WWW.UMTERPS.COM 2015-16 SCHEDULE (5-13, 1-8 BIG TEN) TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts/Schedule 2 October Roster/Pronunciation Guide 3 25 Red & Black Wrestle-Offs College Park, Md. Black, 18-9 Coaching Staff 4-6 November 1 Pittsburgh College Park, Md. L, 15-16 Championship Notes/Roster Info 7 Buffalo College Park, Md. L, 13-19 Team Photos 8 Davidson College Park, Md. W, 40-3 Wrestler Bios 9-13 8 at Binghamton Open Binghamton, N.Y. NTS 20 at No. 2 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa L, 9-36. Records and Honors 14-16 22 at NC State Open Raleigh, N.C. NTS Year-By-Year 17-18 29 vs. No. 12 Illinois^ Manhattan, N.Y. L, 9-34 Radio/TV Chart 19 29 vs. Hofstra^ Manhattan, N.Y. W, 24-13 Season Statistics 20-29 December 5 Drexel College Park, Md. W, 24-10 6 at Nittany Lion Open State College, Pa. NTS QUICK FACTS 11 No. 4 Nebraska* College Park, Md. L, 9-30 UNIVERSITY INFO 29-30 at Midlands Championships Evanston, Ill. 21st Location .................................................................College Park, Md. 30 at F&M Open Lancaster, Pa. NTS Founded ......................................................................................1856 Enrollment ...............................................................................37,248 January Nickname .................................................................. Terrapins, Terps 8 at No.23 Minnesota* Minneapolis, Minn. L, 12-26 Colors .......................................................Red, White, Black and Gold 10 Michigan State* College Park, Md. W, 26-10 Affiliation .................................................................. NCAA Division I Conference ............................................................................Big Ten 15 at No. 22 Indiana* Bloomington, Ind. L, 13-26 President .................................................................... Wallace D. Loh 17 at No. 20 Purdue* West Lafayette, Ind. L, 6-32 Athletics Director .................................................. Kevin Anderson University Website ..................................................www.umd.edu 22 at Navy Annapolis, Md. L, 18-24 Athletics Website .............................................. www.umterps.com 29 at No. 12 Rutgers* New Brunswick, N.J. L, 3-30 PROGRAM INFO February First Year of Wrestling ..........................................................1940 5 No. 8 Michigan* College Park, Md. L, 6-33 Overall All-Time Record ..................................608-363-22 (.577) NCAA Tournament Appearances .........................................53 6 Messiah Open Grantham, Pa. NTS Conference Championships ..................................................27 14 Wisconsin* College Park, Md. L, 12-25 All-America Selections .............................................................27 14 George Mason College Park, Md. W, 31-8 Individual National Champions ..............................................2 Individual Conference Champions ....................................217 20 Rider College Park, Md. L, 12-26 2014-15 Record/Big Ten Record (Finish) ......5-15/0-9 (14th) March 2015 NCAA Finish (Points) ......................................... 39th (6.0) Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................................5/5 1 National Collegiate Open Geneva, Ohio All Day NCAA Qualifers Returning/Lost ..........................................2/1 5-6 Big Ten Championships Iowa City, Iowa All Day All-Americans Returning/Lost ..............................................0/0 17-19 NCAA Championships Manhattan, N.Y. All Day Arena .......................................................................... XFINITY Center Capacity ...................................................................................17,950 SOCIAL MEDIA * - Big Ten match; ^ - Grapple at the Garden; All times Eastern and p.m. unless otherwise noted; home matches in rankings Twitter ...................................................................... @TerpsWrestling Bold; Facebook ....................................www.facebook.com/TerpsWrestling via the NWCA Coaches Poll Instagram ................................................................ @TerpsWrestling Coach McCoy on Twitter ........................................... @kmac120 Page 2 MARYLAND TERRAPINS WRESTLING • @TERPSWRESTLING WWW.UMTERPS.COM MARYLAND 2015-16 ROSTER ALPHABETICAL Name Weight Class Year Hometown/High School/Previous School Geoffrey Alexander 133 pounds R-Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Shady Side Academy) Shane Arechiga 149 pounds R-Sr. Silver Spring, Md. (Good Counsel) Alfred Bannister 141 pounds R-Fr. LaPlata, Md. (Bishop McNamara) Joe Barber 125 pounds Fr. North Syracuse, N.Y. (Ciscero-North Syracuse) Michael Beck 125 pounds R-Fr. Ellicott City, Md. (River Hill) Danny Boychuck 149 pounds Fr. Haddonfield, N.J. (Wyoming Seminary) Shyheim Brown 141 pounds R-Jr. Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin) Brendan Burnham 165 pounds Fr. Gibsonia, Pa. (Pine-Richland) Nick Casella 133 pounds Fr. Bayville, N.Y. (Locust Valley) Mark Colabucci 184 pounds Sr. Laurel, Md. (Reservoir) Breandan Coughlin 125 pounds Fr. Owings, Md. (Northern) RJ De George 149 pounds R-Jr. Pompton Plains, N.J. (Pequannock Township) Ryan Diehl 149 pounds Fr. Berkeley Springs, W.V. (Liberty University) Derrick Evanovich 165/174 pounds R-Jr. Venetia, Pa. (Peters Township) Patrick Gerish 157 pounds R-Fr. Fairfield, N.J. (Newark Academy) Tyler Goodwin 133 pounds R-So. Gambrills, Md. (Arundel) Garrett Griffith 157 pounds Fr. Sterling, Va. (Potomac Falls) Youssif Hemida 285 pounds Fr. Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Mamaroneck) Wade Hodges 149 pounds Fr. Wauseon, Ohio (Wauseon) Hunter Hulse 157 pounds Fr. Center Moriches, N.Y. (West Hampton Beach) Tyler Manion 165 pounds R-Jr. McDonald, Pa. (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) Lou Mascola 157 pounds R-Sr. East Hanover, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep) Brad Miccio 174 pounds So. Stillwater, Pa. (Benton/Bloomsburg) Dawson Peck 285 pounds R-So. Chambersburg, Pa. (Chambersburg/Chattanooga) Matt Pente 149 pounds R-Fr. Hanover, Md. (Archbishop Spalding) Billy Rappo 141 pounds R-Jr. Holland, Pa. (Council Rock South) Jakob Restrepo 157 pounds Fr. Farmingville, N.Y. (Sachem East) Peter Robinson 125 pounds Fr. Shrewsbury, Mass. (Wyoming Seminary) Sam Rowell 165 pounds Fr. Laurel, Md. (Mount St. Joseph) Jhared Simmons 125 pounds R-So. Montgomery Village, Md. (Good Counsel) Jaron Smith 184 pounds Fr. Columbia, Md. (Oakland Mills) Josh Snook 174 pounds R-Sr. Bear, Del. (Saint Mark’s) Sean Twigg 197 pounds R-So. Glenelg, Md. (Glenelg) Josh Ugalde 165 pounds Fr. Bound Brook, N.J. (Bound Brook) Brandon Walker 149 pounds R-Fr. Rixeyville, Va. (Woodberry Forest) Garrett Wesneski 197 pounds R-Fr. Canton, Pa. (Canton) David-Brian Whisler 184 pounds Fr. Warren, Ohio. (Howland) Adam Whitesell 141 pounds R-Fr. Silver Spring, Md. (Good Counsel) COACHING STAFF Head Coach Kerry McCoy (8th Season) Alma Mater Penn State ‘97 Record at Maryland (Years) 93-61-1 (8) Career Record/Years 121-80-1 (11) Assistant Coach Rob Eiter (Arizona State ‘91) Assistant Coach Mike Catullo (West Virginia ‘02) Volunteer Assistant Ganbayar Sanjaa (American ‘12) Administrative Assistant Kevin Kearns (Maryland ‘73) Administrative Assistant Frank Goodwin (Maryland ‘15) PRONUNCIATIONS Rob Eiter ................................................EYE-ter Shane Arechiga ..........................................ARCH-iga Mike Catullo ..................................... Ca-tool-OH Shyheim Brown ........................................ Shy-HEEM Ganbayar Sanjaa ................Gan-ba-yar San-jah Derrick Evanovich ...................... E-vahn-oh-vich Youssif Hemida ...................You-sif Hem-e-DUH HOMETOWNS La Plata .......................................Luhh-Plate-uh Jhared Simmons ........................................Jared Ellicott City ........................................ Elle-uh-cut Jaron Smith ......................................... JARE-un Garrett Wesneski .........................Wes-ness-key MARYLAND TERRAPINS WRESTLING • FACEBOOK.COM/TERPSWRESTLING PAGE 3 WWW.UMTERPS.COM KERRY MCCOY 122-80-1 (11TH SEASON) / 93-61-1 (8TH SEASON AT MARYLAND) Kerry McCoy after inheriting a team that went 6-8-1 in 2004-05. became head coach McCoy led the Cardinal to a 19th-place finish at the NCAA COACHING HONORS for the University of Championships in 2008, which was the second-best finish in program • National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Maryland wrestling history. Stanford went 13-4 with a 6-3 mark in the Pac-10 while • ACC Coach of the Year - 2009, 2011, 2012 program on May 12, finishing second in the conference championships, its best showing 2008. ever. Stanford sent five wrestlers to nationals in St. Louis for the Since then, the second straight season, which was also the most in team history. COACHING CAREER former All-American McCoy made an immediate impact in his first season as • Penn State (Assistant Coach), 1997-2000 Stanford went 8-7 in 2005-06 and improved its showing at the Pac- and Olympic wrestler • Lehigh (Assistant Coach), 2000-05 has taken the program 10 Championships by two places. He guided two wrestlers to the to new heights, guiding the Terps to four top-20 finishes at the NCAA NCAA Championships that season and mentored Tanner Gardner • Stanford (Head Coach), 2005-08 Championships, three ACC titles and coaching a total of seven Terps to All-America accolades. • Maryland (Head Coach) 2008-present to a total of 11 All-American awards, while being named ACC Coach In 2006-07, McCoy continued to steadily improve the program, as of the Year three times. the Cardinal went 8-8 during the season