The Aggie wrestling program produced NCAA champions year after year after year, but the team also pushed forward its fair share of Olympians, and 1948 marked a particularly memorable year for Oklahoma A&M. All team members walked away champions yet again. In May of 1991, current head coach John Smith was named the new leader of his alma mater and proceed to guide the Cowboys to a second place finish in his first year at the helm. Bob Drebenstedt (6th, 167 pounds) Dick Beattie, a fellow Olympian with Roderick in 1956, won a title, as did Duane Murty, and six additional Cowboys finished on the podium. Both champs, Johny Hendricks and Jake Rosholt, defended titles, with Hendricks winning his second crown and Rosholt taking home gold for the third time. Story Links STILLWATER Oklahoma State wrestling signee Cael Hughes has been announced as the winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for the state of Oklahoma by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. With transfers and the portal and those type of things, we probably fell behind. David Arndt (145 pounds) The frustration was evident from coach John Smith, whose team will finish outside the top 10 in back-to-back years for the first time in his tenure. (); : However, Roderick's teams once again rebounded with championship wins in 1961 and 1962, winning five individual championships and another 15 All-Americans. For Hughes, an Oklahoma State signee and three-time state champion who has yet to lose in high school, Stillwaters victory was the perfect way to get some momentum ahead of regionals next week and the state tournament the week after that. Thomas Landrum:47 (1978-81) Rex Peery (118 pounds) The Pokes went 47 and were banned from post-season competition. Princeton last had an individual national champion in 1951. They wrestled hard, they worked hard this year. Of those 467 All-Americans, 142 of them won national titles. He was also the coach of eight of the first ten national champions as his teams won in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940. John Smith:152 (1984-88) We were trying to figure out what our team was going to be in December because we had some question marks with weight classes., Kyle added, We learned who our team is in December by the loss, and we just came out and we did our own thing and that was plenty for today. Jake Rosholt (184 pounds)All-Americans: Jack VanBebber (165 pounds) National champions: The win earned John Smith NWCA Coach of the Year honors after his team went undefeated during the regular season, won the conferenceand took over the national scene by winning the NCAA tournament by 38.5 points over Minnesota. Dick Beattie (157 pounds) National champions: His NCAA title win in 1962 made him the second Black NCAA champion as well. Johnny Thompson (133 pounds) Class 4A Tuttle won its 14th straight dual state tournament championship as it defeated Catoosa 53-13 in the finals. Dennis Crowe (4th, 130 pounds) Otis Wile, "Oklahoma State Sports Memoirs: The Chronological Story of Sports at Oklahoma State University From the Beginning in the 1890s through the 1960s [Manuscript]," Special Collections and University Archives, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, The Aggies' streak of titles would end again after the 1935 championship, but Gallagher's team finished this particular year with another series of champions and All-Americans to add to the mystique and success of the program. George Chiga (Heavyweight), All-Americans: Conrad Caldwell (165 pounds) CHAMPIONS: The Cowboys celebrate the five-year anniversary of John Smith's 1000th win. The next season, athletic director Edward C. Gallagher would take over the team. WebDuring his tenure, Oklahoma State University won five NCAA Division I national team titles, with titles coming in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Sidney Marks and Dillard Talbutt also earned All-American honors, helping Oklahoma State beat Michigan State by just five points. (); : Coach:John SmithLocation:Stillwater, OklahomaAll-time record (through the 2019-20 season):1,121-129-23NCAA championships:1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Conference tournament championships:1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. Conrad Caldwell (175 pounds) The four-timers club also includes Oklahoma States Pat Smith, Iowa States Cael Sanderson now Penn States coach Cornells Kyle Dake and Ohio States Logan Stieber. Year after year after year. Diakomihalis victory over Sasso secured third place for Cornell with 76.5 points and Ohio State took fourth with 70.5. More:El Reno sweeps Carl Albert in ranked showdown, Putnam North and Putnam West split rivalry wins. Read about Jay: https://t.co/khXRtBNAdv pic.twitter.com/MklIGz5Xxz. He beat current Michigan head coach Sean Bormet in his final NCAA appearance in 1994. This was another year for Cowboy gold all the way around. Chuck Barbee (3rd, 142 pounds) Oklahoma high school wrestling: Stillwater's Angelo Ferrari tops OSU signee for Class 6A 160-pound title State Championships At State Fair Arena Class 6A FINAL TEAM SCORING 1. #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/zaS7jH7tVm, The Aggies tradition and reputation of success came about because of the coaching success of Ed Gallagher, but in 1940, following Gallagher's tragic death, the program needed a new leader. Tom Erikson:41 (1986-87) Like 2004, the Cowboys sufferedtwo seasonlosses, this time to Minnesota in both the beginning and end of the year. Vernon Logan (3rd, 145 pounds) A lot of excitement., More:Oklahoma high school wrestling: Roundup of 2023 dual state tournament quarterfinals. Reporter Nick Sardis covers high school sports across the Oklahoma City metro and state. While normally this sort of one-sided advantage can be attributed to one school being rather weak, the Bedlam domination by Oklahoma State is very different in that Oklahoma is a national wrestling power in its own right. Rosholt is considered one of the best 197-pound wrestlers in NCAA history because of the success that he had wrestling for the Cowboys from 2003-2006. Fix Places Fourth, Plott Takes Sixth at NCAA Championships. Zack Esposito (2nd, 149 pounds) Regardless of how future seasons play out, the Cowboys still have an 11-title lead on any team that wants to compete for the "most successful team of all time" identity. Kerr: This is one of the great players Kendall Cross (3rd, 126 pounds) One of his most successful athletes, David Arndt, won his third title in 1946 after serving as a P-38 fighter pilot from 1943-1945, and the champ has since been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Bob Williams (3rd, 175 pounds)1940(see full brackets), Sunday will mark 80th Anniversary of Gallagher Hall, named in honor of fabled @CowboyWrestling coach Ed Gallagher, a Distinguished Member of the NWHOF. People were worried about Tulsa, and I think theyve definitely overcome those worries., More:That botched play in the WCWS hurt, but now, OSU coach Kenny Gajewski 'wouldn't change it'. Fifty-three conference tournament trophies fill the awards cases with 287 athletes owning individual conference titles. Gene Nicks (Heavyweight), All-Americans: Gallagher was legendary before he had even finished his coaching career.GALLAGHER ARENA: The naming history of Oklahoma State's home gym, The 1930's were a special time for Oklahoma A&M with the Aggies winning all but one of the ten championships that decade. Adding to the success at this championship were Joe McDaniel, Harvey Base and Loyd Ricks, all of whom took home gold as well to bring another team championship back to Stillwater. As of 2021-2022, Oklahoma State wrestling has won 34 team national championships, 143 individual NCAA championships, and 485 All-American honors.[2]. George Dorsch also won a title for the Aggiesat 175 pounds, and those two champs plus the four All-Americans gave Oklahoma A&M the one-point advantage that the team needed to top Northern Iowa. And he punched his ticket to what is known as the most exclusive club in college wrestling with a 4-2 win over Ohio States Sammy Sasso. The only wrestling team with more consecutive championships than Oklahoma State is Iowa with nine. 3. Jake Rosholt (197 pounds) Ted Ellis (Heavyewight)All-Americans: Jack VanBebber (155 pounds) Oklahoma State He was the second Keller to win the honor as his brother, Dwayne won the award in 1968 after winning the first of his two titles. Daniel Frishkorn (4th, 141 pounds)2006 (see full brackets). Parker Sneed (5th, 152 pounds) On Feb. 3, 1989, the Oklahoma State Cowboys hosted the Hoosiers in a celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the first Gallagher Hall dual. Zack Esposito (orange) wrestles Phillip Simpson (black) of Army in the 2005 149 pound NCAA championship final. 1937 was the year ofStanley Henson. Bob Drebenstedt (4th, 167 pounds) The other six who recorded falls were Chance Fisher (106), Braden Potts (120), Triston Grounds (126), Beau Hickman (138), Shawn Rounsaville (150) and Ethan Teague (157). Jordan Oliver: 18 (2012) T10. We didnt have to go chase it at 6 oclock in the morning. Dieringer graduated from OSU in 2016, but earned many significant wins during his time in Stillwater. Mike Reding (4th, 157 pounds) It signaled the return of a programon a championship path. Masaaki Hatta (2nd, 123 pounds) NCAA finals during the 2004 tournament. Out of the 23 trophies won throughout the tournament's history, OSU has earned 17 of them. Compared to his predecessors, Joe Seay's tenure with the Cowboys was short, but his list of accomplishments sure is lengthy. John Harrell (Heavyweight)All-Americans: A three-time national runner-up, this was the first time Fix didnt reach the title match and the first time OSU was without a wrestler in the finals since 2018. G. Brown, NCAA Wrestling Record Book (N.p. Four conference champions elevated Oklahoma State back to the top of the standings in the Big 12 championship, and two national champs kept the Cowboys on top at the NCAA tournament later that season. In one of the most captivating moments of the week, Purdues Matt Ramos pinned Iowas Spencer Lee in the 125-pound semifinals on Friday night, ending Lees run at a fourth NCAA title. Jerrod Sanders (4th, 149 pounds) STILLWATER Oklahoma State distance runners erased three program records on the final day of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Penn., with sprinters and jumpers capping off an impressive showcase at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday. [5] During this event in March 2019, OSU won its seventh Big 12 team title in a row, making this the longest consecutive winning streak ever in Big 12 wrestling. The Ed Gallagher era at Oklahoma State came to an endin the most Ed Gallagher way possible: with a win. Nobodys gonna sit around and accept it. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the 1949 tournament was the loss by Richard Hutton, the man considered in Oklahoma State history to be "the cornerstone upon which coach Art Griffith rebuilt the Oklahoma State program when wrestling resumed after World War II." Coach Williams is really good at what he does, making us more of a team.. Earl McCready (Heavyweight), All-Americans: A clip from the Oklahoma A&M student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, highlights the success of the wrestling team in 1931. TULSA An overall disappointing showing at the NCAA Championships ended with a pair of losses in the medal round for Oklahoma State wrestling. Support Nicks work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at oklahoman.com/subscribe or by using the link at the top of this page. WebW. WebOklahoma high school sports history information, schedules, results and List of Champions 4 Time State Champions; Records/Stats. Yoshiro Fujita, Darrell Keller and Geoff Baum led the way as Oklahoma State rolled past Iowa State by 66 points. Fred Davis (4th, 167 pounds)1955 (see full bracket), We said goodbye to one of our own last week.More on the life of national champion Fred Davis:https://t.co/HGAineSWrM#okstate | #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/v8URx7Rjpm. 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Owasso 58; 7. Oklahoma A&M had become a powerhouse program where winning was the norm. By the end of his career in 1969, he had coached seven team champions, 20 individual champions, and 79 All-Americans. All rights reserved. NCAA competition paused from 1943-1945 for World World II, but the Aggieswould come back in the 1946 and win again. (); : National champions: And the team needed this win to continue what would become the program's longest winning streak in history. 8. Baseball Cory Baze: 44 (1988) National champions: ThisOklahoma State brand is oneof winning, of tradition, of legacy. Bob Taylor (3rd, 115 pounds) The 1959 season also marked the first Big 8 conference championship for the program after finishing second in the newly-formed conference the year before.National champions: Earl McCready became the first three-time champ in program history when he took the heavyweight crown again, and Conrad Caldwell joined the list of two-timers with his win at 175 pounds. More:Asked about retirement, Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith thinks he will return. Another key wrestler in the Cowboys' success is Alex Dieringer. WebThe official 2020-21 Cowboy Wrestling Roster for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls. Johnny Thompson:125 (2001-04) Robby Hadden (6th, 167 pounds) More:Carlson: OSU didn't need more magic. Robert Kitt (3rd, 128 pounds) Oklahoma has won seven team national championships in its history, while Oklahoma State has won a record 34 team national titles. Tyrone Lewis and Zach Esposito also became NCAA finalists for the first time in their careers in 2004, while Johnny Thompson, Jake Rosholt, Will Gruenwald and Johny Hendricks also finished on the podium. Lewis would go on to win the NCAA tournament the following year and win gold at the 1936 Olympics. During the 1978 Big 8 wrestling championships, a standing-room-only crowd of 8,300 made such a huge roar that many of the lights in the arena burst. 2023 www.oklahoman.com. General Mar 30. He then won again in 1965 and 1966 to become a three-time champ. NCAA wrestling championships: Focused on title, Oklahoma 2. More:Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Sheets having 'most fun I've ever had' in final season. Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt won the 197-pound title. [4], Oklahoma State wrestling is known for its consistent success in the annual Big 12 championship tournament. In 13 years, his @OSUAthletics teams won 7 team & 20 individual championships.READ more about Myron https://t.co/eHoLjoeg7o pic.twitter.com/mDv9voUVvH, Mryon Roderick needed just one year to find his footing as the head coach of his alma mater, but by 1958, he had put the team pack on top. Art Griffith would continue the winning traditionin Stillwater for the Aggies in the years to come, but Gallagher had solidified himself as a legend. Howard Cline (3rd place, 125 pounds) The 1939 season as a whole was a shorter one than mostand included just six duals and a national tournament, all of which the Aggies won. Ross Flood (126 pounds) 7/7 Oklahoma State Softball team's run-rule victory over Texas Tech, 8-0, to clinch the series win, Sunday afternoon at Rocky Johnson Field. The team went undefeated in 1954 thoughand finished with three champs, including future three-time NCAA champion and future championship coach Myron Roderick. Williams is in his third season as the head coach. He held a re-election rally at the arena in the summer of 2020. Art Griffith showed the world in 1942 that his first title with the team was anything but a fluke, and he would continue to extend the Aggie winning tradition throughout his tenure with the program. Jacob Newby (4th, 150 pounds) The action on the track began with Danielle Rinn crossing the finish line at 4:37.52 in the women's 1,500-meter for first place. Frank Lewis (155 pounds)All-Americans: 2020-21 Cowboy Wrestling Roster - Oklahoma State University Steve Mocco (285pounds)All-Americans: JJ McComas extended Stillwaters lead with a 6-0 decision over Brayden Belford at 126 pounds, and the Pioneers 132-pounder, Cael Hughes, defeated Hunter Hollingsworth 4-2. Pat Smith (158 pounds) NCAA Champions: Willard Lorette (3rd,191 pounds). Jordan Oliver: 38 (2013)CAREER WINS: 1. The Oklahoma State senior won his 100th career wrestling match in the second round of the NCAA Championships on Thursday night at the BOK Center, but the Oklahoma State freshman Quion Williams hoping to use strong finish in NIT as 'springboard', Oklahoma State football will look to replicate consistency in kicking game, Oklahoma State football aims to reinvigorate run game with talented backs, new philosophy, Oklahoma State wrestler Wyatt Sheets having 'most fun I've ever had' in final season, That botched play in the WCWS hurt, but now, OSU coach Kenny Gajewski 'wouldn't change it', Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. T10. The Cowboys have more individual NCAA champions than any program in history. Wrestling John Smith (American wrestler) - Wikipedia Dell Shockley (3rd, 115 pounds) Calvin Mehlhorn (2nd, 121 pounds) The Oklahoma State redshirt senior, wrestling 10 minutes from his hometown of Sand Springs, was upset in the 133-pound semifinals at the BOK Center on In the background of the Cowboys' NCAA success, the program also saw success on the international stage as former athlete and future coach John Smith won a world championship. Records/Stats; Baseball. On the west coast, Yazmine Wright competed at the Oregon State High Performance Meet and clocked a 4:15.61 in the 1,500-meter run to win first place and National champions: T-4. David Arndt (136 pounds) T8. 3. T-7. Shelby Wilson (2nd, 137 pounds) Another wrestler will have a shot at the four-timers club next year. This is the way to do it. Oklahoma Oklahoma State Profile Oklahoma State Edit Update (); : The win over Arizona State was particularly satisfying for Oklahoma State given that the team suffered a loss to the same schooljust before the Big 8 Championships. Winners find ways to win again.. Stanley Henson (145 pounds J. Boyd Nelson (2nd, 169 pounds) Johnny Thompson and Jake Rosholt led the waywith their first-place finishes while five other Cowboys also earned spots on the podium. The team was wrestling like champions and winning like champions, as they added their first back-to-back title of the decade. The home mat advantage for the Pokes and the ravenous attitude of Cowboy fans led to the arena's nickname "Gallagher's House of Horrors.". Heavyweight Jace Warren began the dual with a fall. Tyrone Lewis:38 (2001-04). Bill Harlow (2nd, 177 pounds) David Arndt (145 pounds) The 118,870 broke Iowas record of 95,325 total for 2015-16, which included 42,287 crowd for Grapple on the Gridiron against Oklahoma State at Kinnick Stadium. While the unruly atmosphere has been somewhat diminished, the renovation project has yielded positives for the Cowboy wrestling program. OToole was the defending 165-pound champ, while Carr had won the 157-pound title last year before moving up. OKLAHOMA VS. IOWA: The Cowboys wrestled in front of record-breaking crowd in Iowa City, National champions: COWBOY WRESTLING:The best moments from the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State rivalry, Here are some of the most remarkable stats from theOklahoma State dynasty (as of June, 2020). The NCAA chose to start the championship matches at 157 pounds, leaving the most dramatic moment for last. Alan Kelley (145 pounds)All-Americans: Kendall Cross (126 pounds), All-Americans: Mustang 65; 6. The Cowboys had an imperfectseason that year, losing toMissouri and Minnesota to nearly bookend the season. His 1960 team couldn't compete with a much stronger Oklahoma team coached by Thomas Evans. Joe McDaniel (121 pounds) 4. Yojiro Uetake, an Oklahoma State wrestler originally from Japan, is a prime example of this. National champions: WebHe ended his college wrestling career with a 121-5-2 record. WebFantasy College Wrestling; Pick'Em; Tourney Pool; WrestleTrak. For the third time in a row, Griffith led his team to a championship, and he did soafter three years of no wrestling given the war. 2021-22 Cowboy Wrestling Schedule - Oklahoma State Doug Wilson (3rd, 137 pounds) The Cowboys also crowned the first four-time NCAA champion in Pat Smith. Loyd Arms (Heavyweight)All-Americans: A lot of teamwork. We need to gather up our troops and kick ass as were going forward. DC started his MMA career later in life after his Olympic wrestling career had ended. But on Saturday, Stillwater overwhelmed the Huskies. His win in 1964 came months before he would go on to win gold for Tokyo in the Olympics. His dual mark of 227-26-0 would remain the best record in the history of the program until it was surpassed by current coach John Smith. However, attendance usually spikes when rivals come to Stillwater, most notably the Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Golden Gophers, and Bedlam foe Oklahoma. As far as the way it was run and the space on the floor, it was more than I thought it was gonna be, Dresser said. James Gregson (2nd, 191 pounds)1958 (see full bracket), Myron Roderick was 23 years old when he led @CowboyWrestling to 1958 NCAA wrestling title, becoming youngest coach, in any sport, to win NCAA title. Both teams have won or tied 84 duals in a row. That left the match tied at 1, with McGee winning via riding time. Mark McCracken (2nd, 115 pounds) In 1949, the Aggies earned another NCAA title with a five-point team margin over Northern Iowa, crowing twochampions and fiveadditional All-Americans. Dave Bowlin (4th, 115 pounds) Oklahoma Statewrestling has won a total of 34national championships, including back-to-back titles from 1948-1949, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, and 1989-1990 as well asconsecutive titles from 1928-1931, 1933-1935, 1937-1946, 1954-1956 and 2003-2006. Tyrone Lewis (2nd, 165 pounds) The 1934 championship progressed like many of the previous onesfor the Aggies with Gallagher's team winning by ten points over second-place Indiana and four individual wrestlers winning gold. Gotta appreciate guys that gave you a good year. To this day, Uetake holds the title of the only Cowboy wrestler to remain undefeated throughout his entire college career, ending with a record of 58 wins and no losses. National champions: ABOUT PAT SMITH | AR Wrestling Academy