blueandgold Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Is 2016 the best year of state champions ever??????????? 2016 106: Asa Garcia - NAIA All-American 113: Colton Cummings - D1 Starter 120: Drew Hildebrandt - NCAA D1 All-American 126: Brock Hudkins - 3X NCAA D1 Qualifier 132: Chad Red - 3X NCAA D1 All-American 138: Brayton Lee - NCAA D1 All-American 145: Joe Lee - D1 Starter 152: Trent Pruitt - NAIA Starter 160: Jacob Covaciu - D1 Starter 170: Drew Hughes - 2X NCAA D1 Qualifier 182: Blake Rypel - NAIA All-American 195: Jake Kleimola - D1 Starter 220: Mason Parris - NCAA D1 Champion, World Bronze Medal 285: Shawn Streck - NCAA D2 Champion, NCAA D1 Qualifier base, Jayruss, piscis1956 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCFIGHTER170 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2005 wasn't shabby.. NavyGonzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 9 hours ago, blueandgold said: Is 2016 the best year of state champions ever??????????? 2016 106: Asa Garcia - NAIA All-American 113: Colton Cummings - D1 Starter 120: Drew Hildebrandt - NCAA D1 All-American 126: Brock Hudkins - 3X NCAA D1 Qualifier 132: Chad Red - 3X NCAA D1 All-American 138: Brayton Lee - NCAA D1 All-American 145: Joe Lee - D1 Starter 152: Trent Pruitt - NAIA Starter 160: Jacob Covaciu - D1 Starter 170: Drew Hughes - 2X NCAA D1 Qualifier 182: Blake Rypel - NAIA All-American 195: Jake Kleimola - D1 Starter 220: Mason Parris - NCAA D1 Champion, World Bronze Medal 285: Shawn Streck - NCAA D2 Champion, NCAA D1 Qualifier I've always felt open tournament results suggest D2-D3-NAIA all-americans are roughly D1 starter level and D2-D3-NAIA champs are D1 national qualifier level. Using those comparisons, 13 of 14 from 2016 were good enough and stuck with college wrestling to the point of being D1 starter-caliber or better. That's shocking. Reaching that level, even after a good high school career, requires a LOT going right personally and athletically. Amazing group. RAJR and piscis1956 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyGonzo Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2004's list of champs was pretty solid. You had: Angel Escobedo - 4X HS Champ, 4X AA and NCAA Div 1 Champ Matt Coughlin - 2X HS Champ, 2X HS Runner-Up, NCAA Div 1 AA Alex Tsirtsis - 4X HS Champ, NCAA Div 1 AA Reece Humphrey - 3X HS Champ, 2X NCAA Div 1 AA Andrae Hernandez - 2X HS Champ, NCAA Div 1 AA Blake Maurer - 4X HS Champ Adam O'Neil - 2X NJCAA AA Darren Elkins - 15-year UFC Veteran Jon Lloyd - NAIA AA blueandgold, maligned and FCFIGHTER170 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIACfan Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 And in addition to the Champs that year was Nick Lee who finished 2nd to Chad Red that year. -4X NCAA D1 AA (actually 5X but one was mythical) -2X NCAA D1 Champ -2023 USA World Team member That certainly was one heck of a year for Indiana wrestling! blueandgold and piscis1956 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscis1956 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 11 hours ago, blueandgold said: Is 2016 the best year of state champions ever??????????? 2016 106: Asa Garcia - NAIA All-American 113: Colton Cummings - D1 Starter 120: Drew Hildebrandt - NCAA D1 All-American 126: Brock Hudkins - 3X NCAA D1 Qualifier 132: Chad Red - 3X NCAA D1 All-American 138: Brayton Lee - NCAA D1 All-American 145: Joe Lee - D1 Starter 152: Trent Pruitt - NAIA Starter 160: Jacob Covaciu - D1 Starter 170: Drew Hughes - 2X NCAA D1 Qualifier 182: Blake Rypel - NAIA All-American 195: Jake Kleimola - D1 Starter 220: Mason Parris - NCAA D1 Champion, World Bronze Medal 285: Shawn Streck - NCAA D2 Champion, NCAA D1 Qualifier I didn’t hear a lot about Joe Lee after high school. Glad to hear he made it as a D1 starter. blueandgold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscis1956 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Googling just now, I see he was also a NCAA national tournament qualifier his redshirt freshman year. blueandgold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, SIACfan said: And in addition to the Champs that year was Nick Lee who finished 2nd to Chad Red that year. -4X NCAA D1 AA (actually 5X but one was mythical) -2X NCAA D1 Champ -2023 USA World Team member That certainly was one heck of a year for Indiana wrestling! The fact that we got Nick Lee and Chad Red in the finals is insane and the success they’ve both went on to have… I’ll forever hold my senior year (2016) up as the best senior class and best year of champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIACfan Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, piscis1956 said: I didn’t hear a lot about Joe Lee after high school. Glad to hear he made it as a D1 starter. Joe was essentially a starter for PSU for one season. Both he & Matt Lee are still currently on the roster as a Senior & Junior. Neither can manage to break into the lineup. Joe is listed at 174 which is manned by 3X NCAA Champ Carter Starocci, and Matt is listed at 165 which is currently being filled by RSFR Mitchell Mesenbrink - PSU's newest phenom. piscis1956 and blueandgold 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 2 minutes ago, SIACfan said: Joe was essentially a starter for PSU for one season. Both he & Matt Lee are still currently on the roster as a Senior & Junior. Neither can manage to break into the lineup. Joe is listed at 174 which is manned by 3X NCAA Champ Carter Starocci, and Matt is listed at 165 which is currently being filled by RSFR Mitchell Mesenbrink - PSU's newest phenom. Just goes to show the depth at PSU because I’m willing to bet they could go anywhere else in the nation and start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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