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  Gray Maynard
Gray Maynard

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.

High School:
St. Edward (OH)

Weight:
157

Birthdate:
06/07/1979

Experience:
3L

2001-02: 2001 All-American... Fourth-place finish at the MSU Open (11/18)... Beat Griff Powell of Illinois in seventh-place match at NCAA Championships (3/23) to earn All-America honors ... Also pinned Griff Powell of Illinois in 7:43 in quarterfinal round of Big Ten's ... Pinned Dave Bolyard of Central Michigan in 3:59 (11/28)... Took fourth at Midlands Championships (12/28)... Major decision victory over Adam Turner of Wisconsin, 14-1 (2/1) ... Broke his hand in practice the first week of February ... Did not wrestle against Oklahoma State, Northwestern and Penn State, Ohio State or Michigan.

2000-01: Earned All-America honors for the first time ... Lost to Penn’s No. 3 seed Yoshi Nakamura in the seventh-place match at the NCAA’s ... Took fourth at the Big Ten Championships ... Took first place in the MSU Open (11/18-19) and the Northern Iowa Open (12/2) ... Posted a 26-5 record and a 10-1 mark in the Big Ten ... Had team-best nine pins. 1999-2000: Sensational freshman season, as he recorded a 27-11 mark overall and a 11-6 record in the Big Ten ... Placed second at Michigan State Open ... Wrestled to third in the Penn State Open ... Finished sixth in the prestigous Midlands Championships ... Recorded a team high six wins by falls ... Named to The Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team.

1999-2000: Sensational freshman season, as he recorded a 27-11 mark overall and a 11-6 record in the Big Ten ... Placed second at Michigan State Open ... Wrestled to third in the Penn State Open ... Finished sixth in the prestigous Midlands Championships ... Recorded a team high six wins by falls ... Named to The Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team.

1998-99: Redshirted ... compiled an 11-1 record with two pins in open competition ... Won the Edinboro Open and took third at the MSU Open.

High School: Garnered a four-year record of 135-16, including undefeated seasons as a sophomore and senior at St. Edward High School ... As a senior, was high school national champion, earning All-State and All-American honors, while leading his team to an undefeated season and a number one ranking in the nation ... Four-year letterwinner in wrestling ... In 1995, was a member of Cadet National team ... Three-time member of Junior National team including a second place finish in 1998.

Personal: A parks and recreation major ... Son of Jan and Linda Maynard ... His father was a college wrestler at Arizona State ... Born 5/7/79.

CAREER RECORD:

Season	Overall	Big Ten	Pins
1998-99 11-1    0-0     2
1999-00	27-11	11-6	6
2000-01	26-5	10-1	9
2001-02 20-13   11-8    5
Totals	84-30	32-15	22