2008-09 Season Preview Table of Contents Fighting Illini

2008-09 Season Preview Table of Contents Fighting Illini

2008-09 SEASON PREVIEW 15-16 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW Weight Class Preview���������������������������������3-4 2015-16 Opponents������������������������������������5 THE COACHING STAFF Jim Heffernan���������������������������������������7-9 Mark Perry . 10 Jeremy Hunter . .11 Volunteer Assistant Coach Wynn Michalak . .11 Support Staff ����������������������������������������11 THE FIGHTING ILLINI Roster ������������������������������������������13-14 Zane Richards . .15 Caleb Ervin . .16 Isaiah Martinez ��������������������������������������17 Steven Rodrigues�������������������������������������18 Zac Brunson�����������������������������������������19 Jeff Koepke������������������������������������������20 Brooks Black . 21 Returning Wrestlers ��������������������������������22-24 Newcomers���������������������������������������25-26 FIGHTING ILLINI FAST FACTS 2014-15 SEASON IN REVIEW Location � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Urbana-Champaign Associate Head Coach (Alma Mater), Experience 2014-15 Year in Review�����������������������������27-29 Enrollment �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �43,398 Mark Perry (Iowa, ‘08), 5th Season 2014-15 Results ����������������������������������30-31 Nickname � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Fighting Illini Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater), Experience 2015 Big Ten / NCAA Championships ���������������������32 Colors� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Orange and Blue Jeremy Hunter (Penn State, ’01), 14th Conference� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Big Ten Wrestling Address �� � � � � � � � �1700 S� Fourth Street THE RECORD BOOK President �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Timothy Killeen � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Champaign, IL 61820 Coaching Records ������������������������������������34 Interim Chancellor� � � � � � � � � � � � � Barbara Wilson Wrestling Phone� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 217�333�5853 Year-by-Year �������������������������������������35-41 Interim Athletic Director � � � � � � � � � Paul Kawolczk 2014-15 Record � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �13-5 All-Time Records vs� Opponents �������������������������42 Home Arena �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Huff Hall (4,500) 2014-15 Big Ten Record / Finish� � � � � � � 6-3 / 6th Individual Records������������������������������������43 Head Coach �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Jim Heffernan 2015 NCAA Finish� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �12th Team Records . .44 Years as Head Coach� � � � � � � � � � � 7th Season Lettermen Returning / Lost � � � � � � � � � � � � � �11 / 4 Years at Illinois �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � 24th Season All-Americans Returning / Lost � � � � � � � � � � � � �1/1 AWARDS AND HONORS Alma Mater� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Iowa ’87 Starters Returning / Lost� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �7 / 3 NCAA Qualifiers . 46 National Champions ����������������������������������47 Big Ten Champions �����������������������������������48 Individual Honors�������������������������������������49 All-Americans ������������������������������������50-51 Individual Awards ���������������������������������52-53 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Letterwinners �������������������������������������54-46 HUFF HALL ............................................ 57 Sports Information Director �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Kent Brown Wrestling Contact / Athletic Communications Intern �� � � � � � Chad Beyler RADIO / TV ROSTER...................................... 58 Email �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � beyler2@illinois�edu Office Phone / Fax� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 217�300�1449 / 217�333�5540 CREDITS: The 2014-15 Illinois Wrestling media guide is a publication of Beyler’s Cell Phone � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �217-493-3777 the Athletic Communications Office, written to assist the media in their Website �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �fightingillini�com coverage of Illinois athletics� Mailing Address � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �1700 S� Fourth St�, Champaign, IL 61820 Executive editor of the media guide is Kent Brown� The guide was written and edited by Chad Beyler� Photography by Mark Jones, Mark Cowan, Craig Pessman, Tom Schaefges, Harriett Weatherford, Jeff Pape, Ginger Robinson, Marc Royce and Illini Studio� 2015-16 ILLINOIS WRESTLING // 1 2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW WEIGHT CLASS PREVIEW �������������������������������������������3-4 2015-16 OPPONENTS ���������������������������������������������������� 5 2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW WEIGHT CLASS PREVIEW The 2015-16 campaign will feature seven returning starts from last year’s team that finished 11th at NCAA Championships and sixth at Big Ten Championships. They return National Champion Isaiah Martinez who will look to defend his 157 pound title. Joining him will be Big Ten Championship placers Zane Richards, Kyle Langenderfer, Zac Brunson, Jeff Koepke, and Brooks Black. The Orange and Blue will enter the season with a preseason WIN Magazine ranking of 10th , which ranks fifth in the Big Ten. 125 Two newcomers, Dan Radcliffe and Francis Edelen will battle to determine the starter at 125 pounds. Radcliffe is a freshman from Lockport, Illinois and earned two All-State honors while in high school. Edelen hails from Oak Forest, Ill. and owns the fastest pin at the IHSA State Championship (0:10). Like Radcliffe, he was also named to the IHSA All-State team two times 133 After qualifying for NCAA Championships in each of his first two seasons as an Illini, Zane Richards will once again control the 133 pound weight class for the Illini. Richards placed fifth at Big Ten Championships last season after beginning the season with 15 straight wins and ranking as high as No. 2 by WIN Magazine. Over the course of the season, he compiled a 28-8 record, including 6-3 in the Big Ten. 141 The Illini will feature a new starter at 141 this season after Steven Rodrigues held down the position the last couple seasons. Sophomore Brock Ervin finished the 2014-15 campaign with a 21-4 record and recorded six falls, winning the Michigan State Open and going 4-2 and Midlands. Isaiah Martinez went undefeated (35-0) en route to winning his first National Championship. 149 165 Caleb Ervin, a redshirt senior, is expected to return to full-time duties Making the switch from 141 pounds will be senior Steven Rodrigues. after battling injuries the last two seasons. In 2013-14, Ervin finished Rodrigues is a two-time NCAA Qualifier and went 6-3 in Big Ten play eighth at Big Ten Championships after missing two months of actio last season and finished sixth on the team in dual meet points scored ndue to injury, posting a final overall record of 8-8. Also seeing time with 35. Mike Kozyra will serve as the primary backup to Rodrigues. will be 2015 NCAA Qualifier Kyle Langenderfer. Filling in for Ervin, Langenderfer finished third at Big Ten Championships and tied for the team lead in pins with six. 174 Zac Brunson will man this positon for the second year in a row and 157 looks to build upon his first two seasons where he qualified for NCAA The Illini will return defending National Champion Isaiah Martinez Championships and placed sixth at Big Tens last season. Brunson was as he enters his sophomore campaign after a freshman season for the named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week on November 18 last season and record books. Martinez finished an undefeated season (35-0) en route went on to finished runner-up at Midlands, go 6-3 during Big Ten to Big Ten and NCAA titles. Martinez led NCAA Division I in wins season, and set a career high in wins (29). by technical fall (11) and 24 of his 35 wins came by major decision or greater. Martinez’s success brought him Big Ten, InterMat, and Amatuer Wrestling News Freshman of the Year honors. Backing Martinez up will be freshmen Carver James and Tim McCarthy. 3 // 2015-16 ILLINOIS WRESTLING 2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW WEIGHT CLASS PREVIEW 184 Jeff Koepke moves to 184 pounds for the 2015-16 campaign after qualifiying for NCAA Championships and placing sixth at Big Ten Championships while at 197 pounds. He set a career-high in wins with 21 and recorded three wins over top-15 opponents. Danny Hicks will back up Koepke this season. 197 Sophomore Andre Lee enters the season as the favorite to start at 197 pounds after a 9-3 record as a freshman. Lee won the Michigan State Open and recorded six falls over the course of the season. Colton Emmerich will also get some looks this season behind Lee after having a 5-3 record as a freshman. HWT After redshirting as a freshman in 2013-14, Brooks Black became the HWT starter last season, qualifying for his first NCAA Championships. Black knocked off a ranked opponent three times last season and was ranked as high as No. 18. Christopher Lopez and Deuce Rachal will serve as backups at heavyweight. Jeff Koepke will move to 184 pounds this season after qualifying for NCAA Championships at 197 pounds. Brooks Black will return as the HWT starter after qualifying for Big Ten Championships in his first year as a starter. 4 // 2015-16 ILLINOIS WRESTLING HEAD COACH JIM HEFFERNAN �����������������������������������6-8 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH MARK PERRY . 9 ASSISTANT COACH JEREMY HUNTER . 10 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH JIM ZIELINSKI . 11 ACADEMIC COUNSELOR MIKE TRAME . 11 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH

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