Pacific Preview D3 Wrestling Pacific is a unique school in Division III wrestling in that they rarely wrestle against Division III competition until the Great Lakes Regional. This is not a complete surprise, as the nearest Division III team to Pacific is over 1,500 miles away. Thus, they end up competing against NAIA, NJCAA, Division II, and Division I schools. In dealing with some key losses to graduation, Pacific hopes that the incoming freshmen will help fill the gap left by wrestlers like Kevin Spangler, a 30 match winner of a year ago. With several state champions joining the team, Coach Scott Miller plans to improve upon the team’s 12th place regional finish of 2007 and qualify a wrestler for the NCAA tournament for the first time in several years.
School: Pacific University
Head Coach: Scott Miller
Years at School: 6
Assistant Coaches: Jacob Pence, Lewis Coy, Kris Sherrill, Kevin Spangler
2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 5-11
2007 NCAA Place: –
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 12th Great Lakes Regional
Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: –
Total Number of Returning Starters: 7
Notable Incoming Freshmen:
Blaine Shippy (Spokane, WA) State Placewinner
Matt Kostelnik (Oroville, WA) State Champ
Kody Kramer (Oroville, WA) State Champ
Jordan Branson (Sheridan, OR) State Qualifier
Projected Lineup
125: Andrew Wolfe
133: Fausto Baltazar
141: Trevor Arsenault
149: Nathan Shay
157: Justin Barden
165: Bryson Vivas
174: Matt Bowe
184: Nick Locke
197: Jordan Branson
285: C.J. Aalona
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