Wrestling Championships, in Tehran, Iran, which years. eventually led to him winning the John Smith Award for USA Wrestler of the Year. He earned a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games at A native of St. Charles, Mo., Henson comes to WVU from Missouri, 55 kg (121 lbs.) in Sydney, Australia, and won the bronze medal at where he spent the last two seasons as head assistant coach. In just the 2006 World Wrestling Championships at 35 years of age. two seasons at Missouri, he assisted in producing the No. 2-ranked recruiting class in the nation in 2013 in addition to leading the Tigers Additionally, Henson was named USOC Athlete of the Month of to two consecutive conference titles and seven All-America finishes, September 1998, and was a finalist for the Sullivan Award in 1999 for including one national champion this past season. his efforts in the World Championships. In all, Henson has won more than 15 freestyle titles at the international level. Prior to Missouri, Henson was the assistant head coach at Oklahoma from 2009-11. While there, he helped secure the No. 2 recruiting Henson started his collegiate wrestling career at Missouri, where he class in the country, coached seven wrestlers to All-America status was a Big Eight Champion and All-American for Missouri in 1991. at the NCAA Championships and helped the program become the He then transferred to Clemson, where he became a two-time NCAA top academic squad in the Big 12 during his tenure. Before Henson Champion, finishing his career with a 71-0 record. He was named as arrived at Oklahoma, the Sooners hadn’t had an All-American in two Clemson’s Male Athlete of the Year in 1994 and was inducted into the years. Clemson Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000. Henson returned to Missouri in 1995 to earn a degree in parks, recreation and tourism manage- Prior to his stint with Oklahoma, Henson served as the head assistant ment. at Cal Poly (2007-09), volunteer assistant at Nebraska (2006-07), along with stops as an assistant at Army (2002-03) and Penn State Henson and his wife, Stephanie, have four children: Jackson, Wyatt, (2000-02). Ruby and Georgia-Kate. They also have two dogs Biggie Smalls and Nelly. During his time at Penn State, Henson assisted head coach Troy Sun- derland in taking the Nittany Lions from 35th in the country to sixth with a pair of top-five recruiting classes in just two years. He has mentored numerous national champions, such as Michael Lightner (Oklahoma), Byron Tucker (Oklahoma), Paul Donahoe (Nebraska) and J’den Cox (Missouri), along with several All-Americans, Big 12 @WVUWrestling @WVUWrestling /WVUWrestling 2014-15 West Virginia Wrestling Roster Name Ht. Wt. Class Hometown Last School Bryson Begley 6-0 197 R-Fr. Kingsport, TN. Dobyins-Bennett High School Mickey Bennett 5-8 149 Sr. Fairfax, Va. Robinson Secondary Warren Boord 6-0 184 R-Fr. Severna Park, MD. Annapolis Area Christian School Christian Chirico 5-11 174 Jr. Palmyra, Va. Fluranna County High Mark Colabucci 5-11 197 Jr. Laurel, Md. Reservoir High Louis Colonna 5-6 141 R-Fr. Montgomery, NJ. Montgomery High School Tony DeAngelo 5-9 141 R-So. Mebane, N.C. Missouri James Dekrone 5-7 149 R-So. Northport, N.Y. Nassau Community College Robert Elliott 5-8 125 Fr. Fairmont, W.Va. North Marion James Hamlin 5-8 141 Fr. Morgantown, W.Va. University HS Zach Heeter 5-9 157 R-Fr. Beavertown, Pa. Midd-West