www.NAVYSPORTS.com NAVY WRESTLING 2020-21 MEDIA GUIDE 2018 PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2020-21 NAVY WRESTLING TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020-21 NAVY WRESTLING SCHEDULE Navy Coaching Staff Date Opponent Time Site Head Coach Cary Kolat 2-3 Jan. 3 Pitt 7:30 pm Annapolis, Md. Assistant Coaches Mike Evans, Blaize Cabell Jan. 9 at Clarion 3:00 pm Clarion, Pa. Lloyd Rogers 4 Jan. 16 Lehigh + 6:00 pm Annapolis, Md. Jan. 25 at American + 2:00 pm Washington, D.C. 2020-21 Navy Midshipmen Jan. 29 American + 7:30 pm Annapolis, Md. 2020-21 Roster 5 Feb. 5 George Mason 7:30 pm Annapolis, Md. 2020-21 Breakdown by Weight / Class 5 Feb. 12 at Army + 7:00 pm West Point N.Y. Midshipmen Bios 6-21 Feb. 26 at EIWA Championship TBA TBA March 18-20 at NCAA Championship (at Enterprise Center) TBA St. Louis, Mo. Review + EIWA Opponents 2019-20 Season In Review 22-25 * All Times Eastern 2020 EIWA Championship 26 Record Book All-Time Series Records 27-39 Army-Navy Rivalry 40 Tournament History 41-42 Year-By-Year Records 43-44 Year-By-Year Dual Results 45-53 All-Time Letterwinners 54-58 Navy Career / Single-Season Records 59-61 EIWA Championship History 62-63 NCAA Championship History 64-65 Academic / Navy Athletic Awards 66 GENERAL INFORMATION NAVY WRESTLING HISTORY Location Annapolis, Md. All-Time Record 905-312-26 (112 Yrs.) Founded October 10, 1845 NCAA Tournament Appearances / Last 72 / 2020 Enrollment 4,400 NCAA Individual Champions / Last 3 / 1973 Nickname Midshipmen or Mids All-Americans / Last 64 / 2020 Colors Navy Blue and Gold EIWA Championships / Last 13 / 1990 Conference EIWA EIWA Individual Champions / Last 97 / 2020 Facility Alumni Hall / Wesley Brown Field House Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck, USN Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk TEAM INFORMATION Athletics Web Site NavySports.com 2019-20 Dual Meet / EIWA Record 8-6 / 3-2 EIWA Championship 4th / 17 teams COACHING STAFF NCAA Championship Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic Head Coach Cary Kolat Letterwinners Returning/Lost 17 / 4 Alma Mater Lock Haven ‘03 Starters Returning/Lost 7 / 3 Navy Record First Year NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost 3 / 2 Career Record 39-40 (Seventh Yr.) Kolat’s Office Phone 410-293-8961 Kolat’s Email [email protected] STARTERS RETURNING (7) Assistant Coach Mike Evans — 2019-20 — — Career — Alma Mater Iowa ‘15 Wt. Name Yr. Hometown Overall Dual Overall Dual Evans’ Office Phone 410-293-8962 125 Logan Treaster Sr. Newton, Kan. 20-10 9-4 44-20 11-4 Evans’ Email [email protected] 133 Casey Cobb • Sr. Nampa, Idaho 17-13 4-6 42-24 10-10 Assistant Coach Blaise Cabell 141 Cody Trybus • Sr. Elkton, Md. 25-9 9-5 53-27 16-9 Alma Mater Northern Iowa ‘16 157 Jack Stanton-Taddeo (3) / Jared Prince (3) / Val Park (1) / Scout Skidgel (7) served in the starting role during 2019-20 Cabell’s Office Phone 410-293-4631 165 Tanner Skidgel • Sr. Tulsa, Okla. 20-4 7-2 46-17 14-5 Cabell’s Email [email protected] 197 Jacob Koser ^ So. Dillsburg, Pa. 21-9 11-3 21-9 11-3 Volunteer Assistant Coach Lloyd Rogers 285 John Birchmeier So. Ashburn, Va. 16-9 6-6 16-9 6-6 Alma Mater Tennessee at Chattanooga ‘08 • 2020 NCAA Qualifier // ^ 2020 NCAA Alternate Rogers’ Office Phone 410-293-3011 Rogers’ Email [email protected] STARTERS LOST (3) SPORTS INFORMATION — 2019-20 — — Career — Asst. AD / Wrestling SID Stacie Michaud Wt. Name Yr. Hometown Overall Dual Overall Dual Office Phone 410-293-8773 149 Jared Prince • Grad. Safety Harbor, Fla. 8-2 3-1 77-28 15-5 Email [email protected] 174 Spencer Carey • Grad. Ringwood, N.J. 25-16 5-4 40-26 5-4 SID Fax 410-293-8954 184 Andrew Buckley Sr. Smithfield, Ky. 10-15 2-8 20-23 2-8 • 2020 NCAA Qualifier H www.NAVYSPORTS.com H 1 2020-21 NAVY WRESTLING CARY KOLAT | HEAD COACH NAVY RECORD: FIRST YEAR | CAREER RECORD: 39-40 (SEVENTH YR.) Former national champion and Olympic team member Coach of the Year, joined by John Smith for the honor, and named by USA Wrestling. Smith Cary Kolat is in his first year as the head coach of the and Kolat were the official 2017 Women’s World Team coaches, working with National Navy wrestling team after being introduced as the pro- Coach Terry Steiner and leading the U.S. women in Paris, France to an impressive second- gram’s eighth head coach on March 20, 2020. place finish. The team was led by World champion Helen Maroulis, World silver medalist Alli Kolat has established himself as one of the premier Ragan and World bronze medalist Becka Leathers. coaches in the sport after building a Campbell program In 2016-17, Kolat led Campbell to its first Southern Conference Championship. After into a Southern Conference power and a national name. posting a 6-1 record and second place in the regular season, the Camels went 16-4 in the The Camels saw unprecedented success in his final four first two rounds of the 2017 SoCon Championship, including a perfect 10-0 mark in the first seasons, winning three SoCon Tournament titles (2017, round, with two Camels claiming individual titles, and six in total making the podium. 2019, 2020) and two regular-season SoCon Champion- The Camels sent five student-athletes to the 2017 NCAA Championships where Nathan ships (2019, 2020). Under his tutelage, he produced 19 Kraisser earned the program’s first All-America citation after defeating Freddie Rodriguez of NCAA Championship qualifiers, 12 individual SoCon Champions and 28 medalists at the SIUE, 4-1. SoCon Tournament. During the 2014-15 season, Nathan Kraisser and Ville Heino earned NCAA bids after “The Navy community is very pleased to welcome one of the most accomplished com- winning SoCon titles. petitors and finest coaches in the sport of wrestling to Annapolis,” said Naval Academy Di- On June 2-3, Kolat was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2017 as rector of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. ”The influence with which Coach Kolat’s resume has had a member of the 41st Annual Class. Kolat is recognized as a Distinguished Member for on so many speaks volumes to his commitment to success at every level of competition. I the Modern Era. The NWHOF recognizes distinguished members as a wrestler who has am extremely impressed with his professionalism, technical knowledge, ambition and confi- achieved extraordinary success in national and/or international competition; a coach who dence, along with the manner in which he exudes an enthusiastic will to win. Today is a big has demonstrated great leadership in the profession and who has compiled an outstanding day for our midshipmen and our program as we turn the head coaching responsibilities over record; or a contributor whose long-term activities have substantially enhanced the develop- to a coach with great anticipation and widespread enthusiasm.” ment and advancement of the sport. “I am honored to accept the position of head wrestling coach at the United States Naval Kolat arrived at Campbell prior to the 2014-15 season after serving as associate head Academy,” said Kolat. “I would like to thank Navy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk for the coach at North Carolina from 2010-14. opportunity he has given me to lead this program. I did not get to where I am on my own, During Kolat’s tenure in Chapel Hill, he was involved in all phases of the UNC program so I feel very fortunate that some of my staff will be joining me. We have big plans for Navy and helped improve the team’s national ranking from 57 to 22. In addition, he served as head wrestling and we are looking forward to getting our feet on the ground in Annapolis and begin coach at the Olympic regional training center in Chapel Hill where he trained Olympic-level moving forward. Go Navy!” athletes. The Camels wrapped up the 2019-20 season by posting an 11-2 record that featured Kolat has also served on wrestling staffs at Lehigh, Wisconsin, West Virginia and his wins in each of their last nine duals. Among that nine-match winning streak, CU put together alma mater, Lock Haven. an undefeated mark (7-0) in conference action. Campbell secured its second straight and A two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion, Kolat was a four-time All-American who third overall SoCon Tournament Championship in four years thanks to crowning five indi- went on to compete in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A three-time World Cup gold medalist, he vidual champions. also won World silver and bronze medals. A program-record six wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championship for a second con- His career also includes three U.S. Open championship medals and a pair of Pan-Am secutive year. Among those qualifiers were three wrestlers seeded among the top 10, includ- Games first-place finishes. Kolat was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1991-2002. ing 133-pound Noah Gonser, a three-time NCAA qualifier who was named the 2020 SoCon In the summer of 2011, Kolat returned to competitive wrestling, was a finalist at the U.S. Wrestler of the Year. Josh Heil (141), meanwhile, is also a three-time NCAA qualifier and the Open and competed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. school’s first three-time SoCon Champion. At 184 pounds Andrew Morgan was ranked as Kolat won four-straight state titles and compiled a perfect 137-0 record at Jefferson- high as No.