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2006 Pac-10 Wrestling Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boise State’s Cherrington, Sherfey Win Wrestler\/Freshman of the Year Honors, ASU’s Ortiz wins Coach of the Year<\/p>\n

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — BOISE STATE senior Ben Cherrington was named Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year, Arizona State head coach Thom Ortiz earned Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors and Tyler Sherfey of Boise State was named Freshman\/Newcomer of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.<\/p>\n

Cherrington, a 157-pound senior from Granby, Colo., was selected by Pac-10 head coaches as the Wrestler of the Year after he won the 2006 NCAA title at 157 pounds and finished the season with a perfect 20-0 record. Cherrington won two Pac-10 titles, competed in four consecutive NCAA National Tournaments, and compiled a 93-32 overall record for the Broncos. The NCAA victory marked Boise State’s second NCAA individual title, and coach Greg Randall’s first national champion as the Broncos’ head coach. Cherrington earns his first Wrestler of the Year award, and the first for the Boise State wrestling program.<\/p>\n

Thom Ortiz earns his third Coach of the Year honor, and the 15th in Arizona State’s history. In just his fifth season at the helm, Ortiz led the Sun Devils to their second consecutive Pac-10 title, and a perfect 8-0 mark in Conference dual meets. Under Ortiz’s tutelage, three Sun Devil wrestlers won individual Pac-10 championships, Patrick Pitsch at 165 pounds, Ryan Bader at 197 pounds and Cain Velasquez at heavyweight. The Sun Devils not only finished sixth in the nation after being selected to finish 14th in the tournament, but also won the program’s 16th Conference crown and second in a row. Four Sun Devils earned All-America honors- Brian Stith (157), C.B. Dollaway (184), Bader, and Velasquez. The team’s Top-6 finish was its second under Coach Ortiz, and marked the 19th time that ASU has garnered a Top-10 finish in the 40-year history of the Tournament. Ortiz, a graduate of Arizona State in 1990, was a two-time All-American and was a member of the 1988 NCAA Championship Sun Devil team.<\/p>\n

Sherfey, a 149-pound redshirt freshman from Kennewick, Wash., becomes the second consecutive Freshman\/Newcomer of the year from Boise State. Sherfey earned an invitation to the NCAA Championship by finishing second in the Pac-10 at 149 pounds, and helped the Broncos to a third-place Conference finish. Unseeded at the NCAA Championship, Sherfey won his first bout but lost the next two to finish his season. Boise State finished 24th overall at the NCAA’s.<\/p>\n

PAC-10 WRESTLERS OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

1976 Tom Brown, WASH, 158
\nGreg Gibson, ORE, HWT
\n1977 Larry Bielenberg, OSU, HWT
\n1978 Dan Hicks, OSU, 142
\n1979 Fred Bohna, UCLA, HWT
\n1980 Howard Harris, OSU, HWT
\n1981 Marty Ryan, OSU, 150
\n1982 Bill Nugent, ORE, 142
\n1983 Gary Bohay, ASU, 126
\n1984 Jim Baumgardner, OSU, 190
\n1985 Eddie Urbano, ASU, 150
\n1986 Adam Cohen, ASU, 150
\n1987 Mike Davies, ASU, 190
\n1988 Mike Davies, ASU, 190
\n1989 Dan St. John, ASU, 158
\n1990 Dan St. John, ASU, 167
\n1991 Paul Keysaw, CSUB, 190
\n1992 Ray Miller, ASU, 158
\n1993 Ray Miller, ASU, 158
\n1994 Babak Mohammadi, OSU, 134
\n1995 Les Gutches, OSU, 177
\n1996 Les Gutches, OSU, 177
\n1997 Stephen Neal, CSUB, HWT
\n1998 Stephen Neal, CSUB, HWT
\n1999 Stephen Neal, CSUB, HWT
\n2000 Steve Blackford, ASU, 165
\n2001 Eric Larkin, ASU, 141
\n2002 Eric Larkin, ASU, 141
\n2003 Eric Larkin, ASU, 149
\n2004 Matt Gentry, STAN , 157
\n2005 Cain Velasquez, ASU, HWT
\n2006 Ben Cherrington, BSU, 157<\/p>\n

PAC-10 COACHES OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

1976 Dale Thomas, OSU
\n1977 Dale Thomas, OSU
\n1978 Darren Sipe, WASH
\n1979 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1980 Ron Finley, ORE
\n1981 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1982 Ron Finley, ORE
\n1983 Dale Thomas, OSU
\n1984 Dale Thomas, OSU
\n1985 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1986 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1987 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1988 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1989 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1990 Bobby Douglas, ASU
\n1991 T.J. Kerr, CSUB
\n1992 Mark Johnson, OSU
\n1993 Lee Roy Smith, ASU
\n1994 Joe Wells, OSU
\n1995 Joe Wells, OSU
\n1996 T.J. Kerr, CSUB
\n1997 T.J. Kerr, CSUB
\nLee Roy Smith, ASU
\n1998 Lee Roy Smith, ASU
\n1999 Mike Young, Boise State
\n2000 Mike Young, Boise State
\n2001 Lee Roy Smith, ASU
\n2002 Mike Young, Boise State
\n2003 Thom Ortiz, ASU
\n2004 Steve Buddie, STAN
\n2005 Thom Ortiz, ASU
\n2006 Thom Ortiz, ASU<\/p>\n

PAC-10 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

2000 TJ Hill, CS Fullerton
\n2001 Jed Pennell, OSU
\n2002 Matt Gentry, Stanford
\n2003 Ryan Halsey, Cal Poly
\n2004 Darrell Vasquez, Cal Poly
\n2005 Andrew Hochstrasser, Boise State
\n2006 Tyler Sherfey, Boise State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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