More 2002-2003 News
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State completed its wrestling recruiting class on Monday, announcing the signings of three wrestlers who combined for seven state high school championships. Joining the Beavers this fall will be sophomore transfer 165/174-pounder Matt Ellis (Prosser, Wash./Prosser HS, Oklahoma State U.), freshman 157/165-pounder Jeremy Larson (Hermiston, Ore./Hermiston HS) and freshman 125-pounder Eric Stevenson (Newberg, Ore./Newberg HS).
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State's 2001-02 wrestling guide was judged the nation's eighth-best among NCAA Division I schools by Amateur Wrestling News. AWN announced its Blue Ribbon wrestling guides in the magazine's June/July issue.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - World champion and two-time NCAA champion Les Gutches has joined Oregon State's wrestling staff as an assistant coach, OSU head coach Joe Wells announced Tuesday. Gutches, 29, spent last season as a volunteer assistant with the Beavers after retiring from competition; he was also a full-time assistant at OSU from 1996-99.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Five wrestlers who combined to win eight high school state championship have signed letters of intent with Oregon State, OSU head coach Joe Wells announced Friday. The five high school products figure to cover weight classes from 125 pounds through heavyweight.
Cal State News Report
Dan Hicks Hired as New Head Coach
June 12, 2002 - Fullerton, CA
Dan Hicks, an assistant at Oregon State for the past five seasons, today was appointed head wrestling coach at Cal State Fullerton.
Corvallis - Seniors Nathan Coy (our own) and Felicia Ragland, women's basketball, were selected the Oregon State University Male and Female Athletes of the Year highlighting the Fourth Annual Benny Awards. The event culminated the 2001-2002 athletic year. The Robert Byers Spirit Award was presented to junior wrestler Casey Horn.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Nathan Coy was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at Oregon State for the 2001-02 season when the Beavers held their year-end awards ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Valley Football Center. Isaac Weber and Casey Horn shared the Chad Flack Memorial Award for Most Improved Wrestler, Mike Unger was named the Most Promising Newcomer and Jed Pennell earned the Academic Excellence Award.
Junior National All-Americans: Anthony Weber, Brett Phillips, Mike Unger, Jed Lowe, Orlando Perez; Kevin Miles, Grant Ryder, Riley Timmins
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Anthony Weber placed second in Freestyle and third in Greco-Roman competition this past weekend at the FILA Junior Nationals Wrestling Championships. Weber's finishes in the 167-pound division highlighted nine All-America honors earned by Oregon State wrestlers competing for the Orange Crush Mat Club.
EVANSTON, Ill. - Oregon State heavyweight Andy Bowlby won both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions in the 120-kilogram (262-pound) class at the University Nationals wrestling meet held May 2-5 at Northwestern. OSU's Anthony Weber, Mike Unger and Dan Pitsch also placed in the Greco-Roman competition; the Beaver wrestlers were competing for the Orange Crush Mat Club.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State had four athletes named to the Pacific-10
Conference All-Academic Wrestling Team for 2001-02. Jed Pennell and Isaac Weber
were named to the first team, Brad Wahrlich was named to the second team and
Casey Horn earned honorable mention.
ALBANY, N.Y. - Oregon State 174-pounder Nathan Coy placed fourth in his weight
class Saturday as the NCAA Wrestling Championships concluded at Pepsi Arena.
Coy, a senior who had been seeded 11th entering the tournament, earned his first
All-America finish and it was the 81st time an OSU wrestler has earned
All-America honors.
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