2007-08 wrestling media guide

David Acosta - 141

Casey Underwood - 165Kirby Thompson - 133Justin Sparrow - 149Tyler Sim - 125

Derek Sickel - 174Paul Sanford - 125Derek Royster - 149Brendan Prince - 165

J.C. Oddo - 174Ivan Muller - HWTKeith Koziel - 157Brian Hurley - 184Mike Fenton - 133

Cyrus Edelson - 184Anthony Easter - 133Kevin Ciccone - 133Darius Caldwell - 184

John Buck - 197Aaron Brown - HWTMichael Arias - 141

THE CITADEL 2007-08 WRESTLING MEDIA GUIDE 3

CoaChing StaffHead Coach: ...............................Rob Hjerling (American ‘94)Hjerling’s Citadel record (years): ...................61-64-3 (nine)Hjerling’s overall record (years): ................................. SameAssistant Coaches: ............Jeff Ragan, Evan Sola, Eric PizziWrestling Office Phone: ................................(843) 953-4865

team information2006-07 Record: .............................................................. 5-92006-07 SoCon Record: ................................... 1-4 (Fourth)2007 SoCon Tournament Finish: ..............................FourthStarters Returning/Lost: ................................................ 3/7Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .................................... 9/10Key Returnees: ...Michael Arias (141), Darius Caldwell (184), ...................................John Buck (197), Aaron Brown (HWT)Top Newcomers: ...Paul Sanford (125), Justin Sparrow (149),......Keith Koziel, (157), J.C. Oddo (165), Derek Sickel (174),.................................................................. Ivan Muller (HWT)Key Losses: .............Levi Duyn (149), Travis Piccard (157),............................................................. John Dickerson (184)

general informationLocation: ......................................................Charleston, S.C. Founded: ....................................................................... 1842Enrollment: ................................................................... 1,964 Colors: .............................................. Citadel Blue and WhiteAffiliation: .....................................................NCAA Division IConference: ............................................................ SouthernNickname: ...................................................Bulldogs, Cadets President: ....................................Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, Jr.Director of Athletics: ......................................Les RobinsonSr. Associate AD/Internal Affairs: ............... Ray WhitemanAsst. AD/Sr. Woman Administrator: ............ Kelly SimpsonAssoc. AD/Communications: ...................... Andy SolomonAsst. AD/Compliance: ........................................... Todd LairAsst. AD/Event Management: .....................Robby BennettAsst. AD/Facilities: .........................................Mike GroshonFaculty Athletic Rep.: ...................Lt. Col. William SharbroughDirector of Sports Medicine: ........................Andy ClawsonBusiness Manager: .......................................... Lynn MeadorAthletic Department: ................................... (843) 953-5070Media Relations Director: ....................... Noelle Orr BlaneyAssoc. Media Relations Director: ................. Patrick WalshAsst. Media Relations Director: ......................Joe DouglasAsst. Media Relations Director/Wrestling:...Jamie SevernsSeverns’ E-mail: ........................ [email protected] Relations Office: ............................... (843) 953-5120Media Relations Fax: ................................... (843) 953-6727Website: ...........................................www.CitadelSports.comMailing Address: ..................................The Citadel Athletics ................................................................. 171 Moultrie Street ............................................................ Charleston, SC 29409

Quick Facts..................................................................1Roster ..........................................................................2Outlook ........................................................................3Head Coach.................................................................4Assistant Coaches .......................................................5Athlete Profiles .......................................................6-14 Seniors ..............................................................6-8 Juniors ..................................................................9 Sophomores .......................................................10 Freshmen ......................................................11-14

Administration ............................................................152007 SoCon Tournament ......................................18-192006-06 Results ........................................................20History and Records .............................................21-22Facilities.....................................................................23Southern Conference ................................................24This is The Citadel ................................................25-26Honor .........................................................................27Leadership .................................................................28

CreditSThe 2007-08 Citadel Wrestling Media Guide was edited and written by Jamie Severns using Adobe InDesign CS2 and Photoshop CS2. Photos are by The Citadel photographer Russ Pace. A special thanks to Noelle Orr Blaney, Patrick Walsh, Joseph Douglas, The Citadel wrestling coaching staff and The Citadel Print Shop.

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the Citadel athletiCS department miSSion StatementThe mission of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at The Citadel is to develop, maintain, and continue to improve a well-rounded program of athletics geared to the aims and objectives of The Citadel, the Southern Conference, and the National Collegiate Athletic As-sociation. In order to carry out this mission, all athletics personnel must be familiar with the athletics policy as approved by the Board of Visitors and the President of The Citadel:

The Citadel policy on intercollegiate athletics includes a balanced program covering a broad spectrum of sports for men and women. The College will support this program to enable its representatives to be competitive in every respect. The Citadel will compete as a Division I institution under current NCAA and Southern Conference regulations. The athletics program will be conducted within the aims, standards, and objectives of The Citadel as a comprehensive military college providing a quality education. The Department of Athletics is committed to gender and minority equity in all of its programs. In addtion, for the safety and welfare of student-athletes, The Citadel maintains full-time certified trainers, a college surgeon, and special orthopedic doctors to provide medical support services.

THE CITADEL 2007-08 WRESTLING MEDIA GUIDE4

name ht. Wt. Year hometoWnDavid Acosta 5-7 141 R-So. Simpsonville, S.C.Michael Arias 5-5 141 R-Sr. Okmulgee, Okla.Aaron Brown 5-11 285 R-Jr. Charlotte, N.C. John Buck 5-9 197 R-Sr. Fairview, N.C. Darius Caldwell 5-10 184 R-Sr. Swansea, S.C. Kevin Ciccone 5-6 133 Fr. Fredericksburg, Va. Anthony Easter 5-4 133 Jr. Nitro, W.Va. Cyrus Edelson 6-2 184 Fr. College Park, Ga. Mike Fenton 5-8 133 R-So. White Marsh, Md. Brian Hurley 6-0 184 Fr. Irmo, S.C. Keith Koziel 5-9 157 Fr. Brandon, Fla. Ivan Muller 5-10 285 Fr. Covington, La. J.C. Oddo 5-9 174 Fr. Greenville, S.C. Brendan Prince 6-1 165 Fr. Huntsville, Ala.Derek Royster 5-6 149 R-Fr. Woodruff, S.C. Paul Sanford 5-5 125 Fr. Newnan, Ga. Derek Sickel 6-0 174 Fr. Plaistow, N.H. Tyler Sim 5-6 125 So. Washington, Pa. Justin Sparrow 5-10 149 Fr. Gastonia, N.C. Kirby Thompson 5-7 133 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. Casey Underwood 5-11 165 Fr. Roanoke, Va.

ROSTERRosteR

AlabamaBrendan Prince

FloridaKeith Koziel

GeorgiaCyrus EdelsonPaul Sanford

Kirby Thompson

LouisianaIvan Muller

MarylandMike Fenton

New HampshireDerek Sickel

North CarolinaAaron BrownJohn Buck

Justin Sparrow

OklahomaMichael Arias

PennsylvaniaTyler Sim

South CarolinaDavid Acosta

Darius CaldwellBrian HurleyJ.C. Oddo

Derek Royster

VirginiaKevin Ciccone

Casey Underwood

West VirginiaAnthony Easter

bulldogS bY State bulldogS bY Weight ClaSS

125....................................................Paul Sanford, Tyler Sim

133..................Kevin Ciccone, Anthony Easter, Mike Fenton,..................................................................... Kirby Thompson

141............................................. David Acosta, Michael Arias

149.........................................Derek Royster, Justin Sparrow

157.......................................................................Keith Koziel

165................................. Brendan Prince, Casey Underwood

174................................................... J.C. Oddo, Derek Sickel

184...................................... Darius Caldwell, Cyrus Edelson,............................................................................Brian Hurley

197.........................................................................John Buck

HWT .............................................. Aaron Brown, Ivan Muller


2007-08 OUTLOOK2007-08 outlookThe Citadel wrestling team opens its 2007-08 season with a youthful lineup. After losing three of the program’s top competi-tors, head wrestling coach Rob Hjerling brought in 11 new cadet-student-athletes from across the country to compete with the veteran Bulldogs. Many of the newcomers hail from top nationally ranked high school programs and have previous ex-perience wrestling on the national level. This year’s schedule will help to foster the development of the young grapplers and enable the returnees to work on their strength and skill. The Bulldogs are ready to build a strong, healthy, competitive team and look to improve upon last year’s fourth place Southern Conference finish by becoming a top three team.

“I am very pleased with the quality of this class. They have embraced the ideals of the school and they fit with our program. Most of these individuals will have an opportunity to step in and com-pete right away,” stated Hjerling.

The Bulldogs have eight returning ath-letes led by redshirt seniors Michael Arias, John Buck and Darius Caldwell. Arias is predicted to be the starting 141-pound grappler for the Dogs in their Southern Conference podium pursuit. Buck will be moving back down to the 197-pound weight class for the 2007-08 season after spending a year as a heavyweight. Also making a weight class change is Caldwell, who will likely be the starting 184-pound Citadel grap-pler, up from the 174-pound weight class last season.

The Citadel also welcomes two new coaches to their staff; Evan Sola and Eric Pizzi will join the Bulldogs this sea-son. Sola is a former Tar Heels stand-out where he was a two-time NCAA All-American and three-time ACC Cham-pion for UNC. “He is a good wrestler and a great technician, but also a very well-rounded individual,” stated Hjerling of Sola. Pizzi comes to The Citadel with an extensive club background. Prior to

joining the Bulldogs, Pizzi coached at the Journeymen Wrestling Club in up-state New York. “Eric is a very experi-enced coach. He has mentored individ-uals at all levels and he has seen great results,” stated Hjerling.

The Bulldog coaching staff will lead the cadets into action on Nov. 3, Homecom-

ing weekend, as they host George Mason after Satur-day’s football game and The Citadel Open on Sunday. The Citadel fans will be able to catch seven more home matches after the opening weekend. Both Limestone and Campbell will travel down to Charleston to compete against the Dogs on Nov.

14 and Dec. 13, respectively, prior to winter furlough. The Cadets will com-pete in two of the top tournaments in the country in the Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 18 and the South-ern Scuffle on Dec. 29-30. During those two tournaments, The Citadel will face top competition from last year’s NCAA Championships. The Citadel opens the Southern Conference season on Jan. 6 at UNC Greensboro before a three-match homestead with UNC Pembroke on Jan. 15 and VMI Chattanooga on Jan. 22. The Bulldogs will travel to West Point, N.Y. for the All-Academy Champi-onships on Feb. 3. They will host Ap-palachian State on Feb. 9 and close out their home duals with Senior Night against Davidson on Feb. 12. Mat Jam, the SoCon Championships in conjunc-tion with the ACC Championships, will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn. on March 8.


BULLDOGSRob Hjerling, the 2004 Southern Conference Coach of the Year and a 1994 graduate of American University, is in his ninth season as head coach of The Citadel’s wrestling program.

Hjerling has an overall record of 61-64-3 and a combined 44-31-1 over the last five seasons. After going 2-11-2 and 1-4 in the SoCon (5th of 6) his first season, Hjerling boosted the Bulldogs to 13-3 and 5-0 in the SoCon (1st of 6) in 2004.

In 2007, the Bulldogs had a nationally ranked athlete in Travis Piccard, who was invited to the All-Star Classic. The squad placed fourth at the Southern Conference Tourna-ment with six placers.

Hjerling guided the 2006 squad to a histori-cal season as Dan Thompson became the first All-American wrestler in Bulldog history by placing seventh at 165 pounds at the NCAA Championships. Thompson also won the Southern Conference Championship at 165 pounds and six other Bulldogs placed to help The Citadel to a third place finish in the conference. Sean Markey joined Thompson at the NCAA Championships at 141 pounds after earning an at-large bid by finishing sec-ond in the SoCon and being named the So-Con Wrestler of the Year.

The 2005, squad placed second in SoCon and sent three wrestlers to the NCAA tour-nament to mark the sixth time in six seasons that the Bulldogs sent wrestlers to the Na-tional Championship and the fifth season with multiple qualifiers. They also had five other wrestlers earn spots on the podium.

In 2004, the Bulldogs matched their highest ever winning percentage with a record of 13-3 (.813) on their way to the school’s first SoCon wrestling championship since 1967. Hjerling’s grapplers included four individual conference champions in Ryan McClester (125), Dan Thompson (157), Keith Clifton (174) and Billy Linane (Hwt), all earning au-tomatic bids to the NCAA Championship, while Sean Markey (133) earned one of the leagues at-large bids to bring the total number of Bulldogs in the NCAA’s to five. McClester was named the SoCon Wrestler of the Year.

Hjerling directed the third place 2003 squad to the highest winning percentage, .813, in school history. The Hjerling-led group saw two members, Keith Clifton (184) and Billy Linane (Hwt), win SoCon championships, while six others grappled to finish in the top three in the SoCon. With two conference champs and three runners-up, the Bulldogs sent four members of the 2003 team to the NCAA championships in Kansas City.

The 2003 squad also saw two grapplers make their way into the national rankings. The 133-pound Sean Markey finished the season ranked as high as 18th nationally by The Wrestling Mall, while 149-pound Travis Piccard saw his name make it to 19th late in the season by the same publication. The Bulldogs finished that season with a mark of 13-3.

In 2001-02, the Bulldogs entered numer-ous tournaments with NCAA powerhouses and also wrestled dual meets versus Top 25 teams. Hjerling led The Citadel to scor-ing the most points since the SoCon’s 1967 Championship Team and best dual meet re-cord since 1991 at 10-7. The Bulldogs had seven conference placers, five finalists, one SoCon champion and one NCAA qualifier.

In 2000-01, there were six conference plac-ers, two conference finalists, one SoCon champion and two NCAA qualifiers. The team was ranked 16th in the National Wres-tling Coaches Association’s Academic Top 25.

During his first season (‘99-‘00) he had four conference placers, one conference finalist and one NCAA qualifier. The level of com-petition drastically increased with Hjerling at the helm. The team managed to go 5-15 and 2-3 SoCon (4th of 6). Hjerling came to The Citadel after spending the 1998-99 season as an assistant coach at George Mason University, where he helped the Patriots to a runner-up finish in the Colo-nial Athletic Association while coaching four NCAA qualifiers. Following Hjerling’s depar-ture, George Mason had one of their best seasons yet, showing the superb recruiting that had been done during Hjerling’s time there.

He spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater. Hjerling coached five NCAA qualifiers during those two seasons. He got his start in coaching at Manheim Township High School in Lan-caster, Pa., spending the 1995-96 campaign as an assistant coach. As a senior at American University, Hjerling posted a 28-4 overall record. In addition, the Lancaster, Pa., native captured the Colonial Athletic Association’s 158-pound weight class championship, garnered CAA Most Outstanding Wrestler honors and earned a berth in the NCAA Championships. He com-pleted his wrestling career with 69 victories. Hjerling is married to the former Megan Ho-ban of Cleveland, Ohio.

HEAD COACHHEAD COACH

rob HjErling

Head Coach

Ninth Season

American ’94


BULLDOGS BULLDOGS

BULLDOGSJeff Ragan, a former All-American at Okla-homa State, is in his eighth season as an as-sistant wrestling coach at The Citadel.

Ragan graduated from Oklahoma State in May of 2000 with a bachelor of science de-gree in mathematics. A four-year letterman in wrestling, Ragan was a member of three Big XII Conference championship teams while posting an overall record of 101-43. As a senior, the Englewood, Fla., native won 31 matches and captured the Big XII Con-ference individual crown in the 125-pound weight class and finished sixth at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors.

A four-time Big XII All-Academic Team selec-tion, Ragan was named the Oklahoma State Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Year in 2000 and was tabbed to the National Wrestling Coach-es Association’s Academic All-America team.

In addition, he became the 19th wrestler in Oklahoma State history to register 100 career victories.

Ragan also was a six-time freestyle All-Amer-ican. In 1997 he captured a Freestyle Espior National Champion title and became a Junior World Team member, where he placed in the top 10.

As a prep star, Ragan posted a 103-5 overall record at Lemon Bay High School, making three finalist appearances and winning a pair of Florida state championships, while earning Outstanding Wrestler honors as a junior and senior.

Ragan finished graduate school at The Cita-del in December of 2002 and also works as an adjunct professor in The Citadel’s math-ematics department. He is married to the for-

mer Andrea Denise Clark. The couple has a daughter, Alli, and a son, Jacob.

ASSISTANT COACHESASSiSTAnT COACHES

Eric Pizzi enters his first season with the Bulldogs. The former upstate New York club coach worked with the Journeymen Wrestling Club prior to making the move down south to work with The Citadel.

While working with the Journeymen Wrestling Club, Pizzi helped to pro-mote the sport throughout the community through camps and the club’s website. Providing guidance to athletes at many levels, Pizzi coached grapplers that were six-years-old through collegiate level. Pizzi helped to produce multiple high school state and national champions. The Jour-neymen Wrestling Club accommodated the likes of John Smith, Dan Gable, Tom Brands and many more in an effort to influence the athletes and make them aware that wrestling can guide them to better them-selves in life.

Prior to Pizzi’s work with the Journeymen Wrestling Club, he was the assistant wrestling coach at McGuffey High School in Pennsylvania. He coached five Pennsylvania state place winners during his two-year ten-ure at McGuffey, while also being involved with an area club team.

Pizzi began his collegiate wrestling career at Meremac Junior College where he was an NJCAA national qualifier. He continued his career be-coming a two-time NCAA national qualifier and Midwest Regional Cham-pion at Central Missouri State.

Evan Sola joins the Bulldog wrestling staff this season as an assistant coach. The two-time All-American and three-time Atlantic Coast Confer-ence Champion comes to The Citadel after an undergraduate tenure at North Carolina.A leader on the UNC wrestling squad, Sola finished his career with a record of 117-32, tying for fourth in program history in the all-time wins category. Sola’s name can also be found in the all-time pins category as he won 27 matches by fall, placing him ninth. The former 133-pound wrestler was honored twice as the ACC Wrestler of the Year and once as the ACC Championships Most Outstanding Wrestler. The Wernersville, Pa. native graduated from Conrad Weiser High School with the third all-time highest win record in state history, posting a 160-7 record. During his collegiate tenure, Sola was a four-time ACC finalist and four-time NCAA qualifier earning All-America honors twice. He was the recipient of the Most Falls in the Least Amount of Time Award at the 2005 NCAA Championships with three falls in 6:11. Sola proved to be a dedicated student-athlete while at UNC earning All-ACC Academic Wrestling Team honors while in the pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Sola is currently pursuing his masters degree at The Citadel’s Graduate College.

eric Pizzi

Assistant Coach

First Season

Central Missouri State ’04

evan SOlA

Assistant Coach

First Season

North Carolina ’07

jeff rAgAn

Assistant Head Coach

Eighth Season

Oklahoma State ’00


1412006-07: Wrestled at the 141-pound weight class for the Bulldogs... shared matt time with Matt Bullwinkel... placed fifth at the East Stroudsburg Open... completed the season with an 11-7 record, dominating his opponents with one fall, three major decisions and three technical falls.

2005-06: Wrestled at 133 and 141 pounds and finished 8-14, 0-2 in the SoCon, with three falls and two major deci-sions … placed fourth at the Oklahoma Open.

2004-05: Compiled a record of 20-20 between 133 and 141 pounds … placed fourth at the All Academy Champi-onships at 141 pounds.

2003-04: Redshirted, did not see any action.

High School: Three-time Oklahoma State Champion ... won the state title as a freshman, sophomore and senior ... placed second at state during his junior season ... ranked sixth nationally at 125 pounds and was a two-time Cadet All-American ... recorded only two losses in 126 career prep matches.

Personal: Born Aug. 15, 1984 ... son of Pat and Jim Arias ... majoring in business administration.

ATHLETE PROFILESATHlETE PrOFilES

michael AriAS

Redshirt Senior

141 Pounds

Okmulgee, Okla.


1972006-07: Wrestled at the 285-pound weight class... placed seventh at the East Stroudsburg Open... secured the fourth place spot at the Southern Conference Mat Jam Championships... recorded three falls, notching a 20-18 season record.

2005-06: Moved up to Heavyweight from 184 … tallied a mark of 18-19, 2-3 in the SoCon, including three falls and a major decision … ended up in first place at The Citadel Open … placed fourth at the East Stroudsburg Open … finished third at the All-Academy Championships … placed third at the Southern Conference Championships in his first appearance in the tournament.

2004-05: Wrestled to a 6-8 record between 174 and 184 pounds … placed first at the VMI Keydet Invitational at 174 pounds.

2003-04: Placed first at the VMI Keydet Invitational at 184 pounds … also wrestled in the UNC Pembroke Classic and the UNC Rubbermaid Open … redshirted and did not see any dual match action.

High School: Placed second in the North Carolina State Tournament his senior campaign and was a four-time state qualifier ... won 26 of 28 matches as a senior ... placed third at the NHSCA Open.

Personal: Born June 7, 1985 ... son of Linda and John Buck ... majoring in education.


john BUCK

Redshirt Senior

197 Pounds

Fairview, N.C.


1842006-07: Wrestled at the 174-pound weight class... placed seventh at the East Stroudsburg Open... took second place at the All-Academy Championships... placed fourth at the Southern Conference Mat Jam Championships... recorded a 23-15 season record, with six falls and three major decisions.

2005-06: Wrestled at 174 and 184 pounds and finished with a record of 22-10, 4-1 in the SoCon, including three falls and three major decisions … finished second at The Citadel Open … placed second at the All-Academy Championships … finished second at the Southern Conference Championships for his second trip to the podium in two appearances at the tournament.

2004-05: Wrestled at 174, 184 and 197 pounds … compiled a record of 19-22 … placed fourth at Cornell-Body Bar Invitational at 174 … placed third at the SoCon Championships at 197.

2003-04: Earned a record of 1-2 at the West Virginia Open and the UNC Rubbermaid Open … redshirted during the dual season.

High School: Was the 2003 1A/2A South Carolina Wrestler of the Year ... three-time South Carolina Champion ... won the state title as a sophomore, junior and senior ... received honorable-mention rankings from Intermat at 152 pounds ... went undefeated, 36-0, as a senior and tallied an overall career mark of 138-33.

Personal: Born Sept. 25, 1985 ... son of Katherine Riley and James Caldwell ... majoring in psychology.


darius CAlDWEll

Redshirt Senior

184 Pounds

Swansea, S.C.


HWT

1332006-07: Wrestled at the 133 pound weight class... shared time with Matthew Leach... placed third at The Citadel Open... notched an 8-7 record with two falls.

2005-06: Wrestled at 125 pounds and named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year after compiling a 14-11 record, 3-2 in the SoCon, with four pins and four major decisions … finished third at the All-Academy Championships … placed third at the Southern Conference Championships in his first appearance at the tournament.

High School: Earned four letters in wrestling at Nitro High School, compiling a 183-4 record … three-time West Virginia state champion ... ranked the fifth best wrestler in his weight class in the nation by In-terMat ... named a Junior National All-American ... also received four letters in cross country and two in track.

Personal: Born July 9, 1986 … son of Charles and Beverly Easter … brother Matt was a wrestler at Cornell from 2003-07 … majoring in criminal justice.


aaron BrOWn

Redshirt Junior

285 Pounds

Charlotte, N.C.

anthony EASTEr

Junior

133 Pounds

Nitro, W.Va.

2006-07: Did not compete.

2005-06: Redshirted.

2004-05: Wrestled at 197 and 285 pounds... placed second at the VMI Keydet Invitational... compiled a record of 7-22.

High School: All-State wrestler... 2004 3A North Carolina State Champions at 215 pounds... two-time All-Conference performer in football and wrestling... lettered in wrestling and football all four years at Weddington High School.

Personal: Born March 28, 1986... son of Gavin and Pam Brown... majoring in Business Administration.


141 133

125

2006-07: Wrestled at the 133-pound weight class... re-corded a season record of 2-8.

2005-06: Finished with a mark of 1-7 at the 133 and 125 pound weight classes … competed at The Citadel Open and East Stroudsburg Open.

High School: Member of the wrestling and football teams at Greater Grace Christian Academy … coached at Greater Grace by Tim McClaughlin and Tim Si-chegel.

Personal: Born July 3, 1986 … son of Mike Fenton and Lisa Kral … majoring in criminal justice.

2006-07: Did not compete.

2005-06: Redshirted and did not see any dual action.

High School: Received four letters in wrestling at Hill-crest High School … a three-time state placer at Hill-crest and notched 130 career victories … coached in high school by Tommy and Robby Bell, Steve and Frank DeVita, and Keith Brewer … also lettered twice in cross country.

Personal: Born Oct. 1, 1987 … son of Nestor and Vicki Acosta … majoring in business administration.

2006-07: Wrestled at the 125-pound weight class for the bulldogs... notched an 18-23 record with three pins and three major decisions... placed fourth at the Southern Conference Mat Jam Tournament.

High School: Attended McGuffey High School and earned three letters as a member of the wrestling squad … had a career record of 72-12 … ranked the fifth best senior in the country at 112 pounds and was an Amateur Wrestling News All-American … finished in third place in Pennsylvania’s AAA division … also received two letters in cross country.

Personal: Born March 1, 1988 … son of David and Mary Lynn … grandfather Nick Petronka was an All-American wrestler at Indiana.


david ACOSTA

Redshirt Sophomore

141 Pounds

Simpsonville, S.C.

mike FEnTOn

Redshirt Sophomore

133 Pounds

White Marsh, Md.

taylor Sim

Sophomore

125 Pounds

Washington, Pa.


133

184

184ATHLETE PROFILESATHlETE PrOFilES

kevin CiCCOnE

Freshman

133 Pounds

Fredericksburg, Va.

cyrus EDElSOn

Freshman

184 Pounds

College Park, Ga.

brian HUrlEy

Freshman

184 Pounds

Irmo, S.C.

High School: Four-year member of the varsity wres-tling team at Riverbend High School... acted as the team captain all four years... three-year team MVP... three-time state qualifier... two-time state placer earning runner-up honors as a senior... coached at Riverbend by Josh Johnson.

Personal: Born Nov. 7, 1988... son of Kevin and Teresa Ciccone... majoring in electrical engineering.

High School: Member of the wrestling, football and track and field teams at Woodward Academy... lettered all four years in wrestling notching 150 career wins... placed sixth in the state as a sophomore... member of the Georgia state runner-up team... recipient of the Sil-ver Eagle and Circle W awards.

Personal: Born June 12, 1989... son of Joseph and Sheila Edelson... majoring in biology.

High School: Earned nine varsity letters at Dutch Fork High School, two in track and field, three in football and four in wrestling... two-time regional champion... earned All-State honors placing fourth... member of the 2006 lower state runner-up wrestling team... notched a career record of 103-31... coached at Dutch Fork by Ken Wil-son, Rick Smith and Doug Rivers.

Personal: Born Dec. 6, 1988... son of Michael and Deb-orah Hurley... majoring in history.

157keith KOziEl

Freshman

157 Pounds

Brandon, Fla.

High School: Three-time varsity letter winner of the Brandon High School wrestling team... five-time All-Area and five-time state placer... member of the 2006 and 2007 Florida state champion team... team holds the longest winning streak in history going 450-0... coach at Brandon by Russ Cozart.

Personal: Born Sept. 9, 1989... son of Jamie and Keith Koziel... majoring in criminal justice.


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174

165

HWTATHLETE PROFILESATHlETE PrOFilES

brendan PrinCE

Freshman

165 Pounds

Huntsville, Ala.

j.c. ODDO

Freshman

174 Pounds

Greenville, S.C.

ivan mUllEr

Freshman

285 Pounds

Covington, La.

derek rOySTEr

Redshirt Freshman

149 Pounds

Woodruff, S.C.

2006-07: Redshirted... notched a 2-6 record.

High School: Earned four letters as a member of the wrestling team at Woodruff High School … a three-time state champion at the A/AA levels in South Carolina … named South Carolina’s Most Outstanding Wrestler at the A/AA divisions in 2006 … also received four letters apiece as a member of the football and track teams.

Personal: Born April 22, 1988 … son of Audrey Royster … majoring in business administration.

High School: Earned three varsity letters in both wres-tling and football at Archbishop Rummel... two-time state placer with a second place finish at a junior and securing the top spot as state champion in his senior season... acted as team captain... recipient of the schools ath-letic excellence award... two-time All-American placing fourth in freestyle and fifth in Greco at Fargo... recipi-ent of the AllState Sugar Bowl Scholar Athlete award... coached at Rummel by Ryan Hess, Patrick Ritchie and James Ravanack.

Personal: Born Jan. 5, 1989... son of Deloris and Ben-nie Muller.. majoring in biology.

High School: Member of the wrestling and football teams at Eastside High School... four-time letterwinner in wrestling... four-time 3A state champion... received Most Outstanding Wrestler of the State Tournament honors as a Freshman... three-time high school All-American... three-time MVP of Eastside’s team... went undefeated in freshman and junior seasons... compiled and overall four year record of 210-7... team was four-time 3A state champs... coached at Eastside y Jack Kosmicki.

Personal: Born Jan. 6, 1989... son of James and Emily Oddo... majoring in criminal justice.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming, soccer, track and wrestling at Virgil I. Grissom High School... re-corded a 247-25 career record while being coached by Joe Dasaro, including going 47-1 as a senior... recipient of the Most Outstanding Wrestler award... was part of a two-time state championship team.

Personal: Born Nov. 5, 1988... son of John and Colleen Prince... majoring in political science.


149

125 174ATHLETE PROFILESATHlETE PrOFilES

justin SPArrOW

Freshman

149 Pounds

Gastonia, N.C.

derek SiCKEl

Freshman

174 Pounds

Plaistow, N.H.

paul SAnFOrD

Freshman

125 Pounds

Newnan, Ga.

High School: Lettered four years in wrestling at North-gate High School... three-time area and county champi-on... three-time state placer... two-time state champion... placed sixth at Senior Nationals... two-time All-Ameri-can... voted to the Georgia Dream Team twice... accu-mulated a career record of 174-10 while coached by Adrian Anderson.

Personal: Born Dec. 25, 1988... son of Jon and Tracy Sanford.

High School: Member of the wrestling and football teams at Timberlane High School where he lettered four years in each... four-time state finalist... three-time wres-tling state champion... three-time New England place-winner... 2007 New England champion... placed sev-enth at the 2006 Beast of the East... earned All-America honors placing eighth at Senior Nationals... recorded a career record of 157-27... coached at Timberlane by Barry Chouljian, Don Woodworth and Sean Kiley.

Personal: Born June 9, 1988... son of Paul and Ellen Sickel.

High School: Lettered four years in wrestling at East Gaston High School... three-time conference cham-pion... four-time regional champion... four-time state champion... team was 2004 North Carolina state cham-pions... accumulated a career record of 212-6... coached at East Gaston by Scott Goins.

Personal: Born Sept. 20, 1988... son of Danny and Sherri Sparrow... majoring in criminal justice.

133kirby THOmPSOn

Freshman

133 Pounds

Atlanta, Ga.

High School: Lettered three years in football and four years in Lacrosse and wrestling at Wesleyan School... recipient of the Iron Wolf award... accumulated a career record of 80-30... coached at Wesleyan by Jeff Bedard and Sam Walker.

Personal: Born Oct. 7, 1988... son of Kirby and Rose-anne Thompson... majoring in business administration.


165ATHLETE PROFILESATHlETE PrOFilES

casey UnDErWOOD

Freshman

174 Pounds

Roanoke, Va.

High School: Lettered four years in wrestling and two in baseball and football at Patrick Henry High School... two-time district runner-up... 2007 district champion... accumulated a career record of 120-38... coached at Patrick Henry by Michael Duncan.

Personal: Born Nov. 1, 1988... son of Robert and Ve-ronica Underwood... majoring in business administra-tion.


BULLDOGS

BULLDOGSThe Citadel President Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa was born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 28, 1951. After graduating high school in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1969, he was recruited to play football at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. While at The Citadel, Rosa was the starting Bulldog quarterback in 1970 and went on to earn three varsity letters in football. He graduated from The Citadel in 1973 with a degree in business administra-tion and was awarded a commission in the Air Force. A command fighter pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours, Rosa enjoyed an illustrious 32-year career in the Air Force. Among his career highlights, he was stationed in Lossiemouth, Scotland, as an American exchange officer flying the Jaguar for the Royal Air

Force. He has commanded at squadron, group and wing levels at air bases in Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, and South Korea. He served as inspector general for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii and commandant of The Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.

As deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., he was in charge of the National Military Command Center and served as the military spokesman for the Pentagon when U.S. troops were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002. In July 2003, he was named superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and in September of that year, he was promoted to lieutenant general. He remained in that position until his retirement from active duty in November 2005. On Jan. 3, 2006, Rosa returned to The Citadel where he serves as 19th president. Rosa holds a masters degree in public administration from Golden Gate University. He is a graduate of the Air Force Command and Staff College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He has also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He has flown the A-7, A-10, Hunter and Jaguar aircrafts, F-16, F-117A, HH-60G and HC-130. He is married to Donna Kangeter, a Charleston native. They have two sons, Jonathan and Brad (’03), and a grandson, Michael Bradley, who is the son of Jonathan and his wife, Elisha.

At a school where leadership is taught and duty is part of the cur-riculum, The Citadel has the right person to lead its Department of Athletics in Les Robinson. A virtual Who’s Who in intercollegiate athletics and one of the region’s most sought-after speakers, Robin-son is in his seventh year as the Bulldogs’ Director of Athletics. Possessing more than four decades of college athletics experience to his credit, Robinson, who also served as athletics director and basketball coach at North Carolina State and East Tennessee State, is only the fifth athletics director in Citadel history. He served as the Bulldogs’ basketball coach from 1974-85, having spent the five pre-vious seasons as an assistant coach. In his first six years leading The Citadel’s athletics program, Robin-

son’s skills as a proven fundraiser have already benefited The Citadel Brigadier Foundation. During the past four years, the school witnessed the opening of the Altman Athletic Center at Johnson Hagood Stadium and the addition to McAlister Field House for women’s athletics. The Citadel, under Robinson’s guidance, has hosted the Southern Conference cross-country championships, the first two rounds of the women’s basketball championships, the men’s and women’s tennis championships and the baseball tournament. A 1965 graduate of N.C. State, Robinson served five years as a Bulldog assistant coach under Dick Campbell and George Hill, and even-tually spent 11 seasons as The Citadel’s head basketball coach from 1974-85. He directed the 1978-79 and 1984-85 teams to 20 and 18 victories, respectively. Robinson was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 1979 and was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1985. Following his tenure at The Citadel, Robinson became the head basketball coach at East Tennessee State, where he coached the Buc-caneers for five years, increasing their win total (7-14-20-27) each year. The West Virginia native remains the only coach in Southern Conference men’s basketball history to earn league coach of the year honors at two different schools, and he ranks fifth on the conference’s list of basketball wins. Robinson earned a bachelor of science degree in education and recreation from N.C. State in 1965 and added a master’s degree in educa-tion and guidance from Western Carolina in 1969. Robinson is married to the former Barbara Simon of St. Albans, W.Va. The Robinsons, who have maintained a home on Sullivan’s Island since coaching at The Citadel, have four children and eight grandchildren.

ADMINISTRATIONADminiSTrATiOn

lt. gen. john w. rOSA, jr.

President

Second Year

The Citadel ‘73

les rOBinSOn

Director of Athletics

Eighth Year

N.C. State ‘65


2007 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT2007 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTSeniors Travis Piccard at 157 pounds and John Dickerson at 184 pounds closed out their Bulldog careers by each finishing second in their respective weight classes as The Citadel wrestling team ended their season with a fourth-place finish at the Southern Conference Championships in Raleigh, N.C. Mat Jam 2007, held in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling championships, was held at Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of N.C. State.

The Bulldogs finished fourth with 38.5 points, two ahead of fifth-place Appalachian State. Chattanooga, ranked 13th in the country in the latest USA Today/InterMat/National Wrestling Coaches Associa-tion (NWCA) poll, won the championship for the third consecutive season with 117.5 points. The Mocs took seven of the 10 individual championships handed out at the tournament. UNC Greensboro fin-ished second with 75 points while VMI placed third with 41. David-son was sixth with 34.5 points.

Freshman Tyler Sim came in to the tournament as the fifth seed in the 125-pound bracket. He faced fourth seed Jonathan Pope of VMI in the quarterfinals. Sim controlled the action from the beginning and advanced to the semifinals with a 6-1 decision.

Sim fell behind 4-1 in the first period of the semifinals after a two-point takedown by top seed Javier Maldonado of Chattanooga. Mal-donado took a 10-2 lead into the third period, and earned a 13-3 major decision victory to send Sim to the consolation bracket.

Sim faced sixth seed Dustin Smith of Appalachian State in the first round of consolations. Sim earned two points for a takedown late in the first period and added two more for a reversal in the second to take a 4-0 lead. Smith earned a two-point reversal late in the bout, but Sim notched two points for a reversal of his own and won a 7-2 decision to advance to the third-place match.

In the consolation final, Sim squared off against third seed Ben Alt-man of Davidson. Altman led 7-2 going into the third period, and a two-point reversal by Altman gave him a 10-4 lead. Altman won the decision 11-4 to take third place in the 125-pound bracket.

Freshman Matthew Leach, seeded fifth at 133 pounds, faced fourth

seed Frank Celorrio of Appalachian State in the quarterfinals. Celor-rio earned a 7-3 decision against Leach to advance to the semifi-nals. In the first round of consolations, Leach squared off against second seed Tyler Anthony of VMI and came up short as Anthony ended Leach’s day with a 6-1 decision.

In the 141-pound bracket, sophomore Matt Bullwinkel was seeded sixth. He faced third seed Jarn Avola of Davidson in the quarter-finals. Avola sent Bullwinkel to the consolation bracket with an 8-3 decision against the Bulldog grappler. Bullwinkel wrestled fourth seed Brandon Franklin of VMI in the first round of consolations and Franklin won a 12-3 major decision to advance to the third-place match and end Bullwinkel’s tournament.

Junior Levi Duyn entered the tournament as the fourth seed in the 149-pound bracket and faced fifth seed Marcus Hannah of UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals. Leading 8-1 in the second period, Duyn turned Hannah and notched his 21st fall of the season in 4:24 to advance to the semifinals to face top seed and seventh-ranked Aaron Martin of Chattanooga.

After a scoreless first period, Martin took a 2-0 lead on a takedown in the second. Duyn picked up an escape point to make a 2-1 advan-tage for Martin heading into the third. Martin earned an escape point of his own to begin the final period. Duyn pulled to within one on an escape point late in the bout, but could not tie the score as Martin escaped with a 3-2 decision.

In the first round of consolations, Duyn faced sixth seed Scott Mat-thews of Davidson. Duyn jumped out to the lead with a two-point takedown. Duyn took an 8-2 advantage in the second period with a takedown. Matthews cut it to 8-3 with an escape point, but Duyn quickly earned two more for a takedown and turned Matthews to earn his 22nd fall of the season and second of the day in 3:56 to advance to the third-place match.

Duyn squared off against third seed Sam Alvarenga of VMI for third place. After a scoreless first period, an escape point by Alvarenga gave him a 1-0 lead in the second and he added two more on a takedown. Duyn earned an escape point to cut the lead to 3-1 going into the final period. Another escape point by Duyn made it 3-2 at the beginning of the third, but Alvarenga notched a two-point take-down in the closing seconds to take third place in the 149-pound bracket with a 5-2 decision. After the tournament, Duyn was named as the second alternate for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid from the SoCon.

In the 157-pound bracket, senior Travis Piccard was seeded second and received a first-round bye. He faced third seed Eddie Hutchin-son of Appalachian State, who also received a first-round bye, in the semifinals.

Hutchinson jumped on top with a two-point takedown in the first pe-riod and added on three more points for a near fall. Piccard earned an escape point to make it 5-1, and cut the deficit to two with a take-down with under 30 seconds left in the first period. Piccard made it 5-4 with an escape point to begin the second, and took the lead on a two-point takedown. In the final period, Piccard picked up another escape point to take a 7-5 lead, and he advanced to his third career SoCon championship bout with the 7-5 decision.

Piccard squared off against top seed Jacob Yost of Chattanooga in the 157-pound final. With the bout scoreless late in the first period, Yost earned a two-point takedown and turned Piccard for a fall in


2007 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT2007 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT2:40 to claim the championship. Piccard’s second-place finish was the fourth time in four tries that the Bulldog senior placed at the So-Con championships.

Seeded sixth in the 165-pound bracket, freshman Zachary Filter squared off against third seed Trebor Clavette of Davidson. Clavette came away with a 19-7 major decision to send Filter to the consola-tion bracket. Filter faced fourth seed Tommy Hutchinson of Appala-chian State in the first round of consolations and Hutchinson ended Filter’s day with a 16-0 technical fall victory in 4:23.

The fourth seed in the 174-pound bracket, junior Darius Caldwell jumped out to a 2-0 lead on fifth seed Marcus Boyd of Davidson in the quarterfinals. Caldwell took a 7-1 lead into the third period and made it 9-1 with a two-point takedown early in the period. Caldwell advanced to the semifinals with a 12-2 major decision victory.

Caldwell faced top seed and defending conference champion Joe Lowe of UNC-Greensboro in the semifinals in a rematch of last year’s SoCon championship bout at 174 pounds. Lowe notched a two-point takedown and three points for a near fall in the third period to take a 12-2 advantage. Lowe advanced to the finals with a 15-3 major decision.

The first round of consolations saw Caldwell wrestle sixth seed Tyler Elgert of VMI. Caldwell took an 8-2 lead heading into the final period. Elgert picked up an escape point to trim the lead to 8-3 to begin the third, but he would not get any closer as Caldwell added a point for riding-time advantage and went on to the third-place match with the 9-3 decision.

It was Caldwell against second seed Neal Martin of Appalachian State in the consolation final, and Martin jumped on top with a two-point takedown in the first period and went into the third with a 3-2 lead. Martin clinched the bout with a two-point takedown and three near fall points in the closing seconds, and walked away with third place and a 9-2 decision.

In the 184-pound bracket, senior John Dickerson was named the second seed and received a first-round bye. He faced sixth seed Dustin McCabe of VMI in the semifinals.

Dickerson took an early lead on a two-point takedown in the first period. An escape point by McCabe made it 2-1 entering the sec-ond period. Another escape point by McCabe tied the bout at two to begin the second, but Dickerson took the advantage back on a two-point takedown. McCabe cut it to 4-3 with another escape point. In the final period, Dickerson picked up an escape point to take a 5-3 lead and extended that advantage to 7-3 on a two-point takedown with under a minute left in the bout. A one-point escape by McCabe made it 7-4, but it would not be enough as Dickerson added a point for riding-time advantage and advanced to his first SoCon champi-onship bout with an 8-4 decision.

Dickerson faced top seed Josh Edmondson of Chattanooga in the 184-pound final. After a scoreless first period, Edmondson took the lead early in the second with an escape point. Dickerson tied the bout with an escape point of his own midway through the third. With under 30 seconds left, Edmondson drove Dickerson to the mat for two points and a 3-1 advantage and the Moc grappler would hang on to claim the championship at 184 pounds. The second-place fin-ish for Dickerson was his highest finish at the SoCon championships and the fourth time he placed at the tournament in four tries.

Freshman Griffen Greene entered the tournament as the sixth seed at 197 pounds. In the quarterfinals, he took on third seed Nicholas Clark of UNC Greensboro. Clark turned Greene in the third period to pick up a fall in 6:11 and advance to the semifinals. Greene faced fourth seed Nick Lorenzano of Chattanooga in the first round of con-solations and Lorenzano came away with a 17-0 technical fall victory in 6:03 to end Greene’s hopes to place.

Junior John Buck, seeded fifth in the 285-pound bracket, faced fourth seed Joseph Sheffield of UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals. Sheffield picked up an escape point to begin the second period, but an escape point by Buck tied the bout at one early in the third. Sheffield then earned a two-point takedown with under 30 seconds left in the bout to advance to the semifinals with a 3-1 decision.

Buck took on third seed Dave Ha-zell of Appalachian State in the first round of consolations. With the bout scoreless in the first, Buck quickly flipped Hazell for a two-point takedown, and turned him to pick up the fall in 1:55 and advance to the third-place match for the second time in two appear-ances in the tournament.

Sheffield and Buck squared off for the second time on the day in the consolation final, and Sheffield took a 2-0 lead on a takedown in the first period. An escape point by Buck cut Sheffield’s lead in half, and he added two more on a takedown to take the lead. Sheffield picked up another escape point in the closing seconds of the period to tie the bout, and took a 5-3 lead on a takedown immediately after the third period whistle. An escape point by Buck cut the lead to one, but Sheffield added a point for riding-time advantage and hung on for a 6-4 decision to end Buck’s hopes for the podium.

All of the latest on the Bulldog wrestling team and all of The Citadel athletics is available at www.CitadelSports.com.

2006 Southern Conference Finals125 Maldonado (UTC) dec. Hedges (UNCG), 6-2133 Keller (UTC) maj. dec. Johnson (UNCG), 18-5141 Keefe (UTC) dec. Bencivenga (UNCG), 15-8149 Ervin (ASU) dec. Martin (UTC), 3-2; TB2157 Yost (UTC) fall Piccard (CIT); 2:40165 Sayers (UTC) dec. Ring (UNCG), 6-2174 Lowe (UNCG) dec. Rogers (UTC), 12-5184 Edmondson (UTC) dec. Dickerson (CIT), 3-1197 Murray (VMI) dec. Clark (UNCG), 5-2285 Koz (UTC) dec. Buhman (VMI), 5-1

At-Large Bids149 Aaron Martin (UTC)149 Sam Alvarenga (VMI)174 Neal Martin (ASU)174 Lloyd Rogers (UTC)

First Alternate141 Chris Bencivenga (UNCG)

Second Alternate149 Levi Duyn (CIT)


IndIvIdual Results

the CItadel 2006-07 WRestlIng statIstICs (5-9, 1-4 soCon) Overall Pins Tech. Falls Maj. Dec. Dual SoCon125 PoundsTyler Sim 18-23 3 0 3 5-9 1-4Matthew Leach 11-5 0 0 2 0-0 0-0Charlie Hopkins 0-6 0 0 0 0-0 0-0133 PoundsMatthew Leach 6-12 2 0 0 4-8 1-4Anthony Easter 8-7 2 0 0 0-1 0-0Mike Fenton 2-8 0 0 0 0-0 0-0141 PoundsMatt Bullwinkel 5-21 0 0 0 1-11 0-5Derek Royster 2-4 0 1 0 0-0 0-0Michael Arias 11-7 1 3 3 1-1 0-0149 PoundsLevi Duyn 25-16 22 0 1 9-5 3-2Matt Bullwinkel 2-2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0Derek Royster 0-2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0157 PoundsTravis Piccard 22-5 2 1 3 11-1 4-1165 PoundsZachary Filter 10-24 2 0 4 3-11 1-4Griffen Greene 1-2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0174 PoundsDarius Caldwell 23-15 6 0 3 10-4 2-3Griffen Greene 0-2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0184 PoundsJohn Dickerson 12-17 1 0 3 7-6 3-1Griffen Greene 0-1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1197 PoundsGriffen Greene 1-13 0 0 0 1-9 0-4John Dickerson 0-1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1285 PoundsJohn Buck 20-18 3 0 0 8-6 2-3

2006-07 RESULTS AND STATISTICS2006-07 RESULTS AND STATISTICS

team Results (5-9, 1-4 soCon)Date Opponent Results Nov. 05 The Citadel Open Five Placers and Two Champions Nov. 11 Anderson College W, 39-9 Nov. 18 East Stroudsburg Open Six Placers and One Champion Dec. 02 Las Vegas Invitational 36th Dec. 16 Old Dominion L, 12-30 Dec. 20 Reno Tournament of Champions 17th Dec. 30 Southern Scuffle 29th Jan. 12 at Virginia Duals 0-3 Jan. 24 at Duke W, 20-17 Jan. 24 at Campbell W, 54-0 Jan. 31 at Chattanooga * L, 6-36 Feb. 03 All-Academy Championships 4th Feb. 10 UNC Greensboro * L, 15-28 Feb. 11 at Appalachian State * L, 9-25 Feb. 11 at Davidson * W, 24-14 Feb. 18 VMI * L, 18-21 Feb. 18 North Carolina L, 18-26 Feb. 21 Gardner-Webb W, 22-17 Mar. 03 SoCon Championships (Mat Jam) 4th

* Conference Games


123-pound weight class 1967 Howard Metzgar 1968 John Wood 1969 John Wood

125-pound weight class 2004 Ryan McClester

126-pound weight class1981 Floyd Dotter1986 Trey Bennett 1990 John Jones 1993 Allan Smith

130-pound weight class 1963 Jose Barcelo

133-pound weight class 2005 Ryan McClester

134-pound weight class 1982 Fitz Johnson 1985 Mitch Fuller

142-pound weight class 1970 John Childress

145-pound weight class 1966 Ed Steers 1967 Ed Steers 1968 Ed Steers

147-pound weight class 1962 Jeff Hartsell 1964 Bruce Schwanda 1965 Bruce Schwanda

149-pound weight class 2002 Wayne Watts 2005 Levi Duyn

150-pound weight class 1979 Walt Finger

152-pound weight class 1967 Pat Conard 1969 Tom Bull

157-pound weight class 1961 Jeff Hartsell 2004 Dan Thompson 2005 Travis Piccard

158-pound weight class 1976 Mike Regner 1979 Rich Boland 1986 Clay Ogden 1988 Clay Ogden

160-pound weight class 1966 Steve Rothstein 1967 Steve Rothstein

165-pound weight class 1999 Tim Ritchie 2006 Dan Thompson

167-pound weight class 1966 Mike Armstrong 1967 Mike Armstrong 1978 Garth Hinckle 1983 Eric Williams 1993 Rob Reaves 1995 Rob Reaves

174-pound weight class 2001 Mike Regner II 2004 Keith Clifton

177-pound weight class 1984 Robert Wyndham

184-pound weight class 2003 Keith Clifton

190-pound weight class 1970 Tom Williams 1994 Vince Crum

Heavyweight 1980 Chuck Pinta 1981 Chuck Pinta 1982 Chuck Pinta 1983 Jim Ettari 2003 Billy Linane 2004 Billy Linane

soCon IndIvIdual ChampIons

The Citadel, SoCon and National SuperlativesNCAA All-Americans

2006 Dan Thompson

Southern Conference Champions1967 The Citadel2004 The Citadel2004** The Citadel

SoCon Tournament Outstanding Wrestler

1961 Jeff Hartsell1962 Jeff Hartsell1963 Jose Barcelo1964 Bruce Schwanda1967 Ed Steers1969 John Wood1976 Mike Regner1988 Clay Ogden

SoCon Coach of the Year2004 Rob Hjerling

SoCon Wrestler of the Year2004 Ryan McClester2006 Sean Markey

The Citadel Athletic Hall of FameJim Ettari ‘83*

Jack Huddle ‘51*Bush Peebles ‘39*Mike Regner ‘76

Orville Rogers ‘38*Bruce Schwanda ‘65

Ed Steers ‘68Cosmo Tocci ‘80*

NWCA All-Academic Team2001 Jon Gross2002 Wayne Watts2003 Vince Bartges2004 Keith Clifton2004 Ryan McClester2005 Keith Clifton2005 Ryan McClester2006 Sean Markey2006 Mark Thompson

* - Denotes multiple sport athlete** - Denotes Conference Dual Champions

Clay Ogden

Sean Markey

HISTORY AND RECORDSHISTORY AND RECORDS


The Citadel’s Dan Thompson completed the first day of the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 16 at the Ford Center.

At 165 pounds, Thompson finished the day with two upsets under his belt as he defeated 10th ranked Patrick Pitsch of Arizona State in the first round with a 10-4 decision. In the second round, Thompson faced the No. 7 seeded Troy Letters - a three-time All-American, two-time NCAA Finalist, and 2004 NCAA Champion all at 165 pounds - from Lehigh. Letters, the 2005 third place finisher at 165, scored an early takedown, but Thompson reversed Letters and won by fall at 2:20 to advance to the quarterfinals. Thompson will move on to face second-seeded Johny Hendricks of Oklahoma State. Hendricks is the defending NCAA Champion at 165 pounds.

Senior Dan Thompson became The Citadel’s first All-American wrestler on day two of the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Ford Center on March 17.

At 165 pounds, Thompson started the day in the quarterfinals where he faced Oklahoma State’s second-seeded Johny Hendricks. Hendricks came away with a 9-6 decision to give the Bulldog his first loss of the tournament. Thompson dropped down to the consolation fifth round where he defeated ninth-seeded Michael Poeta from Illinois, 7-6. The victory over Poeta moved Thompson into the final eight and secured his All-American status. Thompson then moved on to the consolation sixth round where he faced his first non-seeded opponent in Edinboro’s Deonte Penn. The Bulldog ended up on the wrong end of a near cradle and was pinned in the first round. The loss moved Thompson into the seventh-place match where he would face fellow All-American Eric Luedke of Iowa.

“I am very, very happy for Dan,” said Citadel coach Rob Hjerling. “This is a great stepping stone for Citadel wrestling. Dan has accomplished a great feat for the program and for himself.”

The Citadel’s Dan Thompson finished his college wrestling career with a victory as he won the seventh place match at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 18 at the Ford Center.

Thompson earned the No. 7 spot at 165 pounds with an 8-3 decision over Iowa’s Eric Luedke. Luedke opened the match with a takedown but Thompson escaped to trail 2-1 after one frame. Thompson differed the choice in the second round to Luedke who chose to start on bottom. Luedke escaped to gain a 3-1 lead, but Thompson soon scored a takedown to even the match at 3-3. Thompson chose the defensive position to start the third period. The Bulldog escaped to gain a 4-3 lead with just over a minute remaining. With 20 seconds left in the match Luedke attempted a shot but Thompson countered to score a takedown and add two back points as time expired. Thompson’s effort was impressive enough to illicit a standing ovation from the Ford Center crowd of over 15,000.

HISTORY AND RECORDSHISTORY AND RECORDSThe Citadel’s First NCAA All-American:

Dan Thompson’s Road to Bulldog History at the 2006 NCAA Championships


mCalIsteR FIeld house

Originally constructed in 1939 and renovated in 1989, McAlister Field House serves as the home of The Citadel’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling programs.

The facility, which also houses the athletic department’s administrative offices along with locker rooms for the basketball and baseball teams, has a seating capacity of 6,000.

When built in 1939, the facility was referred to as “The Citadel Armory,” and seated 4,500 for basketball games.

In 2001, The Citadel annexed a women’s facility onto McAlister Field House. The women’s wing is home to offices and locker rooms for the women’s volleyball and soccer teams.

Top to bottom, McAlister Field House is one of the top basketball, volleyball and wrestling arenas in the region for both participants and fans. Even though 6,000 fans can pack into McAlister Field House for a basketball game, no fan is further than 24 rows away from the court. In addition, concession stands and restroom facilities are located on both the first and second floors.

With the seats pulled back, there are three full-size basketball and volleyball courts for practice. During inclement weather, The Citadel’s baseball, football, tennis and track teams use the facility.

The Citadel has hosted three 6,000-fan “sellout” crowds in basketball since the building’s renovation in 1989, including games with Duke (1989), South Carolina (1997) and College of Charleston (1999).

In January of 1998, 2002 and 2005, The Citadel and McAlister Field House hosted the annual All-Academy Wrestling Championships.

McAlister Field House served as the host arena of the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Championships.

McAlister Field House has also hosted such entertainment acts as Dave Matthews, Widespread Panic, Bob Hope, Kenny Rogers and Patti LaBelle. Events that have utilized the multi-purpose

building include WCW Wrestling, Charleston Cup Gymnastics Championships, Special Olympics, Moja Arts Festival Activities, Rotary/Red Cross Roundball High School Basketball Classic and assorted high school and college graduation ceremonies.

The floor was repainted during the summer of 2006 and exhibits the new Southern Conference logo and “Spike,” the logo of The Citadel athletics.

vandIveR hall

Coaches’ offices, locker rooms and the Bulldogs’ wrestling room are all located in Vandiver Hall. Vandiver Hall was built in 1991 and is a multipurpose athletic complex.

FACILITIESFACILITIES

southeRn ConFeRenCe QuICk FaCtsFounded: .................................................................................................................................................................................. Feb. 26, 1921Schools: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................12First Year of Wrestling: ..........................................................................................................................................................................1930Wrestling Members: ......................................................Appalachian State, Chattanooga, The Citadel, Davidson, UNC Greensboro, VMI*Headquarters: ....................................................................................................................................................................Spartanburg, S.C.Commissioner: ........................................................................................................................................................................John IamarinoSenior Assoc. Commissioner: ................................................................................................................................................... Geoff CabeAssoc. Commissioner/Compliance: ............................................................................................................................................Doug KingAssoc. Commissioner/Internal Affairs: ..................................................................................................................................... Sue ArakasAsst. Commissioner/Public Relations: ................................................................................................................................... Mike BallwegAsst. Commissioner/Marketing and Development: ..................................................................................................................Pete MooreDirector of Media Services: ................................................................................................................................................ Mandi CopelandPublic Relations Assistant: .................................................................................................................................................Natalie WilliamsExternal Affairs Assistant ..........................................................................................................................................................Brandon NeffSoCon Office Phone: ............................................................................................................................................................. (864) 591-5100SoCon Website: ..........................................................................................................................................................www.soconsports.com

*--Associate Member for Wrestling Only

SOUTHERN CONFERENCESOUTHERN CONFERENCE

The Southern Conference, which began its 87th season of intercollegiate competition in 2007, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and defining the league’s role in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models.

The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-old-est NCAA Division I collegiate athletic associa-tion. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwest-ern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination.

The Southern Conference has also excelled as the premier Football Championship Subdivision conference. Southern Conference member Ap-palachian State has won the last two Football Championship Subdivision titles. The Conference currently consists of 11 members in four states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce partici-pants for NCAA Division I Championships.

Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. League athletes have been recognized countless times on Ve-rizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America and district teams. A total of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions.

The Southern Conference office is located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A tex-tile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, the Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and to-day offers the SoCon a first class meeting area and offices as well as a spacious library for stor-age of the conference’s historical documents.

Membership HistoryThe Southern Conference was formed on Febru-ary 25, 1921 at a meeting in Atlanta, Ga. as 14 institutions from the 30-member Southern Inter-collegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) reorganized as the Southern Conference. Those charter mem-bers included Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Geor-gia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Missis-sippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Washing-ton & Lee. Athletic competition began in the fall of 1921.

In 1922, six more schools - Florida, LSU, Mis-sissippi, South Carolina, Tulane and Vanderbilt - joined the fold. A year later, the University of the South joined the ranks. VMI became a member in 1925 and Duke was added 1929. Since then,

conference membership has experienced a se-ries of membership changes with 42 institutions having been affiliated with the league. The league has undergone two major transitions during its history.

The first occurred in December 1932 when the Southeastern Conference was formed from the 23-school Southern Conference. The league’s 13 members west and south of the Appalachian Mountains reorganized to help reduce the ex-tensive travel demands that were present in the league at the time. In 1936, the Southern Confer-ence invited The Citadel, William & Mary, David-son, Furman, Richmond and Wake Forest to join the membership.

The second major shift came about in 1953 when Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake For-est withdrew from the league to form the Atlan-tic Coast Conference. This change was brought about due to the desire of many of those schools to schedule a greater number of regular season basketball games against local rivals.

Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that spans four Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Current league members are Appalachian State, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Fur-man, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Chat-tanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford. On July 1, 2008, Samford will officially join the league, bringing membership of the conference to 12.

LeadershipJohn Iamarino was officially named commission-er of the conference on January 2, 2006. Previ-ously, Iamarino served as commissioner of the Northeast Conference. In nine years with the New Jersey-based league, Iamarino promoted the con-ference through an ambitious agenda which im-proved competition, upgraded compliance-related matters and increased the marketing and brand awareness of the conference and its member in-stitutions.

The Southern Conference named its first com-missioner in December 1950. Duke head football coach Wallace Wade made the transition from Blue Devil football coach to athletics administra-tion as the first person at the helm of the confer-ence.

Lloyd Jordan replaced Wade as the commissioner in 1960 and served a 14-year term until Ken Ger-

mann became the league head in 1974. Germann was the commissioner for 13 years and orches-trated the league’s expansion to include women’s athletics. In 1987, he was succeeded by Dave Hart who spearheaded the transfer of the league office from Charlotte, N.C. to Asheville, N.C.

Wright Waters succeeded Hart upon his retirement in 1991. Under Waters’ leadership, the Southern Conference expanded to 12 members, added three women’s sports and posted record revenue from the basketball Tournament. Waters, who is currently the commissioner of the Sun Belt Con-ference, was followed by Alfred B. White in 1998. White, a veteran member of the NCAA office, in-troduced the current SoCon logo and elevated the conference’s commitment to marketing and de-velopment of corporate partners. He became the president of the Asheville franchise of the National Basketball Development League in 2001.

Danny Morrison headed the conference from 2001-2005 and orchestrated the league’s move from Asheville, N.C. to historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. Under Morrison’s leadership, the conference increased its marketing and pro-motional efforts.

Championship HistoryThe first Southern Conference Championship was the league basketball tournament held in Atlanta in 1922. The North Carolina Tar Heels won the tournament to become the first recognized league champion in any sport. The Southern Conference Tournament remains the oldest of its kind in col-lege basketball.

The Southern Conference began sponsoring women’s sports during the 1983-84 season. That year, league championships were held in volley-ball, basketball and tennis. Cross country joined the mix in 1985 and the league began holding indoor and outdoor track championships in 1988. Most recently, the conference instituted golf and softball championships in the spring of 1994 and added soccer in the fall of 1994.

The Southern Conference currently declares champions in 10 men’s sports - football, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, baseball, ten-nis and golf - and nine women’s sports - soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and softball.

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The Citadel is a state-supported comprehensive military college with the mission of educating principled leaders through its Corps of Cadets. Males and females are admitted to the undergraduate residential Corps of Cadets. In addition to the day program, undergraduate and graduate programs are offered through The Citadel Graduate College (CGC) in the evening.

The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education recognizes The Citadel as the only specialized four-year college in the state. The Citadel, founded in 1842, is a co-educational military college with a rich and storied history. Located in Charleston, S.C., the institution offers a classic military education for young men and women who seek a college experience that is intense, meaningful and academically strong. Citadel graduates say that the disci-plined lifestyle and friendships they forged here have a profoundly positive effect on their lives.

With an enrollment of more than 1,900, the Corps of Cadets is the nation’s largest military college program outside the service academies. All cadets are educated within a classic military system and about 40 percent of the graduating seniors earn military commissions. The remaining graduates at-tend graduate school or enter the job market.

The Citadel Graduate College, which is noted for Citadel excellence in a civilian environment, serves about 1,200 residents of South Carolina’s Low-country.

Academic programs at the college are complimented by a strong commitment

to service and emphatic support of an honor code that calls upon a cadet not to lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those who do. Since its founding in 1842, The Citadel’s emphasis on character, as well as intellect, has produced generations of graduates who have served their nation, their professions and their communities with distinction.

Corps of Cadets ...All students at The Citadel are cadets in the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, which numbers approxi-mately 1,900 and represent nearly every state, as well as more than 20 countries. While roughly 40 percent of the graduates each year go into the armed services, all cadets participate in an ROTC program. On most days, cadets have physical fit-ness training and military instruction in addition to their regular college classes. Weekdays end with a formation and required evening study period.

This is The Citadel...

Because The Citadel emphasizes corps unity, cadets cannot be married and all must live on campus in the barracks with their assigned company. Despite the challenges, cadets value their first year for the lessons in teamwork, self-discipline and time management. The disciplined lifestyle that begins in the knob year binds cadets into a lifelong, close-knit camaraderie that is one of the strongest forces in their lives after graduation.

Academic Programs...Because of the strength of the academic program, The Citadel has repeatedly been rated as a top regional institution in the annual rankings issued by U.S. News and World Report. The quality of the education at The Citadel com-bined with the availability of financial aid, the credentials of the faculty and the graduation rate earned the institution the citation of Best College Value in the South in 1999. With more than 80 percent of its students returning each year, The Citadel enjoys one of the best retention records in the country. The Citadel’s 14 academic departments offer five bachelor’s degrees in 17 areas, six master’s degrees in 17 areas and specialist degrees in two areas.

Citadel Graduate College...The Citadel’s evening college serves the Lowcountry by offering nationally accredited bachelor’s, master’s and specialist degrees scheduled around the student’s profession, family and lifestyle. It is the well-known Citadel academic excellence in a civilian environ-ment. The CGC offers 20 graduate programs with concentrations in education, psychology, computer science and business. The Master of Business Administration program is the only nationally accredited MBA program in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The CGC also offers three undergraduate evening programs in business and engineering. The Citadel is the only college in South Carolina that offers an undergraduate civil and electrical engineering degree in the evening.

Alumni...Generations of Citadel graduates have served their nation, their state and their community with distinction. The Citadel gradu-ates men and women with alert minds and sound bodies, who value honor, integrity, loyalty and patriotism, and who accept the responsibilities that accompany leadership. The Citadel remains a stronghold of duty, self-discipline and high ideals in a changing American society.

This is The Citadel...

Citadel Athletes Maintain Academic Excellence...The Citadel graduation rate for all cadet-student-athletes who complete four years of eligibility ranges from 93 percent to 96 percent. The Citadel’s student-athletes consistently rank among the upper echelon of the Southern Conference.

The football program has a graduation rate of 96 percent, which is among the top graduation rates in the nation.

The Citadel Earns U.S.News Rankings...The U.S. News and World Report rankings for 2007 recognize The Citadel in several different categories: the college ranks No. 3 for top public universities in the South offering up to a master’s degree; for the seventh straight year, The Citadel School of Engineering has ranked among the top 50 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, earning

this year’s No. 32 ranking; The Citadel ranked No. 7 for best master’s universities in the South.

Fulbright Scholars...Six cadets have received Fulbright Scholarships to study abroad since 2001. That is a larger number than any other col-

lege or university in South Carolina during this period.

Diversified Student Population...The Citadel has over 1,900 cadets from 46 states and 22 foreign countries.

Family For Life...Becoming a part of The Citadel wrestling program means joining the Bulldog family for life. The Citadel wrestling family is full of successful alumni in every walk of life that are a proud part of supporting our athletes throughout their career

at The Citadel and their life.

Individual Development...The coaching staff works with every player on an individual basis to develop and improve his wrestling skills. Each ca-det-student-athlete enjoys an academic support system, which is designed to encourage responsibility and enthusiasm for learning. It is a system that emphasizes The Citadel’s commitment to education, graduation and community involve-

ment.

The Perfect Balance: Academics & Athletics...The Citadel is one of the most prestigious universities in the country and offers more than 21 major programs of study. The Citadel is an institution committed to rich academics and intellectual diversity, while also a member of the NCAA

Division I Southern Conference.

Leads State in Graduating Athletes...Among South Carolina’s public colleges and universities, The Citadel has the highest four-year graduation rate for ath-

letes.

The Citadel Earns No. 1 Ranking...The Citadel ranks No. 1 nationally in its peer group of public colleges in the percentage of students who graduate in four years. The Citadel’s top ranking comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s comparison of all public colleges whose entering students have average SAT scores between 1000 and 1200. The Citadel’s four-year graduation rate is

59.7 percent. The national average four-year graduation rate is 29 percent.

Leader in Female Athletics...The Citadel is a national leader in the percentage of female students who are athletes. More than 50 percent of its fe-male cadets compete on seven varsity teams, an outstanding achievement given the fact that female athletics started

in 1997.

Points of Pride

Honor

The Honor Code is fairly simple. This code, while simple, offers the key to living and maintaining an honorable life. Cadets are trained that there is never a situation in which they should participate in, or tolerate, dishonorable activities. These core values of honor and integrity are exactly the values which allow Citadel cadets and alumni to improve their organizations and their communities.

Honor is the most cherished principle at The Citadel. In to-day’s post-corporate-scandal society, honor, integrity, and ethics are in high demand. The Citadel strives to achieve ex-cellence in the education of principled leaders, also known as the “whole person” concept. The Honor Code encompasses all aspects of cadet life, from academic integrity to personal integrity. It has evolved from an unwritten tradition known as the “code of the gentleman” to a formalized code in Septem-ber of 1955, when the Corps of Cadets unanimously voted to establish The Honor Code. The development of a cadet into a principled leader is a four-tiered process that includes know-ing, adhering, believing, and leading. Its culmination is seen in the cadets who internalize the Code and the alumni who continually apply it throughout their lives.

Cadet PrayerAlmighty God, the source of light and strength, we implore Thy blessing on this our beloved institution, that it may continue

true to its high purposes.

Guide and strengthen those upon whom rests the authority of government; enlighten with wisdom those who teach and those who learn; and grant to all of us that through sound learning and firm leadership, we may prove ourselves worthy citizens of

our country, devoted to truth, given to unselfish service, loyal to every obligation of life and above all to Thee.

Preserve us faithful to the ideals of The Citadel, sincere in fellowship, unswerving in duty, finding joy in purity and confidence through a steadfast faith.

Grant to each one of us, in his/her own life, an humble heart, a steadfast purpose, and a joyful hope, with a readiness to endure hardship and suffer if need be, that truth may prevail among us and that Thy will may be done on earth. Through Jesus

Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

“A Cadet does not Lie, Cheat or Steal,nor Tolerate those who do.”

LeadershipCadet Creed

I will always endeavor to uphold the prestige, honor, and high esprit de corps of The Citadel and the South Caro-lina Corps of Cadets.

Never shall I fail my comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically tough, and morally straight, and I will shoulder more than my share of the task what-ever it may be.

Gallantly will I show the world that I am a well-trained cadet. My courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress, and care of equipment shall set the example for others to follow.

And under no circumstances will I ever bring discredit to The Citadel and the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.

Graduates of The Citadel succeed because they know what it takes to meet a challenge in any field: patience and persistence, discipline and determination, teamwork and hardword.

The Citadel emphasizes athletic competition as a way to build leaders, learn teamwork and prepare for life’s challenges. Physical fitness represents a vital component of every Cadet’s experience. All Cadets take physical education courses and participate in one or more of our 28 intramural sports, 15 intercollegiate club sports or 16 NCAA Division I athletic programs.

Graduates of The Citadel benefit from an invaluable lifelong association with other alumni. Talk to any graduate of The Citadel, and you will sense firsthand the powerful force of the strong alumni network.

Sir, Yes, Sir • Sir, No, SirSir, No Excuse, Sir

“...three permissible knob answers: ‘Sir, yes, sir’ and ‘Sir, no, sir’ and—I liked this third one best of all—’Sir, no excuse, sir.’ By golly, I think, we ought to send the entire U.S. Congress down here to learn answer number three”... “Then I read this friendly advice in the book: ‘When you receive an order, carry it out to the best of your ability. Never argue or offer suggestions which you think might be better. This is not in your best interest.’ Well, it seems to me that The Citadel has a few things to teach the Cabinet and the Executive Branch, too! In fact, maybe we should just put the whole federal government through cadet training!”

The Honorable Ronald ReaganFormer President

May 15, 1993

Whatever their major, all cadets will graduate with a “dual degree” in leadership. They learn about attention to detail, respect, time management, and discipline.

“Leadership is about integrity, trust and people. The Citadel, with its mission to prepare graduates to be pricipled leaders, is all about integrity, trust and people. There is no question in my mind that, had I not attended The Citadel to learn these values, I would not have come close to achieving what success I have been fortunate enough to achieve.”

L. William Krause, ‘63Retired Chairman of 3COM Corporation

Why The Citadel“The Citadel is a place of pride and tradition. A place where the standards are high, the discipline is strong, and leaders are born. The men and women of this institution represent a sense of honor and accomplishment. And I am proud to be with you to-day.”... “in all that is to come, I know the graduates of The Citadel will bring credit to America,to the military and to this great institution. In the words of your school song, you will go where you’ve always gone... ‘in the paths our fathers show us. Peace and Honor, God and Counrty -- we will fight for thee.’”The Honorable George W. BushPresident

“Without question, The Citadel experience opened a world of opportunity for me. I can think of no better preparation for the things I have done or hope to do.”Dr. Harvey W. Schiller, ‘60Former Executive Director,U.S. Olympic Committee

“You’re Citadel Men, you have no pension for failure, you Wear the Ring, you never let a friend down, you will be good fathers, husbands, and leaders in the armed forces and industry, those around you will forever be attracted to the shining light in your lives, and you will guide others in your path of success, you are strong in heart, body, and mind. You have deep interests in protecting such things as Honor, Fidelity, and all matters unmaterial in nature. Your virtues will matter not only in wealth, but

in the richness of family, you are the last of the knights” The Honorable Ronald Reagan

Former President

“What you tolerate, you define. And that is what makes this institution so unique. Regardless of class or cadet rank, The Citadel graduate more than anything else carries the reputation for integrity that is unsurpassed by any institution in his nation.”The Honorable Steve Buyer, ‘80U.S. Congressman

“At the center of The Citadel education, that rock that anchors it’s soul, is the honor system. I found the honor system simple and profound; majestic and life-changing: A cadet does not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do.”Pat Conroy, ‘67Award-winning author

“Citadel graduates have become successfull leaders in both the public and the private sectors, as well as having been involved in every American military conflict since the Mexican war. Thanks to its effective teaching tecniques, The Citadel has earned an enviable reputation as one of the best public colleges in the United States, and there is not a better military school anywhere in this Nation than The Citadel.”Robert “Bob” DoleU.S. Senator

Date Opponent Location Time

November03 George Mason McAlister Field House 5:30 p.m.

04 The Citadel Open McAlister Field House All Day10 Pembroke Classic Pembroke, N.C. All Day

14 Limestone McAlister Field House 2 p.m.

December02 Penn State Open State College, Pa. All Day

13 Campbell McAlister Field House 7 p.m. 18 Reno Tournament of Champions Reno, Nev. All Day

29 Southern Scuffle Greensboro, N.C. All Day 30 Southern Scuffle Greensboro, N.C. All Day

January06 UNC Greensboro * Greensboro, N.C. 2 p.m. 15 UNC Pembroke McAlister Field House 7 p.m. 22 VMI * McAlister Field House 6 p.m. 22 Chattanooga * McAlister Field House 7:30 p.m. 26 Messiah Lynchburg, Va. TBA 26 Bucknell Lynchburg, Va. TBA 26 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. TBA

February02 All-Academy Championships West Point, N.Y. All Day

09 Appalachian State * McAlister Field House 2 p.m. 12 Davidson * McAlister Field House 7 p.m.

23 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 2 p.m. 23 Duquesne Chapel Hill, N.C. 4 p.m.

27 Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 7 p.m.

March08 SoCon Championships Chattanooga, Tenn. All Day

* - Indicates Southern Conference MatchAll Times Eastern Standard

2007-08 wrestling media guide

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socon record

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