Welcome to the press conference for the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team” also known as Jake Herbert’s Open Mic Night. He fumbles with his smart phone in an over-exaggerated way to take pictures of the placard in front of him…
… gets me ready to go out there for war. Because this guy’s trying to take what’s mine. That gold, medal’s not his, that’s my gold medal. I have to go out there and take it.
Jake Herbert immediately after defeating defending champ Mike Pucillo of Ohio State 6-3 for the 184-pound title at the 2009 NCAAs. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Jake Herbert, two-time NCAA Division I 184-pound wrestling champ for Northwestern University, has been named the…
A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Look out, world, Jake Herbert is on quite a roll. In a three-week span, Herbert finished an undefeated season with his second N.C.A.A. title, won the Hodge…
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…
By Philip Hersh | Tribune reporter Jake Herbert continues to take nothing for granted in his prolonged career as a Northwestern student-athlete. Herbert may not have lost a college wrestling match since 2006 ” and just one of 81 matches…
