Jake Herbert Named Big Ten's Male Athlete of the Year
from Examiner
Jake Herbert, two-time NCAA Division I 184-pound wrestling champ for Northwestern University, has been named the 2009 recipient of the Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award as the top male athlete across all sports in the Big Ten Conference. More    More

Ohio State Wrestling: It's Famine, then Feast for Magrum
from The Columbus Dispatch
While other Ohio State students made multiple trips through the dining hall lines, Cody Magrum stayed put. And while other freshmen were putting on the 15 pounds that usually come during their first year on campus, Magrum lost 15 pounds. His willpower was tested, but Magrum had a purpose for staying on a stringent diet. After wrestling at 189 pounds as a high school senior at Oak Harbor in 2008, Magrum and the Ohio State coaching staff determined his role last season would be as the backup to Dave Rella at 174 pounds. More

Two-time NCAA Champ to Coach at IU
from Indiana Daily Student
From 2001 to 2006, Joe Dubuque filled his proverbial closet with nearly as many awards and championships as possible. Now he’ll try to augment his impressive collection from the corner instead of the mat. Dubuque, a two-time national champion Hoosiers grappler, has joined coach Duane Goldman’s Indiana University’s wrestling staff as an assistant. More

Frayer Leaving Iowa for Wisconsin
from Iowa City Press Citizen
Jared Frayer, the Iowa wrestling team’s strength and conditioning coach, has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. Frayer wrestled at Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and an NCAA runner-up in 2002 at 149 pounds, and also has extensive post-collegiate national wrestling experience. He served as Iowa’s strength and conditioning coach for the 2008-09 season. More

Years Later, Note Inspires Former NAU Wrestler
from AZ Central
Former Northern Arizona wrestler Sam Chagolla last hit the mat as a competitor more than 20 years ago when his dream to represent the United States ended with a fourth-place finish at the Olympic Trials. Next month he will realize a dream of representing the U.S. in international competition. More

Ohio State's Jaggers, Michigan's Luke Win Their Schools' Male Athlete of the Year Honors
from Examiner
Despite being from rival Big Ten schools, Ohio State’s J Jaggers and Michigan’s Steve Luke share some common points. They’re both 2009 NCAA Division I wrestling champs, both are Ohio natives, and each of them earned Male Athlete of the Year honors at their respective schools. More

Appalachian State Brings in Christian Sinnott as Assistant Wrestling Coach
from Appalachian State University Athletics
Appalachian State University wrestling head coach JohnMark Bentley hired Christian Sinnott as an assistant coach for the upcoming season, announced Bentley. Sinnott comes to Appalachian from Central Michigan, where he was an volunteer assistant coach for the 2008-09 season. More