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 - James Ravannack First Vice President - Greg Strobel Second Vice President - Bruce Baumgartner Treasurer - Duane Morgan Secretary - Van Stokes Past President - Stan Dziedzic Directors
Jon Anderson Dave Black
Jim Considine Zac Dominguez Charles Elvin Patricia Fox William Grant Werner Holzer Mike Juby Mark Krug Jeff Levitetz Brent Metcalf Mike Moyer
Louis Rosbottom Iris Smith Rick Tucci
Sara Bahoura Bob Colgate
Tervel Dlagnev Mike Duroe Anthony Flatt Dan Gable
Sonny Greenhalgh Jordan Holm Chris Kallai
Craig LaMont Kerry McCoy Teague Moore Mark Reiland Nancy Schultz Lee Roy Smith
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)
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http://www.usawrestling.org http://www.themat.com
USA WRESTLER APRIL 2015, VOL. 43 NO. 4 Executive Director
Communications Director Editor
Advertising Director Cover Design Copy Editor Copy Editor Printing
Rich Bender Gary Abbott Craig Sesker Kevin Hansen Richard Immel Tony Black Shonna Vest
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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. © 2015
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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ANTHONY SHOOTING FOR GOLD: She’s captured two Junior World titles and placed fifth at the Senior Worlds. Now Victoria Anthony is ready to take the next step and win World and Olympic gold medals for the United States.
O-H-I-O! BUCKEYES WIN 1ST TITLE: Led by four-time champion Logan Stieber and first-time champion Nathan Tomasello, the Ohio State Buckeyes capped a dream season by capturing its first NCAA team title in St. Louis.
FROM NO. 13 TO NO. 1: Fueled by being seeded 13th, despite having only one loss, Oklahoma junior Cody Brewer turned in a dominating performance to capture an NCAA title at 133 pounds at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
TIGER STYLE WINS NATIONAL DUALS: The Missouri Tigers, led by Alan Waters, Drake Houdashelt and J’den Cox, knocked off No. 1 Iowa to capture its first National Duals championship at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
Featured stories 4 Executive Notes with Rich Bender 16 Images of NCAA Championships 18 Where are they now? Brad Vering 21 20 questions with Ryan Mango 24 Q and A with Tim Flynn
28 Poster from NCAA Championships 30 Star of the Future: Joey McKenna 34 Coaches Corner with Matt Lindland 40 Fun and Games by Richard Immel 41 Photo Contest 42 The Last Word: Craig Sesker
USA Wrestling’s Corporate Partners COVER PHOTO: Ohio State’s Logan Stieber won his fourth NCAA title and capped a
dream season by leading his Buckeye team to its first team title. (Tony Rotundo photo). CONTENTS PAGE PHOTO: Ohio State’s Nathan Tomasello celebrates his upset over No. 1 Alan Waters of Missouri. Tomasello went on to win the title. (Tony Rotundo photo).
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