04/18/2012 Michigan State Wrestling 2011-12 Season Recap and AwardsHard work and off-season training key to next season. 03/03/2012 Big Ten Championships Update - Session 2Five Spartans earn automatic bids to the NCAA Championships. 03/03/2012 Big Ten Wrestling Championships Update - Session OneAnthony Jones Jr. qualifies for the NCAA Championships. 03/01/2012 Wrestling Ready to Compete in Big Ten Championships at PurdueTwo-day event begins Saturday, March 3 at 10 a.m. ET in West Lafayette, Ind. 02/16/2012 Michigan State Falls to No. 25 Central Michigan, 21-12Anthony Jones Jr. wins his team-best 11th dual match. 2010-11 (Freshman): Redshirted . . . Competed at 197 pounds and went 17-7 overall . . . Took first place in the freshman/sophomore division at the EMU Open . . . Placed sixth at the MSU Open with a 3-3 record . . . Went 2-2 at the Cleveland State Open . . . Finished 3-1 at the Purple Raider Open and took second place . . . Went 5-1 at the Simonson Open and placed third; finished the tournament with two consecutive major decisions. PREP: Named No. 7 recruit in the nation at 215 pounds by ESPN RISE Magazine ... Won the Division 1 Michigan state title in the 215-pound weight class as a senior while going undefeated ... Helped lead Hartland to the team state semifinals in 2010 ... Won the 215-pound national title at the High School Senior National Championships in Virginia Beach, Va., defeating Illinois state champ Matthew Dwyer, 3-1, in the championship match ... Ended his high school career with 122 consecutive victories ... Wrestling for Fowlerville High School as a junior, went undefeated and claimed the Division 2 Michigan state title at 215 pounds ... Took second at the 2009 Preseason National High School Championships ... As a sophomore at Mason High School, finished runner-up at 215 pounds in Division 2 ... Three-time district and regional champion ... Earned all-league honors all four years ... 2008 Cadet Greco All-America selection. PERSONAL: Son of Tom and Debby McDiarmid ... Born March 17, 1992 ... Criminal justice major ... Lists his biggest wrestling influences as his brother. |
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