NSIC Wrestling Coaches Poll

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Augustana University of Mary Minnesota State University,Mankato MSU Moorhead Northern State Southwest Minnesota State St. Cloud State Upper Iowa

The NSIC is a 14-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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2011-12 NSIC WreStlINg

Pre-SeaSoN CoaCheS Poll1 St. Cloud State 552 Upper Iowa 543 Augustana 444 Minnesota State 325 University of Mary 206 MSU Moorhead 177 Northern State 11

8 SMSU 7Points were assigned from the top 5 individuals ineach of the ten weight classes using the following

point system:

1st = 10, 2nd = 7, 3rd = 4, 4th = 2 , 5th = 1.

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W L Win % MP PF PA W L T Win % MP PF PA#3 Augustana^ 7 0 1.000 7 196 55 14 2 0 .875 16 451 130#2 St. Cloud State 6 1 .857 7 208 53 19 2 0 .905 21 632 186t-#10 Minnesota State 5 2 .714 7 148 96 9 5 0 .643 14 301 212#4 Upper Iowa 3 4 .429 7 133 132 5 6 0 .455 11 215 205t-#37 SMSU 3 4 .429 7 98 157 8 4 1 .654 13 274 233

#26 MSU Moorhead 3 4 .429 7 131 146 8 8 0 .500 16 332 296t-#33U-Mary 1 6 .143 7 60 222 5 10 0 .333 15 229 374#15 Northern State 0 7 .000 7 79 192 3 10 1 .250 14 267 301Rankings based on 2010-11 NCAA National Team Finish

^ Regular Season Champions

NCAA DII National Rankings

10/27/11

Rank School (State) Points LY

1. St.CloudState 153 2nd

2. Newberry (S.C.) 150 6th

3. UpperIowa 144 4th

4. Nebraska-Kearney 132 8th

5. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 130 7th6. Augustana(S.D.) 124 3rd

7. Central Oklahoma 107 13th

8. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 94 T-10th

9. Wisconsin-Parkside 90 9th

10. Ashland (Ohio) 74 20th

11. Mercyhurst (Pa.) 70 25th

12. MinnesotaState 69 T-10th

13. Adams State (Colo.) 63 21st

14. Findlay (Ohio) 53 14th

15. Maryville (Mo.) 47 NR

16. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 44 T-22nd

17. Limestone (S.C.) 31 27th

18. North Carolina-Pembroke 28 T-17th

19. San Francisco State (Calif.) 23 T-17th

20. Shippensburg (Pa.) 15 T-22nd

Others receiving votes: Central Missouri, Colorado

School of Mines, East Stroudsburg (Pa.), Gannon

(Pa.), King (Tenn.), Kutztown (Pa.), Mary(N.D.),

NorthernState(S.D.),Western State (Colo.).

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St. Cloud State enters the 2011-12 season as favorite in the NSIC and the No. 1 tea

NCAA Division II wrestling, according to the NSIC Wrestling Preseason Coaches Pol

the preseason NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association.

The Huskies, coming off a best-ever runner-up nish in last years national tournam

narrowly beat Upper Iowa for the top spot in the NSIC with 55 points, one more tha

Peacocks, who nished fourth nationally as a team in 2010-11. The points in the rank

were assigned from the top ve individuals in each of the ten weight classes using the

lowing point system: 1st = 10, 2nd = 7, 3rd = 4, 4th = 2 , 5th = 1.

In the national poll the Huskies received four of the eight rst-place votes cast in ball

of coaches from around the country and nished with 153 points in earning the favor

tag . Upper Iowa was ranked third in the nation followed by Augustana at sixth, Minne

State in twelfth, while U-Mary and Northern State received votes.

In the individual national rankings the NSIC had ve of the top wrestlers in the naTrevor Franklin of Upper Iowa was the top ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, Nate Herd

Augustana at 149 pounds, Tad Merritt of St. Cloud State at 165 pounds, Carl Brogham

of Upper Iowa at 197 pounds and Matt Muelleners of Northern State at 285. In a

NSIC had 21 of its wrestler ranked in the top ten in the nation led by Upper Iowa with

St. Cloud State with ve, Augustana at four and Minnesota State at three. U-Mary,

Moorhead and Northern State each had one wrestler in the top ten.


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125

1 Kyle Pedretti Upper Iowa

2 Corey Ulmer MSU Moorhead

3 Dylan Wright St. Cloud State

4 TJ North Augustana

5 Travis Borchert SMSU

6 David Demo Minnesota State

7 Anthony Bruno Northern State

8 Hunter Menendez Mary

133

1 Jason Jeremiason Augustana

2 Trevor Franklin Upper Iowa

3 Drew Lexvold Minnesota State

4 Andy Pokorny St. Cloud State

5 Justin Reinsma SMSU

6 Ian Muirhead Northern State

7 Deven Loepp MSU Moorhead

8 Kyle Larson Mary

141

1 Robbie Fischer Minnesota State

2 Trevor Johnson Mary

3 Tyler Steinwand MSU Moorhead

4 Victor Coronado Upper Iowa

5 Benton Crow Northern State

6 Ethan Hildebrandt SMSU

7 Matt Leibforth St. Cloud State

8 Ryan Hartnett Augustana

149

1 Nate Herda Augustana

2 Tommy Abbott Minnesota State

3 Jacob Horn St. Cloud State

4 Jordan Rinken Upper Iowa5 Tanner Beaman Mary

6 Codie Lane SMSU

7 Derek Lee MSU Moorhead

8 Bea Voegeli Northern State

157

1 Marcus Edgington Augustana

2 Jacob Horn St. Cloud State

3 Winston Robbins Upper Iowa

4 Tel Todd Minnesota State

5 Collin Engelhardt Mary

6 Blaine Miller SMSU

7 Kerron Williams MSU Moorhead8 Neil Sell Northern State

165

1 Tad Merritt St. Cloud State

2 Taylor Nagel Mary

3 Tyler Kivel MSU Moorhead

4 Jake Begin SMSU

5 Blake Sorenson Upper Iowa

6 Tom Davies Augustana

7 Blake Lundgren Northern State

8 Cody Quinn Minnesota State

174

1 Shamus OGrady St. Cloud State

2 Carl Serck Augustana

3 Wade Gobin Upper Iowa

4 Brendan Eichmann Minnesota State

5 Trent Sovde MSU Moorhead

6 Donnie Bowden Northern State

7 Trent Molacek SMSU

8 Tom Devito Mary

184

1 Mitchell Schultz Upper Iowa

2 Derek Skala St. Cloud State

3 Brady Anderson Mary

4 Jayd Docken Augustana

5 Micah Larson SMSU

6 Chad Gibson Northern State

7 Kody Kalkbrennar MSU Moorhead

8 Brandon Pederson Minnesota State

197

1 Carl Broghammer Upper Iowa

2 Pat Mahan Minnesota State

3 Lucas Munkelwitz St. Cloud State

4 Brian Schultz Augustana5 Brandon Manderscheid MSU Moorhead

6 Kris McCleary Mary

7 Martin Hagen SMSU

8 Baker Haar Northern State

285

1 Matt Meulners Northern State

2 Jake Kahnke St. Cloud State

3 Zach Rosol Upper Iowa

4 Brian Rodas SMSU

5 Mike Roberts Augustana

6 Gerad Fugleberg MSU Moorhead

7 Nathan Haynes Minnesota State8 Martin Patron Mary

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125 Pounds

1. Connor McDonald, Newberry (S.C.)

2.KylePedretti,UpperIowa

3.CoreyUlmer,MSUMoorhead

4. Terrell McKinney, Maryville (Mo.)

5. Ben Sergent, Findlay (Ohio)

6. Jerry Huff, Adams State (Colo.)

7. Brandon Davis, Ashland (Ohio)

8. Shane Summerlin, Belmont Abbey (N.C.)

133 Pounds

1.TrevorFranklin,UpperIowa

2.JasonJeremiason,Augustana(S.D.)

3. Ryan Link, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)

4. Trison Graham, Central Oklahoma

5. Matt Oliver, Newberry (S.C.)

6. Michael Magaha, Limestone (S.C.)

7. Dan Mandara, Ashland (Ohio)

8. Tyler Nelson, Colorado Mesa

141 Pounds1. Dalton Jensen, Nebraska-Kearney

2. B.J. Young, Newberry (S.C.)

3. Jack Bachman, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)

4. Dan Genetin, Ashland (Ohio)

5. Simon Rice, Shippensburg (Pa.)

6. Adam Hluschak, East Stroudsburg (Pa.)

7. Madison Gambrell, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

8. Nick Wykoff, West Liberty (W. Va.)

149 Pounds

1.NateHerda,Augustana(S.D.)

2. Mitchell Means, Fort Hays State (Kan.)

3.TommyAbbott,MinnesotaState

4. Josh Hensley, Adams State (Colo.)

5. Ethan Swope, Gannon (Pa.)

6. Deral Brown, Newberry (S.C.)

7. Nathan Link, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)

8. Ryan Maus, Truman State (Mo.)

157 Pounds

1. Dillon Bera, Wisconsin-Parkside

2. T.J. Hepburn, Nebraska-Kearney

3. Jordan Shields, Mercyhurst (Pa.)4. Teddy Bristol, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

5. Cory Dauphin, Central Oklahoma

6.MarcusEdgington,Augustana(S.D.)

7.J.D.Horn,St.CloudState(Minn.)

8.WinstonRobbins,UpperIowa

165 Pounds

1.TadMerritt,St.CloudState(Minn.)

2. Joey Wilson, Nebraska-Kearney

3. Mike Williams, North Carolina-Pembroke

4. Dylan Granard, Colorado Mesa

5. Sean Brynes, Newberry (S.C.)

6. Isaiah Jimenez, San Francisco State (Colo.)

7. Jordan Larsen, Colorado School of Mines

8. Ronald Tetreault, American International (Mass.)

174 Pounds

1. Michael Lybarger, Findlay (Ohio)

2. Luke Rynish, Wisconsin-Parkside

3. Victor Carazo, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

4.ShamusOGrady,St.CloudState(Minn.)

5. Kelly Henderson, Central Oklahoma

6. Bryce Sopko, Limestone (S.C.)

7.CarlSerck,Augustana(S.D.)

8.BrendanEichman,MinnesotaState

184 Pounds1. Ross Brunkhardt, Nebraska-Kearney

2.MitchSchultz,UpperIowa

3. Matt Gille, Wisconsin-Parkside

4.DerekSkala,St.CloudState(Minn.)

5. Tanner Keck, Central Oklahoma

6.BradyAnderson,Mary(N.D.)

7. Brandon Tressler, King (Tenn.)

8. Londele Cox, Mercyhurst (Pa.)

197 Pounds

1.CarlBroghammer,UpperIowa

2. Dan Scanlan, Limestone (S.C.

3. Luke McPeek, Adams State (Colo.)

4. Matt Baker, Maryville (Mo.)

5.PatMahan,MinnesotaState

6. Frank Morgan, King (Tenn.)

7. Eddie Ebewo, East Stroudsburg (Pa.)

8. Karl Reed, Newberry (S.C.)

285 Pounds

1.MattMeuleners,NorthernState(S.D.)

2.JacobKahnke,St.CloudState(Minn.)

3. Jacob Southwick, Ashland (Ohio)4. Jake Elkins, Newberry (S.C.)

5.ZachRosol,UpperIowa

6. Fred Hale, Mercyhurst (Pa.)

7. J.D. Ramsey, West Liberty (W. Va.)

8. Cody Beck, Central Missouri

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2010-11 NSIC ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAMName Wt. Yr.^ School Hometown

Trevor Franklin 125 Jr. Upper Iowa South New Berlin, N.Y.

Eric Ellington 133 Sr. St. Cloud State Fairview Heights, Ill.

Nate Herda 149 Jr. Augustana Rock Rapids, Iowa

Tad Merritt 165 R-Sr. St. Cloud State Canby, Minn.

Shamus OGrady 174 R-Jr. St. Cloud State Coon Rapids, Minn.

Aaron Norgren 184 Sr. Minnesota State Good Thunder, Minn.

Jake Kahnke 285 R-Jr. St. Cloud State Shakopee, Minn.

2010-11 NSIC ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAMName Wt. Yr.^ School Hometown

*Corey Ulmer, 125 R-Sr. MSU Moorhead Wishek, N.D.

Jason Jeremiason 133 Sr. Augustana Marshall, Minn.

*Kyle Pedretti 133 R-Sr. Upper Iowa Monona, Iowa

Jacob Horn 149 R-Sr. St. Cloud State Ephrata, Wash.

Marcus Edgington 157 Sr. Augustana Sioux City, Iowa

Brady Anderson 184 Jr. U-Mary Hamilton, Mont.

*Mitch Schultz 184 R-Jr. Upper Iowa Postville, Iowa

Pat Mahan 197 Sr. Minnesota State Owatonna, Minn.

*Carl Broghammer 197 R-So. Upper Iowa Manchester, Iowa

Matthew Meuleners 285 R-Jr. Northern State Norwood Young America, Minn.

- year indicated is for 2011-12 season

NSICAll-ConferenceCriteriaThe highest place-winner at the NCAA Regional Tournament from each weight class shall be named all-cference rst team. The runner up will be named all-conference second team. *Also, any wrestler that eaNCAA All-American honors will also be recognized as second team all-conference.

2010-11 NSIC WreStlINg aWard WINNerS

2010-11 ALL-AMERICANS

125 - Alex Meger, Sr., Augustana - 2nd Place

133 - Jason Jeremiason, Jr., Augie - 3rd Place

141 - Jay Sherer, Sr., Augustana - 4th Place

149 - Nate Herda, So., Augustana - 3rd Place

157- Marcus Edgington, Jr., Augustana - 7th Place

165 - Gavin Nelson, Sr., Augustana - 6th Place

197 - Ty Copsey, Sr., Augustana - 4th Place125 - Andy Forstner, Sr., Minnesota State - 6th Place

174 - Ben Becker, Sr., Minnesota State - 7th Place

184 - Aaron Norgren, Jr., Minnesota State - 4th Place

125- Cory Ulmer, Jr., MSU Moorhead - 7th Place

285 - Matt Meuleners, So., Northern State - 1st Place

141 - Gabriel Suarez, Sr., St. Cloud State - 3rd Place

149 - Jacob Horn, Jr., St. Cloud State - 5th Place

157 - John Sundgren, Sr., St. Cloud State - 1st Place

165 - Tad Merritt, Jr., St. Cloud State - 3rd Place

174 - Shamus OGrady, So., SCSU - 4th Place

285 - Jake Kahnke, So., St. Cloud State - 2nd Place

174 - Mark Mueller, Sr., Upper Iowa - 5th Place

125 - Trevor Franklin, So., Upper Iowa - 1st Place133 - Kyle Pedretti, Jr., Upper Iowa - 6th Place

184 - Mitch Schultz, So., Upper Iowa - 6th Place

197 - Carl Broghammer, Fr., UIU - 3rd Place

The NSIC boasts 23 of the 80 All-Americanwrestlers in the nation.

NSIC Wrestler of the YearJohn Sundgren

157lbs, R-Sr.,

Blaine, Minn.Blaine HS

St. Cloud State

NSIC Rookie of the YearCarl Broghammer

184lbs, R-Fr.,

Manchester, IowaWest Delaware HS

Upper Iowa

NSIC Coach of the YearSteve Costanzo

5th Season

St. Cloud State

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