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Full Name Cl. Weight Hometown / Highschool Other College
Ryan Bauer Fr. 125 Kearney, NE / Kearney
Garrett Grantom Fr. 125 Willis, TX / Willis
Josh Smith Jr. 125 Houston, TX / Cypress Ridge
Troy Bainter Fr. 133/141 Norton, KS / Norton
Tim Crocker So. 133 Kearney, NE / Kearney
Kazuhiro Fujinawa Sr. 133 Kitakyushu, Japan
Brandon Rimpley Jr. 133/141 Kearney, NE / Kearney
Stephen Weimer Jr. 133 Clovis, CA / Clovis
Jordan White Sr. 133 Lincoln, NE / Lincoln
Tyler Anderson Fr-R 141/149 Clay Center, KS / Clay Center
Michael Bolan Fr. 141/1499 Grand Island, NE / Grand Island
Brock Coutu Jr. 141/149 Griswold, CT / Griswold Newberry College (SC)
Dalton Jensen Sr. 141 Missouri Valley, IA / Missouri Valley Iowa State U.
Eric Jones Jr. 141/149 Lake Tapps, WA / Auburn Riverside Highline C.C. (WA)
Klay Kasik Fr. 141 Schuyler, NE / Schuyler
Brett LaBudda Fr. 141 Lincoln, NE / Southeast
Austin Carmichael Jr. 149 Columbus, NE / Columbus Augustana College (SD)
Layne Crumley Fr. 149/157 Akron, CO / Akron
T.J. Hepburn Sr. 149/157 East Hampton, CT / Ledyard Colby C.C. (KS)
Colton Johnson Fr. 149 Burke, SD / Burke
Zach Legino Fr-R 149/57 Ault, CO / Roosevelt
Nick Ridgeway Fr-R 149 Columbus, NE / Columbus
Raufeon Stots Jr. 149 Houston, TX / Klein Oak Labette C.C. (KS)
Chase White Fr. 149/157 Lincoln, NE / Lincoln
Riley Allen So. 157 Grand Island, NE / Grand Island
Matt Oliver Fr-R 157 Auburn, NE / Auburn
Zach Starostka So. 157/165 Grand Island, NE / G.I. Central Catholic
Islam Abitov Jr. 165 Osh, Kyrgyzstan / Kearney
Drew Comito Jr. 165/174 Spokane, WA / Mead
Joey Wilson Sr. 165 Half Moon Bay, CA / Half Moon Bay UC Davis
Matt Duffy Jr. 174 Kenesaw, NE / Kenesaw
Mark Fiala So. 174 Seward, NE / Seward U. of Nebraska-Omaha
Caleb Kociemba Sr. 174/184 Hillsboro, OR / Hillsboro Clackamas C.C. (OR)
Brock Smith Jr. 174 Gering, NE / Gering
Tanner Sturgeon Fr-R 174 Cozad, NE / Cozad
Ross Brunkhardt Sr. 184 Merino, CO / Merino
Mike Swanson Sr. 184 Dannebrog, NE / Nebraska Christian Northwestern College (MN)
Nate Westerby Fr-R 184 Grand Island, NE / Grand Island
Kevin Barrett Fr-R 197 Bennington, NE / Boys Town U. of Nebraska-Omaha
Nick Bauman Jr. 197 Brighton, CO / Legacy
Matt Lenagh Fr-R 197 Omaha, NE / Millard North
Joe Alston Fr. 285 Tulsa, OK / Berryhill Northeastern State U. (OK)
Shawn Meyer So. 285 Plainview, NE / Plainvew Morningside College (IA)

Coaching Staff
Name Title
Marc Bauer Head Wrestling Coach
Ty Swarm Assistant Wrestling Coach
Josh Erickson Assistant Wrestling Coach
Trevor Charbonneau Assistant Wrestling Coach
Ben Hohensee Student Assistant Coach

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Joe Alston huh? He was a beast when he wrestled at Auburn! Glad to see him in a Loper singlet!

Surprised to see Alston at 285. WOW!

I saw him at UNK's Booster event this last weekend. An awsome event by the way. He has a large frame on him. I would bet he is probably 240-250ish.

Austin Carmichael and Chase White would be an interesting battle for 149. Due to collegiate experience, I imagine the edge would go to Carmichael but would guess White will end up at 157 but to face some tough competition including Oliver, Allen and Starostka.

I don't know anything about the out-of-staters. Anybody?

Neither will beat Hepburn this year so one will going wherever Hepburn does not.

Thanks Huzker! You can tell I haven't been paying close attention lately. This is a tough roster. Out of curiosity, how would UNK stack up against UNL?

Besides Maryville, where did the rest of the UNO wrestlers go? Who and how many chose to retire?

I think they would stack up well against UNL. They look really down by looking at their roster. Only 23 bodies in the room makes it tough to have a good practice environment.

Bainter was a 2x champ and 4x placer from Norton whichalways puts out great kids.

Couto is a JUCO AA and state champ in CT. I think he i pretty tough.

Eric Jones was a 2x state champ from WA and a JUCO All-American last year placing 5th

Crumley is a 2x state champ from CO.

Johnson is a 3x state place from SD

Stots is JUCO All-American. He is very talented.

I think the Huskers have closer to 30 in the room..... My prediction in a dual would be 28-9 in favor of the Huskers!

Chase White is redshirting this year, and is most likely going to wrestle at 57.

Huskers vs. Lopers would be an interesting dual in 2011

Just a quick glance at the rosters/accomplishments I could see this being the projected lineups...

125-Shawn Nagel, UNL v. Josh Smith, UNK

133-Ridge Kiley, UNL v. Jordan White/Tim Crocker/Stephen Wiemer, UNK

141-Luis DeAnda/Skylar Galloway/Chad Stroh, UNL v. Dalton Jensen, UNK

149-Chris Hacker/Ross Grande v. Brock Coutu/Raufeon Stots, UNK

157-Tyler Koehn/Brandon Wilbourn, UNL v. T.J. Hepburn, UNK

165-Robert Kokesh, UNL v. Joey Wilson, UNK v.

174-Caleb Kolb, UNL v. Mark Fiala/Matt Duffy/Drew Comito, UNK

184-Josh Ihnen, UNL v. Ross Brunkhardt, UNK

197-Spencer Johnson, UNL v. Matt Lenaugh/Nick Bauman/Kevin Barrett, UNK

285-Tucker Lane, UNL v. Kevin Barrett/Joe Alston, Shawn Meyer, UNK

Seems to me like UNL might still have an advantage but I would like to think UNK would win 4 of these matches. Also just looking at the rosters, UNK is much deeper. An injury or two could really plague the huskers season.

Some guys have shifted in the offseason, UNL's line-up is likely:

125 Shawn Nagel
133 Ridge Kiley
141 Jake Sueflohn
149 Brandon Wilbourne
157 Ross Grande/Cody Compton
165 Robert Kokesh/Tyler Koehn
174 Caleb Kolb/Tyler Koehn
184 Josh Ihnen
197 James Nakashima
285 Tucker Lane

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Originally posted by juicebox215:
Some guys have shifted in the offseason, UNL's line-up is likely:

125 Shawn Nagel
133 Ridge Kiley
141 Jake Sueflohn
149 Brandon Wilbourne
157 Ross Grande/Cody Compton
165 Robert Kokesh/Tyler Koehn
174 Caleb Kolb/Tyler Koehn
184 Josh Ihnen
197 James Nakashima
285 Tucker Lane

IMHO, Kokesh will/would AA @ 165, probably at 174 too. From what I seen last season, Compton is a capable wrestler but looked like it was all he & Koehn could do to make 157. Thought maybe we might see Kokesh move up to 174 so Compton could move to 165, Kolb/Nakashima 184 and Ihnen @ 197, leaving the door open for Green at 157 by end of year. Aside from Kiley, it looks like the lighter weights are going to have their hands full. I think UNK could make UNL nervous if Hepburn is at 149 and wondering of Brock Smith's status?

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Nagel has improved a lot this off-season. Kligsheim is gone so Nagel will have to step up.

Kiley is a returning NQ and legitimate AA contender this year. He will be huge at the weight class.

Sueflohn is a top recruit and should step into the line-up right away. The guys in the room I've talked to said he's a first year national qualifier.

Wilbourne is making the move to 149 and will be very big if he can hold the weight.

Grande is moving up to 157 and wrestling off with Compton. It will be interesting to see who gets the start.

Kokesh could AA at either weight this season, with his ideal weight being 165. Tyler Koehn is a lot better then his results have shown (which include wins over ranked opponents) as he has just been cutting way too much weight and could wrestle either weight Kokesh wasn't. Also, Caleb Kolb is returning at 174 and is a top 20 wrestler. It's a good problem to have for the team. I think Kokesh will AA at either weight and a national qualifier will be produced from the other.

Ihnen has twice been in the round of 12 at nationals and looks to break into the AA status.

Nakashima is moving up to 197 to fill the hole left by Andy Johnson. James was a JUCO champ before coming to Nebraska and placed 8th last year at the Midlands while redshirting. He will be a pleasant surprise to people who don't know him.

Lane looks to finally break through at nationals and become an AA.


IMO, Although UNK may match up well at a couple weights, they'd be a heavy underdog at many others and I don't see them making UNL nervous.