Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Rutgers Scarlet Knights logo.svg
University Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Head CoachScott Goodale (17th season)
Conference Big Ten
Location New Brunswick, NJ
ArenaRutgers Athletic Center (RAC)
(Capacity: 8,000)
Nickname Scarlet Knights
ColorsScarlet [1]
 

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team represents Rutgers University of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The squad is coached by Scott Goodale, who is a 1995 graduate of Lock Haven University. He came to Rutgers from the high school ranks, where he was previously the head coach at Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson, New Jersey, and coached four state champions. [2]

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In 2019, Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault became the first NCAA champions for Rutgers.

Rutgers has had All-Americans in each of the last five seasons. Anthony Ashnault (141-149) became the first four-time All-American in program history when he finished first at the 2019 national championships in Pittsburgh. The program has had two or more All-Americans for four consecutive years: 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Founded in 2011, the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club, Inc. (SKWC) is an independent, non-profit charitable organization with a mission to promote amateur wrestling in the United States. The SKWC is recognized as a U.S. Olympic Regional Training Center site. With this designation, the SKWC sponsors resident athletes to live and train in the New Brunswick area under the Club’s outstanding coaching staff. The SKWC also works to support the Rutgers University Wrestling program with golf outings, a 'pin pool', [3] banquets, and post-event socials. In 2011, the IRS approved SKWC as a tax-exempt, charitable, educational organization in accordance with IRS code Section 501(c)3. [4]

Coach Goodale runs the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Camp, summer wrestling camps for high school students, youth and teams in New Jersey and the adjacent states of New York and Pennsylvania, featuring Rutgers wrestling coaches and athletes as staff. It is unaffiliated with Rutgers University and the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club. [5]

Coaching staff

National Collegiate Athletic Association All-Americans

NameYearWeight ClassPlaceNCAA LocationHigh School
Ray Vohden 19521774th University of Iowa Springfield Regional, New Jersey
Emil Perona 19521574th University of Iowa Newton, New Jersey
George Mulligan 19551474th Cornell University Bound Brook, New Jersey
Mike Leta 19601373rd University of Maryland Plainfield, New Jersey
Ed Scharer 1964UNL6th Cornell University Dover, New Jersey
Tony Surage 19801507th Oregon State University Passaic Valley, New Jersey
Tony Surage 19831427th Oklahoma City, OK Passaic Valley, New Jersey
Tom Tanis 20021844th Albany, NY Jefferson, New Jersey
Anthony Perrotti 20141578th Oklahoma City, OK West Essex, New Jersey
Anthony Ashnault 20151418th St. Louis, MO South Plainfield, New Jersey
Anthony Ashnault 20161414th New York City, NY South Plainfield, New Jersey
Anthony Perrotti 20161658th New York City, NY West Essex, New Jersey
Anthony Ashnault 20171416th St. Louis, MO South Plainfield, New Jersey
Kenny Theobold 20171497th St. Louis, MO Toms River South, New Jersey
Nick Suriano 20181252nd Cleveland, OH Bergen Catholic, New Jersey
Scott DelVecchio 20181336th Cleveland, OH South Plainfield, New Jersey
Nick Suriano 20191331st Pittsburgh, PA Bergen Catholic, New Jersey
Anthony Ashnault 20191491st Pittsburgh, PA South Plainfield, New Jersey
Sebastian Rivera 20211414th St. Louis, MO Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey
John Poznanski 20211844th St. Louis, MO Colonia, New Jersey
Jackson Turley 20211748th St. Louis, MO St. Christopher's, Virginia
Sebastian Rivera 20221413rd Detroit, MI Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey
Greg Bulsak 20221978th Detroit, MI South Park, Pennsylvania
Dylan Shawver20241337thKansas City, MOLorain, Ohio
Yaraslau Slavikouski2024HWT7thKansas City, MORechitsa, Belarus

Source: [6] [7]

National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship All-Americans

NameYearWeight ClassPlaceLocation
Joe Langel 20091253rdClarion University, PA
Greg Zannetti 20091654thClarion University, PA
Daniel Rinaldi 20091744thClarion University, PA
Sean Dedeyn 20092853rdClarion University, PA
Vinnie Dellefave 2011 [8] 1254thClarion University, PA
Billy Ashnault 20111411stClarion University, PA
Joseph McAuley 20111496thClarion University, PA
Anthony Volpe 20111571stClarion University, PA
Greg Zannetti 20111741stClarion University, PA
Brandan Ard 20111745thClarion University, PA
Dan Seidenberg 20112854thClarion University, PA
Justis Flamio 20121334thRichmond, VA
Trevor Melde 20121412ndRichmond, VA
Billy Smith 20122852ndRichmond, VA
Nicholas Santos [9] 20181491stDover, DE

International Wrestling Competition

NameRU ClassYearWeight ClassPlaceStyleLocation
Laurence Larry Colton 1985200955 kg4thFreestyleMaccabiah Games - Israel
Laurence Larry Colton 1985200955 kg4thGreco-RomanMaccabiah Games - Israel
Anthony Ashnault 2018201465 kg10thFreestyleWorld University Championship - Hungary
Moshe (MB) Klyman 2008201797 kg3rdFreestyleMaccabiah Games - Israel
Richie Lewis [10] 2018201770 kg1stFreestyleUnder-23 World Championships - Poland
Anthony Ashnault 2018201970 kg1stFreestylePan American Championships - Argentina
Sebastian Rivera 2022202365 kg2ndFreestyle2023 World Championships-Belgrade

Source: [11]

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