Congratulations
Coach Scott Sherman !
Scott Sherman was inducted
into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Saturday, August 12,
2006.
2005
Florida Dual Meet
The Wrestling Club finished
second in the State Dual Meet Championship held last weekend.
The Wrestling Knights defeated FSU in their first dual by a
score of 54-3. The next dual was against The University of
Florida and the Knights picked up another win beating the Gators
38-7. Then the Knights took on the USF Bulls and won 51-3.
With a daily record of 3 wins and 0 losses, the Knights wrestled
Pensacola Christian College to determine which team would be the
dual champions. The Knights wrestled hard, but were unable to
continue their winning streak losing to Pensacola Christian
College 19-23.
Top performers for the Knights are David Miller, Zach Sanford,
and Mike Lemieux who all finished the tournament with four wins.
Captain David Miller led the way by winning three of his matches
by pins.
The Knights have continued to show improvement throughout the
season despite the loss to Pensacola Christian College. This
weekend the Knights will compete in UNC- Chapel Hill’s “Rumble
on Hill” to close out the semester’s competition. This
tournament will feature many of the top NCAA programs of the
Southeast.
- David Miller
11/21/2005
Georgia
Tech Open 2005
The wrestling club competed in the Georgia
Tech Open this past weekend. Though the tournament proved to be
a wake-up call to some of the wrestlers, two veteran wrestlers
lead the team during the tournament. Team captain David “BooBoo”
Miller (133 lbs) and Jimmy Myers (184 lbs) dominated their
opponents. David was undoubtedly the best wrestler in his weight
division as he collected four wins (three of which were pins) to
finish the tournament in 1st place. Jimmy continued
to control his opponents throughout the tournament but failed to
collect the win in his final match and ended the tournament in 2nd
place.
Freshmen
Willie Rothenberg (133 lbs) wrestled well and finished in 4th
place. He will be an essential asset to the team as the season
progresses. Carlos Anglero also finished in fourth 4th
place at heavyweight.
“We have a
long way to go before we are as good as last year. Our
conditioning level is low and we have a lot of young wrestlers
this year. However, we have a lot of potential, and I think it
is only a matter of time before we prove that we are the best
team in the NCWA,” stated captain David Miller.
The Georgia
Tech open was a pre-season tournament that had about 180
athletes competing, a 20% increase from last year. While it
appeared to be a tough tournament for most of the wrestlers from
Central Florida, this pre-season event was a perfect wake-up
call. “It made us aware of our weaknesses, and other things we
need to work on. This is the best time to see what our strengths
are and what needs more work. I just hope we can pull everything
together in a couple weeks when we wrestler in the Central
Florida Open,” commented Jimmy Myers.
The
wrestlers will have a two-week break and then compete in the
Knights Brawls Duals on November 4th and the Central
Florida Open on November 5th at UCF.
- David Miller
10/24/2005
2005
- 2006 Season Outlook
09/24/2005 -
Finishing the 2004 and 2005 season as the NCWA National
Champions, the Golden Knights hope for another outstanding
finish in 2006. Two-time NCWA “Coach of the Year,” Johnny Rouse,
will lead the Knights this season followed by assistant coaches:
Scott Sherman, and Jason Snow. Two former wrestlers have also
joined the coaching staff: Tom Lawlor who finished 3rd in the
2002 season and became a 3 time National Champion in 2003, 2004,
and 2005 at the 235-pound weight division, and Jason Balma who
finished 5th in 2004 and 4th in 2005. The Knights have shown
improvement with every season finishing 8th in 2002, 4th in
2003, and becoming back-to-back National Champions in 2004 and
2005.
Along with the leadership provided by an outstanding coaching
staff, the Knights also have capable leaders on the mat.
Captains Paul Rothenberg (3rd in 2004 and 5th in 2005 at 133
pounds) and David Miller (3rd in 2003, 2nd in 2004, and 2nd in
2005 at 125 pounds) accept the challenge of capturing another
National Championship title.
Miller and Rothenberg, will be joined by other returning
All-Americans including: Matt Bohren (5th in the 141-pound
division), Brian Guider (6th in the 157-pound class in 2004),
and Jimmy Myers (4th in the 184-pound division).
The Knights enter the 2006 season with a handful of returning
NCWA National qualifiers who did not place in 2005. Some
extremely talented recruits will also accompany the returning
National qualifiers. Ryan Reid, Willie Rothenberg, Freddy
Carosio, Nicholas Miller, Seve Hewitt, Ramsay Wade, and Jonathan
Buhring are just a few of the new wrestlers who hope to fill the
holes in the line-up. The Golden Knights lost six All-Americans
including three 2005 champions: Todd Hauser (2-time national
champion in the 197-pound division), Tom Lawlor (3-time national
champion in the 235-pound division) and Jarren Williams
(national champion in the 285-pound division).
Accomplishing two National titles has not come without
sacrifice; it requires a combination of hard work, dedication,
and commitment. The Knights will strive to continue the winning
traditions set in the previous years. The Golden Knights nights
have become the standard for teams in the NCWA, that standard
has placed the Knights on top of the NCWA world.
