JON GINGRICH Jon
GINGRICH Sr./Jr. Eligible Wingate, Pa./Bald Eagle Area
CAREER STATISTICS Year
Overall
Duals (B10) TRN (B10/NCAA)
2010-11
F
TF
M PTS
Red-shirt season
2011-12
21-4
0-0 (0-0)
21-4 (0-0/0-0)
3-0
0-0
6-0
0
2012-13
14-6
4-3 (4-2)
10-3 (0-0/0-0)
0-1
0-0
2-0
12
Career
35-10
4-3 (4-2)
31-7 (0-0/0-0)
3-1
0-0
8-0
12
JUNIOR • 285
Junior Jon Gingrich notched some thrilling wins for Penn State in key dual meets last year and heads into the 2013-14 season ready to battle for the starting spot at 285 once again. He is coming off a solid sophomore campaign that saw him go 14-6 overall, including a 4-2 Big Ten mark. Parents: Barbara and Charles Gingrich -- Major: Landscape Contracting
Year-by-Year: 2012-13: Lost to Jimmy Lawson 3-2 in Intrasquad Dual on 11/1...went 4-0 at Binghamton Open on 11/11 to win the 285-pound crown, including 9-1 major over Lock Haven’s Harry Turner in the finals...dropped tough 5-3 decision to Lehigh’s Jack Delia in Penn State dual meet debut on 11/16... went 4-1 at NLO on 12/2 to take third place, advancing to semifinals, majored #13 Odie Delaney of the The Citadel 14-1 for third place...downed #8 Adam Chalfant of Indiana 6-5 on 12/9, securing Penn State’s 52-0 shutout over the Hoosiers in Rec Hall...deceptive 2-2 mark at Southern Scuffle on 1/1-2...lost 3-2 to #2 Dom Bradley of Missouri in quarters then bowed out with 9-3 loss to #17 Jeremy Johnson of Ohio...beat #4 Michael McClure of Michigan State 5-3 in dual on 1/13, securing PSU’s 41-0 shut-out win in Rec Hall...Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (1/15)...lost 6-3 decision to #11 Connor Medbery of Wisconsin on 1/18. 2011-12: Outstanding 21-4 season as a red-shirt freshman in open tournaments...undefeated at ESU Open on 11/12 to take first place...continued perfect start by winning Laker Open at Mercyhurst on 11/19...went 5-1 at Nittany Lion Open to take fifth place on 12/4....4-3 at Southern Scuffle... good enough for eighth place...wrestled ‘extra match’ at Utah Valley, getting 13-2 major over UVU’s Zac Jensen on 2/11. 2010-11: Red-shirt season.
Personal/High School: Gingrich came to Penn State from nearby Bald Eagle Area High School. He was a three-year starter for BEA, taking fourth in the district as a sophomore and then won the district title as a junior, took third at regionals and was fourth at 215 at the state championships. As a senior, Gingrich was the district champ and outstanding wrestler, was regional runner up and qualified for PIAAs once again. He earned all-league honors in football, was a fouryear letterman in track and won BEA’s scholar athlete award for football. He is the son of Charles and Barbara Gingrich.
GINGRICH MATCH-BY-MATCH 2012-13 Date 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/11 11/16 12/2 12/2 12/2 12/2 12/2 12/9 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/13 1/18 1/20 1/27 2/1
Wt. 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285
Result W, 4-1 W, 6-0 W, 4-0 W, 9-1 L, 3-5 W, 6-2 W, 8-2 W, 3-2 LBF W, 14-1 W, 6-5 W, 4-0 W, 5-2 L, 2-3 L, 3-9 W, 5-3 L, 3-6 W, 4-1 W, 7-4 L, 2-9
Opponent Place Record Stryker Lane, Cornell Bing 1-0 Oney Snyder, Cornell Bing 2-0 Doug Vollaro, Lehigh Bing 3-0 Harry Turner, Lock Haven (major) Bing (1st) 4-0 Jack Delia, Lehigh dual 4-1 Dan Garwood, Virginia Tech NLO 5-1 Chris Nash, Michigan State NLO 6-1 William Smith, Rutgers NLO 7-1 Nick Gwiazdowski, North Carolina St. (3:06) NLO 7-2 #13 Odie Delaney, The Citadel (major) NLO (3rd) 8-2 #8 Adam Chalfant, Indiana dual 9-2 Brendon Walsh, Duke Scuffle 10-2 Stryker Lane, Cornell Scuffle 11-2 #2 Dom Bradley, Missouri Scuffle 11-3 #17 Jeremy Johnson, Ohio Scuffle 11-4 #4 Michael McClure, Michigan State dual 12-4 #11 Connor Medbery, Wisconsin dual 12-5 Alex White, Purdue dual 13-5 Spencer Johnson, Nebraska dual 14-5 #6 Bobby Telford, Iowa dual 14-6
Result W, 5-1 W, forf. W, 10-0 W, 8-3 W, 5-2 WBF WBF W, forf. WBF W, med. frf. WBF W, 11-2 W, 4-0 L, 3-5 W, 3-1 W, 8-4 W, 2-0 W, 15-1 L, 4-9 W, 9-1 L, 3-5 W, 10-2 W, 4-0 L, 2-5 W, 13-2
Opponent Yaseen Mudassar, Nassau Forfeit Brandon Clark, Kutztown (major) William Smith, Rutgers John Delia, Lehigh Paul Conroy, Unattached (5:40) Collin Vozar, John Carroll (2:53) Forfeit Stephen Higgins, Mercyhurst Ron Oswald, Seton Hill Fred Hale, Mercyhurst (6:37) Bobby LaVelle, Virginia Tech (major) Michael Horton, Edinboro Spencer Myers, Maryland William Smith, Rutgers Henry Turner, Lock Haven Kevin Lester, Columbia Brock Durfee, Appalachian State Adam Chalfant, Indiana Bradley Rogers, Chattanooga Paul Snyder, Hofstra Devon Mellon, Missouri Maciej Jochym, Cornell Andy Hartshorn, Ohio Zac Jensen, Utah Valley (major)
2011-12 Date 11/12 11/12 11/12 11/12 11/12 11/12 11/19 11/19 11/19 11/19 11/19 12/4 12/4 12/4 12/4 12/4 12/4 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Wt. 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285 285
Place Record ESU 1-0 ESU 2-0 ESU 3-0 ESU 4-0 ESU 5-0 ESU (1st) 6-0 Laker 7-0 Laker 8-0 Laker 9-0 Laker 10-0 Laker (1st) 11-0 NLO 12-0 NLO 13-9 NLO 13-1 NLO 14-1 NLO 15-1 NLO (5th) 16-1 Scuffle 17-1 Scuffle 17-2 Scuffle 18-2 Scuffle 18-3 Scuffle 19-3 Scuffle 20-3 Scuffle 20-4 extra dual 21-4
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