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Rostered Wrestler Division New Program
Michael McGee Division I Arizona State
Shannon Hanna Division I Campbell
Alex Cramer Division I Central Michigan
Joey Caprella Division I Cleveland State
Santino Morina Division I Drexel
Anthony Molton Division I Fresno State
Jacob Bullock Division I Indiana
Killian Cardinale Division I West Virginia
Christos Avgeros Division II Belmont Abbey
Jack Bond Division II Lander
Tyler Delaware Division II McKendree
Jared Head Division II St. Cloud State
Billy Baldwin Division III Averett
Cole Smith NAIA Cumberland U.
River Henry NAIA Cumberland U.
Yarhoski Aldiva NAIA Life

The following rostered athletes were seniors in eligibility and opted to stay
Jacob Curling
Kevin Budock
Noah Bushman
Will Hilliard
Dean Drugac
Luke Drugac
Ali Wahab

The only underclassmen to stay were Kellen Ekern and Tyler Hazard.

(10-28-2020 03:15 PM)ODUwildman Wrote:  Rostered Wrestler Division New Program
Michael McGee Division I Arizona State
Shannon Hanna Division I Campbell
Alex Cramer Division I Central Michigan
Joey Caprella Division I Cleveland State
Santino Morina Division I Drexel
Anthony Molton Division I Fresno State
Jacob Bullock Division I Indiana
Killian Cardinale Division I West Virginia
Christos Avgeros Division II Belmont Abbey
Jack Bond Division II Lander
Tyler Delaware Division II McKendree
Jared Head Division II St. Cloud State
Billy Baldwin Division III Averett
Cole Smith NAIA Cumberland U.
River Henry NAIA Cumberland U.
Yarhoski Aldiva NAIA Life

The following rostered athletes were seniors in eligibility and opted to stay
Jacob Curling
Kevin Budock
Noah Bushman
Will Hilliard
Dean Drugac
Luke Drugac
Ali Wahab

The only underclassmen to stay were Kellen Ekern and Tyler Hazard.

Waiting for your Steve Martin interview

(10-28-2020 03:54 PM)AimHigher Wrote:  

(10-28-2020 03:15 PM)ODUwildman Wrote:  Rostered Wrestler Division New Program
Michael McGee Division I Arizona State
Shannon Hanna Division I Campbell
Alex Cramer Division I Central Michigan
Joey Caprella Division I Cleveland State
Santino Morina Division I Drexel
Anthony Molton Division I Fresno State
Jacob Bullock Division I Indiana
Killian Cardinale Division I West Virginia
Christos Avgeros Division II Belmont Abbey
Jack Bond Division II Lander
Tyler Delaware Division II McKendree
Jared Head Division II St. Cloud State
Billy Baldwin Division III Averett
Cole Smith NAIA Cumberland U.
River Henry NAIA Cumberland U.
Yarhoski Aldiva NAIA Life

The following rostered athletes were seniors in eligibility and opted to stay
Jacob Curling
Kevin Budock
Noah Bushman
Will Hilliard
Dean Drugac
Luke Drugac
Ali Wahab

The only underclassmen to stay were Kellen Ekern and Tyler Hazard.

Waiting for your Steve Martin interview

We'll have to wait until at least August of 2021.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/l...story.html

Cole Smith named Mid-South Conference Wrestler of the Week, going 4-0.

https://www.gocumberlandathletics.com/wr...-the-week/

Jack Bond named South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Week

https://lander.prestosports.com/sports/w...0210g67ekv

With Small stepping down, is Steve Martin returning to GB!?!

(03-04-2021 09:04 AM)AimHigher Wrote:  With Small stepping down, is Steve Martin returning to GB!?!

That was the first thing that I thought about, too.

Cole Smith rallies from a quarterfinal loss at the NAIA Championships to earn a place on the podium. Will continue wrestling Saturday to try to finish as high as third for Cumberland University.

Cole Smith finished third at the NAIA championships for Cumberland U.

Division I Championship Qualifiers for 2021
125: Killian Cardinale (West Virginia)
133: Michael McGee (Arizona State)
165: Alex Cramer (Central Michigan)

141: Shannon Hanna (Campbell) just missed out on an at-large selection.
285: Jacob Bullock (Indiana) got hurt prior to the postseason and wasn't entered at the Big Ten.
125: Anthony Molton (Fresno State) didn't qualify and was eliminated from the Big 12 Tournament by former Monarch teammate Cardinale.

Dam Heil from Campbell got robbed.

https://twitter.com/jasonmbryant/status/...2526472194

Both McGee and Cardinale beat higher seeded wrestlers to place at the NCAA championships. All-Americans at West Virginia and Arizona State. Would have started at 125 and 133 this year in Norfolk if the glorious alma mater wasn't run by absolute jacklegs.

(03-04-2021 10:43 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  

(03-04-2021 09:04 AM)AimHigher Wrote:  With Small stepping down, is Steve Martin returning to GB!?!

That was the first thing that I thought about, too.

Gotta believe Martin is back at Great Bridge now. GB club practices have been a who’s who of former ODU wrestlers lately. Both Steve and Wayne leading practices.

Announced one year to the day Selig & Broderick started to erase the wrestling team. I would like someone who has access to campus and the Athletic Administration building to walk through those halls to see if there's any evidence of the program, other than the old room being used for storage and other team's photos.

A number of the alumni who had their awards sent back to them have been extremely hurt by the fact "they're erasing our accomplishments from their own hallways." Some schools, even those who cut the sport through scumbaggery (i.e. Trev Alberts at Nebraska-Omaha) still have the NCAA trophies in their trophy case.

(04-05-2021 10:42 AM)ODUwildman Wrote:  Announced one year to the day Selig & Broderick started to erase the wrestling team. I would like someone who has access to campus and the Athletic Administration building to walk through those halls to see if there's any evidence of the program, other than the old room being used for storage and other team's photos.

A number of the alumni who had their awards sent back to them have been extremely hurt by the fact "they're erasing our accomplishments from their own hallways." Some schools, even those who cut the sport through scumbaggery (i.e. Trev Alberts at Nebraska-Omaha) still have the NCAA trophies in their trophy case.

Aren’t you the same guy who throw a tantrum on twitter regarding the former wrestlers getting their awards back?

Which would satisfy you? Them getting the awards or them staying in the Jim Jarrett?

(04-05-2021 11:00 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  Aren’t you the same guy who throw a tantrum on twitter regarding the former wrestlers getting their awards back?
Which would satisfy you? Them getting the awards or them staying in the Jim Jarrett?

I'd say that's a complete mischaracterization of the facts.
To make it even more clear -
I called out ODU for sending the awards back SHATTERED AND BROKEN. One CURRENT university employee told me directly "we really F-d that up."
I also am citing a number alumni who accomplished those feats have told me directly. Neither of those are my opinions, they are, while not attributed to any one individual, are direct comments to me about those situations. The most recent coming in the past several weeks.

Martin first year back at GB he set records with 14 regional champs going to states.

This weekend's conference and national (NAIA) action.

125 Killian Cardinale, WVU - Big 12 champ
133 Michael McGee, Arizona State - Pac 12 champ
141 Shannon Hanna, Campbell - SoCon champ
165 Cole Smith, Cumberland - NAIA National Champ