Kalkbrenner Prepares for 2017 NCAA Division III National Championships
Mar 7, 2017
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The NCAA Division III Wrestling Committee announced Monday the participants in the 2017 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championship. The championships will be held March 10-11 at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will serve as the host. The University of Dubuque's Quincy Kalkbrenner (16-1 overall) received the #8 seed in the 157 lbs. bracket in the 2017 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships. He will wrestle Ty Herzog of Roger Williams University in the first round. The winner of that match will face the winner of the #1 seed Robert Dierna of SUNY-Cortland (17-0) vs. Steve Bonsall of University of Chicago (31-11 overall) match on Friday night.
A total of 180 participants will compete in the 2017 championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championship by placing top-three in their respective weight classes at one of the six NCAA regional tournaments held on February 24, 25 and 26. The complete list of all wrestlers competing in the championship can be found below, and the complete seeded bracket will be available on NCAA.com on Monday, March 6. NCAA.com will stream all sessions.
Tournament Seeding for 157 lbs. Weight Class:
1. Robert Dierna - SUNY-Cortland (17-0)
2. Logan Thomsen - Wartburg College (30-2)
3. Nick Bova - Wabash College (31-2)
4. Derek Arnold - Ursinus College (28-1)
5. Zach Joseph - Springfield College (27-2)
6. Cole Sladek - Concordia College-Moorhead (19-1)
7. Logan Meister - Ferrum College (26-6)
8. Quincy Kalkbrenner - University of Dubuque (16-1)
The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) will be hosting their 2017 Championship and Hall of Fame Ceremony on Thursday, March 9, in the La Crosse Center Ballroom beginning with a social at 6:00 p.m. with the Division III NWCA Hall of Fame Ceremony starting at 6:30 p.m. Individuals joining the distinguished list of Hall of Famers include: Tim Fader, Greg Lonning, Brandon Novak, Jeff O'Gara, and Stef Sair.
Hall of Fame Inductee Tim Fader
Fader is in his second season as head wrestling coach UW-Eau Claire. Prior to UW-Eau Claire, Fader was most recently the assistant wresting coach at Wheaton College. Prior to Wheaton he spent 10 years as the head coach at UW-Whitewater and in 2013-14, guided the Warhawks to a second place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships, the highest finish in program history. Prior to coaching at UW-Whitewater, Fader was the head wrestling coach at UW-La Crosse. His La Crosse teams finished in the top-20 in the NCAA tournament and won the WIAC each year that he was there.
In his time in the WIAC, Fader was named WIAC Coach of the Year four times (1999, 2001, 2002, 2014) and National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Coach of the Year twice (2001, 2012).
The 2014 Division III Coach of the Year has coached 43 All-Americans and 53 Scholastic All-Americans. Fader led the Eagles to six top-10 finishes including a National Dual Meet Championship in 2000. With the Warhawks, he tallied four top-12 finishes including a third place finish in 2013, in addition to 2014’s national runner-up finish.
Prior to assuming the head coaching role at La Crosse, Fader served as a UW-L assistant for three seasons (1995-98), was an assistant at the University of Minnesota-Morris (1994-95), an assistant coach at Oregon (Ill.) High School (1993-94) and an assistant coach at Augustana College (Ill.) after graduating in 1991.
Fader wrestled collegiately at Augustana College (Ill.), where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance-Business Administration. He earned his master’s degree in Sports Administration from UW-La Crosse in 1997. At Augustana, Fader was a three-time national qualifier, two-time NCAA Division III All-American, and was twice named Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Fader was born in Ida Grove, Iowa, in the northwest part of the state, but grew up in Rochelle, Illinois. His father Pete, a former wrestler at Coe College in the late 1960s, was a teacher and wrestling coach at Rochelle Township High School.
Hall of Fame Inductee Greg Lonning
Lonning was inducted into the Luther College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a three-year letter winner in wrestling (1980-83), two-time NCAA III All-American at 118 lbs. (1982, 1983), won a national championship at 118 lbs. (1983), two-time All-Iowa Conference champion (1982, 1983), two-time All-Lutheran champion (1982, 1983), and named Most Valuable Wrestler at All-Lutheran Tournament (1982).
As a coach he spent five seasons at Central College, two as an assistant and three as head coach and finished with a 23-10 dual meet record and coached 10 All-Americans including the school’s first national champion. He was named the Iowa Conference Wrestling Coach of the Year at Central College (1989).
He coached at UW-La Crosse from 1992-98 (assistant coach for three years at UW-L before becoming head coach) and compiled a dual meet record of 77-19 during his tenure. He was named Wisconsin Conference Coach of the Year at UW-La Crosse (1994). He led his team to their first WIAC title in school history in 1993 and to league title again in 1998. UW-L finished second four times (1994-97) at WIAC Championships. He placed his team to top-12 finishes in all six seasons at NCAA III Championships (3rd in 1998, 4th in 1996, 6th in 1993 and 1994; 8th in 1997 and 12th in 1995. Lonning was honored as 1993-94 WIAC Coach of the Year. He coached 19 NCAA III All-Americans, including three national champions, and 19 WIAC Champions.
Hall of Fame Inductee Brandon Novak
On the mat, Novak won the national wrestling title at 197 pounds in March 2001 for Saint John’s University (Minn.) and was a three-time All-American for the Johnnies. He ended his career with a 101-15 record and placed three times at the national championships (5th, 3rd, and 1st).
After college he continued to share his love of the sport as a coach. He ended a 10-year tenure as the head wrestling coach at Saint John’s following the 2013-14 season. Thirty-eight Johnnies wrestled at the NCAA Division III Championships in 10 seasons under Novak’s direction, including 15 All-American performances and four national finalists, led by three-time national champion Minga Batsukh in 2011. Saint John’s posted an 82-73 dual record during his tenure. Novak served as a volunteer assistant wrestling coach in 2014-15.
Novak is in his 17th season as an assistant football coach for the Johnnies in 2016. A 2001 graduate of SJU, Novak was named the MIAC Most Valuable Player as a linebacker in 1999 and a two-time, first-team All-America selection. He currently is the co-defensive coordinator on the football team for the Johnnies.
Hall of Fame Inductee Jeff O'Gara
O’Gara wrestled for UW-La Crosse from 1992-96. He earned three career NCAA Division III All-America honors at 118-pounds, including winning the national championship in 1996 (34-0 overall).
O’Gara was third in 1993 and second in 1994. He won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles in 1994 and 1996 and was named to (WIAC) all-time wrestling team in 2012. His career record is 111-14 which includes 58 wins by falls. He ranks 10th on the UW-L all-time wins list. His team at UW-L finished with a career record 52-18 in dual meets from 1992-96.
The native of Elroy, Wis., has been Luther College’s lead assistant since 1996-97. During this time span, the Norse have posted top-10 finishes at the NCAA III National Championships nine times, had 45 All-Americans, eight national champions, four national runner-ups, 33 Scholar All-Americans, two NCAA Postgraduate Scholars and four CoSIDA Scholar All-America honors.
Hall of Fame Inductee Stef Sair
Sair wrestled for SUNY-Cortland from 2003-07 finishing with an 80-14 record. His 80 wins is tied for 24th all-time. He was Empire Collegiate Conference champion at 174 lbs. in 2005, 2006, and at 184 lbs. in 2007. He won a national championship in 2006 at 174 lbs. He placed 4th in 2005 (174 lbs.) and second in 2007 (184 lbs.).
He earned many team awards including: “Outstanding Rookie Award” in 2004, “Extra Effort Award” in 2007, Senior Student-Athlete of the Year in 2007 for his efforts in wrestling and football, and the “Red Letter Award” in 2007.
He was three times voted by teammates as the squads Most Valuable Wrestler (2005, 2006, 2007). He was named a Division III Scholar All-American in 2006. He was also a two-time All-American in football at Cortland.
Schedule of Events for Hall of Fame:
6:00 p.m. - Social at The La Crosse Center Ballroom
6:30 p.m. - Division III NWCA Hall of Fame Ceremony - The La Crosse Center Ballroom
HALL OF FAME WRESTLERS
2016 Akeem Carter, Wartburg College
2016 Henry Gerten, Augsburg College
2016 Cody Koenig, UW-Stevens Point
2016 Jimmy Wallace, Wilmington College
2015 Jason Bovenzi, St. Lawrence/Ithaca College
2015 Mike Jacoutot, Buffalo/Trenton State College
2014 Jesse Armbruster, Augsburg College
2014 Dustin Hinschberger, Wartburg College
2014 Matt Pyle, Luther College
2013 Ryan Allen, UW-La Crosse
2013 Duane Bastress, York College (Penn.)
2013 Garrett South, Luther College
2012 Joe Hoialmen, Augsburg College
2012 Tom Hogan, Wartburg College
2012 Yan White, UW-Stevens Point
2011 Nick Fornicoia, Augsburg College
2011 Zak Kallai, Case Western Reserve University
2011 Jason Ott, UW-La Crosse
2010 LeRoy Gardner, Wartburg College
2010 Steve Gliva, Augsburg College
2009 Rick Armstrong, SUNY-Cortland
2009 Mike Fusilli, Ithaca College
2008 Ron Bussey, The College of New Jersey
2008 Garrett Kurth, Luther College
2008 Zac Weiglein, Wartburg College
2007 John Beatty, Augsburg College
2007 Tyrone Fambro, Upper Iowa University
2007 Brandon Penzkover, UW-La Crosse
2006 Mike Helm, Messiah College
2006 Jamal Fox, Wartburg College
2006 Glen Sandull, The College of New Jersey
2005 Gary Kroelss, Augsburg College
2005 Mitch Brown, St. Lawrence University
2005 Mark Ambrose, Delaware Valley University
2004 Mike Connors, St. Lawrence University
2004 Matt Hamill, Rochester Institute of Technology
2004 Tom Smith, Wartburg College
2003 Dan Lewandowski, Augsburg College
2003 Paul Elsen, Wheaton College
2002 Brandon Totten, Delaware Valley University
2002 Shawn Voigt, Cornell College
2002 Ron Vosburg, SUNY-Brockport
2001 Peter Wang, University of Chicago
2001 Dan Boos, Luther College
2001 Eric Woolsey, Humboldt State University
2000 John Leone, SUNY-Brockport
2000 Doug Morse, SUNY-Oswego State
2000 Chris Ricklic, Case Western Reserve University
2000 Raphael Wilson, Augustana College
1999 Nick Milonas, Montclair State University
1999 Dan Pantaleo, Olivet College
1999 Mark Gamble, SUNY-Binghamton
1998 Jon McGovern, Central College
1998 Travis Young, Simpson College
1998 Chris Tironi, University at Albany
1997 Rob Llorca, UW-Whitewater
1997 John Monaco, Montclair State University
1997 Karl Monaco, Montclair State University
1996 Joe Bertolone, John Carroll University
1996 David Parisi, SUNY-Oswego State
1996 Andy Seras, University at Albany
1995 Duane Koslowski, University of Minnesota, Morris
1995 Fran Presley, Millersville University
1994 Bob Glaberman, Trenton State College
1994 Mike Rossetti, Trenton State College
1994 Nabil Guketlov, Montclair State University
1993 Jeff Bouslog, Luther College
1993 Mark Hawaald, John Carroll University
1993 Ron Winnie, SUNY-Brockport
1992 Frank Famiano, SUNY-Brockport
1992 Ken Mallory, Montclair State University
1992 Tom Martucci, Trenton State College
1991 Eric Mast, Elizabethtown College
1991 Chris Casey, Augustana College
1991 Brett Stamm, Wheaton College
HALL OF FAME COACHES
2016 Bob Gaudenzi, Hunter College
2016 Dick Simmons, Cornell College (Contributor)
2016 Randy Steward, Loras College
2016 Scott Whirley, Augsburg College
2015 Jim Miller, North Central College
2014 Don Parker, UW-Eau Claire
2014 Scott Stever, Rochester Institute of Technology
2013 Gary Franke, Washington and Lee University
2013 Tom Kessler, York College (Penn.)
2012 Daryl Arroyo, Springfield College
2012 Roger Crebs, Lycoming College
2011 Gene Nighman, SUNY-Cortland
2011 Terry Shockley, Augustana College
2011 Dave Kemmy, Roger Williams University
2011 Steve Devries, Cornell College
2010 Dave Mitchell, Luther College
2010 Don Montgomery, Mount Union College
2009 Jim Miller, Wartburg College
2009 Dave Novickis, Lawrence University
2008 Rich Achtzen, York College (Penn.)
2008 Ron Beaschler, Ohio Northern University
2007 John Elton, St. Johns University (Minn.)
2007 Marty Loy, UW-Stevens Point
2006 Russell (Rusty) Carlsten, Rhode Island College
2006 Kevin Puebla, Augustana College
2005 Jeff Swenson, Augsburg College
2005 Paul Solberg, Luther College
2004 Charles Kunes, Susquehanna University
2004 Mark Vennis, Thiel College
2003 Kerry Volkmann, John Carroll University
2003 Bill Racich, Ursinus College
2003 Tom Jarman, Manchester College
2002 Ned McGinley, King’s College
2002 John Reese, Wilkes College
2002 Neil Turner, Messiah College
2001 Steve Strellner, Montclair State University
2001 Al Sosa, SUNY-Oneonta
2000 Al Baxter, Buena Vista University
2000 Marty Willigan, Gallaudet University
1999 David Icenhower, The College of New Jersey *
1999 Ron Zalokar, Carthage College *
1998 Mike McCready, Upper Iowa University *
1998 John Murray, Ithaca College
1998 Larry Sciacchetano, Montclair State University
1997 Mike McGlinchey, Salisbury University *
1997 John Summa, Baldwin-Wallace University *
1997 Jim White, Washington and Jefferson University
1997 Bob Skelton, Western New England University
1996 Joe DeMeo, University at Albany
1996 Steve Eldridge, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
1996 Bob Del Rosa, Case Western Reserve Univ. *
1995 Bob Marshall, Delaware Valley University
1995 Al Hanke, Lake Forest College/Elmhurst College
1995 Byron James, UW-River Falls *
1994 Ken Ober, Elizabethtown College *
1994 John Clark, St. Lawrence University
1994 Max Servies, Wabash College
1993 Baron Bremner, Coe College/Cornell College *
1993 Gomer Davis, Swarthmore College
1993 Dick Walker, Wartburg College *
1992 Steve Erber, SUNY-Binghamton
1992 Jare Klein, Olivet College
1992 Don Murray. SUNY-Brockport
1992 Willie Myers, UW-Whitewater
1991 Tony DeCarlo, John Carroll University
1991 Earl Fuller, Rochester Institute of Technology
1991 Jim Howard, SUNY-Oswego State
1991 Jerry Petrofes, Lebanon Valley College *
* = Deceased
