Fort Hays State received votes in the NCAA Division II Preseason wrestling poll, released Monday by the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association.<\/p>\n
FHSU, which finished 21st in last year’s NCAA Division II National Championships, was one of five MIAA squads recognized in the poll. No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney had 134 points, while Central Oklahoma (No. 9, 87 points) and Lindenwood (No. 10, 77 points) were both Top 10 selections. Central Missouri was picked 12th with 77 points.<\/p>\n
Individually, the Tigers had two wrestlers ranked in their respective weight classes.<\/p>\n
Josh Rodriguez is No. 5 at 174 pounds after going 17-11 last season with an appearance at the NCAA Championships, earning a berth after a second place finish at the NCAA Central Super Regional.<\/p>\n
Jon Inman is ranked fifth at 184 pounds after earning MIAA Freshman of the Year honors with a 27-8 overall record. Inman competed at the 2014 NCAA Championships after winning the NCAA Central Super Regional at 184 pounds.<\/p>\n
The Tigers open the 2014-15 season with the Black and Gold Scrimmage on Tuesday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n
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Rank Team Points
\n1 Maryville (Mo.) 151
\n2 Quachita Baptist (Ark.) 142
\n3 Nebraska-Kearney 134
\n4 Notre Dame (Ohio) 122
\n5 St. Cloud State (Minn.) 121
\n6 McKendree (Ill.) 116
\n7 Mercyhurst (Pa.) 114
\n8 Western State (Colo.) 94
\n9 Central Oklahoma 87
\n10 Lindenwood (Mo.) 77
\n11 North Carolina-Pembroke 54
\n12 Central Missouri 53
\n13 Kutztown (Pa.) 52
\n14 Lake Erie (Ohio) 51
\n15 Augustana (S.D.) 45
\n16 Upper Iowa 44
\n17 Ashland (Ohio) 34
\n18 California Baptist 30
\n19 Newberry (S.C.) 29
\n20 Colorado Mesa 23<\/p>
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Others receiving votes: Adams State (Colo.), Findlay (Ohio), Fort Hays State (Kan.)<\/strong>, Gannon (Pa.), Indianapolis (Ind.), Southwest Minnesota, Tiffin (Ohio), Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)<\/p> Individual Rankings 133 Pounds 141 Pounds 149 Pounds 157 Pounds 165 Pounds 174 Pounds 184 Pounds 197 Pounds 285 Pounds Fort Hays State received votes in the NCAA Division II Preseason wrestling poll, released Monday by the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. FHSU, which finished… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[784],"tags":[1987,783,3577,181],"class_list":["post-15034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrestling","tag-fhsu-wrestling","tag-jon-inman","tag-josh-rodriguez","tag-miaa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15034"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15053,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15034\/revisions\/15053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n125 Pounds
\n1. T.J. North, Augustana (S.D.)
\n2. Matt Turek, Gannon (Pa.)
\n3. Gerald Huff, Adams State (Colo.)
\n4. Garrett Evans, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
\n5. Josh Kieffer, Indianapolis (Ind.)
\n6. Willie Bohince, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
\n7. Tanner Johnshoy, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
\n8. Blake Bosch, Minnesota State-Moorhead<\/p>
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\n1. Daniel DeShazer, Nebraska-Kearney
\n2. Michael Labry, Ashland (Ohio)
\n3. Nate Rodriguez, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
\n4. Zak Hale, Anderson (S.C.)
\n5. Matt Paulus, Upper Iowa
\n6. Zac Shank, Western State (Colo.)
\n7. Ryan Bohince, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
\n8. Martin Ramirez, Adams State (Colo.)<\/p>
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\n1. Daniel Ownbey, North Carolina-Pembroke
\n2. Josh Myers, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
\n3. Darick Lapaglia, Maryville (Mo.)
\n4. Kyle Webb, Lindenwood (Mo.)
\n5. Maurice Miller, Notre Dame (Ohio)
\n6. Justin Keiffer, Indianapolis (Ind.)
\n7. Jordan Roths, Upper Iowa
\n8. Corbin Bennetts, Western State (Colo.)<\/p>
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\n1. Frank Cagnina, Central Missouri
\n2. Jay Hildreth, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
\n3. Keenan Hagerty, Maryville (Mo.)
\n4. Jeremy Landowski, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
\n5. Andrew Bannister, Notre Dame (Ohio)
\n6. Brent Fickel, Ashland (Ohio)
\n7. Spencer Rutherford, Central Oklahoma
\n8. Colin Landowski, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)<\/p>
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\n1. Jonatan Rivera, Notre Dame (Ohio)
\n2. Clint Poster, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
\n3. James Martinez, Colorado Mesa
\n4. Derrick Weller, Lindenwood (Mo.)
\n5. Brady Bersano, California Baptist
\n6. John Crowley, Colorado School of Mines
\n7. Josh Ballard, McKendree (Ill.)
\n8. Chase White, Nebraska Kearney<\/p>
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\n1. Chris Watson, Central Oklahoma
\n2. Nick Haferkamp, McKendree (Ill.)
\n3. Dimitri Willis, Maryville (Mo.)
\n4. Cody Quinn, Minnesota State-Mankato
\n5. Gabe Fogarty, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
\n6. Ty Loethen, Central Missouri
\n7. Bo Candelaria, Kutztown (Pa.)
\n8. Matt Vandermeer, Lake Erie (Ohio)<\/p>
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\n1. Elliot Copeland, Western State (Colo.)
\n2. Zeb Wahle, Maryville (Mo.)
\n3. Jacob Begin, Southwest Minnesota
\n4. August Mizia, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
\n5. Josh Rodriguez, Fort Hays State (Kan.)<\/strong>
\n6. Joe Pittman, Newberry (S.C.)
\n7. Luis Alba, McKendree (Ill.)
\n8. Clayton Jennissen, St. Cloud State (Minn.)<\/p>
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\n1. Dallas Smith, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
\n2. Nick Brughardt, Maryville (Mo.)
\n3. Kyle Piatt, Western State (Colo.)
\n4. Jared Holliday, Newberry (S.C.)
\n5. Jon Inman, Fort Hays State (Kan.)<\/strong>
\n6. Jon Vogt, McKendree (Ill.)
\n7. Blake Sorenson, Upper Iowa
\n8. Zack Zelcs, Gannon (Pa.)<\/p>
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\n1. Romero Cotton, Nebraska-Kearney
\n2. Julian Smith, McKendree (Ill.)
\n3. Evan Rosborough, Lake Erie (Ohio)
\n4. Kenny Breauz, Lindenwood (Mo.)
\n5. Sam Mangum, Western State (Colo.)
\n6. Paco Petana, Colorado Mesa
\n7. Jayd Docken, Augustana (S.D.)
\n8. Andrew Reggi, San Francisco State (Calif.)<\/p>
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\n1. Ziad Haddad, Kutztown (Pa.)
\n2. Donnell Walker, Maryville (Mo.)
\n3. Austin Goergen, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
\n4. Cole Wilson, Southwest Minnesota
\n5. Logan Hopp, Upper Iowa
\n6. Chris Giddens, North Carolina-Pembroke
\n7. Peter Anguiano, Western State (Colo.)
\n8. Andy Welton, Mercyhurst (Pa.)<\/p>
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