THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA CONTENTS M EDIA I 1 MEDIA INFORMATION 44 2006-2007 REVIEW 88 THE UNIVERSITY NFOR Table of Contents . 1 Season in Review . 44 University . 88 Roster . 2 M Final Stats . 46 Academics . 92 ATION Schedule . 3 Dual-by-Dual Starting Lineups . 47 Athletics Excellence . 96 Media Relations . 4 Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic . 48 Tradition . 98 Media Policies . 5 Missouri Open . 49 Spirit . 100 S Media Outlets . 6 Oklahoma Open . 50 Community Service . 102 Athletics Directory . 7 Dual-By-Dual Results . 51 Strength and Conditioning . 104 EA Rules and Definitions . 8 Big 12 Championships . 54 Facilities . 106 S NCAA Championships . 55 Howard McCasland Field House . 108 ON P 10 SEASON PREVIEW Individual Results . 56 Big 12 Conference . 110 REVIEW Roster Breakdown . 10 Norman and Oklahoma City . 112 ISTORY Season Preview . 11 62 H Sooners Showcased . 114 University President David L . Boren . 116 Opponents . 15 NCAA Champions and Olympians . 62 Athletics Director Joe Castiglione . 117 Sooner All-Americans . 63 Athletics Administration . 118 T HE TAFF Conference Championships . 66 T S HE 20 OU Head Coaches . 119 Individual Conference Champions . 67 Soonersports .com . 120 S Head Coach Jack Spates . 20 Sooner Records . 68 TAFF Asst . Coach Jeremy Spates . 22 Sooners in the Hall of Fame . 70 Credits Asst . Coach Robbie Waller . 23 National Championship Coaches . 71 Support Staff . 24 Jimmy White Award . 72 Guide Design: Mitch Heckart All-Time vs . Big 12 . 73 Guide Written and Compiled by: Mitch Heckart T 26 THE SOONERS All-Time Series Records . 75 Cover Design: Scott Matthews HE Max Dean . 26 All-Time Scores . 76 S OONER Joel Flaggert . 27 All-Time Letterwinners . 84 Contributors: Matt Montgomery & Leslie Koch Joshua Weitzel . 28 Photography: Photos were supplied by Jerry Allen/Bailey . 29 S Blakely/Cannon . 30 Laizure, Lisa Hall, Ty Russell, Jason Matheson and Cole/DeVilbiss . 31 University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations 2006-07 Farmer/Fernandez . 32 files . Hayes/Hernandez . 33 Hinton/Jackson . 34 Printing: The 2007-08 OU Wrestling Media Guide James/Lowe . 35 was printed by Transcript Press and distributed at no Roman/Rowe . 36 cost to the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma . The R EVIEW Sansone/Shelton . 37 guide was designed and produced by the OU Athletics Nike is the official footwear and apparel supplier and Department using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Spring/Terry . 38 sponsor of the University of Oklahoma wrestling team . Terry/Vernon/Young . 39 Photoshop . Bergstedt/Fio/Flynn/Lapotsky . 40 Nijoka/Rogers/Smith/Spires . 41 The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity H I institution (October 2007). S Starzyk/Vernon . 42 TORY T HE U NIVER S ITY OF O KLAHO M A 1 2007-08 Wrestling Media Guide HOME OF SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 SOONER WRESTLING OKLAHOMA ROSTER Name Pronounciation WT . YR . Hometown / last school S Anthony Hayes 125 Fr . Vancouver, Wash . | Battleground HS ION MP Greg Cannon 125 RFr . Tulsa, Okla . | Cascia Hall HS HA Joey Fio (FEE-oh) 125 Fr . Sandpoint, Idaho | Sandpoint HS C E C Brian Shelton 133 So . El Reno, Okla . | El Reno HS John Starzyk (star-ZIK) 133 Fr . Oak Forest, Ill . | Providence Catholic HS ONFEREN Henry Roman 133 So . Pueblo, Colo . | Pueblo South HS C AL Zach Bailey 141 RFr . Kansas City, Kan . | Oak Park HS U Trey Blakely 141 Sr . Houston, Texas | Westside HS NDIVID Kyle Terry 141 So . Midwest City, Okla . | Carl Albert HS I Nolan Spring 141 So . Edmond, Okla . | Deer Creek HS 171 Matt Sansone (san-SEWN) 149 So . Arlington, Texas | Arlington Martin HS PS HI Will Rowe 149 Jr . Arlington, Texas | Lamar HS S Seth Vernon 149 Fr . Tulsa, Okla . | Tulsa Union HS ION MP Chad Terry 157 So . Midwest City, Okla . | Carl Albert HS HA Blake Allen 157 Jr . Vinita, Okla . | Vinita HS C M Shane Vernon 157 So . Broken Arrow, Okla . | Broken Arrow HS EA T E Chris DeVilbiss (DUH-vill-biss) 165 Jr . Eldersburg, Md . | Liberty HS C Jake Jackson 165 Jr . Carrolton, Texas | Hebron HS Ryan Smith 165 Fr . Prineville, Ore . | Crook County HS ONFEREN Brent Rogers 165 Fr . Grand Prarie, Texas | James Bowie HS Max Dean 165 Sr . Cincinnati, Ohio | Lakota West HS 23 C PS Jeff James 174 Rfr . El Reno, Okla . | El Reno HS HI S Josh Weitzel (white-ZUHL) 184 Sr . Lincoln University, Pa . | Oxford HS ION Cody Lowe 184 Rfr . Stanley, N .C . | North Gaston HS MP HA Steve Nijoka (NUH-joke-uh) 184 Fr . Houston, Texas | Strake Jesuit HS C Josh Hinton 184 So . Sand Springs, Okla . | Charles Page HS Pat Flynn 184 Fr . Quakertown, Pa . | Quakertown HS ATIONAL N Austin Spires 197 So . The Woodlands, Texas | The Woodlands HS AL Joel Flaggert 197 Sr . Choctaw, Okla . | Choctaw HS U Matt Cole 197 So . The Woodlands, Texas | The Woodlands HS NDIVID I Kyle Bergstedt (burgh-stet) 197 Fr . Paradise, Calif . | Paradise HS Eugene Young 197 RFr . Shawnee, Okla . | Shawnee HS 65 S Eric Lapotsky (lah-pot-SKEE) 197 RFr . Mr . Carmel, Pa . | Mt . Carmel Area HS AN C Brad Farmer 285 Jr . Vancouver, Wash . | Heritage HS ERI M Nathan Fernandez 285 RFr . Lawton, Okla . | Lawton MacArthur HS A - Luis Hernandez 285 So . Naples, Fla . | Naples HS LL A Head Coach: Jack Spates (Slippery Rock, 1975) Assistant Coaches: Jeremy Spates (Missouri, 2004) and Robbie Waller (Oklahoma, 2003) 256 2 2007-08 WRESTLING MEDIA GUIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 2007-08 OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE M EDIA DAY DATE OppoNENT LocATION TIME TV I Thursday Nov . 1 Red White Classic Norman 7 PM NFOR Sunday Nov . 4 at OCU/Missouri Valley/Neosho CC Oklahoma City All Day Saturday Nov . 10 at Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic Brockport, N .Y . All Day M Saturday Nov . 17 North Carolina State Norman TBA ATION Saturday Nov . 24 Oklahoma Open (Lloyd Noble Center) Norman All Day S Sunday Dec . 2 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla . 2 PM EA Friday Dec . 7 at Central Oklahoma Edmond, Okla . 7 PM S ON P REVIEW Saturday Jan . 5 at Lone Star Duals Arlington, Texas All Day Saturday Jan . 12 Michigan State/Pittsburgh Norman 2/4/6 PM Friday Jan . 18 Univ . of TN-Chattonooga Norman 7 PM Sunday Jan . 20 Wisconsin (Ford Center) Oklahoma City 2 PM ESPN T Friday Jan . 25 Iowa State Norman 7 PM HE S TAFF Friday Feb . 1 Arizona State Norman 7 PM Friday Feb . 8 at Missouri Columbia, Mo . 7 PM Sunday Feb . 10 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb . 2 PM T Friday Feb . 15 Cal Poly (Lloyd Noble Center) Norman 7 PM HE Thursday Feb . 21 Oklahoma State Norman 7 PM S OONER Saturday March 8 at Big 12 Championships Stillwater, Okla . All Day S Thursday March 20 at NCAA Championships St . Louis, Mo . All Day ESPN Friday March 21 at NCAA Championships St . Louis, Mo . All Day ESPN 2006-07 Saturday March 22 at NCAA Championships St . Louis, Mo . All Day ESPN Key: All times are CT and subject to change . R EVIEW H I 2008 BIG 12 AND NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS DATES AND SITES S TORY 2008 Big 12 Championships March 8: Gallagher-Iba Arena; Stillwater, Okla . T HE U NIVER 2008 NCAA Championships March 20-22: Scottrade Center; St . Louis, Mo . S ITY OF O KLAHO M A 2007-08 WRESTLING MEDIA GUIDE HOME OF SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 SOONER WRESTLING QUICK FACTS S UNIVERSITY COACHING STAFF TEAM INFORMATION ION MP Location: Norman, Okla . Head Coach: Jack Spates 2006-07 Dual Record: 11-7 HA Founded: 1890 Alma Mater: Slippery Rock (1975) 2006-07 Conference Record: 0-5 C E C Enrollment: 30,000 Career Record (years): 307-90-9 (16) 2007 Big 12 Finish: Fifth Nickname: Sooners OU Record (years): 183-74-7 (13) 2007 NCAA Finish: T-21 Colors: Crimson and Cream Assistant Coach: Jeremy Spates Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/5 Conference: Big 12 Assistant Coach: Robbie Waller ONFEREN Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3 C President: David L . Boren Office Phone: (405) 325-5170 All-Americans Returning/Lost: 0/1 AL Director of Athletics: Joe Castiglione NCAA Qualifiers Returning:Joel Flaggert U Facility: Howard McCasland Field House Josh Weitzel (2,000) Kyle Terry NDIVID I Will Rowe OKLAHOMA MEDIA RELATIONS Max Dean 171 PS HI S KENNY mossmAN DAVID BAssITY ION Senior Associate A .D ./Communications | Football | kmossman@ou .edu Assistant Director | Cross Country, Track & Field, Football | MP HA C M EA T MIKE HOUck BRIAN DUDE E Associate Director | Men’s Basketball | mhouck@ou .edu Graduate Assistant | Men’s & Women’s Gymnastics | briandude@ou .edu C ONFEREN JARED ThompsoN PHIllIP RogErs Associate Director | Women’s Basketball, Football | Graduate Assistant | Men’s Golf and Women’s Gymnastics | jaredthompson@ou .edu philliprogers@ou .edu 23 C PS HI S MITch HEckART CRAIG morAN Student Intern | Wrestling | [email protected] ION Assistant Director | Baseball, Football, Soccer | cmoran@ou .edu MP HA C JEssICA SUmmErs MATT MONTGOMERY Assistant Director | Softball, Volleyball | jlsummers@ou .edu Student Intern | Men’s Tennis | mmonty@ou .edu ATIONAL N AL U SHERIDAN SAmplES Studen | Women’s Tennis | sheridank@ou .edu NDIVID I 65 S The University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations office Main Office Phone: (405) 325-8349 AN C is located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the Fax: (405) 325-7623 ERI Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, directly south Address: Athletics Media Relations, 180 W . Brooks, Suite 2525, M of the Howard McCasland Field House . Norman, OK 73019 A - Web Site: www .SoonerSports .com LL Wrestling contact Mitch Heckart is generally available in the Media Relations Director: Kenny Mossman A office from 9-5 during the work week . On match days, Heckart E-Mail: kmossman@ou .edu is usually available in the office until three hours before the first Student Intern/Wrestling Contact: Mitch Heckart match .