Appalachian State Mountaineers wrestling

Appalachian State Mountaineers wrestling
UniversityAppalachian State University
Head CoachJohnMark Bentley (14th season)
ConferenceSoCon
LocationBoone, NC
ArenaVarsity Gymnasium
(Capacity: 8,000 (for wrestling))
NicknameMountaineers
ColorsBlack and gold[1]
   
All-Americans
21 (11 NCAA Division I,
10 NAIA)
Conference championships
1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1984, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024

The Appalachian State Mountaineers wrestling team represents Appalachian State University of Boone, North Carolina. The squad is coached by JohnMark Bentley. Bentley is assisted by Randall Diabe, Ian Miller and Jarrod Patterson. The Mountaineers are full members of the non-wrestling Sun Belt Conference, with the wrestling team competing as an associate member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).[2]

History

The Mountaineers have won thirteen regular season SoCon titles and ten SoCon championship tournament titles, the most recent for both in the same year being in 2023.[3] As of 2024, the Appalachian State wrestling team has won 122 individual Southern Conference wrestling titles. Austin Trotman (2007–2012), a former NCAA All-American for the Mountaineers in 2012, is the school's career wins leader with 129 wins.[4]

The school has had eight wrestlers earn eleven All-American honors at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and seven wrestlers earn ten honors at the NAIA Wrestling Championships.

Notable former Appalachian State wrestlers include Olympians Al Crawford (1948), Herb Singerman (1968), Ike Anderson (1988), and Dale Oliver (1988).

References

  1. ^ "University Colors :: University Communications Toolbox :: Appalachian State University". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "Appalachian State Mountaineers/Wrestling". Appalachian State University. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Southern Conference Wrestling Record Book" (PDF). The Southern Conference. 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ Wrestling Media Guide. appstatesports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
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