Past wrestler who deserves a title

[Fletcher 763]

If you could change history and grant an NCAA title to a top-tier wrestler who, for whatever reason (bad luck, particularly tough weight class, etc.), never finished on top (other than yourself), who would you choose and why?

[CoachDPark 0]

John Trenge

[JerseyDave 1]

John Trenge

[ocho 0]

Roger Kish. Loved the way he wrestled and love what he is doing at NDSU!

[ElChangodeAmor 12]

Bryan Snyder

[tec87 349]

Roger Kish. Loved the way he wrestled and love what he is doing at NDSU!

 

Definitely, especially after how he went out his senior year.

 

I'm always going to be partial to michigan hs grads but I really wanted Kish to get a title. I will always remember my freshman year of high school at the team state tournament and my team was wrestling Kish's in the state quarter finals. This was his senior year. I was unfamiliar with all his credentials at the time but just knew he was a beast. I was standing next to our starter at 189 waiting to see if our coach was going to bump him up to 215 away from Kish and throw me out as the sacrificial lamb. I was scared to death watching him walk out, my coach decide not to bump up and our starter was pinned in 35 seconds. Our jaws dropped watching our starter get dismantled since our starter wasn't terrible and would go on to be a 2x state qualifer and placer but Kish killed him. Looking back I wish I had been thrown out there just so I could say I wrestled him.

 

But on the topic of deserving of a title.....Ryan Churella :D

[BRGuy 37]

Limarty

 

that way we would get an even better laugh out of all the people on this board that can't think for themselves an instantly accept as the gospel and absolute truth anything a successful wrestler says.

[gimpeltf 1,629]

John Trenge

 

 

Jon, but as a Lehigh person I would also add Colin Kilrain (and Joe Peritore but he was just before my time)

[TheOhioState 479]

Keaton Anderson, Ohio State. Senior year.

[paver1surf1 1]

Mike Poeta

[daler 1]

in addition to the names above I would add a few:

 

Bob Fehrs

Mike D'Anna

Bill Lambrecht

[gimpeltf 1,629]

in addition to the names above I would add a few:

 

Bob Fehrs

Mike D'Anna

Bill Lambrecht

 

 

I assume you mean Josh. Bill is a reporter for a Washington paper. (I had to google that).

 

You'd never make it in the wrestling trivia world.

[lurshy92 28]

Mack Lewnes

Zach Sanders

Lance Palmer

[daler 1]

Brandon Slay

 

as for you Gimp, you can carry my briefcase full of reference manuals at nationals.

[Coachp 49]

Craig Brester, ...he was unbeaten his last two seasons by everyone but Jake Varner

[BigApple 86]

Stephen Schmidt OSU undefeated tore his ACL in practice after the Big 12 tournament.

Sam Hazewinkle

[wrestlingnerd 2,755]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gerry Abas, 4x AA and 3x finalist, losing a heartbreaker to Lincoln McIlravy.

[lowrider 8]

1. Chris Fleeger

2. Sam hazewinkel

3. Jon Trenge

4. Bryan Snyder

[KingK0ng 175]

Tyrone Lewis

[FATMANROLL 54]

If they didn't win one, they don't deserve one.

[Buckxell 145]

Gotta go with Bryan Snyder.

[Grecojones 84]

1.Tyrone Lewis

2.Mike Zaddick

3. Bryan Snyder

[MNRodent 184]

Brandon Eggum. He got a 2nd and 3rd after losing to Sanderson.

[jchapman 1,146]

Craig Henning

[KTG119 820]

from the 80s alone, a few that come to mind are Mike Mann (3 wins over Ed Banach and then loses 4-3 in finals), Joe Pantaleo (2 time runner-up, lost as senior in OT to Dan St John), John Orr (2 time runner-up, losing to Gibbons 4-3 as senior), Joe McFarland (lost to eventual world medalists Barry Davis and Kevin Darkus in finals, went on to be a world medalist himself), Junior Saunders (lost on crietria #11 to Santoro, and then a future Olympic medalist), Kevin Jackson (Alger in way and then of course the stellar freestyle career after), and Lenny Zalesky (#1 seed over Metzger 2 years in a row and lost each time in finals to Andre).