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Wrestling
03/20/2013 Four Spartans Head to 2013 NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipsJunior Michael McClure is the No. 8 seed at heavyweight. 03/07/2013 Spartans Head to Illinois for 2013 Big Ten ChampionshipsSophomore John Rizqallah is the No. 4 seed at 184 pounds. 02/21/2013 Spartans Host No. 11 Central Michigan on Senior NightThree seniors will be recognized before the match. 02/14/2013 Spartans Host No. 22 Iowa State on FridayMSU closes out the dual season with two non-conference opponents. 02/08/2013 MSU Wrestling Hosts No. 19 Michigan on SundayThe dual will be streamed live on the Big Ten Digital Network. 2011-12 (Redshirt) 28-6 Overall: Redshirted and led the Spartans in wins with 28 ... Went undefeated at the EMU Open and won the freshman/sophomore division ... Scored three falls at the MSU Open and took sixth place ... Finished 6-1 at the Cleveland State Open and placed third ... Led MSU in falls with 15 ... Finished first place at the Laker Classic ... Placed fifth and added another three falls at the Edinboro Open ... Went 5-1 and placed third at the National Collegiate Open. PREP: Three-time state champion ... Ranked No. 24 recruit in the nation according to www.d1collegewrestling.net and No. 33 according to Intermat ... Compiled a 230-2 high school record, good for eighth on the Flint-Area's all-time victories list, including 163 pins and 118 consecutive wins ... His only high school losses were to Division 1 finalist Terrance Frank of Grand Blanc as a freshman and to Midland Bullock Creek's Ryan Nieman in the state title match as a sophomore ... Went 59-0 as a senior at 152 pounds with 47 pins and claimed his third state title in Division 3 ... Named MichiganGrappler.com's 2011 Wrestler of the Year ... Ranked the No. 1 senior recruit by MichiganGrappler.com for the class of 2011 ... Ranked No. 1 in the final MichiganGrappler.com 2011 Power Rankings (all divisions) at 152 pounds ... Named 2011 Flint-Area Wrestler of the Year by the Flint Journal ... Four-time Genesee Area Conference, Genesee County, regional and district champion ... 2011 FloNational Champion ... Claimed first place at 140 pounds at the 2010 Super 32 Challenge in North Carolina, one of the top high school wrestling tournaments in the nation; defeated Jason Tsirtsis of Crown Point, Ind., 6-5, to win the title ... Also placed eighth at the 2009 Super 32 Challenge ... Won the inaugural Michigan Grappler Fall Classic at 152 pounds on Oct. 16, 2010, in Tecumseh and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler ... Won the Michigan Division 3 state title at 140 pounds as a junior in 2010 with a 17-4 victory over Elvis Peacock of Chippewa Hills ... Finished his junior year a perfect 59-0 ... Named to the 2010 Michigan Grappler.com Dream Team ... Placed third at the 2010 FloNationals in Walsh, Ohio ... Finished state runner-up at 130 pounds as a sophomore in 2009 with 56-1 record ... Claimed the state title as a freshman at 112 pounds with a 56-1 record. |
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