embracethegrind 4 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) heard about the freshman champ topic so I did my research. here is what I found. Give credit to Jim Kalin and Mark Palmer for already covering this topic. the last article was written in 2016. From 1928- 2016 - there have been 15 true freshman to win the title. out of all of them pat Malkovich from Michigan state was the youngest at 17 years old. another interesting note- 1947 was the first year that it happened and there were 4 freshman who did it. Jim kalin wrote the article "THE 15" IN AMATEUR WRESTLING NEWS that mark referenced to. To add that total- 2018 spencer lee is number 16. anyway. here are the names of the 16 freshman to win a title. 1947 dick hausner- Cornell college of Iowa lowell Lange- " bill nelson- iowa state teachers college dick hutton- okie state 1972 pat milkovich- Michigan state 1973 don rohn- clarion 1979 darryl burley- Lehigh * everyone said he was a complete phenom. 1980 matt reiss- North Carolina 1990 pat smith okie state 1993 Lincoln McIlravy- iowa 2003 teyon ware- 0klahoma 2006 dustin schlatter - Minnesota 2010 kyle dake- Cornell 2014 j'den cox- Missouri 2016 Myles Martin- ohio state 2018 spencer lee- Iowa *side note- dan hodge - okie state and dan gable- iowa state were not allowed to compete due to the rules. Edited March 28, 2019 by embracethegrind Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yonz_g 59 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Forgot to include 2017 - Mark Hall and 2018 -Yianni Diakomahalis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scribe 1,655 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Does this list somehow parse out the idea freshmen weren’t allowed to participate for a number of years? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
embracethegrind 4 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 3 hours ago, yonz_g said: Forgot to include 2017 - Mark Hall and 2018 -Yianni Diakomahalis good call. totally forgot about them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OBXWrestler 79 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Edit-didn’t see True Freshman part Edited March 28, 2019 by OBXWrestler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffrideal 99 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) edit Edited March 28, 2019 by jeffrideal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lu_alum 615 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 *side note- dan hodge - okie state and dan gable- iowa state were not allowed to compete due to the rules.More than just those two who were not able to compete as Frosh. The Peery brothers (Ed and Hugh), Mike Caruso, Gray Simons, Uetake, Larry Hayes...Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 MikePorcelli and CA_Wrestler reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fadzaev2 138 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, lu_alum said: More than just those two who were not able to compete as Frosh. The Peery brothers (Ed and Hugh), Mike Caruso, Gray Simons, Uetake, Larry Hayes... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk So that would include Rex Perry too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 1,009 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Dick Hutton 1947? Possibly others in 46 and 47 due to the war. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patmilkovich 95 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Embrace, Just for accuracy, I enrolled at MSU as a 17 yr. old in Sept. of 1971, turned 18 on Dec. 11, and won the NCAA on March 11, 1972 at the the age of 18.26 yrs., and apparently still the youngest ever. Thanks. The following is courtesy of the late Jarius Hammond (NCAA Wrestling Historian). Season Weight Name Class DOB Ch.Date Age 1947 121 Hauser, Dick Freshman 3/29/1947 1947 136 Lange, Lowell Freshman 8/17/1928 3/29/1947 18.62 1947 175 Scarpello, Joe Freshman 1/16/1923 3/29/1947 24.21 1947 165 Nelson, Bill Freshman 10/24/1926 3/29/1947 20.44 1947 UNL Hutton, Dick Freshman 10/04/1923 3/29/1947 23.50 1972 126 Milkovich, Pat Freshman 12/11/1953 3/11/1972 18.26 1973 134 Rohn, Don Freshman 1/13/1954 3/10/1973 19.17 1979 134 Burley, Darryl Freshman 2/18/1960 3/10/1979 19.07 1980 167 Reiss, Matt Freshman 4/16/1960 3/15/1980 19.93 1980 177 Banach, Ed Freshman 2/06/1960 3/15/1980 20.12 1990 158 Smith, Pat Freshman 9/21/1970 3/24/1990 19.52 1993 142 McIlravy,Lincoln Freshman 7/07/1974 3/20/1993 18.72 1993 158 Mollica, Markus Freshman 1/01/1973 3/20/1993 20.23 1994 167 Branch, Mark Freshman 7/08/1974 3/19/1994 19.71 1999 184 Sanderson, Cael Freshman 6/20/1979 3/20/1999 19.76 2002 174 Jones, Greg Freshman 8/10/1982 3/23/2002 19.63 2003 184 Rosholt, Jake Freshman 9/02/1982 3/22/2003 20.56 2003 141 Ware, Teyon Freshman 8/13/1983 3/22/2003 19.62 2006 149 Schlatter,Dustin Freshman 5/15/1986 3/18/2006 19.85 2010 141 Dake, Kyle Freshman 2/25/1991 3/20/2010 19.08 2010 125 McDonough,Matt Freshman 5/12/1990 3/20/2010 19.87 2012 125 Stieber, Logan Freshman 1/24/1991 3/17/2012 21.16 2014 197 Cox, J’den Freshman 3/03/1995 3/22/2014 19.06 2 Housebuye and OfficialObserver reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan 49 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 7 hours ago, embracethegrind said: heard about the freshman champ topic so I did my research. here is what I found. Give credit to Jim Kalin and Mark Palmer for already covering this topic. the last article was written in 2016. From 1928- 2016 - there have been 15 true freshman to win the title. out of all of them pat Malkovich from Michigan state was the youngest at 17 years old. another interesting note- 1947 was the first year that it happened and there were 4 freshman who did it. Jim kalin wrote the article "THE 15" IN AMATEUR WRESTLING NEWS that mark referenced to. To add that total- 2018 spencer lee is number 16. anyway. here are the names of the 16 freshman to win a title. 1947 dick hausner- Cornell college of Iowa lowell Lange- " bill nelson- iowa state teachers college dick hutton- okie state 1972 pat milkovich- Michigan state 1973 don rohn- clarion 1979 darryl burley- Lehigh * everyone said he was a complete phenom. 1980 matt reiss- North Carolina 1990 pat smith okie state 1993 Lincoln McIlravy- iowa 2003 teyon ware- 0klahoma 2006 dustin schlatter - Minnesota 2010 kyle dake- Cornell 2014 j'den cox- Missouri 2016 Myles Martin- ohio state 2018 spencer lee- Iowa *side note- dan hodge - okie state and dan gable- iowa state were not allowed to compete due to the rules. Don't forget that Gray Simons was also not allowed to compete in the NCAA D1 tournament as a freshmen. He did win the NAIA national tournament as a freshmen and went on to be a 3X NCAA National Champion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim L 149 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Logan Stieber was 21 as a Frosh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jchapman 787 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jim L said: Logan Stieber was 21 as a Frosh? Yes. The oldest non-WW II guy on the list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GockeS 273 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 dan hodge was a sooner. be careful if you are down there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lu_alum 615 Report post Posted March 28, 2019 Don't forget that Gray Simons was also not allowed to compete in the NCAA D1 tournament as a freshmen. He did win the NAIA national tournament as a freshmen and went on to be a 3X NCAA National Champion.I named him above. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
