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  1. a little more info on funding for d-1 programs from Adam Tirapelle.

     

    WEST

    12 Arizona State University AZ $1,045,074 PAC 12

    41 Stanford University CA $583,975 PAC 12

    58 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $445,942 PAC 12

    70 California State University-Bakersfield CA $296,998 PAC 12

    55 Boise State University ID $486,511 PAC 12

    14 Oregon State University OR $1,035,136 PAC 12

    65 University of Northern Colorado CO $373,600 WWC

    75 Air Force CO WWC

    57 Utah Valley University UT $453,969 WWC

    36 University of Wyoming WY $679,603 WWC

     

     

    EAST

    25 University of Maryland-College Park MD $811,829 ACC

    22 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA $915,262 ACC

    9 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $1,139,168 BIG 10

    74 Sacred Heart University CT $154,875 EIWA

    23 American University DC $849,013 EIWA

    20 Boston University MA $926,805 EIWA

    68 Harvard University MA $324,039 EIWA

    77 Navy MD EIWA

    37 Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $670,851 EIWA

    60 Princeton University NJ $416,299 EIWA

    19 Hofstra University NY $931,543 EIWA

    35 Cornell University NY $713,595 EIWA

    52 Columbia University in the City of New York NY $524,388 EIWA

    54 SUNY at Binghamton NY $490,839 EIWA

    76 Army NY EIWA

    5 Lehigh University PA $1,339,028 EIWA

    26 Drexel University PA $765,843 EIWA

    31 Bucknell University PA $749,703 EIWA

    56 University of Pennsylvania PA $480,485 EIWA

    69 Franklin and Marshall College PA $299,802 EIWA

    71 Brown University RI $288,282 EIWA

    18 Rider University NJ $941,663 EWL

    46 Lock Haven University PA $545,246 EWL

    51 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania PA $525,848 EWL

    64 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania PA $375,674 EWL

    66 Clarion University of Pennsylvania PA $351,331 EWL

    48 University at Buffalo NY $538,576 MAC

    49 North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND $529,390 WWC

    61 South Dakota State University SD $403,594 WWC

     

    MIDWEST

    2 University of Iowa IA $1,652,195 BIG 10

    11 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL $1,055,936 BIG 10

    16 Northwestern University IL $979,397 BIG 10

    30 Indiana University-Bloomington IN $753,691 BIG 10

    32 Purdue University-Main Campus IN $748,937 BIG 10

    10 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $1,114,298 BIG 10

    29 Michigan State University MI $756,238 BIG 10

    17 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $944,870 BIG 10

    8 University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $1,156,542 BIG 10

    3 Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $1,647,027 BIG 10

    13 University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $1,038,987 BIG 10

    1 Iowa State University IA $1,708,695 BIG 12

    4 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK $1,413,618 BIG 12

    6 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus OK $1,215,585 BIG 12

    63 Cleveland State University OH $382,421 EWL

    39 University of Northern Iowa IA $630,201 MAC

    45 Northern Illinois University IL $567,917 MAC

    38 Central Michigan University MI $657,762 MAC

    59 Eastern Michigan University MI $417,305 MAC

    7 University of Missouri-Columbia MO $1,212,903 MAC

    33 Ohio University-Main Campus OH $745,450 MAC

    50 Kent State University at Kent OH $526,762 MAC

    72 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL $285,963 SO CON

     

    SOUTH

    24 North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $824,514 ACC

    34 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC $714,676 ACC

    53 Duke University NC $502,549 ACC

    15 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $989,956 ACC

    21 University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $921,959 ACC

    28 West Virginia University WV $758,903 BIG 12

    62 George Mason University VA $393,788 EWL

    27 Old Dominion University VA $758,923 MAC

    40 Gardner-Webb University NC $593,382 SO CON

    43 Campbell University NC $569,982 SO CON

    47 Appalachian State University NC $540,562 SO CON

    73 Davidson College NC $269,658 SO CON

    42 Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC $575,663 SO CON

    44 The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga TN $569,789 SO CON

    67 Virginia Military Institute VA $338,629 SO CON

     

    The entire thread... http://forum.theopenmat.com/index.php/topic,31104.0.html

  2. Logan Dean is a high school senior from Virginia who recently wrote this essay for his English class.

     

     

     

     

     

    "When I was born, my dad placed a tiny pair of wrestling shoes on my little feet. He did so before my mother even held me. so the sport of wrestling had its arms around me very early in my life. Since then, it has always been a big part of my life. It has made me who I am today. I am a wrestler.

     

     

     

     

     

    Dad said he put the shoes on me because he knew I was a fighter. You see, I was a preemie and had to be placed on a ventilator soon after my birth. Days and weeks passed and my health didn't improve. The doctors advised my parents to take me off the ventilator and "let nature take its course". My parents refused. Instead, they prayed. The very next day, I began breathing on my own. God gave me strength and I wrestled death and won. I am a wrestler.

     

     

     

    Day by day, I got stronger. I soon made a complete recovery. Four short years later, my dad put wrestling shoes on my feet again. This time I would step on the mat to face my first tangible opponent. He wrestled for a storied wrestling program; a program that had won twelve state championships. Most people expected me to lose; but not my parents and not me. I took my position on the mat. The whistle blew. I took my opponent down and pinned him. After all, I had wrestled death and won and he was just a mere mortal. I am a wrestler.

     

     

     

     

     

    Years passed. I kept wrestling. I continued to learn and grow. I learned something from every practice and every match. However, I learned the most from the defeats I suffered. I despised the way it felt, the way it hurt. The losses made me work harder. They made me hungrier for the taste of victory. So I ran. I lifted weights. I practiced harder. As a result, I made it to the finals of the AAU National Tournament. My dad once again, as it had become tradition, placed my wrestling shoes on my feet. I stepped on the mat. I remembered how hard I had worked and how far I had come since the first time my dad had put my shoes on my feet. Then, before I stepped off the mat, the referee raised my hand in victory. I am a wrestler.

     

     

     

    The next year, I became a varsity wrestler. Varsity wrestling was a family affair. My brother wrestled and my parents coached. My dad continued to put my shoes on my feet before every match and I kept practicing and competing. After a lot of hard work and dedication, I became a four time district champion and a four time regional champion. I also earned over two hundred career victories. I am a wrestler.

     

     

     

     

     

    Now, I am a senior in high school. In a few short days, I will compete in my final varsity wrestling tournament. Although I have worked hard and won many matches, a state title has eluded me. This is my last chance. Soon, my dad will put my wrestling shoes on my feet and I will take to the mat for the last time of my high school career. As I step on the mat, I will remind myself of all the hard work I have put in and all of the sacrifices I have made to get to this point. I will also remind myself of the first time my dad put wrestling shoes on my feet. I will remember my first opponent. I will remember how hard I fought. I will remember that I defeated death. Then, I will wrestle as hard as I possibly can; and win or lose, I will know - I am a wrestler."

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Logan won his state title

  3. I believe more Indiana teams have been allowed in because of the severe drop in participation from other states....this is for a variety of reasons. The NWCA needs a large amount of dual teams to rationalize continuing with it....thus the increase of teams from the host state (this does weaken the vision of the event as a whole however).

     

    The publicity for the scholastic duals is extremely lacking.....it could be much more than what it is currently....but that is another conversation.

  4. this was posted on an Iowa board but I thought some of you would appreciate it.....

     

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    "My son started wrestling when he was seven years old.  This weekend he wrestled his last high school match, and although he had a very nice career he ended-up just short of his goals.  He ended with 98 career varsity wins -- two short of what it takes to get his name on the wall in our gym -- and missed qualifying for states thanks to two excruciatingly close matches.  It was even more painful because we had four meets that were snowed-out this year, otherwise his 100 wins would have been assured.  And his bracket was loaded with returning state qualifiers, so he knew from the start that qualifying at his weight was going to be a big challenge.  But nonetheless he came tantalizingly close to beating a couple of extremely high caliber wrestlers, only to see the matches slip away; which really only added to the pain. After his last match he ran outside and cried for about an hour.  When he finally came back, and I saw him for the first time, the pain in his face was indescribable, and something I will never be able to erase from my mind.

     

    It can be a brutal sport. And I won't lie, for the better part of the weekend I wondered if it might have been a mistake to get him involved in wrestling -- because I suspect this last day of his career will haunt him for the rest of his life. I wondered if anything is worth going through the pain he has gone through. You have to understand that he worked unbelievably hard to try to meet the goals he had set for himself. He wrestled 12 months out of the year, and between lifting, running, and wrestling he did some kind of training 365 days out of the year.  I could see in his eyes a sense that life had betrayed him; that if you work that hard towards a goal, you ought to be rewarded.

     

    However, I've also watched him gain confidence through the sport that I don't believe he could have ever achieved without wrestling.  He carries himself with self-assurance that absolutely came from testing himself repeatedly, and from the many accomplishments that he did achieve. The last couple of years he helped coach the junior program, and by doing so he learned leadership skills and learned how to speak confidently in front of groups. To the young kids he is a rock star!  I have truly been amazed at what a fine young man he has become, and I know to a large extent wrestling is responsible.  And, yes, even the pain of failure has built his character and made him stronger.

     

    I know this has nothing to do with Iowa wresting, but I can't say these words out loud to my wife and friends without breaking into tears.  And yet I need to get the words out -- preferably to people who know exactly what I'm talking about -- because there is no pain more exquisite than watching your child hurting.  In the end, I take solace that he will heal from the pain more quickly and more completely than I ever will.

     

    I'm glad he wrestled. I've never been sadder in my life. But I am glad he wrestled."

     

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