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2024 Distinguished Member: Coleman Scott

Coleman Scott won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics after being an NCAA champion, two-time finalist and four-time All-American for Oklahoma State University.
He helped OSU win NCAA team titles in 2005 and 2006 and to fifth-place finishes in 2007 and 2008.
Scott was a member of the U.S. National Freestyle Team in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
He was a three-time Pennsylvania state champion for Waynesburg Central High School. Scott was a two-time USA Wrestling National Junior Freestyle champion and a two-time USA Junior World Freestyle team member.
He was the Pennsylvania, Northeast Region and National winner of the Hall of Fame’s Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2004. Scott was an assistant wrestling coach at Oklahoma State from 2012 to 2014, where he coached four NCAA Division I national champions and six NCAA DI All-Americans while helping OSU capture two Big 12 Conference titles and finish second and third as a team at the NCAA championships.
He became an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina in 2014 and took over as head coach after one season. Scott coached two-time NCAA champion Austin O’Connor and NCAA finalist Kizhan Clarke and 13 All-Americans while leading the Tar Heels to five Top 20 finishes at the NCAA tournament. … more at … Mattalkonline.com/2024-distinguished-member-coleman-scott

July 5, 2024 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

NBC names Jordan Burroughs and Jason Knapp as wrestling announcers for Olympic Games Paris 2024

June 27, 2024, 6:22 PM (ET)

by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
NBC Sports announced its roster of more than 150 commentators for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, scheduled for July 26-Aug. 11 across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, CNBC, E!, GOLF Channel, Telemundo, Universo, and NBCUniversal’s digital platforms.
Those selected to provide the wrestling coverage for NBC is veteran Play-by-Play announcer Jason Knapp, and 2012 Olympic champion and six-time World champion Jordan Burroughs as the analyst.
Jason Knapp will serve as the wrestling play-by-play announcer for the fourth time. Four-time world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs returns as an analyst after making his NBC Olympics debut in Tokyo.
Burroughs is one of the greatest wrestlers in history from any nation. He has won the most World and Olympic gold medals of any U.S. wrestler with seven (six World gold, one Olympic gold), and has a combined 10 World and Olympic medals. He also has extensive experience as an announcer for wrestling and other events.
Knapp has been a play-by-play announcer for six Olympics for NBC, including wrestling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He has also called World Cup/World Championship events in beach volleyball, basketball, curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, swimming, show jumping and others sports across the networks of NBC.
Burroughs and Knapp will be based at NBC Sports’ International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Conn. during the Olympic Games. The NBC roster includes Olympians and Paralympians who have won a combined 90 Olympic medals. Team NBC would have had the most gold medals (59) of any country in the Tokyo Olympics, and the second-most total medals behind only Team USA (113). A member of Team NBC has been part of Team USA in every Summer Games dating back to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. … more at … Themat.com/NBC-names-jordan-burroughs-and-jason-knapp-as-wrestling-announcers-for-olympic-games

July 5, 2024 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Iowa State Wrestling Line-up Taking Shape After Off-Season Acquisitions

Iowa State bolstered its line-up in the off-season. Will it be enough to compete for a trophy at the NCAA Championships?
Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser doesn’t know his 2024-25 line-up, but he knows he has plenty to work with following a fourth-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships. The Cyclones kick things off at home with a dual against Stanford on November 1 and Navy on November 8. 
There are moving pieces with potential starters changing weights or redshirting. Christian Carroll, a two-time U20 World teamer, transferred from Oklahoma State and fills a void at 197, a weight Iowa State didn’t qualify at the NCAA Championships. Carroll has four years of eligibility remaining.
Cuban-born Osmany Diversent, a two-time Junior Pan-Am champion, will add depth at the lower weights. He has physical gifts but his transition from freestyle to folkstyle remains to be seen.  “We’ve got an athletic team,” Dresser said. “We have some real athletes. It’s one thing to be an athlete but we have to toughen them up. The best athletes in wrestling don’t always win because it’s seven minutes long. You have to be an athlete and a tough guy. If you can get both of those going you’ll have a really good team at the end of the year. “We’ll start looking at everybody’s weights in the mid-fall and see where everyone is weighing naturally. We don’t have any major guys watching their weight right now. Once we get to the fall we’ll start nailing it down a little more. We’ll get a better feel in September. We didn’t have 141 or 149 figured out until November so I think the underlying story … more at … Flowrestling.org/Iowa-state-wrestling-line-up-taking-shape-after-off-season-acquisitions

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