Fishbane 100 Report post Posted May 22 Former UFC Champ Chris Weidman wrestled for two years at Nassau CC before transferring to Hofstra where he placed 3rd at NCAAs as a senior. Anyone know of a D3>D1 transfer that placed at D1 nationals? In this thread there were examples of Juco/D2/NAIA>D1 AA, but not a D3>D1 AA. I know that back when the D3 champs got a bid to D1 nationals some placed like Famiano and Winnie from Brockport, but I don't know of a transfer that AAed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jbonecapone 2 Report post Posted May 23 Tywan Claxton AA'd for King (TN) then transferred to Ohio. Didn't AA but beat #1 guy from Mizz. Wrestled well and now in Bellator 1 silvermedal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
de4856 333 Report post Posted May 23 Seth Gross comes to mind. His story is pretty well know, and since his transfer he has done extremely well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTG119 794 Report post Posted May 23 Lehigh fans, wasn’t there a kid who wrestled club level (in Florida somewhere?) then transferred in and was at least a national qualifier? Not exactly an answer to OP but a different path than most. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvermedal 103 Report post Posted May 23 Tom Ryan left Syracuse for Iowa where he became a 2xAA. He gave 4 timer Pat Smith a great battle in the NCAA finals his senior year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTG119 794 Report post Posted May 23 29 minutes ago, silvermedal said: Tom Ryan left Syracuse for Iowa where he became a 2xAA. He gave 4 timer Pat Smith a great battle in the NCAA finals his senior year. Tom’s junior year. Pat’s soph. 1 silvermedal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillieBoy 614 Report post Posted May 23 Mark Schultz. Transferred from UCLA after one year(they cut the program) to Oklahoma and won three NCAA titles. In High School he never won a tournament - while winning a California State Title. Ben Ojai, Jr College All American went to BYU in Utah and finished 2nd and 3rd at the NCAA Tournament. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Novak 147 Report post Posted May 23 11 hours ago, KTG119 said: Lehigh fans, wasn’t there a kid who wrestled club level (in Florida somewhere?) then transferred in and was at least a national qualifier? Not exactly an answer to OP but a different path than most. Santiago Martinez. 1 KTG119 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 1,064 Report post Posted May 23 Jamill Kelly and Daniel Cormier both transferred from JUCO to OSU. Kelly started a few years and Cormier AA'd a couple times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheerstress 68 Report post Posted May 23 Chris Taylor was a JUCO national champ before transferring to Iowa State where he won two Div. I titles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadgerMon 114 Report post Posted May 23 Mark Manning transferred from Nebraska to UNO and took two D-2 titles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishbane 100 Report post Posted May 23 Mark Cody was a transfer himself... maybe that contributed to his propensity to recruit successful transfers. He transferred from State University of New York at Delhi to Missouri where he was an AA. Delhi was competing in NJCAA at the time. I think they recently went up to D3, but they dropped wrestling long before that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 1,288 Report post Posted May 23 18 hours ago, jbonecapone said: Tywan Claxton AA'd for King (TN) then transferred to Ohio. Didn't AA but beat #1 guy from Mizz. Wrestled well and now in Bellator Seemed like Claxton was always about to break through and AA. Was surprised he never made it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 1,288 Report post Posted May 23 2 hours ago, Sheerstress said: Chris Taylor was a JUCO national champ before transferring to Iowa State where he won two Div. I titles. Did Chris win 2 titles in Juco prior to the transfer, or just one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alwayswrestling 145 Report post Posted May 23 (edited) I don’t think going from a JUCO to any other college is really a transfer as isn’t the whole point of going the judo route to transfer? Edited Tuesday at 03:22 AM by Alwayswrestling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvermedal 103 Report post Posted May 24 7 hours ago, TobusRex said: Seemed like Claxton was always about to break through and AA. Was surprised he never made it. Claxton was up one with 5 secs to go in a blood round match his senior season. He got reversed. He is now an undefeated MMA competitor and has told me he's driven by the disappointment he felt over that loss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JP158 6 Report post Posted May 24 Kelvin Jackson, JUCO Nat Champ 1993 NCAA Champ 1995 at 118. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lu1979 217 Report post Posted May 24 I am surprised no one has mentioned Isaiah White. He transferred in from a lower division to Nebraska and is an AA (5th) with one year left to compete. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,759 Report post Posted May 24 3 hours ago, lu1979 said: I am surprised no one has mentioned Isaiah White. He transferred in from a lower division to Nebraska and is an AA (5th) with one year left to compete. And he was a D2 champ I think he is talented enough to be a D1 champ. He is just in an insane weight. I also think the no redshirt thing probably hurt him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheerstress 68 Report post Posted May 24 22 hours ago, TobusRex said: Did Chris win 2 titles in Juco prior to the transfer, or just one? Just one: he won it his first year, and then finished third the next year before transferring to ISU. 1 TobusRex reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TripNSweep 334 Report post Posted May 24 Not really a transfer but Brian Picklo went from not wrestling at all to an AA at Michigan State. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheerstress 68 Report post Posted May 24 1 hour ago, TripNSweep said: Not really a transfer but Brian Picklo went from not wrestling at all to an AA at Michigan State. More specifically, he walked on to Michigan State after never qualifying for the state meet in high school, almost got cut from the team that first year, but hung in there and went on to place twice in Div. I. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScarletKnight 63 Report post Posted May 25 Jarrod king. Donahoe Suriano of course Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KSchlosser 76 Report post Posted May 26 Isaiah White was a DII national champ for Notre Dame College. With one year left, he was round of twelve as a sophomore and placed fifth as a junior for Nebraska. Will always wonder whether or not he would have made a difference in Cleveland vs TC. Never heard why he did not end up in Columbus but hard to argue against Green and Burroughs as workout partners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MNRodent 138 Report post Posted May 26 Minnesota Gophers Top Ten Transfers (that I can remember) 1. Marty Morgan NCAA Champ, 2nd, 6th 2. Brock Lesnar NCAA Champ, 2nd 3. Ryan Lewis NCAA 2nd 2X 4. Shelton Benjamin NCAA 3rd, 5th 5. Michael Foy NCAA qualifier, Olympian 6. Bobbe Lowe NCAA AA 7. Devin Skatzka NCAA AA 8. Sean Russell NCAA Qualifier Ranked top 6. 9. Steve Bleise 2x NCAA Qualifier Ranked top 10 10. Gerald Carr NCAA Qualifier Ranked top 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
