Month April 2009

Official Announcement: Sanderson named head coach at Penn State

Penn State University Sports Information UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Director of Athletics Tim Curley has confirmed that wrestling legend Cael Sanderson has accepted the position as the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling program. Sanderson,…

JR Ogden: Cael Making The Right Move?

Gazette sports journalist KJ Pilcher broke the news today that Cael Sanderson is leaving Iowa State for richer fields at Penn State. The question now is why. Why would Sanderson ditch is alma mater for Penn State, a school that…

Cael Leaving for Penn State

By K.J. Pilcher The Gazette A source associated with the Iowa State wrestling program has confirmed that Cael Sanderson is leaving Iowa State University and will be named the head coach at Penn State University to replace the recently resigned…

Sunderland Resigns as Penn State Coach

Troy Sunderland Resigns as Head Coach of Penn State Wrestling Program Penn State to conduct immediate nationwide search for successor STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Troy Sunderland has resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lion wrestling program, effective today, Director…

Robles named Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year

Arizona State University Sports Information TEMPE — The Pacific-10 Conference announced its annual wrestling award winners and Anthony Robles, a sophomore on the Arizona State University team, has been voted as the Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year, it was announced…

Neb-Omaha’s Meneely Named NCAA D2 Wrestler of the Year

Mike Kirk EDMOND, Okla. — Unbeaten 157-pounder Todd Meneely of Nebraska-Omaha has been selected as the 2008-09 NCAA Division II Wrestler of the Year after winning his third straight national championship this season. Meneely is the second winner of the…

USA Today: Herbert Weighs in on MMA, Olympics

By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Northwestern’s Jake Herbert, named Tuesday as the 2009 winner of the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler, didn’t celebrate with a day of rest. Instead, he was training for the U.S. freestyle wrestling…

Tiffin Univ Adds Wrestling, Hires Doug Jesse as Head Coach

Tiffin University Sports Information Wrestling will become Tiffin University’s 20th NCAA Division II intercollegiate varsity sport beginning in the 2010-11 season. The program will make its debut in 2009-10 as a club sport. Wrestling will become the 10th men’s sport…

Wisconsin’s Howe Named Rev Freshman of the Year

from RevWrestling.com Great things were expected of Andrew Howe when he arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last fall. The Indiana native delivered “¦ and then some, with a 30-5 season, the 2009 Big Ten 165-pound title and Freshman of…

Rev Wrestling Corporation acquires InterMat

email received this morning Dear RevWrestling.com User, We would like to thank you for your loyalty and support of RevWrestling.com. We are pleased to announce that we have acquired InterMat (www.InterMatWrestle.com), one of the leading national amateur wrestling Web sites,…