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The Oregon State wrestling team has jumped up seven spots from the first day and is currently in 11th place at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
The Oregon State wrestling team finished the first day of competition at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. They still have six wrestlers competing after day one.
OREGON STATE 2011 Redshirted ... Competed unattached at 157 pounds in various tournaments ... Placed first at Mike Clock Open (Nov. 7), first at Southern Oregon Open (Nov. 13-14), fourth at Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 19) and first at Clackamas Open (Jan. 15) ... Also competed at Southern Scuffle (Dec. 29-30).
2010 As a true freshman, lettered, wrestled at 149 pounds ... 29-13 record with 13 pins, scoring bonus points in nearly half of matches ... 13-7 dual meet record ... Earned team's Hardest Worker Award ... Finished fourth in Junior FILA Freestyle Nationals at 70 kilograms ... Seeded sixth at the Pac-10 Championships, finished fifth with 2-2 record; decision over Tyler Parker, Stanford, 6-3; fall over Vicente Varela, Arizona State, 6:33 ... Best of the West Champion ... Finished seventh at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with 5-2 record; decision over Rodney Dollar, W. Wyoming, 6-0; major decision over Dave Christian, Cal Poly, 11-1; fall over Chris Hacker, Nebraska, 3:37; decision over Mike Kessler, Rider, 10-7; fall over No. 17 Peter Yates, Virginia Tech, 6:34 ... At Midlands Championships, went 3-2; decision over Justin Hale, Iowa State, 7-3; fall over Benny Garcia, Cal Baptist, 1:22; major decision over Nick Bertucci, Purdue, 17-6 ... Longest win streak was six, achieved twice during the season ... Ranked as high as 14th ... Earned three major decisions and two technical falls.
SPRAGUE HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years under head coach Kary Hadden at 152 pounds ... Ranked No. 1 recruit in the nation at 152 pounds, No. 5 overall ... Four-time Oregon state and district champion ... Ended his high school career on an 147-match winning streak, going 47-0 in his final season with 45 pins ... Finshed career with 138 total pins ... Named Salem Statesman Journal's Regional Wrestler of the Year four times ... Dave Shultz Award recipient for Oregon and the Western Region of the United States ... Two-time Reno Tournament of Champions winner ... Three-time Oregon Wrestling Athlete of the Year.
PERSONAL Born April 25, 1991 ... Pharmacy major ... Parents are Roger and Jenny Pena; family includes one younger sister, Emily, and one younger brother, Ryan ... Former prep teammate Keegan Davis wrestled for Oregon State ... Chose Oregon State "because of the outstanding wrestling program."
