In Memory of Coach Jerry Daniels
| We pass along this notice for a worthy cause. We remember “Mousey” as a positive man with a great love of wrestling and people. Your support would be appreciated. — TDR Editor & Staff |
| Friends of Coach Jerry Daniels You may have heard the sad news of the passing of Coach Jerry Daniels in Raleigh on June 20,2024 at the age of 92. He was well known to thousands of people primarily because of his absolute passion for the sport of wrestling. He coached at two colleges, a couple of high schools and refereed hundreds of high school and college wrestling matches for over 60 years and served as a coach at summer wrestling camps for over 50 years! Imagine how many kids and coaches knew him! Imagine how many fans yelled at him for making a “bad call” as a referee! You know if you talked for any length of time with Coach, you never forgot him. The purpose of this contact with you is to ask you to consider something special. Anyone who talked to Coach always got an earful of wrestling stories. In all the stories, his absolute love for the sport of wrestling shined through. Another thing that always shined as well was his attitude of serving people and going out of his way to help people…of all stripes. He often worked for free or stepped outside of his world of wrestling to give help or advice to someone. He would often drive for miles or stay up late into the night to help someone. My quick personal story with Coach began my junior year at NC State when he came to be our assistant wrestling coach, after leaving the head coaching job at Pfieffer College. At the beginning of my senior year, my head coach Al Crawford suddenly died at a wrestling tournament in Atlanta, GA. This led to Coach Daniels becoming head coach of the Wolfpack, a position he held for 7 years. He finished with a 60-36-3 dual meet record. He continued in the sport for many more decades as a camp clinician and referee. For me personally, my contact with him literally changed the trajectory of my life. I digress a bit to give you the brief story. My senior year, he gave me a copy of the first Athletes in Action magazine. Inside there was a story about AIA starting a new traveling all-star wrestling team to travel the US and around the world with the goal of competing at the highest level and sharing their faith with anyone who would listen. Long story made short, we joined AIA wrestling and never got back to the hopeful engineering career. Wrestling for the USA on two world championship teams and the Pan Am team changed everything for me. Now, I am a Certified Financial Planner. Who knew? My life was forever redirected, humanly speaking, because Coach Daniels handed me a magazine and said, “Hey you might be interested, read this.”. He did that because he cared for me! I am forever grateful that he cared. You too may have a similar impactful story. We want to honor Coach Daniels with a permanent memento in Reynolds Coliseum, to memorialize his life and influence. Consider joining me and my friends to make this happen as soon as we can, preferably before the current wrestling season ends. I would love to honor Coach and give a token of our appreciation to his family at a dual in January or February. This means we need to fund it before the end of 2024. Our goal is to raise at least $25,000. We already have big start with a couple nice gifts and look forward to seeing what you may consider. Any size gift will be greatly appreciated. Keep in mind that gifts made to the Wolfpack Club in support of this initiative are tax deductible and will honor Coach Daniels as well as supporting wrestling in our community. Your gift can be made online by clicking Coach Daniels Wrestling Fund or by check made payable to Wolfpack Club, PO Box 37100, Raleigh, NC 27627. If you have questions don’t hesitate to call me, or you can reach out to Ben Broussard at the Wolfpack Club, Ben.Broussard@Wolfpackclub.com or by phone at 919-605-2321. Thanks! Greg HicksClick Here to Donate to the Coach Daniels Wrestling Fund |
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First year College Women’s programs news
UW-Oshkosh starts its first-ever women’s wrestling program as sport grows across Wisconsin
It’s the fourth college in the state to add the sport along with UW-Stevens Point, Lakeland University and Carthage College
The fastest growing high school sport in the country is spreading in Wisconsin, and colleges in the state are stepping up to meet the demand.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh started its first-ever women’s wrestling program this fall, becoming the fourth school in the state to add the sport along with UW-Stevens Point, Lakeland University, and Carthage College.
Over 150 high schools in Wisconsin now offer girl’s wrestling. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has a girls’ division at its boy’s state tournament, and it plans to host a separate state girls’ wrestling team tournament beginning in 2026.
“Before, it was really intimidating for girls,” UW-Oshkosh head coach Jared Costa told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” “They had to wrestle boys. They were probably one of two or three (girls) in the program.”
Costa sees the success of girls in wrestling attracting more participants to the sport. That includes one of his team captains, Paige Haaf, a freshman who graduated from Saint Croix Falls High School.
She started wrestling three years ago when her coach, Joe Raygor, started a girls’ program at the high school and youth levels. … more at … https://www.wpr.org/news/uw-oshkosh-womens-wrestling-sport-grows
And …
Women’s Wrestling Defeats Mount Union in First Ever Dual Match
BEREA, Ohio – For the first time in university history and for the first time ever at home, the Baldwin Wallace University women’s wrestling team defeated the University of Mount Union in a dual match by a final score of 35-16 in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center.
BW (1-0), who added women’s wrestling in 2022, had only competed this season in one open tournament. The Yellow Jackets won eight of 10 matches. Mount Union (0-1) won two matches. … more at … https://bwyellowjackets.com/news/2024/11/19/womens-wrestling-womens-wrestling-defeats-mount-union-in-first-ever-dual-match.aspx
DI graduation rates remain at highest level
Division I student-athletes are graduating at record rates, according to the latest Graduation Success Rate data announced Wednesday. The overall single-cohort rate held steady at 91%, which is the highest rate recorded.
Figures released Wednesday reflect graduation numbers among student-athletes who entered college in 2017.
Since the implementation of Division I academic reforms initiated over two decades ago — including modifications of initial-eligibility requirements and progress-toward-degree standards, as well as application of the Academic Performance Program — long-term graduation rate increases have been observed overall and across sport and demographic subgroups.
Since 2002, overall student-athlete GSR has increased from 74% to 91%, with notable increases in diverse student-athlete populations.
Black student-athlete graduation rates have increased from 56% to 82%. When analyzed by sport, Black Football Bowl Subdivision student-athlete rates have increased from 54% to 82%, and Black men’s basketball student-athlete rates have increased from 46% to 84%. Hispanic/Latino student-athlete rates have increased from 64% to 89%.
“The increases and record highs in graduation success rates over the last two decades demonstrate the unique talents, abilities and tenacity of college athletes to achieve academic excellence, while performing at the highly competitive level of Division I athletics,” said Robert Davies, president emeritus of Central Michigan and chair of the Division I Committee on Academics. “The Committee on Academics applauds student-athletes for their remarkable achievements and celebrates college educators and campus leaders for their commitment to advancing student-athlete academic success.”
For more than 20 years, significant gains have been demonstrated within all student-athlete sport subgroups.
Baseball student-athlete graduation rates have increased from 66% to 91%. Football Bowl Subdivision rates have increased from 63% to 85%, while Football Championship Subdivision rates have increased from 62% to 80%. Men’s wrestling rates have increased from 61% to 88%. … more at … https://www.ncaa.org/news/2024/11/20/media-center-di-graduation-rates-remain-at-highest-level.aspx
DI Live Streaming Guide (11/21 – 11/24/2024)
We’re already four weeks into the 2024-25 season and we have a full slate of DI duals this week. A total of 35 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links).
To make this guide even easier to find, we’ve added a link on our homepage and the latest Live Streaming Guide will appear right under the header articles.
All times Eastern
Thursday, November 21:
Indiana at Columbia 7:30 PM ESPN+
Missouri at Illinois 8:00 PM B1G+
Friday, November 22:
Seton Hill at VMI 6:00 PM ESPN+
West Virginia at Appalachian State 7:00 PM FloWrestling
Michigan at Duke 7:00 PM
Morgan State at Maryland 7:00 PM B1G+
Minnesota at North Dakota State 7:00 PM NDSU All-Access
Rutgers at Virginia Tech, 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra
Embry-Riddle at Arizona State 7:30 PM ESPN+
Arizona Christian at Arizona State 7:30 PM ESPN+
Rider at Northern Illinois 8:00 PM ESPN+ … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/47_streaming-guide/di-live-streaming-guide-1121-11242024-r99757/
2024 ACTIVE Coaches – Top Dual Wins – D-II
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are Active head coaches grouped by divisions. This listing is for coaches of NCAA Division II college teams. We welcome, input such as corrections and additions. Please contact us at the editor’s email … martinkfleming@gmail.com so we can update these lists accurately after each season. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Top 25 Division II ACTIVE Coaches with at least 75 wins
1.) Pat Pecora (Pitt-Johnstown) 661 dec. 9-8-24
2.) Mike Denney (Maryville Univ./Nebr.-Omaha) 389 retired 2023
3.) Steve Costanzo (St. Cloud Univ.&Dana College) 333
4.) Jim Makovsky (Minn. St.-Mankato/Valley City St.) 326
5.) Robert Fisher (Kutztown Univ.) 241
6.) Doug Henry (Gannon Univ.) 233 retired 2023
7.) Heath Grimm (Upper Iowa Univ.) 229
8.) Jason Reitmeier (Augustana College-S.D.) 225
9.) Mike Wehler (Mercyhurst, West Liberty State) 214
10.) James Kisgen (McKendree College) – 152
11.) R.C. LaHaye (Lander U./Grand Canyon U.) 135 – II
12.) Othello ‘O.T.’ Johnson (U. N.C.-Pembroke) 133
13.) Jason Warthan (Indianapolis Univ.) 132
14.) Jason Ramstetter (Adams State College) 131
15.) Chuck Piper (Colorado Mesa) 129 retired 2023
16.) Kenn Caudell (Belmont-Abbey College) 127 retired 2023
17.) Dalton Jensen (Nebraska-Kearney) 112
18.) Shawn Nelson (Findlay Univ.) 107 inc.
19.) Seth Bloomquist (Shippensburg State) 105
20.) Todd Steidley (Central Oklahoma) 101
21.) Dax Charles (Colorado State-Pueblo) 94
22.) Dock Kelly (Anderson) 93 ** now at NAIA school
23. Brett Hunter (Chadron State) 88
24.) Brian Tucker (Seton Hill) 87
25.) Kris Nelson (SW Minnesota State) 74
2024 ACTIVE Coaches – Top Dual Wins – D-III
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are Active head coaches grouped by divisions. This listing is for coaches of NCAA Division III college teams. We welcome, input such as corrections and additions. Please contact us at the editor’s email … martinkfleming@gmail.com so we can update these lists accurately after each season. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACTIVE Coaches(D-III)– Top 35 (or so) with at least 100 wins
1.) Roger Crebs (Lycoming College) 450
2.) Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) 446
3.) Ron Beaschler (Ohio Northern Univ.) 391
4.) Bruce Haberli (New York University) 345
5.) Dave Mitchell (Luther College) 327
6.) Tim Fader (Wis.-Eau Claire,Whitewater, LaCrosse) 319
7.) Martin Nichols (Ithaca College) 313
8.) Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes University) 290
9.) John Oostendorp (Coe College) 278
10.) Jay Jones (Rhode Island College) 274
11.) Bryan Brunk (Messiah College) 266
12.) Dave Malecek (Wisconsin-LaCrosse State) 232
13. Drew Black (Wesleyan Univ.) 227
14.) Duane Ritter (SUNY Oneonta State) 207
15.) Jon Egan (Roger Williams) – 193
16.) Mike Howard (SUNY-Oswego State) 189
17.) Eric Keller (Wartburg College) – 183
18.) Jon McGovern (Dubuque University) – 178
19.) Craig Thurber (Thiel College) – 171
20.) Jamie Gibbs (Baldwin-Wallace) – 169
21.) Brian Anderson (Wabash College) – 167
22.) Joe Galente (College of New Jersey) 158
23.) Leo Kocher (University of Chicago) 154 – inc. retired 2024
24.) Steve Marianetti (Elmhurst College) – 152
25.) Eric Van Kley (Central College,) – 148
26.) James Holder (Springfield College) 145
27.) Brandon Bissette (Olivet College) 138
28.) Jason Garriques (Centenary College) 130
29.) Greg Ilaria (U.S. Merchant Marine) – 127
30.) Al Russomano (Scranton Univ.) 119
31.) Joe Favia (Stevens Institute of Tech.) 116
32.) Duane Bastress (York College, Pa.) 109
33.) Keith Norris (John Hopkins Univ.) 105
34.) Nathan Shearer (Washington & Lee) 103
35.) Bill Schindel (Adrian/Mount Union) 100
36.) Scott Honacker (Williams College) 98
37.) Mike DeRoehn (Wisc-Platteville, Oshkosh, Lakeland) 94
2024 ACTIVE Coaches – Top Dual Wins – NAIA
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are Active head coaches grouped by divisions. This listing is for coaches of NAIA college teams. We welcome, input such as corrections and additions. Please contact us at the editor’s email … martinkfleming@gmail.com so we can update these lists accurately after each season. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACTIVE Coaches – Top 20 with at least 50 wins
1.) Franky James (Campbellsville) 251
2.) Nick Mitchell (Grand View College) 182
3.) Corey Ruff (Cumberlands/Lindsey-Wilson) 142
4.) Tyson Thivierge (Montana State Northern) 121
5.) Omi Acosta (Life University) — 109
6.) Jake Stevenson (Morningside College) — 104
7.) Jeff Bedard (Reinhardt Univ.) — 101
8.) K.C. Rock (Embry-Riddle College) – 98
9.) Thomas Pompei (Indiana Institute of Tech.) 96
10.) Rik Dahl (Northwestern College) 90
11.) Joey Martinez (Menlo) 88
12.) James Hicks (Cumberland Univ./Darton 77
13.) Dana Vote (Doane, Midland, Concordia) 68
14.) James Kisgen (McKendree College) 66 now a Div. II school
15.) Steven Bradley (Marian Univ.) 66
16.) Joe Privitere (Briar Cliff) 62
17.) Lennie Zalesky (Calif. Baptist Univ.) 55 – now a D-I school
18.) Beau Vest (Dana-Midland) 55 – coaching at another level
19.) Dustyn Azure (Eastern Oregon) 54
20.) Zach Mullins (Graceland Univ.) 52
2024 ACTIVE Coaches – Top Dual Wins – Junior Colleges
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are Active head coaches grouped by divisions. This listing is for coaches of Junior College teams, Nationally and in California as they have seperate seasons. We welcome, input such as corrections and additions. Please contact us at the editor’s email … martinkfleming@gmail.com so we can update these lists accurately after each season. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACTIVE Coaches– Top 20 JUCO with at least 28 wins
- Joe Renfro (NE Okla. A&M/Labette, Kan.) 244
- Luke Moffitt (Iowa Central Comm. Coll.) 205
- Josh Rhoden (Clackamas Comm. Coll.) 169 – ret. 2022
- Jim Zeigler (Northwest Wyoming) 109 inc.
- Keith Maute (Niagara County C.C.) 100
- Josh Watts (Iowa Western Comm. Coll./Darton) 90 inc.
- Art Castillo (Western Wyoming) 84 inc.
- Cole Spree (Indian Hills C.C./Ellsworth) 79
- Cody Alesch (Iowa Lakes Comm. Coll) 67
- Ken Kepley (Pratt Comm. Coll.) 61
- Adam Whitlach (S.Wern Oregon C.C.) 56 – inc.
- Steve Kelly (North Iowa C.C.) 54
- Justin Signorelli (SUNY-Alfred/SUNY-Ulster) 41
- Paul Schmidt (Nassau Comm. Coll.) 39 inc.
- Chris Leese (Penn State Mont Alto) 38 inc.
- Beau Vest (Cowley Comm. Coll.) 36
- Mike Bammes (Barton Comm. College) 35
- Francis Beaujon (Lassen Comm. Coll.) 34
- Tim Duggan (Triton C.C.) 32
- John Chillem (Camden County Comm. Coll.) 28 inc.
ACTIVE Coaches– California Junior Colleges – Top 5 with 100 wins
1.) Paul Keysaw (Fresno City/Moorpark College) 281
2.) Jake Fitzpatrick (Santa Rosa College) 250 — inc.
3.) Dan Garriott (Cerritos College) 177
4.) Vince Silva (Santa Ana College) 143
5.) Joe Dansby (Cuesta College) 116
6.) Steve Siroy (Chabot College) 85 – inc
2024 ACTIVE Coaches – Top Dual Wins – Women’s
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following are Active head coaches grouped by divisions. This listing is for coaches of Women’s college teams. We welcome, input such as corrections and additions. Please contact us at the editor’s email … martinkfleming@gmail.com so we can update these lists accurately after each season. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACTIVE Women’s Coaches– Top 30 with 20 or more wins
1.) Jason Moorman (King University) 172 recently retired
2.) Lee Miracle (Campbellsville) 112
3.) Donnie Stephens (Univ. of the Cumberlands) 89
4.) Link Davis (Emmanuel) 74
5.) Ashley Sword-Buster (Life University) 73
6.) Paul Rademacher (Indiana Institute of Tech./South. Oregon) 65
7.) Aaron Meister (Friends/Wayland Baptist) 55
8.) Brian Jackson (Missouri Baptist) 54 – inc.
9.) Carl Murphree (Missouri Valley College) 52 — inc
10.) Joe Norton (North Central College) 48
11.) Nick Goebel (Tiffin Univ.) 44
12.) Travis Mercado (Colorado Mesa Univ.) 43
13.) Pauline Biega (Sacred Heart University) 40
14. Tony DeAnda (Presbyterian Jamestown) 39 – inc.
15.) Mahdi Bigdely (Ottawa Univ.) 36
16.) Joel Gibson (Southern Oregon) 35
17.) Joey Bareng (Menlo College) 33 – inc.
18.) Angelo Crinzi (Grand View Univ.) 31
19.) Devane Dodgens (Brewton-Parker) 30
20.) Cliff Cushard (Adrian College) 29
21.) Shaunna Isbell Kent (Jamestown) 29
22.) Matt Stevens (Oklahoma City Univ.) 29
23.) Bryce Killian (Emmanuel College) 28
24.) Annabel Nieves (East Stroudsburg Univ.) 26
25.) Cody Griswold (Elmira College) 25
26.) Tucker Black (William Penn College) 23
27.) Kirwyn Adderley (Missiouri Baptist) 22
28.) Brianna Delgado (Central Methodist Univ.) 21
29.) Dominic Adams (Sienna Heights College) 21
30.) Chuck Kearney (St. Mary, University of) 20
Jones, McBryde sisters secure pins in women’s division at NWCA All-Star Classic
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The women’s division at the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic got the marquee college event off to an explosive start with three pins across the five NCAA versus NAIA themed matchups. Top ranked NCAA wrestler and returning NCWWC champion Amani Jones of North Central struck fast with an inside trip to the back in the opening seconds of her 124-pound bout against Grand View’s Maya Davis. Jones pounced with a claw-ride finish for a pin in 1:20 over the two-time NAIA All American.
Jones is a two-time age-group World medalist for Team USA with bronze medal wins at the 2023 U20 World championships and the 2024 U23 World Championships. The Life duo of Jamilah and Latifah McBryde, both ranked No. 1 in the NAIA ranks, joined Jones with pinning combinations on Saturday evening at Penn State’s famed Rec Hall. It only took 48 seconds for Jamilah McBryde to end things against NCAA No. 2 Aine Drury of King at 145 pounds. Drury went for an over-under body lock toss, and nearly landed it, but McBryde was able float her hips over and wind up on top for the pin.
Latifah McBryde was pushed a little harder by top-ranked NCAA athlete Cheyenne Bowman of King. Bowman took a 4-0 lead just over one minute into the 160-pound contest with a takedown-to-turn sequence. McBryde took the momentum in the back half of period one with a step out and takedown heading into the break. Early in the second period, McBryde went high-flyer off a Bowman single leg to get the pin in 3:40. Earning decision wins were athletes representing the NCAA division … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2024/november/16/jones-mcbryde-sisters-secure-pins-in-women-s-division-at-nwca-all-star-classic?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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