Rocco Caponi named assistant wrestling coach
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – First-year head coach Joe Boardwine has announced the hiring of Rocco Caponi as an assistant coach for the Campbell University wrestling program. Caponi joins the Campbell program after a highly successful career spanning five years at the University of Virginia. While with the Cavaliers, he won three Atlantic Coast Conference titles and qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships four times. “We’re excited to have Rocco as a member of our program,” said Boardwine. “His experience as a competitor is very valuable, and having dominated the ACC, he brings a wealth of knowledge to our team. He helped take Virginia from the basement of the ACC to the top, and that’s invaluable-building a strong program is something we’re trying to do here at Campbell. He loves to coach and puts in a tremendous amount of work with our guys.” Rest of Story at http://www.gocamels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=65330&SPID=7296&DB_OEM_ID=15300&ATCLID=205033702
Campbell inks four in early signing period
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – First-year head coach Joe Boardwine has announced that Josh Fisher, Ryan Krecker, Scotty Hardiman, and Joey Rizzolino have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Campbell University in the fall of 2010 and join the Campbell wrestling program. The quartet is the first group of wrestlers to sign NLIs during the early signing period for Boardwine at Campbell. Josh Esparza and John Weakley have also joined Campbell’s program as transfers from UC-Davis and Oklahoma, respectively. Fisher and Krecker will join Campbell after being named to InterMat’s prestigious list of the nation’s top 100 recruits in all weight classes for the class of 2011. Fisher is the three-time defending West Virginia state champion who is looking for his fourth state title this season at Roane County High School. He has compiled a high school career record of 125-1 through three years of high school wrestling. Rest of story at http://www.gocamels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=65330&SPID=7296&DB_OEM_ID=15300&ATCLID=205036657
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