As the days roll closer to the start of
school and a new wrestling season, it's time for a bit of news here at
the end of August.
First of all, since my last email we had one more golden Olympic moment for Team USA in freestyle wrestling. Kyle Snyder
won gold at 97 kg., defeating his opponent from Azerbaijan 3-1. If you
would like to see the other scores from the Olympics and other
tournaments, you can find them at this link to results for Olympics and other events.
Those of you who remember Greg Strobel, one of Oregon State's great wrestlers, will want to mark Sept. 21 on your calendar. Both Greg and Mike Hass, of OSU football, will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame for the State of Oregon. For more details, you can read the article at OSU about Strobel and Hass's induction into the HOF. Congratulations to Greg and Mike!!
The FALL Board has started working on plans for activities for the upcoming wrestling season. If anyone has any input, please share it with me or any other Board member. One thing the Board would like FALL members to consider: The Pac-12's will be held at Stanford at the end of the season. How much interest would there be in chartering a bus like we did the last time the Pac's were at Stanford? It is about a 10 hour ride from Corvallis. Please be thinking about it as we will need to ask who is interested early on to decide if we want to do it.
Finally, an update came out from the Coaches Corner yesterday. It includes the names of our newcomers, so if you haven't seen the update yet, you will find it below.
Go Beavs!
Here's the word from the coaches:
We hope everyone had a great summer. We had
a productive summer and are getting ready to roll into another
pre-season. We have had some change, have some new faces in the program
and the 2016-2017 season is quickly approaching. Coach Troy Steiner was
named the Head Wrestling Coach for the re-instated Fresno State program.
We appreciate everything Troy has done for OSU and wish him the best!
Golf Outing
We want to thank everyone that played in and/or sponsored a hole or a
team for the Dale Thomas Golf Outing. It was beautiful day at Corvallis
Country Club and we had a great time. The support from everyone is
always appreciated ! It allows us to do things that otherwise would not
be possible.
New Faces
We are excited to welcome former Beav All American Taylor Meeks
back to Corvallis as an Assistant Coach. Taylor returns to The Beavs
after a coaching stint at Boise State University. He will be outstanding
to have back in the program and brings a lot of energy and passion for
Oregon State University and the wrestling program. Also joining the
program as an assistant coach is Ian Miller of Kent
State University. Ian was a great wrestler for KSU, a 3x All American
and University Freestyle National Champ and we are excited to have him
here working with our guys.
Joining the program this fall as freshman are some hard working and talented youngsters: Connor Noonan of Klamath Falls, Riley Jaramillo from Eugene, Bob Coleman, and Devan Turner of Dixon, California.
Schedule
We are still waiting on the Pac 12 Conference for the final go ahead to
release our Official Schedule. What I can tell you is that we have trips
planned to Las Vegas for the Cliff Keen Invitational, Reno for The Reno
TOC, and Chicago for The Midlands, as well as some exciting duals. As
soon as it’s official and I am able to release it, I will pass along.
NCAA Tickets
We will again be putting in for NCAA Tickets in St. Louis and would like
to give everyone a heads up. Please let me know if you are interested
in getting tickets through OSU for our section. The tickets will be
available though our ticket office after we are notified and receive our
ticket allotment from the NCAA.
Oregon Hall Of Fame
Oregon State legend Greg Strobel will be going into The Oregon Hall of Fame on September 21st. It is a long overdue achievement for Greg and we look forward to seeing him inducted.
Remembering
It was a tough spring and summer for the Beaver Wrestling Family. We
lost some special people and want to remember Roger Weigel, Ron Finley,
Tim Patrick and Spike Jones. All these guys were special people to the
Oregon State Wrestling Family and will always be remembered.
Until next time,
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