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UNI WRESTLING #UNIFIGHT #PANTHERTRAIN 3 NCAA Team National Championships /// 21 DI National Champions /// 5 Olympians 2020-21 SCHEDULE UNI wrestling hosts Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Northern Colorado and Central Jan. 10 North Dakota State* (N) Brookings, S.D. Michigan in home duals for the 2021 wrestling season. Jan. 10 at South Dakota State* Brookings, S.D. Jan. 17 Missouri (N) Ames, Iowa The schedule also includes road duals at South Dakota State and Northern Illinois and neu- Jan. 17 Arizona State (N) Ames, Iowa Jan. 24 Oklahoma* Cedar Falls, Iowa tral-site duals against North Dakota State, Missouri and Arizona State. Jan. 30 Oklahoma State* Cedar Falls, Iowa Feb. 5 at Northern Illinois Dekalb, Ill. Feb. 13 Central Michigan Cedar Falls, Iowa The Panther Train opens the season on Jan. 10 with duals against NDSU and SDSU in Brookings, Feb. 13 Northern Colorado* Cedar Falls, Iowa S.D. On Jan. 17, UNI wrestles two elite neutral-site duals at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, facing Feb. 13 Iowa State* Cedar Falls, Iowa Arizona State and Missouri as part of a quadrangular. March 6-7 Big 12 Championship Tulsa, Okla. March 18-20 NCAA Championship St. Louis, Mo. Oklahoma and Iowa State come to Cedar Falls on Jan. 24 for a triangular. The Panthers wrestle Home matches in BOLD *Conference duals Oklahoma before the Sooners face the Cyclones. QUICK FACTS The Panthers host Oklahoma State on Jan. 30, before traveling to Dekalb, Ill. to face Northern THE UNIVERSITY Illinois on Feb. 5. Location Cedar Falls, Iowa Founded 1876 The Panther Train closes the regular season with three duals in Cedar Falls on Feb. 13. Central Enrollment 10,497 Nickname Panthers Michigan, Northern Colorado and Iowa State will be in town for a quadrangular. UNI will face all Colors Purple and Old Gold three opponents. Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big 12 The schedule is subject to change and additions as adjustments are made with COVID-19 proto- President Mark Nook cols. Venue and capacity information will be released at a later date. Capacity restrictions will be Athletics Director David Harris Senior Woman Administrator Christina Roybal adjusted as necessary throughout the season under UNI Athletics policy. Sport Administrator Justin Schemmel BY THE NUMBERS COACHING STAFF Head Coach Doug Schwab (11th season) • Seven Panthers qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championship. Taylor Lujan was the top seed Assistant Coach Randy Pugh (20th season) at 184. He closed his collegiate career with a 19-bout win streak. Assistant Coach Lee Roper (6th season) • Lujan and Bryce Steiert won Big 12 championships. Steiert claimed the only fall in the Volunteer Assistant Brett Robbins (7th season) championship round. Athletic Trainer Troy Garrett (12th season) • Five Panthers earned NWCA All-American honors in 2020. • Honorable mention All-American Carter Isley returns for the Panthers. 2018 All-American Facility West Gym 2020 NCAA finish N/A* Jacob Holschlag also returns to the mat for the Panthers. 2020 NCAA qualifiers lost/returning 5/2 (4/2 AA) • Jay Schwarm won the 2019-20 DI fall title with a total of 16 DI falls. Returning NCAA qualifiers (last year AA or qualify): • Under Schwab, UNI has earned 16 All-America titles. Jack Skudlarczyk - 133 (2020) Keegan Moore - 184 (2018) • Under Schwab, UNI has earned 54 qualifying spots at the NCAA tournament. Jacob Holschlag - 5th, 197 (2018) Carter Isley - 285 (2020) NEWCOMERS UNI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS UNI added seven freshmen and a pair of transfers to this year’s roster. Athletics Communications contact Jerek Wolcott Adam Allard - Akron, Iowa (West Sioux HS) Dujan Johnson - Whitefish Bay, Wis. (WBHS) Email [email protected] Three-time Iowa High School Champion 206-2 Wisconsin State Champion. Fargo double All- Cell Phone (406)-422-7581 high school record. American. Office Fax (319) 273-3602 Website UNIPanthers.com Ethan Basile - Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit HS) Wade Mitchell - Moville, Iowa (Woodbury HS) Facebook University-of-Northern-Iowa-Wrestling Two-time Florida state champion. Went 105-2 Iowa State Champion. Two-time finalist. Missed UNIAthletics over final two seasons. senior year with injury. Pinterest UNIAthletics Instagram UNIAthletics Julian Farber - Bonaire, Ga. (Veterans HS) Evan Yant - Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock) Snapchat UNIAthletics Georgia State Champion. 60-1 record during his Iowa State Champion. 157-36 high school record. YouTube UNI Athletics Twitter @UNI_wrestling / @UNIAthletics senior year. @schwabwrestling / @Jerekwolcott Transfers Cael Happel - Lisbon, Iowa (Lisbon Comm. HS) Colin Realbuto - Somers, N. Y. (Brown) 28th four-time champion in Iowa history. 217-5 126-37 High school career. record (second most in state history). Bob Brody Teske - Fort Dodge, Iowa (Penn St.) Steenlage Iowa High School Wrestler of the Year. Four-time Iowa champion. 175-1 HS record. 4-2 as a redshirt freshman for Penn State. Breakdown by class: Breakdown by state: • 7 freshmen • 20 from Iowa • 6 redshirt freshmen • 3 from Wisconsin • 9 sophomores • 2 from Illinois • 5 juniors • 2 from Georgia • 5 seniors • 1 from Minnesota • 1 from Texas • 1 from Florida • 1 from New York BIG 12 CONFERENCE UNI enters its fourth season in the Big 12 after joining the league ahead of the Five All-Americans return to compete in the Big 12. The Big 12’s only champion in 2017-18 season. The Panther joined with Fresno State, but the Bulldogs will drop 2019 was UNI’s Drew Foster who graduated after winning the title. their program after the 2021 season. • Nick Piccininni (OSU) – Fifth – 125 In July 2015, the Big 12 Conference added six affiliate members to its • Dom Demas (Oklahoma) – Fourth – 141 postseason wrestling competition as Air Force, Northern Colorado, North • Jarrett Degen (ISU) – seventh - 149 Dakota State, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming joined Iowa State, • Bryce Steiert (UNI) – eighth – 165 Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and West Virginia. • Dakota Geer (OSU) – seventh – 184 • The affiliate member additions were effective beginning with the 2015-16 2019-20 Big 12 Coach of the Year: academic year. The additions shifted the 10-team Big 12 Championship to a Doug Schwab - UNI neutral site and expanded to a two-day event. Big 12 Wrestling team finishes in 2020 tournament: The Big 12 enters its 25th year in 2020-21 under the direction of commissioner 1 Oklahoma State 147.5 (and former UNI Director of Athletics) Bob Bowlsby, now in his eighth year with 2 Iowa State 116.5 the conference. 3 UNI 111.5 4 South Dakota State 94.0 TCU and West Virginia joined the league July 1, 2012, and became the Big 12’s 5 North Dakota State 90.5 first additions since inception, joining Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas 6 Oklahoma 83.0 Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech. 7 Wyoming 75.5 8 Northern Colorado 72.5 BIG 12 CONFERENCE AT 2020 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 Fresno State 57.0 Last season, the Big 12’s 54 NCAA allocations and five at-large selections were 10 West Virginia 41.0 second among all conferences behind just the Big Ten. 11 Utah Valley 33.0 12 Air Force 25.5 The day after the brackets were released, the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Big 12 championship individual champion at each weight: 125 - Nick Piccininni (OSU) 165 - Travis Wittlake (OSU) * 133 - Cameron Sykora (NDSU) 174 - Bryce Steiert (UNI) 141 - Ian Parker (ISU)* 184 - Taylor Lujab (UNI) 149 - Boo Lewallen (OSU)* 197 - Noah Adams (WVU)* 157 - David Carr (ISU)* 285 - Brian Andrews (WYO)* * Returning AIR FORCE NORTHERN COLORADO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Location: Air Force Academy, Colorado Location: Greeley, Colorado Location: Brookings, South Dakota Enrollment: 4,000 Enrollment: 12,000 Enrollment: 12,527 Nickname: Falcons Nickname: Bears Nickname: Jackrabbits Head Coach: Sam Barber Head Coach: Troy Nickerson Head Coach: Damion Hahn 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 12th 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 8th 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 4th FRESNO STATE NORTHERN IOWA UTAH VALLEY Location: Fresno, California Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa Location: Orem, Utah Enrollment: 25,200 Enrollment: 10,497 Enrollment: 39,931 Nickname: Bulldogs Nickname: Panthers Nickname: Wolverines Head Coach: Troy Steiner Head Coach: Doug Schwab Head Coach: Greg Williams 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 12th 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 3rd 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 11th IOWA STATE OKLAHOMA WEST VIRGINIA Location: Ames, Iowa Location: Norman, Oklahoma Location: Morgantown, West Virginia Enrollment: 34,992 Enrollment: 31,250 Enrollment: 31,442 Nickname: Cyclones Nickname: Sooners Nickname: Mountaineers Head Coach: Kevin Dresser Head Coach: Lou Rosselli Head Coach: Tim Flynn 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 2nd 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 6th 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 10th NORTH DAKOTA STATE OKLAHOMA STATE WYOMING Location: Fargo, North Dakota Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Location: Laramie, Wyoming Enrollment: 13,796 Enrollment: 24,274 Enrollment: 12,397 Nickname: Bison Nickname: Cowboys Nickname: Cowboys Head Coach: Roger Kish Head Coach: John Smith Head Coach: Mark Branch 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 5th 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 1st 2019-20 Big 12 finish: 7th HEAD COACH DOUG SCHWAB - 11th season The reigning Big 12 Coach of the Year, Doug Schwab is the Panthers’ ninth head coach in the 2013-14: Schwab crowned three All-Americans and qualified seven wrestlers, the most UNI had program’s illustrious history.