ACC CHAMPIONSHIP March 6, 2016 Charlottesville, Va. John Paul Jones Arena ESPN3

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1 DUKE (6-9, 1-4 ACC) NOVEMBER HOKIE OPEN NTS DECEMBER L, Boone, N.C. JANUARY WOLFPACK OPEN NTS ACC CHAMPIONSHIP March 6, 2016 Charlottesville, Va. John Paul Jones Arena ESPN3 duke_wres SETTING THE SCENE Duke begins postseason wrestling after going 6-9 overall and 1-4 against ACC squads. The Blue Devils wrestled seven top-20 opponents this season, going 2-5 overall. Two of the five losses were against top-10 teams in NC State and Virginia Tech. Duke defeated a program-best two ranked opponents this season in No. 13 North Carolina and No. 23 Purdue. The win over the 13th-ranked Tar Heels is the highest ranked team a Blue Devil squad has beaten in program history. Duke finished fourth at the 2015 ACC Championships with 44 points, the highest since a third-place showing in The 44 points are the most since Duke had five wrestlers in the latest RPI rankings and four in the most recent NCAA Coaches panel rankings. Redshirt senior Conner Hartmann is the reigning ACC Champion at 197 pounds, while Mitch Finesilver is back after taking second at 133 pounds a year ago. Jake Faust took fourth at 165. Conner Hartmann and Mitch Finesilver both went unbeaten in ACC duals this season, going th of points #3 #20 L, 9-34 L, Durham, N.C. Pittsburgh, Pa. ABOUT THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP The ACC will hold the 62nd annual ACC Championship March 6 in Charlottesville, Va. at the John Paul Jones Arena. All of the action will be broadcast live by ESPN3. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth (12-and-under) and senior citizens. Admission is free for students with a valid ACC school ID. SCHEDULE First Round - 11 a.m. Semifinals - 1 p.m. Consolation Semifinals - 3:30 p.m. Consolation Finals - 5 p.m. Finals - 7 p.m. L, Pittsburgh, Pa. W, San Luis Obispo, Calif. L, Durham, N.C. #8 L, 9-31 Durham, N.C. March 6 Charlottesville, Va. ESPN3 #16 W, L, Pittsburgh, Pa. Stanford, Calif. W, W, Washington D.C. Washington D.C. FEBRUARY #18 L, Charlottesville, Va. L, 19-20* Evanston, Ill. * criteria MARCH #13 W, Chapel Hill, N.C. #23 W, West Lafayette, Ind. March New York, N.Y. ESPNU/ESPN2/ESPN3 DUKE BY THE NUMBERS 92 - Career wins for Duke redshirt senior Conner Hartmann, sixth in Duke history and one shy of fifth 4 Blue Devils listed in the NCAA Coaches rankings - Hartmann, Mitch Finesilver, Jake Faust and Zach Finesilver 21 Rank of the Blue Devils in the InterMat national poll at the conclusion of the regular season 14-1 Mitch Finesilver s record in duals this season, which included 12 straight from Jan. 6 through Feb Top-20 opponents Duke wrestled this season DUKE LINEUP Score of the Duke vs. UNC dual this year in Chapel Hill as the Blue Devils took down the No. 13 Tar Heels 5-0 Redshirt junior Jake Faust s record against ranked opponents this season - all of which were ranked above him at the time of the matches 12 Duke s place at the prestigious Southern Scuffle, the highest finish in program history 5 Duke wrestlers ranked in the initial RPI ranking released by the NCAA 6 - Falls recorded by Conner Hartmann this season, five of which came in the first period Wt. Wrestler Yr. W-L ACC Hometown/Last School 125 Thayer Atkins So Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian Academy 133 Open 141 Zach Finesilver R-Fr Chestnut Hill, Pa./Wyoming Seminary 149 Mitch Finesilver So Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland 157 Connor Bass Jr Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville 165 Jake Faust R-Jr Belleville, Ohio/Lexington 174 Alec Schenk R-Fr Perry, Ohio/Perry 184 Trey Adamson R-Sr Riverton, Utah/Bishop Lynch 197 Conner Hartmann R-Sr Port Orchard, Wash./South Kitsap 285 Brendan Walsh R-Sr Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley

2 Duke Wrestling Staff Head Coach...Glen Lanham (Oklahoma 88) Record at Duke...Fourth Season Career Record , 2-14 ACC Assistant Coach...Ben Wissell (Purdue 06) Assistant Coach...Will Rowe (Oklahoma 08) Wrestling Office Phone...(919) Duke Wrestling History First Year All-Time Record , 87 Years ACC Champions...30 NCAA Qualifiers TOURNAMENT FINISHES THE HOKIE OPEN Conner Hartmann 197 1st Connor Bass 157 1st Jake Faust 165 1st Thayer Atkins 125 4th Evan Botwin 141 6th Zach Finesilver 141 5th Randy Roden 174 6th Trey Adamson 184 5th THE HOKIE OPEN FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES Araad Sarrami * 285 6th PEMBROKE OPEN Brendan Walsh* 285 1st WOLFPACK OPEN Zach Finesilver 141 2nd Xaviel Ramos 133 3rd Mitch Finesilver 149 3rd Brendan Walsh * 285 3rd Thayer Atkins 125 4th Jacob Kasper * 285 4th Connor Bass 157 6th SOUTHERN SCUFFLE Conner Hartmann 197 3rd Mitch Finesilver 149 5th * Wrestled unattached DUKE IN THE ACC A member of the ACC in wrestling since 1956, Duke s highest finish in the ACC Tournament was third place five times, most recently in Twenty-two different Duke wrestlers have won 30 ACC titles overall with Conner Hartmann being the most recent in Joel Puleo is the Blue Devils lone competitor to win three consecutive championships, bringing home top honors at heavyweight in 1973, 1974 and Five other wrestlers captured consecutive championships during their careers. In the current weight classifications, Duke has nine ACC titles at heavyweight, two at 184 pounds and one at the 197, 174, 133 and 125-pound classifications. Duke has had 30 All-ACC selections since teams were compiled in RECAPPING 2015 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Conner Hartmann captured the ACC Championship at 197 pounds as Duke finished fourth overall with 44 points. The finish was the highest since a third-place showing in 2004, while the 44 points are the most since Joining Hartmann with berths in the NCAA Championship were Mitch Finesilver (133), Marcus Cain (149) and Jacob Kasper (184). Cain, Finesilver and Kasper all were first-time qualifiers. OPENING ROUND REMATCHES There will be five rematches in the opening round for the Blue Devils Sunday at 125, 141, 174, 184, and 285. Zach Finesilver, the No. 4 seed, defeated Nick Zanetta of Pitt, 8-1 in the regular season, while Trey Adamson lost a heartbreaker 8-7 to Will Schany in Charlottesville. The other rematches come between Thayer Atkins and Virginia s Nick Hermann at 125, Alec Schenk and Te Shan Campbell of Pitt at 174 and Brendan Walsh and Patrick Gillen from UVA at heavyweight. Duke went 0-3 in those regular-season bouts. DUKE UPSETS NO. 13 NORTH CAROLINA Duke heavyweight Brendan Walsh registered the biggest win of his wrestling career, beating UNC s Cory Daniel 4-3 to lift the Blue Devils to a thrilling victory over the 13th-ranked Tar Heels in Chapel Hill this season. The match featured four lead changes as Duke overcame a forfeit at 133 pounds to upset UNC. The win is the first for Duke over North Carolina since Connor Bass grabbed a crucial pin, while Thayer Atkins, Mitch Finesilver, Jake Faust, Conner Hartmann added wins to lead Duke to victory. DUKE TRENDING UP UNDER LANHAM The numbers are all pointing in the right direction for the Blue Devils with head coach Glen Lanham at the helm. For the first time in program history, Duke defeated a pair of ranked opponents. Duke defeated a Big Ten foe, Purdue, for the second consecutive season. All of the Blue Devils wins over Big Ten opponents have come under Lanham in the past two seasons. Duke earned its first mention in program history in the InterMat top 25 poll and is ranked 21st in the DUKE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY ACC CHAMPIONSHIP MOST VALUABLE WRESTLER Greg Penny 1973 Mike Darlington 1992 ACC CHAMPIONS Name Year Weight Jerry Chadwick Harold McElhaney 1956, Karl Shetler 1959 HWT Luke Sharpe 1964 HWT Mike Jordan Ed Newman 1970, 1971 HWT Steve Willis Greg Penny 1973, Joel Puleo 1973, 1974, 1975 HWT Brian Davis Doug Sumner Jake Cecere Bradd Weber 1989, Mike Darlington Scott Frinzi Matt Mapes Adam Benitez Frank Cornelly 2004, Levi Craig Christian Smith Konrad Dudziak 2009, 2010 HWT Conner Hartmann ALL-ACC WRESTLERS 1987 Ted Sliwinski, Tom Nugent, Bradd Weber 1990 Bradd Weber 1992 Mike Darlington 1995 Matt Eckerman, Chris Heckel 1996 Scott Frinzi 1997 Dan Covatta 1998 Chris Heckel, Matt Mapes 1999 Matt Mapes 2001 Tommy Hoang, Tim Marcantonio 2002 Mike Mitchell, Daegan Smith 2004 Adam Benitez, Frank Cornely, Levi Craig, Christian Smith 2005 Frank Cornely, Venroy July, Mark Thompson 2009 Konrad Dudziak 2010 Konrad Dudziak 2011 Diego Bencomo 2013 Brandon Gambucci 2015: Conner Hartmann, Mitch Finesilver, Jacob Kasper ALL-TIME ALL-ACC SELECTIONS BY SCHOOL North Carolina 152 N.C. State 124 Virginia 110 Maryland 96 Virginia Tech 47 Duke 30 Clemson 27 Pittsburgh 8

3 DUKE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY NCAA ALL-AMERICA Name Year Weight Konrad Dudziak 2009,2010 HWT Conner Hartmann 2014, NCAA QUALIFIERS Name Year Weight Jerry Chadwick Luke Sharpe 1964 HWT Mike Jordan Ed Newman 1970, 1971 HWT Steve Willis Greg Penny 1973, Joel Puleo 1973, 1974, 1975 HWT Brian Davis Doug Sumner Jake Cecere Seann Henry Tom Nugent Ted Sliwinski Bradd Weber 1989, Keith Girvan Mike Darlington Dan Covatta 1994, Matt Eckerman 1995 HWT Chris Heckel 1995, 1997, Scott Frinzi Matt Mapes 1998, /165 Tom Cass Michael Mitchell Tommy Hoang 2001, 2002, Adam Benitez Frank Cornely 2004, Levi Craig Christian Smith John Barone Dan Tulley Konrad Dudziak 2009, 2010 HWT Diego Bencomo Tanner Hough Brandon Gambucci Conner Hartmann 2013, 14, Immanuel Kerr-Brown 2014, Marcus Cain Mitch Finesilver Jacob Kasper DUKE NCAA TEAM FINISHES Year Place Score 1973 T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T-29th th of tournament rankings heading into this weekend s championship. The Blue Devils are poised to send at least four wrestlers to NCAAs after landing a program-best five last year. Duke has never sent more than two wrestlers to NCAA Championships in consecutive seasons. TOUGH SCHEDULE The Blue Devils featured a tough schedule this season, wrestling seven top-20 opponents over the course of the year. Duke also battled tough squads in Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb. The Mountaineers climbed into the rankings late in the year and Gardner-Webb defeated Appalachian State. Because of injuries during the year the Blue Devils fielded a full 10-man lineup in just four matches, going 3-1 in those outings. No. 3 NC State L, 9-34 No. 20 Pittsburgh L, No. 16 Stanford L, No. 18 Virginia L, No. 13 North Carolina W, No. 8 Virginia Tech L, 9-31 No. 23 Purdue W, BLUE DEVILS IN THE RANKINGS Duke has five wrestlers in the latest RPI and four in the NCAA Coaches rankings. Conner Hartmann is tops for Duke at No. 3 in the RPI and No. 5 by the coaches. Junior Connor Bass earned a spot in the RPI at No. 28 and likely will need to earn one of the three allocations at 157 pounds. NCAA RPI 141 No. 15 Zach Finesilver 149 No. 15 Mitch Finesilver 157 No. 28 Connor Bass 165 No. 18 Jake Faust 197 No. 3 Conner Hartmann NCAA Coaches Panel 141 No. 23 Zach Finesilver 149 No. 12 Mitch Finesilver 165 No. 18 Jake Faust 197 No. 5 Conner Hartmann 92 CAREER WINS CONNER Hartmann 9th NATIONAL RANKING MITCH Finesilver DUAL POINTS LEADERS Conner Hartmann led the Blue Devils in dual points with 66, nearly a quarter of Duke s 281 team points. Hartmann scored bonus points in nine matches, including recording six falls. Mitch Finesilver has 50 points, while Jake Faust has 165 and Zach Finesilver 34. ACC LINEUP POINT BREAKDOWN Wt. Wrestler Yr. Pts. Duals 125 Thayer Atkins So Zach Finesilver R-Fr Mitch Finesilver So Connor Bass Jr Jake Faust R-Jr Alec Schenk R-So Trey Adamson R-Sr Conner Hartmann R-Sr Brendan Walsh R-Sr HARTMANN TRYING TO GO BACK-TO-BACK Redshirt senior Conner Hartmann is the reigning ACC Champion at 197 pounds and is looking to become Duke s eighth multiple-time ACC Champion. The last Duke wrestler to win consecutive ACC titles was Konrad Dudziak at heavyweight in 2009 and Hartmann hasn t lost in an ACC regular season dual or ACC Championship match since a triple overtime loss to Virginia s Zach Nye in the 2014 ACC Championship first round. HARTMANN IN THE RECORDS BOOK Conner Hartmann has propelled himself into the Duke wrestling records book in both career wins and career win percentage. Hartmann is sixth in career wins with 92 and eighth in career win percentage at.767. The veteran 197-pounder is trying to become Duke s first three-time All-American as well as the Blue Devils first NCAA Champion in wrestling. He is six wins shy of the No. 10 spot in single-season victories with 30. SCHENK MAKING HIS ACC DEBUT Redshirt freshman Alec Schenk will be making his ACC Championship debut Sunday after battling injuries over the course of the season. Schenk wrestled in just two ACC matches this season, losing to Te Shan Campbell of Pittsburgh 9-2 and Nicky Hall of NC State, 12-4 in the regular season. He will wrestle Campbell in the opening match of ACCs as well. 21 WINS IN 1ST SEASON IN A DUKE SINGLET ZACH Finesilver

4 CAREER WINNING PERCENTAGE (Minimum 25 wins) 1. Christian Holljes (.917) 2. Joel Puleo (.914) 3. Ed Newman (.900) 4. Konrad Dudziak (.814) 5. Jake Cecere (.802) 6. Bradd Weber (.772) 7. Matt Mapes (.770) 8. Conner Hartmann (.767) 9. Jim McNamara (.764) 10. Chris Heckel (.763) 11. John Barone (.757) CAREER WINS 1. John Barone Bradd Weber Frank Cornely Dan Covatta 97 Voris Tejada Tom Cass Conner Hartmann Mike Darlington Chris Heckel Tommy Hoang 88 Michael Mitchell Daniel Shvartsman 87 SINGLE SEASON WINS 1. John Barone, John Barone, Voris Tejada, Bryan Gibson, Dan Covatta, Bradd Weber, Michael Mitchell, Daniel Shvartsman, Konrad Dudziak, Tom Cass, Christian Smith, FASTEST FALLS (SINCE 1966) 1. Jack Anderson, :07 2. John Barone, :11 3. Folwell Dunbar, :12 4. J.J. Koch, :14 5. Jesse Raia, :16 6. Jeremy Godwin, :17 Tim Marcantonio, :17 8. Seann Henry, :20 9. Jim Amerman, :22 Wayne Routh, :22 Conner Hartmann, :22 FAUST VS. RANKED OPPONENTS Jake Faust is a perfect 5-0 against top-20 opponents this season with all five wins coming against wrestlers in the top 15. Three of his five ranked wins have come against Stanford s Jim Wilson. He beat then No. 4 Wilson in the title match of the Hokie Open 6-2. Faust and Wilson met again at the Southern Scuffle with Faust winning 6-1 and then in the regular season dual in Stanford, the Duke junior won, 9-4. The Bellville, Ohio native also owns wins over No. 9 John Michael Staudenmayer of UNC and No. 12 David McFadden of Virginia Tech. FINESILVER MOVES UP; DOESN T MISS A BEAT Sophomore Mitch Finesilver, a NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds as a freshman, moved up two weights to 149 this season and hasn t missed a beat. Mitch is ranked ninth nationally at 149 with a 25-6 record, took fifth at the Southern Scuffle with three top 20 wins and finished the dual season ALL IN THE FINESILVER FAMILY Twin brothers Mitch and Zach Finesilver help anchor Duke at 149 and 141, respectively. The pair has a combined record this season and both are ranked in the latest NCAA coaches polls. They are responsible for 84 points combined in duals this season, nearly 30 percent of Duke s points on the year. They both excelled at Cherry Creek High School in Colorado and have a set of younger twin brothers who are seniors on the Cherry Creek wrestling team looking to follow in their older brothers footsteps.. TEAM ACADEMIC SUCCESS Duke ranked among the top four wrestling programs in the nation in grade point average from and has been awarded the honor 10 times since The Blue Devils owned the highest team GPA in 2007 and Harvard University American University University of Nebraska Duke University Davidson College American University Harvard University Stanford University Duke University Davidson College Duke University American University Liberty University Stanford University Princeton University Duke University Stanford University Brown University Princeton University University of Northern Iowa Brown University Duke University Princeton University Duquesne University Northwestern University ALL-TIME NWCA ALL-ACADEMIC FINISHES NWCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM SELECTIONS 2004 Levi Craig 2005 Levi Craig, Steven Smith 2007 Aaron Glover, Daniel Shvartsman 2008 Addison Nuding, Kellan McKeon Michael Degli Obizzi, John Barone 2009 Addison Nuding, John Barone 2010 John Barone, Peter Terrezza 2013 Brandon Gambucci, Conner Hartmann 2014 Conner Hartmann 2015 Marcus Cain, Brian Dorsey, Conner Hartmann, Jacob Kasper

5 GLEN LANHAM Head Coach 4th Season Oklahoma State 88 Record at Duke: Career Record: Glen Lanham was introduced as Duke wrestling head coach April 16, 2012 and has made major strides in each of his seasons at the helm. Lanham s third season was his best as the Blue Devils landed a program-best five wrestlers in the NCAA Championships and posted its highest finish at 28th. Marcus Cain, Mitch Finesilver, Conner Hartmann, Jacob Kasper and Immanuel Kerr-Brown all earned bids to the NCAA field, while Hartmann led the charge with his second All- American performance and sixth-place finish. Overall, three Blue Devils advanced to the second day of competition for the first time in program history. In conference action, Lanham led the Blue Devils to a fourth-place showing at the ACC Championships, the highest finish since a third-place showing in Duke defeated a pair of Big Ten opponents for the first time in program history en route to an 11-5 overall record. In addition to his All-America performance, Hartmann took home the ACC title at 197 pounds, while Kasper and Finesilver both garnered All-ACC honors. Off the mat, Duke ranked sixth nationally in team GPA and had four wrestlers earn NWCA All-Academic honors. The Blue Devils were tops in the ACC in GPA for a second straight year. In just his second season, Lanham landed a Duke wrestler on the podium at NCAA Championships for the third time in the program s history. Hartmann, in his second consecutive appearance at NCAAs, turned in a pair of upsets en route to becoming Duke s second All-American wrestler with a fifth-place showing at 197 points. In addition, for the first time in program history, Duke had two wrestlers - Immanuel Kerr-Brown joined Hartmann who advanced to the second day of wrestling at the NCAA Championships. Kerr-Brown s improvement under Lanham shined through in The Rome, Ga., native posted a career-high 26 wins, five shy of his previous two seasons combined, and took third at ACC Championships. As a team, Duke had its highest finish at NCAA Championships in program history with a 29th-place showing. Overall, Duke finished the year 6-15 after wrestling its toughest schedule in school history. The Duke wrestling program made strides in Lanham s first season at the helm. The Blue Devils finished the year and 1-4 in the ACC. The nine wins were the most since the campaign as Duke sent two wrestlers Brandon Gambucci and Hartmann to the NCAA Championships. It marked the first time since 2009 as well that multiple Blue Devils competed in the NCAA postseason event. On the mat, Gambucci earned All-ACC honors at 133 pounds to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships. Hartmann finished third at 197 pounds, despite missing the previous month to an injury, and garnered an at-large invitation to the postseason. Overall, Duke placed four wrestlers among the top four in the ACC Championships and had seven different wrestlers place in the various tournaments over the course of the year. Duke was equally as successful in the classroom in Lanham s first season. The Blue Devils landed six wrestlers on the All-ACC Academic Team, while Gambucci and Hartmann earned NWCA All-Academic recognition and the Duke team ranked fifth overall with a team GPA of The Blue Devils also were active in the community, helping handicapped kids learn baseball, visiting local hospitals, and cooking breakfast at the Durham Urban Ministries. Prior to taking over the head coaching position, Lanham served as an assistant coach with the Blue Devils for two seasons. Lanham helped mentor Diego Bencomo and Tanner Hough to NCAA Championship berths in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Under Lanham s tutelage in the wrestling room, Bencomo earned 2011 All-ACC recognition after taking runner-up honors at the ACC Championships at 184 pounds. The Phoenix, Ariz., native went on to register a pair of wins in the NCAA Tournament, becoming just the second wrestler in Duke history to make it to the quarterfinal round. With the help of Lanham in 2012, Hough became the second Duke true freshman to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships after taking fourth at the ACC Championships at 141 pounds. Hough finished his rookie campaign with a overall record. Lanham joined the Duke coaching staff as an assistant in June of 2010 after stints as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State, North Carolina and Purdue. Prior to arriving in Durham, he spent three seasons at Purdue where he spearheaded the Boilermakers recruiting efforts. At Purdue, Lanham had an immediate impact on the program, helping several Boilermakers to breakout seasons. He mentored a selection of student-athletes to the NCAA Championships during his three seasons and under his watch Luke Manuel earned three bids to the NCAA postseason and climbed to as high as fifth nationally at 174 pounds. The Boilermakers two recruiting classes under Lanham garnered a wealth of national honors, including the nation s No. 12 class from InterMat.com in It marked the second straight top-20 national recruiting class for the Boilermakers as they reeled in three of the nation s top-100 recruits, including a pair of 2009 USA Wrestling Junior national champions. Prior to his three years at Purdue, the former Oklahoma State competitor coached at the University of North Carolina for four years. With the Tar Heels, Lanham also worked closely with the middle to upper weight classes and headed their recruiting efforts. In his time in Chapel Hill, Lanham tutored four ACC Champions and nine NCAA Championships qualifiers. He also went to great lengths to improve the Tar Heels program, bringing in an InterMat Wrestling Top-25 recruiting class in Lanham worked as a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Oklahoma from He was at Midwest City High School for seven years, where he mentored several state champions and sent them on to prestigious college programs. While at Midwest City, he also volunteered his time at Oklahoma University, coaching several All-Americans. Lanham served as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State University from , helping the Cowboys to a pair of NCAA Championships. As a college competitor, he garnered All-American honors at both OSU and the University of Tennessee, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in human service with an emphasis in juvenile counseling in August of He competed internationally as a member of the Sunkist Kids team and was freestyle wrestling All-American. Lanham resides in Pittsboro, N.C., with his wife Melanie. GLEN LANHAM YEAR-BY-YEAR Year School Record Pct. Achievments Duke NCAA Qualifiers - Brandon Gambucci, Conner Hartmann All-ACC - Brandon Gambucci Duke NCAA All-American, 5th Place - Conner Hartmann 2 NCAA Qualifiers - Conner Hartmann, Immanuel Kerr-Brown NCAA Championships 29th-Place Finish Duke NCAA All-American, 6th Place - Conner Hartmann Program record 5 NCAA Qualifiers - Marcus Cain, Mitch Finesilver, Conner Hartmann, Jacob Kasper, Immanuel Kerr-Brown NCAA Championships 28th Place Finish - Highest in program history THE LANHAM FILE

6 THE LANHAM FILE Coaching History Duke University. Head Coach 4th season. Assistant Coach Purdue University. Assistant Coach Wrestling History Oklahoma State NCAA All-America (1987). NCAA 5th Place (1987) Tennessee NCAA All-America (1985) North Carolina. Assistant Coach Midwest City High School. Assistant Coach Oklahoma State. Graduate Asst. Coach

7 THAYER ATKINS Sophomore Dallas, Texas (Trinity Christian Academy) 125 CAREER STATISTICS Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 9, Fastest Fall: 2:03 vs. Purdue, 2/21/ Wrestled at 125 pounds as a true freshman Compiled a 4-16 overall record and went 4-12 in duals Competed unattached early in the season, going 5-3 overall Took second at the Wolfpack Open Posted victories over George Mason and Maryland foes at the Grapple at the Garden Registered a 7-2 decision in the dual against North Carolina ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep Wrestled for Pete Grieder at Lake Highland High School for three years and finished at Trinity Christian Academy his senior season Took runner-up honors at the Texas State Championship for Lake Highland as a junior Did not give up a single offensive point to an opponent throughout his entire 2013 regular season Compiled a 50-5 record at 120 pounds at Trinity Christian Compiled 25 pins his senior seasons. THAYER ATKINS SO. 125 DALLAS, TEXAS/TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Year Weight Tourn. Dual ACC Dec. MD TF Fall Forf./Inj. OT Ranked Overall TOURNAMENT RESULTS Hokie Open - 4th (3-2) Wolfpack Open - 4th (3-2) N8 125 Cody Karns North Carolina Hokie Open W, Dec., N8 125 Cody Karstetter North Carolina Hokie Open W, Dec., N Joey Dance Virginia Tech Hokie Open L, MD, N8 125 Alex Madrigal Old Dominion Hokie Open W, Bye N8 125 Tyrone Klump North Carolina Hokie Open L, Dec., N Zachary Jones Davidson Wolfpack Open W, TF, N McKinnon Bowen NC State Wolfpack Open W, MD, N Steven Simpson Old Dominion Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Cody Karstetter North Carolina Wolfpack Open L, Dec., N Alex Madrigal Old Dominion Wolfpack Open L, Dec., D Vito Pasone Appalachian State App State Dual L, MD< J Britain Carter Columbia Columbia Dual W, Dec., J David Terao American American Dual L, Dec., F3 125 Cortez Starkes Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual L, Dec., F5 125 Nick Hermann Virginia Virginia Dual L, MD, F Cody Karns North Carolina UNC Dual W, Dec, F Joey Dance Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual L, MD, F Garrison White Northwestern Northwestern Dual L, MD, F Luke Schroeder Purdue Purdue Dual W, Fall, 2:

8 ZACH FINESILVER R-Freshman Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) 141 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 21, Falls in a season: 5, Fastest Fall: 1:54 vs. Adam Whitesell, Maryland, 11/22/ Redshirt season Competed at 149 pounds Posted a 12-5 record while competing unattached Won the freshman and sophomore division of the Hokie Open Registered three falls on the year. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Mike Luhring at Cherry Creek High School A three-time place-winner at the Colorado State Championships Captured the Colorado State Championship at 138 pounds his senior year Took fourth at 126 pounds in the state championships his junior campaign and third as a sophomore A finalist in the Top of the Rockies and Arvada West Invitational tournaments in TOURNAMENT RESULTS Hokie Open: 5th (5-3) Wolfpack Open - 2nd (4-1) N8 141 George Weber Notre Dame Coll. Hokie Open W, TF N8 141 Evan Henderson North Carolina Hokie Open L, MD, N8 141 Notre Dame Coll. Hokie Open Forfeit N8 141 Delawrence White Old Dominion Hokie Open W, Fall 4: N8 141 Sam Krivus Virginia Hokie Open W, TF N8 141 Ross Benzel Limestone Hokie Open W, TF N8 141 Sam Speno NC State Hokie Open L N8 141 Evan Botwin Duke Hokie Open L, Inj. Def N Brent Waterman Virginia Tech Wolfpack Open W, Fall, 6: N Jack Mutchnik American Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Adam Whitesell Maryland Wolfpack Open W, Fall, 1: N (3) Tyler Scotton American Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N (2) Mike Pongracz Chattanooga Wolfpack Open L, Dec., D Mike Longo Appalachian State App State Dual W, Dec., J1 141 Christian Monserrat West Virginia Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J1 141 Zac Hall Michigan Southern Scuffle W, MD, J1 141 Cortlandt Schuyler Lehigh Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J2 141 Dylan Realbuto Cornell Southern Scuffle W, Fall, 2: J2 141 (10) Javier Gasca III Michigan State Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J Kevin Jack NC State NC State Dual L, Dec., J9 141 Nick Zanetta Pittsburgh Pitt Dual W, Dec., J9 141 Tyler Vath Edinboro Edinboro Dual W,MD, J Todd Preston Harvard Harvard Dual L, Dec., J Joey McKenna Stanford Stanford Dual L, MD, J Connor Pollock Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual W, TF, J Sam Ward Columbia Columbia Dual W, MD, J Tyler Scotton American American Dual W, Dec., F3 141 Ryan Hull Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual W, Fall, 3: F5 141 Zach Watson Virginia Virginia Dual W, Dec., F Joey Ward North Carolina UNC Dual L, Dec, F Solomon Gustafason Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual L, MD, F Jameson Oster Northwestern Northwestern Dual W, MD, F Danny Sabatello Purdue Purdue Dual L, MD,

9 MITCH FINESILVER Sophomore Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) 149 CAREER STATISTICS Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 25, Falls in a season: 1, Fastest Fall: 2:35 vs. Jay Malik, Shorter (1/24/15) Duke s starter at 133 pounds NCAA qualifier as a true freshman Was the third true freshman in Blue Devil wrestling history to advance to the NCAA postseason Went 6-6 in duals and 11-9 overall after competing unattached the first part of the season Won the Appalachian Open and took second in the Wolfpack Open Earned All-ACC after finishing as the runner-up at the ACC Championship First competed in a Duke singlet a the Pitt Duals Upset No. 17 Kevin Norstrem of Virginia Tech in the regular season dual with the Hokies Upended Norstrem, the No. 3 seed, again at the ACC Championship Also defeated No. 2 seed Troy Heilmann of North Carolina to advance to the ACC title match at 133 and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Mike Luhring at Cherry Creek High School A two-time Colorado State Champion and four-time state qualifier Captured state titles as a junior and senior Placed at the NHSCA All-America tournament in each of his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns Placed fifth at NHSCA All-American competition his final year and took sixth and seventh as a junior and sophomore, respectively Completed his scholastic career with a record, 336 takedowns and 83 pins Named the Cherry Creek Team MVP as a junior and senior Voted Cherry Creek High School Male Athlete of the Year in 2014 Served as team captain his final two seasons Also lettered in cross country as a senior TOURNAMENT RESULTS Wolfpack Open - 3rd Southern Scuffle - 5th TOURNAMENT RESULTS N8 149 Mattheos Lozier Virginia Tech Hokie Open W, TF N8 149 Tom Page American Hokie Open L, Dec., N8 149 Taylor Wickett Limestone Hokie Open W, MD, N8 149 Danny Reed Columbia Hokie Open L, MD, N Aidan Conroy Davidson Wolfpack Open W, MD, N Michael Dahlstrom American Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Cohl Fulk NC State Wolfpack Open W, MD, N Joseph Moon North Carolina Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N (3) Shyheim Brown Maryland Wolfpack Open L, Dec., N (5) Troy Heilmann North Carolina Wolfpack Open W, Dec., D Matt Zovistoski Appalachian State App State Dual W, Dec., J1 149 Ryan Mosley Gardner-Webb Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J (3) CJ Cobb Penn Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J (8) Pat Lugo Edinboro Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J2 149 (2) Evan Henderson North Carolina Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J2 149 Justin Oliver Central Michigan Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J (7) Anthony Collica Oklahoma State Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J6 149 Beau Donahue NC State NC State Dual W, Dec., J9 149 Robert Lee Pittsburgh Pitt Dual W, MD, J9 149 Pat Lugo Edinboro Edinboro Dual W, Dec., J9 149 Tommy Dutton Harvard Harvard Dual W, TF, J Paul Fox Stanford Stanford Dual W, Inj. Def J Jacob Leon Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual W, MD, J Dan Reed Columbia Columbia Dual W, Dec., J Cole Moseley American American Dual W, Dec., F3 149 Chris Vassar Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual W, Dec., F5 149 Chris Yankowich Virginia Virginia Dual W, Dec.,

10 F Joey Moon North Carolina UNC Dual W, Dec., F Sal Mastriani Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual W, Dec., F Jason Tsirtsis Northwestern Northwestern Dual L, Dec., F Jeremy Golding Purdue Purdue Dual W, MD,

11 CONNOR BASS Junior Yorkville, Ill. (Yorkville) 157 CAREER STATISTICS Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 16, Falls in a season: 3, and Fastest Fall:4:21 vs. Curt Delia, Rider (2/1/14) Competed unattached at 157 pounds for the Blue Devils Finished the year with a 13-3 overall record Won the Appalachian Open and finished third at the Wolfpack Open Registered three falls and two major decisions His three losses came by a total of 11 points A starter at 149 pounds in 15 duals Went overall in his rookie campaign Was 5-10 in duals and 1-4 against ACC foes Defeated Virginia s Chris Yankowich in a 7-1 decision for his first career ACC victory Took third at the Hokie Open with a 3-1 record Tied for the team lead with three falls All-ACC Academic Team ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Shane Darnell at Yorkville High School A three-time state qualifier and two-time regional and sectional champion Finished as the state runner-up as a junior and took third-place honors as a senior Won regional and sectional titles as a sophomore and senior Holds the school s all-time wins record with 154 career victories Placed fourth in the Dvorak Tournament as a freshman Garnered runner-up honors in the Dvorak Tournament his junior and senior campaigns Also took fourth at the Cheesehead Tournament as a junior Selected as an all-state scholar TOURNAMENT RESULTS Hokie Open 1st Wolfpack Open - 6th N8 157 Gardner-Webb Hokie Open Forfeit N Markus Schiedel Columbia Hokie Open W, Dec., N8 157 Jack Clark North Carolina Hokie Open W, Dec., N8 157 Jonatan Rivera Notre Dame Coll. Hokie Open W, Inj N8 157 Chad Pyke NC State Hokie Open W, TF, N Justin Alexander Maryland Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Kyle Terry Campbellsville Wolfpack Open W, MD, N Devin Geoghegan Old Dominion Wolfpack Open L, Dec., N Kyle Ash Gardner-Webb Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Justin Alexander Maryland Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Brian Hamann North Carolina Wolfpack Open L, MD, D David Peters-Logue Appalachian State App State Dual W, MD, J1 157 Aaron Walker The Citadel Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J1 157 Jack Clark North Carolina Southern Scuffle L, MD, J Tommy Gantt NC State NC State Dual L, MD, J9 157 Ronnie Garbinsky PIttsburgh Pitt Duals W, Fall, 4: J9 157 Spencer Nagy Edinboro Edinboro Dual W, Dec., J9 157 Tyler Tarsi Harvard Harvard Dual W, Dec., J Walker Dempsey Stanford Stanford Dual L, Dec., J Colt Shorts Cal Poly Cal Poly L, Dec., J Markus Scheidel Columbia Columbia Dual L, Dec., J John Boyle American American Dual L, Dec., F3 157 Ryan Mosley Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual L, Dec., F5 157 Andrew Atkinson Virginia Virginia Dual L, Dec., F Jack Clark North Carolina UNC Dual W, Fall, 6: F Nick Brascetta Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual L, Dec., F Anthony Petrone Northwestern Northwestern Dual W, MD, F Forfeit Purdue Purdue Dual W, Forfeit

12 JAKE FAUST R-Junior Belleville, Ohio (Lexington) 165 CAREER STATISTICS Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 17, & Falls in a season: 2, Fastest Fall: 1:45 vs. Max Nash, Truett McConnell, 2/8/ Wrestled at 165 pounds Posted a 13-9 overall record and 5-2 in duals Took second at the Wolfpack Open and sixth at the Hokie Open Finished fourth at the ACC Championship Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle Was a perfect 2-0 in ACC competition Upset No. 15 Max Rohskopf of NC State 3-2 to help Duke to the victory over the Wolfpack Also posted an overtime victory over ACC foe Pitt All-ACC Academic Team ACC Academic Honor Roll Wrestled at 149 pounds Posted a 17-8 overall record Went 3-2 in duals Took first place at the Newberry Open Grabbed fourth place honors at the Wolfpack Open Garnered dual wins over Eastern Michigan, Buffalo and Appalachian State Did not compete... ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Brent Rastetter at Lexington High School... Graduated as Lexington all-time wins leader with a scholastic record... Earned All-American honors in Captured the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) State title at 145 pounds as a senior... Ranked 12th nationally his senior campaign and took fourth at the Ironman in Registered a career-high 54 wins with a 54-3 mark as a junior... Took fifth at the OHSAA State Tournament in 2010 and Was a district qualifier as a freshman... Competed at 135 pounds both his sophomore and junior seasons before moving up to 145 for his senior campaign... Took third at the Super 32 Challenge... Garnered All-Ohio honors his final three seasons at Lexington... a three-time Academic All-Ohio selection TOURNAMENT RESULTS Hokie Open: 1st (4-0) N8 165 Mike Ciavarro Virginia Tech Hokie Open W, Fall 6: N8 165 Connor Flynn WVU Hokie Open W, Dec, N8 165 Shabaka Johns VMI Hokie Open W, Dec., N Jim Wilson Stanford Hokie Open W, Dec., D Forrest Przybysz Appalachian State App State Dual L, Dec., J1 165 Connor Flynn West Virginia Southern Scuffle L, Dec., SV1, J1 165 Jordan Wohlfert Central Michigan Southern Scuffle W, Inj. Default J #2 Jim Wilson Stanford Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J2 165 Shakur Rasheed Penn State Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J6 165 Lee Davis NC State NC State Dual W, Dec., J9 165 Cody Wiercioch Pittsburgh Pitt Dual L, Dec., J9 165 Casey Fuller Edinboro Edinboro Dual W, MD, J9 165 Kanon Dean Harvard Harvard Dual W, TF, J Jim Wilson Stanford Stanford Dual W, Dec., J Blake Kastl Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual W, MD, J Tyrel White Columbia Columbia Dual L, Dec., J Mitchell Wightman American American Dual L, Dec., F3 165 Austin Trott Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual W, Dec., F5 165 Fox Baldwin Virginia Virginia Dual W, Dec., F John Michael Staudenmayer North Carolina UNC Dual W, Dec., F David McFadden Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual W, Dec., F Luke Norland Northwestern Northwestern Dual W, MD, F Andy Hoselton Purdue Purdue Dual W, TF,

13 ALEC SCHENK R-Freshman Perry, Ohio (Perry) 174 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 8, Falls in a season: 2, Fastest Fall: 3:00 VS. Michael Moore, Davidson, 11/16/ Redshirt season... Wrestled at 184 pounds Compiled an 8-5 overall record Won the freshman & sophomore division of the Hokie Open Finished fourth at the Wolfpack Open Registered two first-period falls ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep Prep: A four-year letterwinner at Perry High School A two-time third-place finisher at the Ohio High School wrestling championships A four-time winner at the Pin City Invitational Took third at 160 pounds at the state championships as a junior and third at 182 pounds his senior campaign Compiled a 42-7 overall record in his final season Date Wt. Rk Opponent School Event Score OT Overall Duals Tourn. J1 174 Casey Kent Penn Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J1 174 Justin Lampe Chattanooga Southern Scuffle W, Fall, 3: J2 174 Bryce Carr Chattanooga Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J6 174 Nicky Hall NC State NC State Dual L, MD, J9 174 Te Shan Campbell Pittsburgh Pitt Dual L, Dec., J Peter Galli Stanford Stanford Dual L, MD, F Mitch Sliga Northwestern Northwestern Dual L, Dec., F Kirk Johnson Purdue Purdue Dual W, Dec.,

14 TREY ADAMSON R-Senior Riverton, Utah (Bishop Lynch) 184 CAREER STATISTICS Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 22, Falls in a season: 8, ^ Fastest Fall: 0:25 vs. Nicholas Carey, American, 1/31/15 ^Redshirt season Duke s top wrestler at 174 pounds Compiled a overall record Missed the early portion of the season due to injury Won the Appalachian State Open Went 2-1 at the Grapple at the Garden with wins over George Mason and Maryland opponents Started 14 duals for the Blue Devils, going 9-5 overall Went 3-0 against Big Ten opponents on the year Registered a career-fast fall of 25 seconds in the American dual Duke s starter at 174 pounds Posted an overall record Went 12-8 in duals Registered a team-best eight major decisions Took third at the Hokie Open Notched a season-best fall in 45 seconds over Tyler Askey of Virginia at the Hokie Open Posted a pair of major decisions at the Southern Scuffle Ranked third on the team in dual points with 47 Grabbed a 7-5 win over ACC foe Pete Renda of NC State Compiled a overall record at 174 pounds Went 13-6 in 19 dual starts Posted five falls, four of which came in the first period Defeated Patrick Davis of NC State in the ACC dual Narrowly lost to sixth-ranked Josh Asper of Maryland, 4-2 Captured two wins at the ACC Championship Recorded seven major decisions An All-ACC Academic Team selection ACC Academic Honor Roll Redshirt year... Went overall at 174 pounds... Amassed four top-four tournament finishes... Took fourth in his first collegiate tournament at The Citadel Open... Was the runner-up at the Pembroke Classic and the Davidson Open... Finished third at the Appalachian State Open... Posted eight falls on the year... ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Cameron Plocus at Bishop Lynch... Four-time Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) State Champion... Captured All- American honors all four years... Three-time prep state champion... Wrestled in four different weight classes, compiling a scholastic record... Went a career-best 61-7 at 160 pounds as a junior and won both the TAPPS and Prep state championships... Also competed at 135, 152 and 171 pounds during his scholastic career... Captured Clinch Gear Prep Slam Champion his senior season... A two-time freestyle All-American... Four-time freestyle all-american and two-time Greco Roman state title holder TOURNAMENT RESULTS Hokie Open 5th (4-2) N8 184 Mike Fetchet Columbia Hokie Open W, Dec., N8 184 Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech Hokie Open L, Dec., N8 184 Ed Wilson Limestone Hokie Open W, Fall, 1: N8 184 Spencer Neff Duke Hokie Open W, MD, N8 184 Peter Galli Stanford Hokie Open W, Fall N Juan Ramos Unattached Wolfpack Open W, Fall, 2: N McCoy Newberg Chattanooga Wolfpack Open L, Dec., N Matt Carroll Cumberland Wolfpack Open W, Fall, 1: N Michael Macchiavello NC State Wolfpack Open L, Dec., J1 184 Sawyer Root The Citadel Southern Scuffle W, MD, J1 184 #8 Jordan Rogers Oklahoma State Southern Scuffle L, Fall, 0: J1 184 Alexander DeCiantis Drexel Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J Pete Renda NC State NC State Dual L, TF, 1-17, J9 184 Zach Bruce Pittsburgh Pitt Dual W, Dec., J9 184 Chris Laird Edinboro Edinboro Dual W, Fall, 1: J9 184 Mike Mocco Harvard Harvard Dual L, Dec., J Garet Krohn Stanford Stanford Dual L, Dec., J Mitchell Woods Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual L, Dec.,

15 J Mike Fetchet Columbia Columbia Dual W, Dec., J Jason Grimes American American Dual W, Dec., F3 184 Hunter Gamble Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual L, Dec., F5 184 Will Schany Virginia Virginia Dual L, Dec., F Alex Utley North Carolina UNC Dual L, Dec., F Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual L, MD, F Regis Durbin Northwestern Northwestern Dual W, MD, F Taylor Lynde Purdue Purdue Dual L, MD,

16 CONNER HARTMANN R-Senior Port Orchard, Wash. (South Kitsap) 197 CAREER STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 27, Falls in a season: 5, ^ Fastest Fall: 0:22 vs. JT Goodwin, Cal Poly, 1/17/2016 ^ denotes redshirt season All-American at 197 pounds Took sixth at the NCAA Championships Won the ACC title at 197 pounds Finished the year 21-5 overall, including 5-0 in ACC duals Took home runner-up honors at the prestigious Southern Scuffle Won the Hokie and Wolfpack Opens Went 4-1 against ranked opponents during the regular season Advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinals with wins over the No. 2 and No. 7 seeds before he fell to third-seeded Gyven Gadson of Iowa State Registered a 12-1 record in duals Was Duke s points leader in duals, scoring 45 points in his 13 dual matches Voted the team s Most Outstanding Wrestler NWCA All-Academic selection An All-American at 197 pounds Took fifth place at the NCAA Championships Finished the year overall and in duals Grabbed third place at the ACC Championships Went 3-3 in ACC duals Won the Hokie Open Posted a 9-8 record against ranked wrestlers Defeated No. 13 Nick Bonnaccorsi of Pittsburgh (1/12) for his first ranked win of the year Posted a 4-1 decision over ninth-ranked and top-seeded Christian Boley of Maryland in the ACC Championships third place match to earn an automatic bid to NCAA Championships Defeated No. 10 Jace Bennett of Cornell in the opening NCAA match Also upended seventh-ranked Travis Rutt in the NCAA second round Defeated Bonnaccorsi for the third time on the year 4-0 and downs No. 11 Nathan Burak of Iowa on the second day of competition to become Duke s second All-American in program history Picked up a win by medical forfeit to take fifth overall at NCAAs Had two falls on the year and six major decisions All 11 setbacks came by decision Garnered NWCA Scholar All-America honors Voted team s Most Valuable Wrestler NCAA qualifier at 197 pounds Compiled a overall record despite missing two months to injury Placed in all five tournaments he competed in Started the year 12-2 finished third at the ACC Championship Captured the Hokie Open title in his first outing in a Duke singlet Took third at the Michigan State Open and at the Keystone Classic Was sixth at the prestigious Southern Scuffle Went 2-3 in duals with wins over Michigan and Stevens Tech Registered three falls Voted the team s Most Outstanding Freshman NWCA All-Acadmic Team... All-ACC Academic Team... ACC Academic Honor Roll Redshirt year... Registered a 19-4 overall record at 197 pounds... Earned five top-three tournament finishes... Won the Pembroke Classic... Upset the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds at Pembroke to take home his first collegiate title... Was the runner-up at The Citadel Open to start his collegiate wrestling career... Finished the year with a runner-up showing at the National Collegiate Open... Posted third-place showings at both the Wolfpack Open and Appalachian Open... Registered five falls for the year... ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep A three-year letterwinner for Chad Nass at South Kitsap High School... Went during his scholastic career... Compiled a perfect 38-0 record as a senior... Lost just three matches his final two seasons... Placed sixth at the Senior National Wrestling Championships in 2011 to earn All-America honors... Captured the 4A Washington State Mat Classic XXIII title at 189 pounds in The Greco Roman Junior Division State Champion at 189 pounds... Awarded the Coach Maguire Award-highest honor for South Kitsap wrestling - as a senior... A finalist in the 4A Washington State Mat Classic XXII in Washington State Freestyle Champion as a sophomore and won the freestyle cadet state title... Advanced to the Pacific Coast Tournament finals as a junior and won the CK Matman Tournament title that same year... Also won the 4A Region III title in Named the Narrows League Male Scholar Athlete of the Year as a junior... Garnered both Mr. Pin and Mr. Takedown awards as a senior... Also competed with Washington State National Wrestling Team as a sophomore and junior... A four-year member of the South Kitsap Freestyle Wrestling Club... A member of the ORCAS Washington Senior Duals Team his senior season... Two-time Academic All-State Wrestling Team champion.

17 TOURNAMENT RESULT20 Hokie Open: 1st (4-0) Southern Scuffle: 3rd N8 197 Andrew Wissick Unattached Hokie Open W, Fall 0: N8 197 Boomer Fleming Stanford Hokie Open W, TF N Jared Haught Virginia Tech Hokie Open W, Inj. Def N Scottie Boykin UT Chattanooga Hokie Open W, MD, D Randall Diabe Appalachian State App State Dual W, MD, J1 197 Jacob Seely Northern Colorado Southern Scuffle W, TF, J1 197 Frank Mattice Penn Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J1 197 Parker Hines Air Force Southern Scuffle W, MD, J (3) Brett Pfarr Minnesota Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J (5) Zach Nye Virginia Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J (4) Jacob Smith West Virginia Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J Michael Boykin NC State NC State Dual W, Dec., J9 197 Nick Bonaccorsi Pittsburgh Pitt Dual W, Dec., J9 197 Vince Pickett Edinboro Edinboro Dual W, Fall, 1: J9 197 Josh Popple Harvard Harvard Dual W, MD, J Michael Sojka Stanford Stanford Dual W, Fall, 4: J JT Goodwin Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual W, Fall, 0: J Troy Hembury Columbia Columbia Dual W, Fall, 2: J Jeric Kasunic American American Dual W, Inj. Def., 0: F3 197 T. James Henderson Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb Dual W, Fall, 2: F Zach Nye Virginia Virginia Dual W, Dec., F Chip Ness North Carolina North Carolina Dual W, Dec., F Jared Haught Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Dual W, Dec., F Jacob Berkowitz Northwestern Northwestern Dual W, Dec., F Drake Stein Purdue Purdue Dual W, MD,

18 165 BRENDAN - RANDY WALSH RODEN Senior Rome, Ga. (Rome) R-Senior Garnet Valley, Pa. (Garnet Valley) HWT CAREER STATISTICS HWT HWT HWT Total CAREER HIGHS Wins in a season: 9, Falls in a season: 2, & Fastest Fall: 1:41 vs. Christopher Sayers, Limestone, Appalachian State Open, 1/24/ Duke s starter at heavyweight Posted a 9-18 overall record and was 6-12 in duals Took fourth at the Appalachian Open Earned an ACC victory over Frank Abbondanza of North Carolina Grabbed an overtime victory over George Mason at the Grapple at the Garden ACC Academic Honor Roll Started for the Blue Devils at heavyweight the second half of the season Went 8-8 overall and 3-3 in duals Posted an ACC victory with a 4-1 decision over Bob Coe of North Carolina Also earned dual victories over Gardner-Webb and The Citadel.. Posted two falls Competed at heavyweight Compiled a 4-11 overall record Earned three starts in dual matches, going 0-3 Started the season by going 3-2 at the Hokie Open... ACC Academic Honor Roll Redshirt year... Posted a 3-2 overall record at heavyweight before suffering an injury... Took home runner-up honors at The Citadel Open. Prep A four-year letterwinner for Rocco Fantazzi at Garnet Valley High School... Compiled a career record... A two-time All-Central League first team selection... Voted to the All-Delco first team as a senior and second team in junior season... A two-time Section VI and District I South winner... Took fourth at junior nationals as a junior... Brought home top honors at Junior Olympics in Finished third in the region as a senior and fifth as a junior... Earned a third-place finish at prestigious Beast of the East tournament in Finished fourth at Escape the Rock tournament as a junior... Posted a career-best record of 41-4 as a senior... Went in his final two seasons, wrestling at 285 pounds... Garnered third place in Section VI tournament as a sophomore... Also earned three letters in football... Named first team All-Delco and second team all-southeast State... Named to the All-State Academic Wrestling squad. BRENDAN WALSH R-SR. HWT GARNET VALLEY, PA./GARNET VALLEY HWT Tournament Results Pembroke Classic - 1st (5-0) Wolfpack Open - 3rd (3-1) Date Wt. Rk Opponent School Event Score OT Overall Duals Tourn. N7 285 Kevin Sigwart Belmont Abbey Pembroke Open W, TF, N7 285 Cameron Bell Allen University Pembroke Open W, TF, N7 285 Tyvon Leacock Coker College Pembroke Open W, Dec., N7 285 Stuart Nadeau UNC Pembroke Pembroke Open W, Dec., N7 285 Patton Gossett Newberry Pembroke Open W, Dec., N (4) Dawson Peck Maryland Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Cary Miller Appalachian State Wolfpack Open W, Dec., N Nick Gwiazdowski NC State Wolfpack Open L, Fall, 1: N Jacob Kasper Duke Wolfpack Open W, Forfeit D Denzel Dejournette Appalachian State App State Dual L, MD, J1 285 Doug Vollaro Lehigh Southern Scuffle L, Dec., J1 285 Nicholas Mabry Navy Southern Scuffle W, Dec., J2 285 William Miller Edinboro Southern Scuffle L, MD, J Nick Gwiazdowski NC State NC State Dual L, Fall, 1: J Ryan Solomon Pittsburgh Pitt Dual L, Fall, 4: J9 285 Nick Gajdzik Harvard Harvard Dual L, Dec., J Nathan Butler Stanford Stanford Dual L, MD, J Spencer Empey Cal Poly Cal Poly Dual W, Dec., J Garrett Ryan Columbia Columbia Dual L, Dec., J Jake Scanlan American American Dual W, Dec., TB