USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling in the United States and a United States Olympic Committee member organization.
USA WRESTLING BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers
President - Jim Ravannack First Vice President - Bruce Baumgartner Second Vice President - Greg Strobel Treasurer - Van Stokes Secretary - Rance Stein Past President - Stan Dziedzic Directors
J.D. Bergman Bob Colgate
Donovan Depatto Mike Dowden Chuck Elvin Patricia Fox Dan Gable
Sonny Greenhalgh Jeff Jarnecke Jim Keen
Craig Lamont Jeff Levitetz Kerry McCoy Duane Morgan Archie Randall Paul Rohler
Tricia Saunders
Larry Sciacchetano Lee Roy Smith Brad Traviolia
Dave Black
Jim Considine Tervel Dlagnev Mike Duroe Jake Fisher
Sara Fulp-Allen Bill Grant
Werner Holzer Mike Juby Mark Krug Marco Lara
Scott McClure Jim Medley Mike Moyer Mark Reiland Joe Russell
Nancy Schultz Iris Smith
Bill Stecklein Rick Tucci
Marcie Van Dusen USA Wrestler is published at:
USA WRESTLING NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
6155 Lehman Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918-3439 (719)598-8181 (719)598-9440 (FAX)
web site address:
http://www.usawrestling.org http://www.themat.com USA WRESTLER
DECEMBER 2011, VOL. 40 NO. 2 Communications Director Advertising Director
Executive Director Editor
Rich Bender Gary Abbott Craig Sesker Kevin Hansen
Editing: Jason Bryant, Tony Black, Shonna Vest Printing
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USA Wrestler, the official publication of the National Governing Body for amateur wrestling, is published six times a year (October, December, February, April, June, August) by USA Wrestling. Each issue is mailed to approx- imately 140,000 households of members and supporters of the organization. Non-member subscriptions are available for $30.00; inquire for foreign subscriptions. © 2011 USA WRESTLING'S MISSION
USA Wrestling, guided by the Olympic spirit, provides qual- ity opportunities for its members to achieve their full human and athletic potential.
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NCAA PREVIEW: USA Wrestling’s Jason Bryant and Craig Sesker offer a preview and predictions on what may be in store for the 2011-12 NCAA wrestling season. Penn State is ranked No. 1 and looking to repeat.
ZEKE JONES: The U.S. National Coach engineered an impressive turnaround where the U.S. climbed from 22nd to third in the standings at the World Championships. Jones outlines his plan for building the U.S. freestyle program.
GOLDEN GRAPPLER: Brandon Ruiz captured the gold medal at 110 kg in the No-Gi discipline at the 2011 World Grappling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Ruiz captured the title after winning two previous World silver medals.
PAN AMERICAN GAMES: The United States won 12 overall medals, including five gold, at the Pan American Games on Oct. 20-24 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The men’s freestyle team won the medal standings and the team title.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE PREVIEW: The Oklahoma City University Stars have won the last three WCWA national team titles, and opened the new season as a strong favorite to claim its fourth consecutive championship.
Featured stories 4 Executive Notes 12 Where are they now? Tom Erikson 16 Images from World Championships 21 20 questions with Whitney Conder 24 Q and A with Sonny Greenhalgh
26 Coaches Corner with Steve Fraser 30 Star of the Future: Adam Coon 38 USAW upcoming schedule 40 Fun & Games (by Jason Bryant) 41 Photo Contest 42 The Last Word: Craig Sesker
USA Wrestling’s Corporate Partners COVER PHOTO: U.S. National Coach Zeke Jones led the American squad to a third-
place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. (Tony Rotundo photo). CONTENTS PAGE PHOTO: Brittany Delgado of Oklahoma City University is a return- ing national champion in women’s college wrestling. (Tony Rotundo photo).
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