2015 OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 78th ANNUAL STATE WRESTLING INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT Media Guide March 12, 13 & 14, 2015 The Jerome Schottenstein Center The Ohio State University, Columbus OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214 Phone 614‐267‐2502 | Fax 614‐267‐1677 www.OHSAA.org | Twitter.com/OHSAAsports | Facebook.com/OHSAA MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS - Tournament History: Facts and Figures - Special Awards: Coaches Hall of Fame, Officials Hall of Fame, SEI, Service, Coaches of the Year, Media Service Award - Returning State Placers - All‐Time State Placer Totals By School - Last Three Years State Placers, School‐by‐School Listing - Miscellaneous Records: Most State Placers, Most State Finalists, Most State Placers Without a State Champion, Most State Runner‐Ups Without a State Champion Welcome to the 2015 State Wrestling Championships A great deal of information – both in the official program and in this media guide – is available to each of you covering the tournament. Besides the charts that are in this guide, there are two other main sources of information available for your use. At last weekend’s District competition, each state qualifier was given a media form to fill out. While not all were returned, a vast majority were. Should you need to use these forms, please contact one of the OHSAA representatives along media row. The other resource available is the complete list of every state placer from 1938‐2014. The last three years (2012, 2013 and 2014) state placers can be found in this media guide. Earlier state placers are available from one of the OHSAA assistants working on media row. If you know of any corrections, please let us know. Note that wrestlers are listed by the school name at the time they attended (i.e. Kettering Fairmont East/West). However, if the school changed mailing addresses (i.e. Dayton Wayne to Huber Heights Wayne) then the school is listed by its new location. Schools that have added to their name, because of an additional school being built (i.e. Pickerington Central/North) are listed according to what the school is currently called. TOURNAMENT HISTORY MOST POINTS FOR TEAM CHAMPIONS: Division I Division II Division III Lakewood St. Edward (2007) 229 St. Paris Graham (2009) 282 Troy Christian (2008) 162 Lakewood St. Edward (2012) 223.5 St. Paris Graham (2011) 230.5 Troy Christian (2007) 154 Lakewood St. Edward (2006) 210 St. Paris Graham (2010) 223 Delta (1998) 149.5 MOST POINTS FOR SECOND‐PLACE TEAMS: Division I: Lakewood St. Edward (2010, Div. I) 167.5 points Division II: Columbus St. Francis DeSales (1978) 121.5 points Division III: Marion Pleasant (2007) 151.5 points MOST INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLES IN A GIVEN YEAR: St. Paris Graham (2009) 7 MOST CONSECUTIVE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS IN A GIVEN YEAR: Cleveland West (1951) 4 CONTINUED OVERALL OPINION: See Brian Brakeman’s synopsis in tournament program. MOST STATE TITLES BY ONE IMMEDIATE FAMILY 11 ‐ DiSabato: Vince (1978‐2); Leo (1980‐2); Luke (1982‐1); Mike (1983‐1); Adam (1988‐2); Dominic (1992‐3) 9 ‐ Dernlan: Jeff (1986‐2); Steve (1988‐2); Matt (1991‐3); Tim (1993‐2) 9 ‐ Hanson: Jim (1975‐3); Tim (1981 (2); Dan (1987‐4) 8 ‐ Jordan: Jim (1982‐4); Jeff (1983‐4) 8 ‐ Jordan: Bo (2013‐4); Micah (2014‐4) 8 ‐ Opfer: Jared (1999‐4); Drew (2001‐3); (Corey‐2005‐1) 8 ‐ Stieber: Logan (2010‐4); Hunter (2011‐4) CLASS BREAKDOWN YEAR 9th 10th 11th 12th TOTAL YEAR 9th 10th 11th 12th TOTAL 1992 21 67 203 333 624 2003 32 68 233 338 672 1993 20 77 172 355 624 2004 36 90 164 382 672 1994 28 68 213 315 624 2005 54 99 198 321 672 1995 19 72 191 380 672 2006 30 135 194 313 672 1996 19 87 198 370 672 2007 49 85 228 310 672 1997 26 82 213 351 672 2008 41 107 176 348 672 1998 23 83 205 361 672 2009 52 94 213 313 672 1999 25 89 207 351 672 2010 41 104 203 324 672 2000 33 70 185 383 672 2011 45 103 201 323 672 2001 31 111 176 354 672 2012 39 101 208 324 672 2002 30 127 211 304 672 2013 44 99 213 316 672 2014 44 112 197 319 672 2015 59 101 205 307 672 Bart Freidenberg is a 1982 graduate of The Ohio State University, where he majored in journalism/public relations. He is currently involved in amateur wrestling throughout the state, as well as the country. He is founder and chairman of both the Ohio All‐Star Wrestling Team, which annually takes some of Ohio’s top sixth thru ninth graders on summer wrestling tours, and the Tournament of Champions, the largest one day amateur wrestling tournament in the world. He also serves on the National Executive Committee of AAU Wrestling and is a member of the AAU Wrestling Hall of Fame. If you have any ideas or suggestions for items you would like to see included in this guide in the future, you may contact Bart at [email protected], 8138 Kingfisher Lane, Pickerington, OH 43147 or 614‐833‐5885. ### OHSAA ### 2015 SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees Jeff Gaier Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame – 2015 Head Coach – Archbishop Moeller H.S. – 29 years, 240-109 OHSAA State Tournament Team Runner-up – 2000, 2001 & 2007 OHSAA State Tournament Team Top 10 – 15X OHSAA State Duals Final 4 – 2013 & 2014 152 State Qualifiers 79 State Placers 7 State Runners-up 12 State Champions 11X District Champions 18X Sectional Champions 21X GCL Champions Erik Burnett Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame 2015 Oberlin HS 4x OHSAA State Champion – 1984-87 128-2 with 104 consecutive wins Undefeated in duals meets 3x Lakeland Conference Champion 2x Brecksville Holiday Tournament Champion - OW 1985 1987 HS All-American – 2nd Team 3x Ohio Freestyle State Champion 3x USA Freestyle All-American 3x NCAA Division I Qualifier (1990-92) 1x NCAA All-American Clarion University Gary Holsopple Award - 1992 Dan Hansen Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame 2015 Richmond Heights HS 4x OHSAA State Champion – 1984-87 118-4 Won/Loss 68 pins Undefeated in dual meets 78 Consecutive wins 3x 1st Team & 3x MVW - East Suburban Conference Brecksville Holiday Tournament Champion – OW 1986 2x HS All-American 1986 – 2nd Team; 1987– 1st Team 1987 USA vs. Pennsylvania Classic All-Star Selection 1987 USA vs. Oklahoma All-Star Selection 1987 Lee Kemp Award Pat Semary Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame 2015 Head Coach - Brunswick HS 1962-1965 Assistant Coach Valley Forge HS 1965-1977 Head Coach - Valley Forge HS 1977-2001 Assistant Coach Valley Forge HS 2001-2005 Head Coach - Parma HS 2005-2015 Varsity Record - 251-161 2x Chippewa, 5x LEL, 3x NOC Coach of the Year 3x Greater Cleveland Coach of the Year 11x League Champions - 4x League Runners-up 2x Sectional Champions 3x Sectional Runners-up 5x Top 10 District 10 State Placers - 2 State Champions Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association 2015 Special Award Winners OHSAA Ethics and Integrity Award Winner Dr. John Deno John began his wrestling career by wrestling 4 years for Fremont Ross High School for Coach Mel Mackey in Fremont, Ohio. After graduating he came to Athens to attend Ohio University. He wrestled one year for Ohio University for Coach Fred Schleicher. After receiving his Bachelors of Science Degree from Ohio University, John joined the Faculty at Athens High School in Athens Ohio. After earning his Master Degree from Ohio University, he formed the Varsity Wrestling pro- gram at Athens High School. He then organized and hosted the First Annual South East Ohio Athletic League (SEOAL) Wrestling Tournament at Athens High School and won the SEOAL Wrestling Championship each of the first five years of the tournament. John then joined the faculty of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio Uni- versity and eventually became an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology & Management at Ohio University. He received his PhD from Ohio State University in 1994. He organized the Athens Youth Wrestling Club for elementary students and organized the Annual Kiwanis Youth Wrestling Tournament which ran for 11 years. John was honored by Athens High School by calling the Athens Invitational Wrestling Tour- nament the “John Deno Classic” and naming their new wrestling room the “John Deno Wrestling Room.” He announced for the Ohio University Wrestling for Team 17 years and still teaches part time at Ohio University. OHSWCA Service Award Winner Jamie Baker, Findlay Courier Fostoria native Jamie Baker has been involved in the sport as a wrestler, coach and writer. Jamie got involved in wrestling in junior high when a coach pulled him aside after basketball practice to drill with one of the high school wrestlers. That practice sparked a love for the sport that has lasted 35 years. He was Fostoria St. Wendelin’s first state qualifier in 1985, placing fourth at state and won the school’s first state championship in any sport when he finished 33-0 in winning the 1986 Class A 285-pound championship. He went on to wrestle for four years at Wright State University in Dayton where he set the school record for fastest pin and was named captain and the team’s Most Valuable Wrestler his senior year. Baker went back to St. Wendelin and was an assistant varsity and junior high coach for 15 years. He has covered wrestling as a reporter for the Findlay Courier since 1995 winning nu- merous awards from the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association and Associated Press.