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  Karl Nadolsky
Karl Nadolsky

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Holland, Mich.

High School:
West Ottawa

Weight:
149

Birthdate:
11/07/1979

Experience:
3L

2001-02: NCAA Qualifier for the third straight year ... Defeated Ty Morgan of Central Michigan and Travis Schufelt of Nebraska at the NCAA Championships ... Led MSU starters with 26 wins ... Beat Ryan Berger of Illinois to take fifth place at the Big Ten Championships (3/10) ... Pinned Josh Ballard of Northwestern in 5:22 at Big Ten Championships ... Third-place finish at MSU Open (11/18) ... Won six-straight matches to take third place at the Midlands Championships (12/28) ... Upset Jarrod Sanders of Oklahoma State at National Duals, 3-2 (1/19) ... Major decision victories over Tyler Laudon of Wisconsin (2/1) and Steve Amy of Indiana (2/3) ... Major decision victory over Mike Kimverlin of Northwestern at 157 pounds, 17-6 (2/15).

2000-01: An NCAA qualifier ... Eliminated on second day of the NCAA Championships on a 12-5 decision to Collin Robertson of Boise State ... Took first-place at the Northern Iowa Open (12/2) ... Placed second at the MSU Open (11/18-19) ... Posted a 27-16 record ... 11-11 in Big Ten action ... Had five pins ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

1999-2000: Marked a sensational freshman season with a trip to the NCAA Championship ... Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships ... Record over 1999-2000 season was 26-10, with an 18-5 mark in the Big Ten ... Placed third at the Eastern Michigan Open ... Finished fourth at Penn State Open ... Earned first-place honors at the Michigan State Open.

1998-99: Redshirted ... compiled an 8-3 record with three pins in open competition at 157 pounds ... took second at the Ben McMullen Open.

High School: Two-time Michigan state champion while posting a four-year record of 174-18 at West Ottawa High School ... Four-year letterwinner in wrestling while earning two monograms in football ... A member of the Michigan Cadet National team in 1994 and the Michigan Junior National team from 1996-98 ... Earned Academic All-America wrestling honors.

Personal: Pre-medicine major ... Son of Karl Nadolsky and Martje Bertsch ... His father was high school wrestling coach ... Born 11/7/79.

CAREER RECORD:

Season	        Overall	Big Ten	Pins
1998-99         8-3     0-0     3
1999-2000	26-10	18-5	4
2000-01	        27-16	11-11	5
2001-02         26-14   13-7    2
Totals	        87-43	42-23	11