2011-2012 South Dakota State Wrestling South Dakota State University
Location.................................... Brookings, S.D. Founded/Enrollment... 1881/12,725 (Fall 2011) Affiliation.................................. NCAA Division I Nickname........................................ Jackrabbits Colors.......................................Yellow and Blue Conference........... Western Wrestling Conference Air Force, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Utah Valley State, Wyoming Arena..............................................Frost Arena Year Opened........................................ 1973. Capacity............................................ 6,500
Administration and Staff
President.............................. Dr. David Chicoine Athletics Director................................Justin Sell Head Trainer................................. Owen Stanley Assistant Trainer............................... Betsy Claus Trainer Phone....................... 605-688-5308 Compliance Coordinator.............. Kathy Heylens Compliance Phone............... 605-688-5308 Equipment Manager.........................Tim DeWitt Equipment Phone................ 605-688-5722 Athletics Secretary.........................Diane Rieken Athletics Phone.................... 605-688-5625 Athletics Fax........................ 605-688-5999 Assistant AD-Academics................ Laurie Melum Wrestling Office Assistant.....................Tru Boldt
Sports Information Office
Wrestling SID.................................Jacob Dreyer. Office...................................... 605-688-4932 Cell......................................... 319-215-6979 E-mail......................Jacob.Dreyer@sdstate.edu Web..............................................GoJacks.com Twitter..........................twitter.com/SDSU_jacks Facebook........... facebook.com/jackrabbit.nation Mailing Address Sports Information Office Stanley J. Marshall HPER 1047 16th Ave. Brookings, S.D. 57007-1497
Team Information
2010-11 Record................................... 1-13-1 Western Wrestling Conference.....................0-6 Overall Record.............................. 494-332-22 Years/Winning Pct................................62/.583 Record at Division I............................. 39-71-4 Conference Championships*........................... 5 * - denotes Division II Championships, none at D-I
Coaching Staff
Head Coach......................................Jason Liles Alma mater...........Bowling Green (Ohio), 1979 Career Record (yrs.).................233-162-6 (27) Record at SDSU (yrs.) ..............144-134-5 (18) Phone...................................... 605-688-5026 e-mail..........................Jason.Liles@sdstate.edu Assistant Coach..................................Ty Eustice Alma mater................................... Iowa, 2006 Assistant Coach............................. Zach Schafer Alma mater.......................... Mercyhurst, 2008 Assistant Coach............................. Nate Hansen Alma mater..................... Luther College, 2007 Strength Coach...............................Andy Stocks Alma mater...................... Wisconsin-La Crosse Athletic Trainer................................. Bryce Kern Alma mater..................... Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2011-2012 South Dakota State Wrestling
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Table of Contents - SDSU Wrestling Quick Facts
2 South Dakota State Vision, Mission and Values 3-5 2011-2012 Jackrabbit Season Preview 3 2011-12 Roster 4-5 Season Preview 5 2011-12 Schedule 6-11 Jackrabbit Coaching and Support Staff 7-8 Head Coach Jason Liles 9 Assistant Coaches Ty Eustice, Nate Hansen and Zack Schafer 10-12 Wrestling Support Staff 13-21 2011 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 14 Nick Flynn, Dustin Walraven 15 Aaron Pickrel, Cord Willers 16 Tyler Johnson, Joe Rasmussen, Kevin Caruso, John Nething II 17 Andrew Youngblom, Joe Brewster, Drew Fleming, Troy Morisette 18 Cody Pack, NCAA scoring and decisions 19 Casey Finnicum, Austin Lindsay, Tony Lisek, Joe Skow, Nick Mart, Brandon Brian, Cody Carrow, Nick Chavez 20 Ryan Festag, Colby Kloetzer, Shea Nolan, Dylan Penka, Dillon Reid, Bronson Steuber 21-23 2010-2011 Season in Review 22-23 Dual results 23 2010-11 wrestler statistics 24-25 Western Wrestling Conference 24 Western Wrestling Conference 24 2010-11 WWC All-Conference teams 25 2011 West Regional Jackrabbit Recap 26-28 2011-12 Dual Opponents 26 Campbell, Davidson, North Dakota State, Northern State, Southwest MN State, Nebraska 27 Air Force, Indiana, Southern Ill.-Edwardsville, Northern Iowa, Utah Valley, Northern Colorado 28 Wyoming, SDSU, NCAA Regionals, NCAA Championships, Opens 29-31 29 30 31
Athletic Facilities Wrestling room, HPER Center, DSAC weight room, wrestling locker room, Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center Frost Arena, Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center Ticket information
32-49 History of Jackrabbit Wrestling 33-35 All-time dual results 36 SDSU career coaching records 36 1950 team picture, 2011 wrestling reunion picture 37 All-time series records 38-39 All-Americans 38-39 National Champions 40-41 NCC Champions 42 Letterwinners 43 Hall-of-Famers 44-45 Division I national qualifiers 45 Division II national placings 46-47 SDSU records 48 Academic awards
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The 2011-12 SDSU Wrestling Media Guide was edited and designed by Jacob Dreyer, assisted by Jason Hove, Ryan Sweeter, Charlie Hildebrand and Travis Kriens, at a cost of $8.13 per copy and printed on recycled paper. Photos credited to Stephen Brua, SDSU Sports Information and Eric Landwehr, SDSU University Relations. Cover design by Old Hat Creative.
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