NCWA Weekly Update
Sept. 8, 2009

NCWA All-American Adam Frey is Grappling with His Toughest Foe, and Holding His Own
from SI.com
Adam Frey, the 2005 national junior Greco-Roman champion and the 2007 Ivy League wrestling rookie of the year, is wearing a long-sleeved sweatshirt and ski cap, standard garb for the weight-cutting jock. Indeed, for much of his young life 23-year-old Adam has spent the off-season shedding avoirdupois to one degree or another. But these days calories are the last things he wants to lose. He is bundled up because he feels cold, even though it's summer in his hometown of Pittsburgh. More    More

Takedown Radio Interviews NCWA Executive Director Jim Giunta
from the Examiner
NCWA Executive director casts the vision for the fastest growing wrestling league in the nation with Scott Casber, host of Takedown Radio. Casber questions Giunta on key issues facing college wrestling and the NCWA specifically. Takedown Radio now has a television division as well (Takedown TV) and webcasts a new video weekly as well as three or four radio interviews weekly at www.takedownradio.com More

When There's a Need, Wrestlers and Fans Step In to Help Out
from the Examiner
College wrestling is described as a solitary sport, but here are some examples that demonstrate a spirit of teamwork to step in and get a job done. More

Mastering the Student-Athlete Balancing Act with Michigan
from MGoBlue.com
It is hardly a secret that college coaches across the country look for the "complete package" when it comes to recruiting top-notch high school talent. It is also no secret that University of Michigan head coach Joe McFarland got just that when initially signing recently graduated Wolverine teammates Steve Luke and Eric Tannenbaum. More

Robin Ersland New Head Coach at Minot State
from the Examiner
What was first reported on the amateur wrestling website TheWrestlingMall.com on Monday, is now official: Minot State University has hired Robin Ersland to re-establish the school's wrestling program. More

Premium Seating for Penn State Wrestling Comes to Rec Hall
from Penn State Official Athletic Site
Since the off-season hire of Head Coach Cael Sanderson, wrestling fans have been anxious for the chance to get a closer look at the Penn State Wrestling program. That closer look is now available, literally, with today's announcement that a set of exclusive, premium season seats will made available for the team's home duals this season at Rec Hall. More

Maryland Welcomes Sinnott and Byrne to Coaching Staff
from the Examiner
The University of Maryland's wrestling coaching staff now has a Brandon... and a Brendan. Head coach Kerry McCoy announced that the Terps had hired Brandon Sinott as a second assistant coach, and Brendan Byrne as a volunteer assistant. More

Song Gets Strength Coach Job with Iowa Wrestling
from the Gazette Online
Danny Song chose to stay in Iowa City around the University of Iowa wrestling program. So Hawkeyes Coach Tom Brands chose him to be a part of the program. Brands and Song confirmed this week that Song will be the program’s strength and conditioning coach. More