2015-2016 University of the Ozarks Wrestling Recruiting Guide

U n i v e r s i t y o f t h e O z a r k s

2015-2016 University of the Ozarks Men’s Wrestling

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General Information1 Table of Contents

Coaching Staff 2 Head Coach Jason Zastrow2 Assistant Coach Jason Schweer 2015-2016 Men’s Wrestling Preview3 Preview 4 Roster

2015-2016 Wrestling Profiles 5-8 Profiles

2014-2015 Season In Review 9 Results History9 Match-By-Match Results 9 Coaching Records 9 All-Time Series Records

NCAA Division III10 NCAA Division III

Location Clarksville, Arkansas (9,251)Founded 1834Enrollment 650Nickname EaglesSchool Colors Purple & Gold Wrestling Venue Mabee Gymnasium (1,200) NationalAffiliationNCAAIIIConference American SouthwestPresident Richard Dunsworth, JDAthletics Director Jimmy Clark Web Site www.uofoathletics.com

Team Information 2014-15 Record 2-8-0 Lettermen Returning/Lost 3/15 Team History First Year of Wrestling 2014-2015 Overall Record 2-8-0 Affiliation NCAA III Independent Coaching Staff Head Coach Jason Zastrow (2nd season) Office Phone 479-979-1497 CellPhone 479-647-2622 E-mail [email protected] AlmaMater,Yr. WartburgCollege,‘07 Assistant Coach Jason Schweer (1st season) Office Phone 479-979-1497 Cell Phone 319-290-9359 E-mail [email protected] Alma Mater, Yr. Grand View, ‘12 Sports Information Sports Information Director Josh Peppas Email [email protected] OfficePhone 479-979-1483CellPhone 479-746-1264Director of Video Technology Ryan West

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Jason Zastrow Head Coach Jason Zastrow begins his second season as head men’s wrestling coach after starting the program last year. Zastrow landed a tal-ented recruiting class for the 2015-2016 season to bring even more promise to the young program. Zastrow, a native of Coon Rap-ids, Minn., brought NCAA Division

III championship experience from wrestling power-house Wartburg to Ozarks. Wartburg is the most dom-inant NCAA Division III men’s wrestling program in the country having won 11 national titles. Zastrow served as the assistant from 2010-2013 where he helped Wartburg to three consecutive NCAA Division III titles. The Knights also won three National Wrestling Coaches Association dual titles at the na-tional level and three Iowa Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference titles. The Knights posted a 56-1 record dur-ing his time there. During his ten-ure, the program produced seven individual NCAA Division III titles, 22 All-Americans and 17AcademicAll-Americans. Prior to Wart-burg, he was the assistant coach at NCAA Division III Central College from2007-2010,wherehehelpedturntheprogramaround.Hisfirstseasonasanassistant,theDutchwent 0-12, but by his third year, the program posted a ten-win season. After Central College, he went to Springdale Har-Ber High School, where he served as the assistant coach during the 2013-2014 season. In his one season there, the Wildcats won a conference titleandfinishedthirdinthestatechampionships.

Jason Schweer Assistant Coach Jason Schweer was named the new assistant wrestling coach at the University of the Ozarks in August (2015). Schweer, a native of Waverly, Iowa, brings national champion-ship experience from Grand View University in Des Moines. Schweer

served as a volunteer assistant coach for two sea-sons, helping the program to a pair of National As-sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championships. In his time there, the program pro-duced24nationalqualifiers,20All-Americansandsix individual national champions. Grand View also experienced success at the Cliff Keen National Dual championships as the Vikings won it twice. In 2014, the team tied a national point record total with 193 points. He wrestled at North Iowa Area Community College for two seasons helping the 2008 team to afourth-placefinishattheNationalJuniorCollegeAthletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament. In 2009, he helped the program to a second-place finishattheNJCAANationalDuals.Whilewrestlingat Grand View, Schweer helped the program to the 2012 NAIA national title and earned the university’s Champion of Character award. During his collegiate career, he was a two-time NJCAA Academic All-American and a NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports man-agement from Grand View in 2012.

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Zastrow was accepted into the prestigious Nation-al Wrestling Coaches Association Leadership Acad-emy in 2015. Zastrow was part of an elite group of collegiate wrestling coaches chosen by the NWCA to help grow the sport. As a collegiate wrestler, Zastrow thrived at Wart-burg lettering four seasons and qualifying for nation-als his senior year. Zastrow received his bachelor’s degree in his-toryfromWartburgin2007.Heiscurrentlypursuinga master’s degree in athletic administration from Coker College. He and his wife, Jenny, were married in 2011.

Eagles Begin Year Two Of Program With Promise The University of the Ozarks men’s wrestling team will start its second year of existence with more talent and experience under Head Coach Jason Zastrow. In its inaugural season a year ago, the Eagles competed in eight matches with numerous fresh-men. This season, the Eagles return four letterwinners and have 15 newcomers. “The guys are excited for a new year,” said Zas-trow. “We have a great group of kids. It is still a daily processlearninghowtofightandgohardeveryday. But now I have guys that know the process and know what I want. They know what to expect and it has made the transition to year two much easier. This group sees the big picture of what we are trying to build. I like how our guys are growing and coming together as a group.” Zastrow wants to see improvement every day. “If we are getting better every day, we are get-ting closer to the end goal,” said Zastrow. “I think we are going in the right direction. These are young guys, so it is an adjustment. We have good days and baddaysandthekeyistofightthroughthosebaddays.” Zastrow is emphasizing with his guys making the right choices, on and off the mat.“Ifeveryguylearnshowtofight,makestherightchoices and lives a championship lifestyle, I would be happy at the end of the season,” said Zastrow. “I want them to be the best student and person they can be. If you can do the right things in school and in your personal life, you will become a better wrestler. It all works together. Everything we talk about with wrestling is also applied to life.” Zastrow hopes to build a mentally tough team this season. “You have to be mentally tougher than your op-ponent,” he said. “There are times when talent will take over, but if you have two guys that are equally talented, the guy that is mentally tougher will win. Oursguysneedtofightuntilthelastsecond.Learn-ing how to do that is a process and it doesn’t hap-pen overnight. You have to be willing to do it every single day.”OzarkswillalsohostitsfirstwrestlingmatchinschoolhistoryJanuary27againstBaconeCollege.

“It will be really exciting,” said Zastrow. “I think there are a lot of people looking forward to it. It should be a tremendous environment. It will be a good opportunity for people on campus to watch us.I’mhopingwecanfilltheplaceup.Butwehavea lot of work to do before then.” Ozarks will open the year at the Hatcher Duals in ArkadelphiaNovember7.


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Name Weight Class Hometown/Previous SchoolSiaygnoun Nhamnhouane 125 Fr. Van Buren, Ark. (Van Buren HS)Jay Combs 125 So. Shreveport, La. (Northwood HS)Patrick Partin 125 Fr. North Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock HS)Auston Finley 125 Jr. Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS)Caleb Royal 133 Fr. Rogers, Ark. (Heritage HS)Trevor Lister 141 Jr. Waldron, Ark. (Ark. School for Mathematics Sciences, Arts)Elijah Raatz 141 So. Rogers, Ark. (Rogers HS)Ny’Trell Dean 141 Fr. Amarillo, Texas (Palo Duro HS)EdladinHarmon 157 So. Irving,Texas(MacArthurHS)Marcus Jones 165 Fr. Houston, Texas (Cy Creek HS)WadeJohnson 174 So. Amarillo,Texas(AmarilloHS/WestTexasA&M)Montre Blade 184 Fr. Little Rock, Ark. (Central HS)James Wheeler 184 Fr. High Ridge, Mo. (Northwest HS)StanleyHamilton 197 Fr. LakeJackson,Texas(BrazoswoodHS)HerbSteadman 197 Jr. Natchez,Miss.(GulfCoastCC)Timothy Horton 285 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Southwind HS)Christopher Aroche 285 Fr. Wylie, Texas (Wylie East HS)Stanton Finley (Injured) Fr. Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS) Manager: Brooklyn Parton

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Trevor ListerJuniorWaldron, Ark. Ark. School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts141 Pounds

JaToris CombsSophomoreShreveport, La. Northwood HS125 Pounds


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Edladin HarmonSophomore Irving, Texas MacAurther HS157Pounds

Elijah RaatzSophomore Rogers, Ark. Rogers HS141 Pounds

Christopher ArocheFreshman Wylie, Texas Wylie East HS 285 Pounds

Montre BladeFreshman Little Rock, Ark. Central HS 184 Pounds


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Ny’Trell DeanFreshman Amarillo, Texas Palo Duro HS 141 Pounds

Auston FinleyJunior Nixa, Mo. Nixa HS 125 Pounds

Stanton FinleyFreshman Nixa, Mo. Nixa HS

Timothy HortonFreshman Memphis, Tenn. Southwind HS 285 Pounds

Stanley HamiltonFreshman Lake Jackson, Texas Brazoswood HS 197Pounds

Wade JohnsonSophomore Amarillo, Texas West Texas A&M Amarillo HS 174Pounds


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Marcus JonesFreshman Houston, Texas Cy Creek HS 165 Pounds

Siaygnoun Nhamnhouane Freshman Van Buren, Ark. Van Buren HS 125 Pounds

Caleb RoyalFreshman Rogers, Ark. Heritage HS 133 Pounds

Herb SteadmanJunior Natchez, Miss. Gulf Coast CC Natchez HS 197Pounds

Patrick PartinFreshman North Little Rock, Ark. North Little Rock HS 125 Pounds

James WheelerFreshman High Ridge, Mo. Northwest HS 184 Pounds

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Caleb RoyalFreshman Rogers, Ark. Heritage HS 133 Pounds

Herb SteadmanJunior Natchez, Miss. Gulf Coast CC Natchez HS 197Pounds

James WheelerFreshman High Ridge, Mo. Northwest HS 184 Pounds

All-Time Coaching Records

Year Coach W L Ties Pct. 2014-2015 Jason Zastrow 2 8 0 .200 All-Time Total: 2 8 0 .200

All-Time Series Records Alma College............................................ 0-1-0 Arkansas Baptist........................................1-0-0Calumet St. Joseph.................................. 0-1-0 Central Baptist College............................ 0-1-0Central College.........................................0-1-0 Know College............................................ 0-1-0 Lyon College............................................. 1-0-0 Simpson College....................................... 0-1-0Williams Baptist College........................... 0-1-0

Match-By-Match Results 2014-2015 (2-8-0) Inaugural Season Head Coach: Jason Zastrow

Greg Hatcher Dual (Arkadelphia, Arkansas) Nov. 14 vs Alma College L 60-0 Nov. 14 vs Arkansas Baptist W 30-18Nov. 14 vs Lyon College W by forfeit Simpson College Invite (Indianola, Iowa) Dec. 6 Individual Williams Baptist Tri (Conway, Arkansas) Dec. 12 vs Central Baptist L 33-18Dec. 12 vs Williams Baptist L 60-0 Knox College Dual (Galesburg, Illinois)Jan. 10 vs Knox College L 30-13 Jan. 10 vs Simpson College L 45-9 Jan. 10 vs Calumet St. Joseph L 21-30 Central College Dual (Pella, Iowa) Jan. 13 vs Central College L 52-3 Texas A&M Aggieland Open (College Station, Texas)Feb.7 Individual

UT-Arlington Open (Arlington, Texas)Feb. 15 Individual

NCAA III Regional (Dubuque, Iowa)Feb. 28 Individual

All-Time Letterwinners Samuel Binns (2014-2015) Jacob Brown (2014-2015) JaToris Combs (2014-2015) Robert Fackrell (2014-2015) Eli Garcia (2014-2015) Zack Hall (2014-2015)Edladin Harmon (2014-2015) Jared Keas (2014-2015)Trevor Lister (2014-2015) Dakota McGarrah (2014-2015)Brad Rupert (2014-2015)

NOVEMBER 7 Hatcher Duals Arkadelphia, Ark. 9:00 am 14 Millikin University Open Decatur, Ill. 9:00 am 20 Southwest Duals Arlington, Texas 6:00 pm 21 Southwest Open Arlington, Texas 9:00 am DECEMBER 9 Bacone College Dual Muskogee, Okla. 7:00 pm 12 Williams Baptist Tri Walnut Ridge, Ark. 12:00 pm JANUARY 8 Central College Duals Pella, Ia. 6:00 pm 9 Central College Under Armour Invitational Pella, Ia. 9:00 am 19 Central Baptist Dual Conway, Ark. 7:00 pm 23 Huntingdon College Duals Montgomery, Ala. 10:00 am 27 Bacone College Dual Home 7:00 pm30 Central Baptist College Mustang Open Conway, Ark. 9:00 am FEBRUARY 6 Maverick Open Arlington, Texas 9:00 am 28 NCAA III Regionals Dubuque, Ia. 9:00 am MARCH 11-12 NCAA III National Tournament Cedar Rapids, Ia. 9:00 am

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