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Vinson Named Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Open

PackWrestle won two titles and claimed 10 All-American honors
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State assistant coach Donnie Vinson has been named Coach of the Year by the 2019 National Collegiate Open. “Our staff has worked extremely hard to continue developing our student-athletes,” said NC State head coach Pat Popolizio. “This award is a great example of the continued hard work from Coach Vinson and our entire staff that prepares our team to achieve the goals they set out to accomplish.” This past weekend at the annual National Collegiate Open in Delaware, NC State came home with a pair of first place finishes and a NCO record 10 All-American finishes.

Jakob Camacho won the 125-pound title, while fellow freshman Trent Hidlay took top honors at 184 pounds. Camacho went 5-0 and defeated UNC’s Joey Melendez 9-4 in the finals, while Hidlay was 3-0 and outscored his foes 43-11 and beat UVA’s Victor Marcelli 10-3 in the finals. Other podium finishes for the Wolfpack: Zurich Storm (125 – 3rd place), Matt Fields (141 – 3rd place), Jarrett Trombley (133 – 4th place), Alex Urquiza – 4th place), Deonte Wilson (285 – 4th place), Matt Grippi (149 – 5th place), Tyrie Houghton (285 – 5th place), Tommy Cox (125 – 6th place).
From Brian Reinhardt
Director of Athletics Digital Communications
bcreinha@ncsu.edu 
at www.GoPack.com

March 12, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Wolfpack Wrestlers Qualifies Nine for 2019 NCAA Championships

Over the last four seasons, NC State has qualified 36 of the possible 40 starters
RALEIGH, N.C. – The 2019 ACC Champion NC State wrestling team will be sending nine of its 10 starters to next week’s 2019 NCAA Championships as announced by the NCAA this afternoon. National seeds and brackets will be announced tomorrow at 6 p.m., and the 2019 NCAA Championships take place in Pittsburgh March 21-23. For the second straight season, NC State posted a school-record nine automatic qualifiers based off their finishes at this past weekend’s ACC Championship, which saw the Wolfpack take top team honors. Eight of the Pack’s nine NCAA participants this season will be making a return trip to the NCAA Championships, including three who have already collected All-American honors.

NC State will be led by a pack of five redshirt-sophomores. Hayden Hidlay (157 pounds) was an NCAA Finalist last year in his first trip to the NCAAs, while Tariq Wilson (133) went from unseeded to third place last year as well. In addition, classmates Thomas Bullard (165), Daniel Bullard (174) and Nick Reenan (184) will all be making their second trips. Three additional members of the Wolfpack will be making their final appearances in the NCAA Championships here in their final seasons. Sean Fausz (125) will be returning to the NCAAs for the fourth time in his career, along with Justin Oliver (149), but his first with the Pack after reaching the NCAAs three times with Central Michigan. 2019 ACC Champion Malik McDonald (197) will be making his second trip, first since 2017. R-Sr. Jamel Morris, the 2019 ACC Champion at 141 pounds, qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career, in his final season. Over the last four seasons, NC State has qualified 36 of the possible 40 starters.
From Brian Reinhardt, Director of Athletics Digital Communications http://www.GoPack.com

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