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Name Year Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/High School (Previous School)Jonathan Campbell So. 5-10 184 Glassboro, N.J./St. Augustine PrepScott Clymer Fr. 5-9 141 Germansville, Pa./Northwestern LehighJoe Colella Fr. 5-11 184 New Britain, Conn./New BritainJulian Colon Fr. 5-9 157 East Petersburg, Pa./HempfieldPeter Crawford Fr. 5-7 141 Chesapeake, Va./Indian RiverShawn Crow Sr. 5-10 165 Columbia, Mo./Mexico

(Univ. of Missouri)Chris Daggett Jr. 5-11 174 Williamstown, W.Va./Parkersburg South

(West Virginia)Josh Duren Fr. 5-9 149 Warrenton, Mo./ WarrentonDaniel Earley Fr. 5-4 125 Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSalesAnthony Emana So. 5-8 125 Lanexa, Va./New KentTim Harner Jr. 5-11 141 Norristown, Pa./Norristown Area

(Rider)Dustin Hicks So. 5-7 133 Gainesville, Ga./GainesvillePatrick Hogan R-So. 6-2 184 Crawford, N.J./Crawford

(Southern Maine)Jacobi Johnson Fr. 6-0 197 Goldsboro, N.C./Eastern WayneSean Katz So. 5-6 125 Chesapeake, Va./HickoryAaron Kelley So. 5-11 165 Mineral Wells, W.Va./Parkersburg SouthNick Knowles Fr. 5-9 174 Westminster, Calif./Calvary ChapelJustin Krop Fr. 5-10 141 Monrovia, Md./UrbanaCollin Lewis Jr. 5-7 133 Brick, N.J./Brick Twp.

(Hunter)Zac McCray So. 5-9 149 Vienna, W.Va./Parkersburg SouthRyan McDonnell So. 5-9 141 Cooper City, Fla./Cooper City

(Florida Atlantic)T.J. Mitchell Fr. 5-6 133 Hazlet, N.J./Raritan Chad Porter So. 6-0 165 Washington, W.Va./Parkersburg SouthChris Robbins Fr. 5-7 141 Lynchburg, Va./E.C. GlassChristian Smith Sr. 5-7 133 Suffolk, Va./Western Branch

(Virginia Tech)Shaun Smith So. 5-9 157 Washington, W.Va./Parkersburg SouthJoseph Son So. 6-0 157 Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree RidgeCorey Vasbinder So. 5-7 174 Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area SeniorPatrick Walker So. 6-3 285 Newark, Del./Newark

(Delaware)Kyle Walters Jr. 5-11 184 Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South

(Marshall)Sam Walters So. 5-9 149 Hereford, Pa./Upper PerkiomenRicky Wilbanks Fr. 5-7 133 Cleveland, Ga./White County

Head Coach: Jesse CastroAssistant Coaches: Pat Sole and Robert BeckerVolunteer Assistant Coach: Paul Anthony

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California (1)Nick Knowles

Connecticut (1)Joe Colella

Delaware (1)Patrick Walker

Florida (1)Ryan McDonnell

Georgia (3)Dustin HicksJoseph SonRicky Wilbanks

Maryland (1)Justin Krop

Missouri (2)Shawn CrowJosh Duren

New Jersey (4)Jonathan CampbellPatrick HoganCollin LewisT.J. Mitchell

North Carolina (1)Jacobi Johnson

Pennsylvania (5)Scott ClymerJulian ColonTim HarnerCorey VasbinderSam Walters

Ohio (1)Daniel Earley

Virginia (5)Peter CrawfordAnthony EmanaSean KatzChris RobbinsChristian Smith

West Virginia (6)Chris DaggettAaron KelleyZac McCrayChad PorterShaun SmithKyle Walters

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JonathanCampbell

So., 5-10, 184St. Augustine Prep HS

Glassboro, N.J.

Fr. (2006-07): Finished the sea-son with an 8-18 overall record

… 3-12 mark in dual matches … posted a 5-15 markat 174 pounds (0-9 dual record) … was 3-3, all dualmatches, at 184 pounds … over 70 percent of hismatches were decided by fall … began his collegiatewrestling career with a win by fall (6:47) overAnderson’s Mark Nothum at the Hokie Classic (11/5)… posted an 11-6 decision over Cambell’s KyleHiggins at the N.C. State tri-match (11/8) … notcheda 2-2 record at the Navy Classic (11/18) … recordeda 7-5 decision win over Duquesne’s Scott Black anda win by fall (2:25) over Black’s teammate MikeBuckowski … was 2-2 at the Spartan Invitational(12/2) … won both matches by fall (1:06) over York’sMike Tubbs and UMBC’s Steve Voglezon … recordeda win by fall (2:52) over Southern Wyoming’s DarinFray at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12/20).

Prep: Graduated from St. Augustine Prep HighSchool … finished his high school career with an 88-32 record (73.3 winning percentage) … finished hisfreshman season with a 20-10 record at 125 pounds… second-team Cape Atlantic All-Stars as a fresh-man … Parochial “B” state champions during hisfreshman year … placed third in District 29 as asophomore with a 15-6 record … qualified for theRegion 8 tournament at 145 pounds as a sophomore… recorded a 17-8 mark as a junior at 171 pounds …placed third in District 32 as a junior, while garneringsecond-team Cape Atlantic League All-Star honors …capped his career with a 34-8 record at 171 poundsas a senior, including a District 32 championship …New Jersey state qualifier as a senior.

Personal: Son of Richard and Elizabeth AnneCampbell … birthday is on August 6 … majoring incriminal justice … hopes to pursue a career in lawenforcement with the FBI after graduation.

Scott Clymer

Fr., 5-9, 141Northwestern Lehigh HS

Germansville, Pa.

Prep: Graduated fromNorthwestern Lehigh High

School … recorded a 86.8 winning percentage inhigh school with a combined 151-32 competitionrecord … finished fifth at the state tournament duringhis freshman year, capping off a 31-3 campaign at103 pounds … state qualifier at 112 pounds as asophomore, finishing the year with a 33-7 record …dotted his high school resume with a state champi-onship at 125 pounds in his junior year, posting a 40-9 record during the campaign… finished his senioryear with a career high in victories (47-4), while fin-ishing third in the state tournament.

Personal: Son of Robert and Carol Clymer … birth-day is on July 29 … undecided about his major atLiberty.

Joe Colella

Fr., 5-11, 184New Britain HS

New Britain, Conn.

Prep: Graduated from NewBritain High School … won over

80 percent of his high school matches, posting acombined 112-26 record over three years (81.1 win-

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ning percentage) … three-time all-conference hon-oree … named to the all-state team as a junior and asenior … began his high school career at 171pounds, posting a 25-17 record as a sophomore …finished fifth at the state tournament, capping off a40-5 record as a junior at 171 pounds … moved upto 189 pounds as a senior and posted a career highin victories (47-4), helping him place fourth at thestate tournament ... also competed in football, earn-ing all-state honors at defensive end.

Personal: Son of James and Lisa Colella … birthdayis on Feb. 24 … pursing an undergraduate degree inEnglish at Liberty.

Julian Colon

Fr., 5-9, 157Hempfield HS

East Petersburg, Pa.

Prep: Graduated from HempfieldHigh School … posted a 79.8 win-

ning percentage during his four-year high schoolcareer … tallied a combined 107-27 record on thewrestling mats as a high school wrestler … finishedhis freshman year with a 7-3 record at 140 pounds inlimited action … moved up to 152 pounds as a soph-omore and junior … finished his sophomore year witha 27-11 mark … completed his junior season with a32-8 record … capped off his high school days byeclipsing the 40-win plateau for the first time with a41-5 record at 160 pounds.

Personal: Birthday is on Jan. 19 … majoring in kine-siology and physical education at Liberty … wouldlike to pursue a career as a physical educationteacher after graduation.

Peter Crawford

Fr., 5-7, 141Indian River HSChesapeake, Va.

Prep: Four-year letterwinner atIndian River High School … fin-

ished his career at Indian River with a combined 130-

70 record (65.0 winning percentage) … lettered hisfreshman year at 145 pounds … finished fifth in thedistrict with a 30-20 record as a sophomore at 152pounds … named his squad’s most improvedwrestler as a junior after finishing the year with a 45-10 record at 135 pounds … finished third in the dis-trict during his junior campaign … matched his junioryear record with a 45-10 mark at 135 pounds duringhis senior season … team captain as a senior …placed in four different tournaments, including secondat the district level and sixth at the regional tourna-ment … was named to the straight “A” honor roll,graduating with honors … was the recipient of IndianRiver’s Principles Award and was named the Athleteof the Year as a senior.

Personal: Son of Charles Crawford and SandraJones … birthday is on Jan. 18 … would like to pur-sue a history degree at Liberty.

ShawNCrow

Sr., 5-10, 165Mexico HS (Missouri)

Columbia, Mo.

Prep: Graduated from MexicoHigh School … state qualifier at

145 pounds … member of the National HonorSociety.

Personal: Son of Marke Crow and Patti Brady …birthday is on May 12 … majoring in biblical studies… would like to pursue a career as a teacher or acoach after graduation.

Chris Daggett

Jr., 5-11, 174Parkersburg South HS

(West Virginia)Williamstown, W.Va.

So. (2006-07): Named to the Big South PresidentialHonor Roll … finished the year with a 12-12 overallrecord at 184 pounds … posted a 9-8 mark in dualmatches … was 4-2 in matches decided by fall … 3-2in matches determined by major decision … ranked

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sixth on the team with victories in dual matches …posted his first collegiate victory with a win by fall(1:37) against James Madison’s Dan Rafeedie at theLiberty Quad (11/22) … was 2-2 at the RenoTournament of Champions (12/20) … posted majordecision wins over Stanford’s Zack Gleson (15-5) andDuke’s Dan Fox (9-1) … picked up an 11-8 decisionover Bucknell’s George Mann to help Liberty to a 25-24 dual match victory (1/19), while starting an individ-ual six-match winning streak … posted two wins byfall in a tri-match at Wilkes (1/30) … 2-2 at theEastern Regional Duals (2/4) … picked up a 13-2major decision over Millersville’s Steve Funk and a10-9 decision over Gardner-Webb’s Brandon Beach… defeated Beach again, by 6-4 decision, at theNCAA East Regional (3/4), helping the Flames pickup the team championship at the event.

Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South School …claimed a state championship at 160 pounds as asophomore … was named an All-American during hissophomore campaign.

Personal: Son of Tony and Pam Reubensprough …birthday is on May 9 … a general studies major atLiberty.

JoshDuren

Fr., 5-9, 149Warrenton HS

Warrenton, Mo.

Prep: Graduated from WarrentonHigh School … four-year varsity

letterwinner with a 79.0 winning percentage (128-34)… three-year team captain … sectional qualifier at112 pounds with a 23-14 record as a freshman …posted a 38-9 record at 130 pounds as a sophomore,finishing sixth at the state tournament … set a thenschool single season takedown record with 112 as asophomore … 22-6 as a junior at 140 pounds, win-ning a district championship and finishing sixth at thestate tournament … culminated a successful highschool record with a 45-5 record as a senior at 152pounds … district champion as a senior and finishedfifth at the state tournament … broke his own schoolrecord with 145 takedowns as a senior, giving him402 takedowns for his career.

Personal: Son of Rob and Janet Duren … birthday ison April 20 … majoring in kinesiology … would like tobe a personal trainer and open his own gym aftergraduation.

DanielEarley

So., 5-4, 125St. Francis DeSales HS

Columbus, Ohio

Fr. (2006-07): Finished the yearwith a 2-3 overall record at 125

pounds … 2-1 mark in dual matches ... 2-0 in match-es with an outcome of a fall or a major decision …helped the Flames to a season-opening victory overAnderson at the Hokie Classic (11/5) with a win byfall (6:17) against Nathan Fleming … recorded a 19-9major decision over James Madison’s Nhat Nguyento assist in Liberty’s 29-23 dual victory over theDukes at the Hokie Classic.

Prep: Graduated from St. Francis DeSales HighSchool … finished his high school career with a 142-18 record (88.8 winning percentage) … posted a 20-

Chris Daggett

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9 record at 103 pounds as a freshman … finished hissophomore season with a 39-4 record at 103 poundsas a sophomore … posted a 41-4 record at 103pounds as a junior … state champion as a senior ashe finished off his prep career with a 42-1 record …national runner-up as a senior.

Personal: Son of Dave and Cathy Earley … birthdayis on November 2 … comes to Liberty with ties to thewrestling program as his father, Dave, wrestled forthe Flames … undecided about his major.

AnthonyEmana

So., 5-8, 125New Kent HSLanexa, Va.

Fr. (2006-07): Did not see anytime on the mats for the Flames

during the season.

Prep: Graduated from New Kent High School … fin-ished his high school career with an 109-42 record(71.7 winning percentage) … his career winning per-centage ranks second best in school history … fin-ished his career as the fourth wrestler in New Kenthistory to reach 100 career victories … finished fifthat the district tournament as a freshman … placed

first at the New Kent Duals and New Kent Invitationalas a sophomore … posted a 44-6 record as junior,helping qualify for the AA state tournament … placedfirst at seven different tournaments as a junior …ranked third in the region … capped off his prepcareer with a 39-10 record … finished second at thedistrict and third at the regional tournament as a sen-ior … also was a three-year member of the crosscountry team and two-year team captain.

Personal: Son of Anthony and Christy Emana …birthday is on Oct. 25 … majoring in kinesiology …would like to pursue as a physical education teacherafter graduation.

TimHarner

Jr., 5-11, 141Norristown Area HS

(Rider)Norristown, Pa.

So. (2006-07): Named to the Big South PresidentialHonor Roll … one of four Liberty wrestlers toadvance to the NCAA National Championships … ledthe squad with 37 individual match victories …opened the season wrestling with two matches at149 pounds (0-2 in the weight class) … wrestled theremainder of the year at 141 pounds … posted a74.0 percent winning percentage at 141 pounds (37-13) … posted a 15-3 record in dual matches at 141pounds … placed in six different tournamentsthroughout the year, including weight-class victoriesat the Virginia State Intercollegiates and the NCAAEast Regional … also led the team with 13 wins byfall … posted a 13-3 record in matches decided byfall … second on the team with nine major decisionvictories … was 9-1 in matches decided by majordecision … recorded the longest individual matchwinning streak on the team during the year with 11-straight victories … was one of three Libertywrestlers to garner regional rankings during thecourse of the season, as listed byWrestlingReport.com … finished 3-1 to place fourthat the Navy Classic (11/18) … finished the NittanyLion Classic with a 5-2 record to place seventh at theprestigious event (12/3) … posted a 5-2 record at theReno Tournament of Champions to finish fifth at theevent (12/20) … was one of two Liberty wrestlers to

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be invited to the Midland Championships (12/28),posting a 3-2 record at the tournament … was a per-fect 4-0 at the Virginia State Intercollegiates (1/6),helping him claim the weight-class championship andMost Outstanding Wrestler honors … went into theNCAA National Championship having won 13 out ofhis previous 14 matches and 17 out of his previous19 matches.

Previous School: Transferred to Liberty from Rider… posted a 26-15 record in his only year as a mem-ber of the Broncs’ wrestling program … was a nation-al qualifier at 133 pounds … ranked as high as No.17 nationally during the year … tied for the team leadin total wins … placed first at the Keystone Classic …finished third at the Beast of the East and the CAA …sixth-place finish at the Mat Town championship.

Prep: Graduated from Norristown Area High School… finished his high school career with a 167-15record (91.8 winning percentage) … started off hisprep career with a 37-7 record at 103 pounds to qual-ify for the state championship … posted a 39-4record as a sophomore at 103 pounds … finishedfifth at the state championship and named a FargoJunior National All-American … posted a 40-3 recordat 112 pounds as a junior … placed third at the statetournament as a junior and was the NWCA SeniorOpen champion … capped off his career with a stel-lar 51-1 record at 119 pounds as a senior … finishedthird in the state tournament and ranked as high asseventh nationally by Wrestling USA Magazine …broke the district record for wins in a season as asenior … was a member of the National HonorSociety as he posted a 3.55 GPA in high school.

Personal: Son of Mark Harner … birthday is on Aug.26 … comes from a strong wrestling background ashis father, Mark, wrestled at West Chester and hisuncle, Steve Harner, wrestled at Clarion … majoringin sport management at Liberty.

DustinHicks

So., 5-7, 133Gainesville HS

Gainesville, Ga.

Fr. (2006-07): Saw time on thewrestling mat at both 133 and 141 pounds … posteda 0-2 record at 133 and 0-1 at 141 pounds … com-peted for the Flames during two events … tri-matchat N.C. State (11/8) and the Navy Classic (11/18).

Prep: Graduated from Gainesville High School … fin-ished his high school career with a 221-37 record(85.7 winning percentage) … posted a 49-17 recordas a freshman at 112 pounds, finishing fourth in thearea … claimed the area championship as a sopho-more with a 58-11 record at 119 pounds … posted a55-4 record as a junior at 125 pounds … finishedsecond in the area and was a AAA state champion as

Tim Harner

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a junior … capped off his prep career with a 59-5record as a senior, finishing third in the area and sec-ond in the state.

Personal: Son of Christopher and Deena Hicks …birthday is on Feb. 29 … majoring in English educa-tion … would like to teach following graduation.

PatrickHogan

R-So., 6-2, 184Crawford HS

(Southern Maine)Crawford, N.J.

Previous School: Transferred to Liberty fromSouthern Maine ... posted a 30-7 record at 184pounds … led his team in wins … tournament cham-pion at Messiah and Oneonta tournaments … fin-ished second at the Wilkes Open … All-New Englandsecond team … All-Pilgrim League first team …placed fifth at the New England ConferenceTournament.

Prep: Graduated from Crawford High School … post-ed an 84.9 winning percentage overall ... finished hishigh school record with a 107-19 combined record …three-time Region 3 champion … twice took homethe District II title … finished fourth at the district tour-nament as a freshman to finish the year with an 18-11 record at 140 pounds … posted a 28-6 record at152 pounds as a sophomore … finished second atthe Union County and District II tournament … quali-fied for the state tournament with a 29-2 record at160 pounds as a junior … claimed the state champi-onship at 171 pounds, capping off an unblemished32-0 record as a senior … was inducted into the NewJersey chapter of the National Wrestling Hall ofFame.

Personal: Birthday is on Feb. 6 … majoring in pas-toral leadership at Liberty.

JacobiJohnson

Fr., 6-0, 197Eastern Wayne HS

Goldsboro, N.C.

Prep: Graduated from EasternWayne High School … claimed

victory in over 90 percent of his highschool matches (90.6 percent) with a combined 126-13 record … posted an 11-2 record at 215 pounds asa sophomore … 58-7 record as a junior at 215/275pounds … six-time tournament champion during hisjunior year, earning him a No. 3 ranking in the stateof North Carolina … capped off his career by postinga 57-4 record at 215/275 pounds as a senior … won11 tournaments as a senior, earning him the top rank-ing in the state.

Personal: Birthday is on Feb. 3 … majoring in biolo-gy, with an emphasis on pre-med … would like topursue a career as a doctor after graduation.

SeanKatz

So., 5-6, 125Hickory HS

Chesapeake, Va.

Fr. (2006-07): Named to the BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll …

finished the year with a 13-11 overall record … oneof eight wrestlers to finish the season with a winningrecord … wrestled at both 125 (12-11) and 133pounds (1-0) … posted a 7-3 record in dual matches… 5-1 in matches determined by fall … picked up hisfirst collegiate victory with a 9-6 decision win overAnderson’s Andy Wade at 133 pounds, helping theFlames to a 37-3 season-opening victory at the HokieClassic (11/5) … picked up his first win by fall (4:21)over Campbell’s Richie Apolinar in a tri-match at N.C.State (11/8) … 2-2 at the Navy Classic (11/18),including a win by fall (1:00) over Binghamton’s RobSlavin … 3-0 at the Liberty Quad (11/22), beginningwith a win by fall (3:11) over Newberry’s ChaunceyMcElheney to start a five-match winning streak …placed fourth at the Spartan Invitational with a 3-2record (12/2) … picked up a 5-2 decision win over

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James Madison’s Louis Sweet at the Virginia StateIntercollegiates (1/6) … helped the Flames to a 36-9dual match victory over Messiah with a win by fall(1:58) over Mark Eilertsen ... claimed a 15-12 deci-sion victory over Millersville’s John Andel at the EastRegional Duals (2/4).

Prep: Graduated from Hickory High School … fin-ished his high school career with a 163-45 record(78.3 winning percentage) … finished his career with93 pins … four-year letterwinner … two-timeRichmond Invitational champion … compiled a 19-15record as a freshman at 103 pounds, helping himearn second-team Southeastern District honors …named to the first-team Southeastern District team asa sophomore after finishing the year with a 50-13record at 103 pounds … posted a 50-10 record as ajunior at 103 pounds, earning second-teamSoutheastern District honors … finished his prepcareer with a 44-7 record as a senior at 125 poundsto earn first-team Southeastern District honors …named Outstanding Wrestler in 2005.

Personal: Son of Michael Katz and RomonaCampbell … birthday is on Sept. 26 … majoring insocial sciences and math … would like to teach aftergraduation.

AaronKelley

So., 5-11, 165Parkersburg South HSMineral Wells, W.Va.

Fr. (2006-07): Finished the yearwith a 20-20 overall record at

149 pounds … one of six wrestlers to record 20 ormore victories on the year … 10-11 in dual matches… posted an 8-3 record in matches determined byfall ... ranked fourth on the squad with wins by fall …4-2 in matches decided by major decision … openedhis collegiate career with a 4-0 blanking ofAnderson’s T.J. Selke at the Hokie Classic (11/5) …posted a 3-2 record at the Navy Classic, including awin by fall (3:18) over Bucknell’s Anthony Deleo(11/18) … 2-2 at Nittany Lion Open (12/3), includinga win by fall (3:30) over Cornell’s Tim Ironman and a5-4 decision over Rutgers’ Jack Barrett … openedthe Reno Tournament of Champions with an 8-0blanking of Adams College’s Joe Kelso (12/20) …placed fifth at the Virginia State Intercollegiates (1/6)with a 3-2 record … two victories during theCommonwealth event were by fall (Old Dominion’sJoey Metzler – 1:08 and Apprentice School’s MattPerry – 3:22) and the third was a technical fall (7:00)over VMI’s Randy Phillips … defeated Arizona State’sChris Remsen by major decision, 16-7, at the VirginiaDuals (1/12-13) … pinned King College’s MartyErickson at 4:05 to help the Flames to a 47-3 homedual match victory (1/30) … 2-2 at the East RegionalDuals (2/3) … both victories were by fall overGardner-Webb’s Josh Lowe (1:48) and Duquesne’sBrandon Baldini (4:43) … one of three Libertywrestlers to pick up a victory at UNC Greensboro(2/21) with a 9-6 victory over Marcus Hannah …posted a win by fall (4:55) over Duquesne’s BrandonBaldini at the NCAA East Regionals.

Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South HighSchool … finished his high school career with a 122-39 record (75.8 winning percentage) … finishedfourth in the state as a freshman with a 32-12 recordat 103 pounds … posted a 24-12 record at 125pounds as a sophomore to place third in the state …helped his team to a state championship as a juniorwith a 21-9 individual record … finished third in thestate at 140 pounds as a junior … his high schoolcareer culminated with a 45-5 season at 145 pounds,

Sean Katz

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helping him claim the West Virginia StateChampionship … placed third at the IronmanInvitational and fourth at the Reno Tournament ofChampions as a senior.

Personal: Son of Bill and Debbie Kelley … birthdayis on Jan. 20 … majoring in aviation at Liberty.

NickKnowles

Fr., 5-9, 174Calvary Chapel HS

Westminster, Calif.

Prep: Graduated from CalvaryChapel High School … posted a combined 113-44record during his high school record (72.0 winningpercentage) … four-time league champion … finishedsecond at the CIF as a freshman and a sophomore… posted a 18-20 record as a freshman at 130pounds … compiled a 20-10 record at 140 pounds asa sophomore … state qualifier at 152 pounds as ajunior with a 36-8 record … set a then school recordfor most pins in a season … All-American as a seniorwith a 39-6 record at 160 pounds … placed third atthe Reno Tournament of Champions as a senior …broke his junior year record for pins in a season as asenior. … two-time California national team member… 2007 Greco-Roman state champion.

Personal: Son of Brockton and Paulita Knowles …birthday is on April 11 … majoring in youth ministriesat Liberty … would like to become a pastor aftergraduation.

JustinKrop

Fr., 5-10, 141Urbana HS

Monrovia, Md.

Prep: Graduated from UrbanaHigh School … finished his high

school record with an 85.8 winning percentage and a109-18 record … was ranked fourth in the state witha 22-6 record at 112 pounds before suffering a sea-son-ending knee injury … finished fifth at the statetournament with a 30-5 record as a sophomore at125 pounds … selected first-team all-county as asophomore, junior and senior … ranked second inthe state at 130 pounds with a 24-3 record during hisjunior campaign … regional and county champion at140 pounds with a 33-4 record as a senior … won allmatches by fall during both regional and county tour-naments.

Personal: Son of Richard and Tyleen Krop … birth-day is on May 12 … majoring in communications atLiberty.

CollinLewis

Jr., 5-7, 133Brick TWP (Hunter)

Brick, N.J.

Previous School: Transferred toLiberty from Hunter College …

finished last year with a 3.83 GPA,helping earn him NCAA Division III Academic All-America honors.

Prep: Graduated from Brick Township High School.

Personal: Son of Terrance and Dorothy Lewis …birthday is on Sept. 23 … majoring in English …would like to teach or coach after gradation.

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ZacMcCray

So., 5-9, 149Parkersburg South HS

Vienna, W.Va.

Fr. (2006-07): Posted a 5-13overall record … wrestled at both

133 and 141 pounds … 3-8 in dual matches …began his collegiate career with a 4-2 decision overAnderson’s Chris Francis at 141 pounds at the HokieClassic (11/5) … wrestled the rest of the year at 133pounds … defeated Virginia Tech’s Matt Rosen, 2-1,at the Hokie Classic … helped Liberty to a 36-9 dualmatch victory over Campbell with a 4-0 blanking ofCaleb Lesnoff (11/8) … 2-2 at the Navy Classic(11/18) … opened the Classic with a 2-0 shutout winover Davidson’s Chris Panfili … later in the Classic,he recorded a 7-2 decision win over McDaniel’s ArtieKaehler.

Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South HighSchool … finished his high school career with a 90-33 record (73.1 winning percentage) … finishedfourth in the state with a 25-12 record at 119 pounds… posted a 30-11 record as a junior at 125 pounds tofinish second in the state tournament … finished offhis career with a 35-10 record at 135 pound …placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Championsand second at the state championship.

Personal: Son of Chris McCray and Rita Campbell… birthday is on Nov. 4 … is majoring in nursing atLiberty.

RyanMcDonnell

So., 5-9, 141Cooper City HS

(Florida Atlantic)Cooper City, Fla.

Fr. (2006-07): Posted a 1-9 overall record at 141pounds … lone victory on the year came in a 10-0major decision over Gloucester Community College’sAnthony Jiles at the Spartan Invitational (12/2).

Prep: Graduated from Cooper City High School …finished his high school career with a 101-33 record(75.4 winning percentage) … three-year varsity letter-winner ... district and county champion at 112 poundsduring his junior year … was his senior-year teamcaptain, claiming a district championship at 130pounds.

Personal: Son of William and Soraya McDonnell …birthday is on Sept. 20 … has a previous connectionto the wrestling program as his father, William, wres-tled at Liberty … majoring in kinesiology … would liketo pursue a career as a physical education teacherafter graduation.

Zac McCray

McCray Statistically - 2006-07 SeasonWT Season Dual Fall TF Major Dec.133 4-13 2-8 0-1 0-0 0-4141 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Total 5-13 3-8 0-1 0-0 0-4

McDonnell Statistically - 2006-07 SeasonWT Season Dual Fall TF Major Dec.141 1-9 0-3 0-4 0-2 1-1Total 1-9 0-3 0-4 0-2 1-1

Flames Fact:During the course of the 2006-07 season,Tim Harner (141), Christian Smith (125)

and Patrick Walker (HWT) each garneredregional rankings by WrestlingReport.com

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T.J.MitchellFr., 5-6, 133Raritan HS

Hazlet, N.J.

Prep: Graduated from RaritanHigh School … posted an 81.1

percent winning percentage as a high school wrestlerwith a 107-25 combined record … three-time districtchampion … four-time conference victor … captain ofhis squad as a junior and senior … posted a 22-8record as a freshman at 103 pounds … 13-5 at 103

pounds as a sophomore … state qualifier at 119pounds as a junior with a 33-7 record … capped offhis career with a banner senior campaign, posting a39-5 record … placed fifth at the state tournament.

Personal: Son of Thomas, Sr., and Rosie Mitchell …birthday is on July 13 … undecided about his major.

ChadPorter


Washington, W.Va.


one of four Liberty wrestlers to advance to the NCAANational Championships … wrestled the entire sea-son at 165 pounds … ranked second on the teamwith 33 individual victories … posted a 71.7 percentwinning percentage (33-13) … led the team with 10wins by major decision … posted a 10-2 record inmatches decided by major decision … ranked sec-ond on the team with 12 matches won by fall … post-ed a 12-1 record in matches decided by fall … ledthe team with 18 victories in dual matches … postedan 18-4 record in dual matches … opened his colle-giate career with three-straight victories at the HokieClassic (11/5), including two wins by fall … posted a5-2 record at the Navy Classic (11/5), finishing fifth inthe event … finished off his run at the Navy Classicwith a 7-0 blanking of Duquesne’s Cody Midlam … 3-0 at the Liberty Quad, including a 10-2 major deci-sion win over James Madison’s Jeff Jacobs (11/22)… 2-2 at the Nittany Lion Classic (12/3), including a9-0 major decision over Michigan State’s Nick Shafer… 4-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions(12/20), with three of his four victories coming by fall… was 2-1 at the Virginia State Intercollegiates, fin-ishing third at the event … closed out the event withback-to-back major decision victories, including a 9-1win over VMI’s John Burton for third place … 2-1 atthe Virginia Duals (1/12-13), including wins by fallover The Citadel’s Zachary Filter (4:35) and ArizonaState’s Cam Smith (3:20) … was 2-0 at the NCAAEast Regional, with both victories coming via majordecision … entered the NCAA NationalChampionship riding an 11-match winning streak andhaving won 13 out of his last 14 matches.

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Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South HighSchool … finished his high school career with a 134-27 record (83.2 winning percentage) …finished hisfreshman year with a 27-12 record at 119 pounds,helping him place second at the state championship… posted a 27-5 record as a sophomore at 135pounds en route to a state championship … finishedsecond at the state championship as a junior with a37-6 record at 152 pounds … also placed sixth at theIronman Championship during his junior year … post-ed a 43-4 record as a senior at 152 pounds en routeto a state championship … finished second at theReno Tournament of Champions as a senior and sev-enth at the Ironman Championship, which enabledhim to finish the season ranked nationally … in otherhigh school action, he was a two-time NHSCA Openchampion.

Personal: Son of Gary and Tammy Porter … birthdayis on June 9 … is a biology major at Liberty, with apre-med focus … would like to pursue a career inradiology after graduation.

ChrisRobbins

Fr., 5-7, 141E.C. Glass HSLynchburg, Va.

Prep: Graduated from E.C.Glass High School … posted a

combined 75-45 record over four years of high schoolwrestling (62.5 winning percentage) … finished thirdat the Western Valley District Tournament as a fresh-man at 130 pounds … placed second at the WesternValley District Tournament as a sophomore and junior… posted a 17-14 record during his sophomore yearat 130 pounds … recorded a 21-11 mark as a juniorat 135 pounds, helping him finish fifth in theNorthwest Region … capped off his high schoolcareer in banner fashion, posting a 24-7 record as asenior, placing first at the Western Valley DistrictTournament and fourth in the Northwest Region.

Personal: Son of Clark and Sharrie Robbins … birth-day is on Dec. 7 … has ties to the program as hisfather, Clark, wrestled at Liberty … majoring in mathat Liberty … would like to teach after graduation.

ChristianSmith

Sr., 5-7, 133Western Branch HS

(Virginia Tech)Suffolk, Va.

Jr., (2006-07): Named to the BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll … selected to theVaSID academic all-state team … named to theNWCA All-Academic team, an honor bestowed uponthe top student-athlete wrestlers in the country …was one of three Liberty wrestlers to garner regionalrankings during the course of the season, as listed byWrestlingReport.com … one of four Liberty wrestlersto advance to the NCAA National Championships …had to sit out the first part of the season due toNCAA transfer rules … competed as an individualprior to becoming eligible for team competition onDec. 16 … ranked fourth on the team with 26 individ-ual victories … posted a 26-12 record at 125 poundson the year (68.4 winning percentage) … posted an8-3 record in dual matches … 7-3 in matches deter-mined by fall … ranked fifth on the team with victo-ries by fall … placed in four tournaments throughoutthe year, including individual weight-class champi-

Porter Statistically - 2006-07 SeasonWT Season Dual Fall TF Major Dec.165 33-13 18-4 12-1 1-0 10-2Total 33-13 18-4 12-1 1-0 10-2

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onships in three different tournaments … opened theyear with a perfect 5-0 record competing as an indi-vidual at the East Stroudsburg Open (11/18), claimingthe championship at 125 pounds … picked up twowins by major decision, one by technical fall andanother by fall at the East Stroudsburg Open … post-ed a 5-3 record at the Nittany Lion Classic to placeeighth at the event (12/3) … was one of two Libertywrestlers to compete at the Midland Championships(12/20), posting a 2-2 record at the event … posted aperfect 3-0 record at the Virginia StateIntercollegiates to claim the championship at 125pounds (1/6) … claimed two of his three victories atthe event by fall, while claiming the weight classchampionship with a 3-2 decision over Virginia’sRoss Gitomer … 2-2 at the Virginia Duals (1/12-13),including decision victories over The Citadel’s TylerSim (6-4) and Bucknell’s Greg Hart (9-4) … 3-0 atthe East Regional Duals (2/4), opening with a win byfall (2:38) over Gardner-Webb’s Cortney Roberts …… was a perfect 2-0 at the NCAA East Regional toclaim the title at 125 pounds (3/4) … bested Gardner-Webb’s Roberts again by fall (1:10) to claim theweight class championship … named Co-MostOutstanding Wrestler at the event … entered theNCAA National Championship having won nine out ofhis last 10 matches.

Previous Schools: Transferred to Liberty fromVirginia Tech … sat out his only season at VirginiaTech after suffering a preseason injury … transferredto Virginia Tech from Duke where he was a two-yearmember of the Blue Devils’ squad … posted a 42-17record at Duke … started off his collegiate careerwith a 30-12 record as a freshman, going undefeatedin ACC action to claim a conference championship at125 pounds … was a NCAA Tournament qualifier …was named Duke’s Freshman of the Year … tied forthe nation’s lead in falls at 125 pounds … posted a12-5 record as a sophomore, before being granted amedical redshirt … placed second at the WestVirginia Open and claimed the championship at UNCPembroke.

Prep: Graduated from Western Branch High School… finished his four-year career with a 176-16 record(91.7 winning percentage) … posted a 21-1 record asa freshman at 103 pounds … three-time state cham-pion (103 pounds as a sophomore, 112 pounds as ajunior and 119 pounds as a senior) … named a HighSchool All-American as a senior by USA WrestlingMagazine … ranked as high as fourth nationally byWrestling USA Magazine during senior year.

Personal: Son of Daniel Wayne and Shelia Smith …birthday is on Nov. 1 … has a previous tie to the pro-gram as his father wrestled for Liberty from 1975-77… Daniel Smith was a two-time NCCAA nationalchampion (118 pounds in 1976 and 126 pounds in1977) … majoring in business management atLiberty … completed his undergraduate degree inbusiness during the spring of 2007 … currently pur-suing his master’s in business administration.

ShaunSmith


Washington, W.Va.

Fr. (2006-07): Finished the sea-son with a 19-18 overall record at

157 pounds … one of six wrestlers on the team toconclude the year with a winning record … 10-9 indual matches … began his collegiate career with a 5-1 decision victory over Anderson’s Hunter Gardner atthe Hokie Classic (11/5), helping Liberty to a 37-3dual win … 4-2 at the Navy Classic (11/18), finishingfourth in the event … opened his stay at the NavyClassic with a 9-1 major decision over GeorgeMason’s Dan Cook … 3-2 at the Virginia StateIntercollegiates (1/6), placing fourth in the tournament… recorded a 5-4 decision win over Wilkes AndrewFranko (1/20), starting a season-best four-match win-ning streak … helped the Flames to a 30-13 dualmatch victory over VMI with a win by fall (5:26) overVince Cole (2/15) … concluded the winning streakwith a 5-1 decision victory over UNC Greensboro’sNathan Berryman (2/21) ... picked up a 5-2 decisionvictory over Gardner-Webb’s Brendan Couture at theNCAA East Regional (3/4).

Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South HighSchool … finished his high school career with a 95-25 record (79.2 winning percentage) … posted a 28-11 record as a sophomore at 135 pounds … placedfifth at the state championship and claimed theregional title during his sophomore season … record-

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ed a 32-7 mark as a junior at 140 pounds … claimedthe regional and state championship as a junior andfinished fifth at the Ironman Invitational and seventhat the Reno Tournament of Champions … winner ofthe Most Outstanding Wrestler award as a junior …set a team record for takedowns during his junioryear … capped off his prep career with a 35-7 recordat 145 pounds … placed fifth at the IronmanInvitational, claimed the regional championship andfinished second at the state invitational during as asenior … two-time NHSCA National Open Wrestlingchampion … 2004 Eastern National champion.

Personal: Son of Edward and Lisa Smith … birthdayis on Nov. 24 … majoring in sport management atLiberty … would like to be an athletic director follow-ing his collegiate career.

JosephSon

So., 6-0, 157Peachtree Ridge HSLawrenceville, Ga.

Fr. (2006-07): Posted a 3-15overall record … wrestled at both

165 (3-7) and 174 (0-8) pounds … picked up his firstcollegiate victory with a 9-2 decision over FrankPerkoski Gloucester C.C. at the Spartan Invitational(12/2) … followed the win with another victory, as hedefeated College of New Jersey’s Ryan McCabe inovertime, 5-3 (SV), at the Spartan Invitational.

Prep: Graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School… finished his three-year career with a 110-39 record(73.8 winning percentage) … was a Gwinnett CountyHonorable Mention selection as a sophomore at 171pounds … posted a 52-13 record as a junior at both171 and 189 pounds … placed sixth at the GwinnettCountry tournament as a junior and was one matchaway from placing at the Georgia StateChampionship … capped off his prep career with a47-4 record at 171 and 189 pounds, helping him gar-ner a Gwinnett County Championship … was namedthe Outstanding Wrestler at the Blackhorse

Invitational as he claimed the championship …Region 7AAAAA champion as a senior … also was avarsity letterwinner in football, starting at nose guardas a sophomore … four-year member of the highschool Philharmonic Orchestra, earning a letter eachyear … was a member of the Gwinnett County YouthSymphony.

Personal: Son of Jong-Gyu and Eun-hee Son …birthday is on March 30 … majoring in piano andmusic education at Liberty.

CoreyVasbinderSo., 5-7, 174

Indiana Area Senior HS Indiana, Pa.


did not see any time on the wrestling mat during theyear.

Prep: Graduated from Indiana Senior High School …finished his high school career with a 103-38 record(73.0 winning percentage) … posted a 29-10 recordas a freshman at 185 pounds, helping him qualify for

S. Smith Statistically - 2006-07 SeasonWT Season Dual Fall TF Major Dec.157 19-18 10-9 1-0 0-0 2-4Total 19-18 10-9 1-0 0-0 2-4

Joseph Son

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the PJW state tournament … recorded a 29-7 markas a junior at 189 pounds … was named to the All-Indiana Gazette Wrestling team as a junior and hequalified for the Southwest Regional Championship… capped off his prep career by posting a 35-5record … team captain as a senior and was the TerryOwens “Most Outstanding Wrestler” during the 2005-06 season … was awarded the Lorraine Petras“Book and Mat” scholarship and award as a senior …was named to the second-team All-Academic team in2006.

Personal: Son of Michael and Laurie Vasbinder …birthday is on Aug. 27 … is pursuing a kinesiologydegree at Liberty … would like to be a physical edu-cation teacher following graduation.

PatrickWalker

So., 6-3, 285Newark HS (Delaware)

Newark, Del.


was one of three Liberty wrestlers to garner regionalrankings during the course of the season, as listed byWrestlingReport.com … one of four Liberty wrestlersto advance to the NCAA National Championships …finished the year with a 29-8 overall record … rankedthird on the team with 29 individual victories … post-ed an 78.3 winning percentage on the year, markingthe best winning percentage on the team … postedan 18-2 record in dual matches, marking the bestdual match winning percentage on the squad … tiedfor the team lead in dual match victories … 11-2 inmatches decided by fall, ranking third on the squad intotal wins by fall … perfect 6-0 in matches deter-mined by major decision … also ranked third on thesquad in wins by major decision … missed two tour-naments throughout the year due to injuries (NavyClassic and the Virginia State Intercollegiates) … wonhis first four matches of the year and was victoriousduring 11 of his first 12 trips to the mat … began hiscollegiate career with a 9-0 major decision overAnderson’s Aaron Lambert at the Hokie Classic(11/5) … unbeaten (3-0) in Liberty’s Quad (11/22),including two wins by fall and a major decision … 6-2at the Nittany Lion Classic to place sixth at the tour-nament (12/3) … 3-2 at the Reno Tournament of

Champions (12/20) … started a nine-match winningstreak, his longest of the year, with a 5-0 decisionover The Citadel’s John Buck at the Virginia Duals(1/12) … closed the nine-match run with a 3-1 deci-sion over VMI’s Leon Barrow, helping the Flamesdefeat the Keydets, 30-13, in the dual match-up(2/15) … pinned Duquesne’s Joe D’Orsie (1:23) toclaim the title at the NCAA East Regional (3/4) …posted 1-2 record at the NCAA NationalChampionship (3/15) … joined Aaron Bruce (1994)as the only other wrestler in program history torecord a victory at the NCAA National Championshipwhen he pinned Army’s Nathan Thobaben (4:23) atthe national event.

Prep: Graduated from Newark High School … fin-ished his four-year career with the Yellowjackets witha 111-33 record … dropped just three matches duringhis junior and senior seasons (at 189 pounds) …posted a 20-17 record as a freshman at 152 pounds… finished his sophomore season with a 22-13record at 171 pounds … claimed the Delaware statechampionship at 189 pounds as a junior, finishing theyear with a 34-2 record … was undefeated in hissenior year before dropping the Delaware Statechampionship match to finish his final prep seasonwith a 35-1 record.

Personal: Birthday is on May 14 … majoring in pas-toral leadership … would like to pursue the ministryafter graduation.

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Kyle Walters

Jr., 5-11, 184Parkersburg South HS

(Marshall)Parkersburg, W.Va.

So. (2006-07): Named to the BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll … posted a 7-7 overallrecord at 174 pounds … 5-3 dual match record … 2-2 in matches decided by fall … 1-1 in matches deter-mined by major decision … opened the year with awin by fall (6:37) over Anderson’s Nick Niesielowskiat the Hokie Classic (11/5), helping the Flames to a37-3 dual match victory … closed out the day at theHokie Classic with an 11-2 major decision win overJames Madison’s Duffour Donkor, helping secure a29-23 dual win for the Flames … posted another winby fall (1:48) over James Madison’s Ivan Lagares atthe Liberty Quad (11/22) … picked up an 8-1 decisionwin over Binghamton’s Anthony Esposito at theNittany Lion Open (12/3) … defeated Newberry’sQuinn Tolbert in a 3-1 decision at the RenoTournament of Champions (12/20).

Prep: Graduated from Parkersburg South HighSchool … finished his prep career with a 153-38record (80.1 winning percentage) … posted a 37-4record as a freshman at 145 pounds … was a countychampion as a freshman and placed fifth at theNHSCA … finished his sophomore year with a 41-11record at 152 pounds … finished second at regionalchampionship and first at the state championship asa sophomore … posted a 36-11 record as a junior at160 pounds, finishing the season first at theBrecksville Tournament, first at the regional champi-onship, second at the state championship and third atthe NHSCA … wrapped up his prep career with a 39-12 record at 171 pounds, finishing first at WSAZ, sev-enth at the Reno Tournament of Champions, first atboth the regional and state championships and thirdat the NHSCA.

Personal: Son of Randy and Judy Walters … birth-day is on Jan. 7 … majoring in business at Liberty …would like to be a pharmaceutical representative aftergraduation.

Sam Walters

So., 5-9, 149Upper Perkiomen HS

Hereford, Pa.

Fr. (2006-07): Finished the yearwith a 20-14 overall record at 133

pounds … one of six wrestlers to record 20 or morevictories on the year … 8-4 dual match record … 5-1in matches determined by fall … 3-3 in matchesdecided by major decision … picked up his first colle-giate victory with a 9-3 decision win over Campbell’sTrevour Smith in a tri-match at N.C. State (11/18) …5-3 at the Nittany Lion Classic (12/3), finishing theevent in eighth place … two of his five wins were byfall against King College’s Shad Rissler (3:57) andClarion’s Rob Labrake (5:42) … 2-2 at the RenoTournament of Champions (12/20), including a majordecision win, 14-3, over Southern Oregon’s JuniorValladolid … 3-2 at the Virginia State Intercollegiates(1/6), placing fourth in the state event … recorded aKyle Walters

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major decision win over George Mason’s MostafaIbrahim, 14-3 … recorded two decision wins at theVirginia Duals (The Citadel’s Matthew Leach, 3-2,and Arizona State’s Angel Alegre, 4-0) … pinnedMessiah’s Alex DeHart (5:45) … helped Liberty to a30-13 dual match victory over VMI with a win by fall(1:35) against Lance Long … picked up a 3-2 deci-sion win over Duquesne’s Brad Cipriani at the NCAAEast Regional.

Prep: Graduated from Upper Perkiomen High School… finished his high school career with a 123-47record (72.4 winning percentage) … letterwinner as afreshman with a 10-10 record at 125 pounds … fin-ished his sophomore season with a 33-14 record at130 pounds … was a sectional and district championas a sophomore and he placed fifth at the regionalchampion … state qualifier as a junior with a 41-14overall record at 130 pounds … finished second atthe district championship as a junior and placed thirdat the sectional and regional championships … fin-ished his career with a 39-9 record as a senior at 140pounds … sectional and district champion as a seniorand he finished fifth at regionals.

Personal: Son of Lance of Vickie Walters … birthdayis on May 13 … majoring in sport management.

Ricky WilbanksFr., 5-7, 133

White County HSCleveland, Ga.

Prep: Graduated from WhiteCounty High School.

Personal: Son of Rick and Kathy Wilbanks … birth-day is on Feb. 20 … undecided about his major atLiberty.

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2006-07 Season Top 5

Most Total Wins1. Tim Harner 392. Chad Porter 333. Patrick Walker 294. Christian Smith 265. Aaron Kelley 20

Sam Walters 20

Most Dual Matches Wins1. Chad Porter 18

Patrick Walker 183. Tim Harner 154. Aaron Kelley 105. Chris Daggett 9

Most Wins by Technical Fall1. Aaron Kelley 1

Tim Harner 1Chad Porter 1Christian Smith 1

Most Wins by Major Decision1. Chad Porter 102. Tim Harner 93. Patrick Walker 64. Aaron Kelley 4

Christian Smith 4

Most Wins by Fall1. Tim Harner 132. Chad Porter 123. Patrick Walker 114. Aaron Kelley 85. Christian Smith 7

Fastest Win by Fall1. Patrick Walker vs. Patrick Finch, JMU 0:482. Tim Harner vs. Kyle Kinkenborg, DSU 0:513. Jonathan Campbell vs. Mike Tubbs, YC 1:064. Aaron Kelley vs. Joey Metzler, ODU 1:085. Christian Smith vs. Courtney Roberts, GWU 1:10

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