All-American Alan Waters of Missouri to replace Cornell’s Nahshon Garrett at NWCA All-Star Classic
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by Jason Bryant, NWCA
| Alan Waters (Missouri) at the 2013 NCAA Championships. Photo: Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com |
Manheim, Pennsylvania – Sometimes injuries in the preseason happen. A second wrestler has been swapped out due to injury, but the main event still contains 20 collegiate All-Americans.
Due to an injury to Cornell All-American Nahshon Garrett at 125 pounds, Missouri’s Alan Waters has been selected to compete at the 2014 NWCA All-Star Classic presented by the United States Marine Corps and the Wrestlers in Business Network hosted by Penn and WIBN-Philadelphia on November 1 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Waters, a Kansas City, Missouri native, redshirted last season and was a 2013 All-American, taking fourth place at 125 pounds. Waters comes into his senior season with a career record of 101-13. He went 33-2 in 2012-13. The third-ranked Waters will face fourth-ranked Joey Dance of Virginia Tech. The two have never met in collegiate competition.
The addition of Waters will give Missouri coach Brian Smith two wrestlers in the event.
“We’re extremely pleased Brian Smith and Alan Waters have quickly accepted the invitation to wrestle at the NWCA All-Star Classic,” said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. “It shows their willingness to showcase the sport of wrestling, even on short notice.”
To purchase tickets to the event, click here for the Penn Athletic Ticket Office.
The event will be streamed live by the NWCA’s live streaming partner Flowrestling. Fox College Sports will air the event on television via tape-delay no less than 10 times during the season, starting two weeks after the event has completed. These broadcasts are paid for by Rothschild, a leading global financial advisory based in New York City with offices in Washington, Los Angeles and Houston.
Hibiclens and Resilite will again support the event as associate sponsors. The Rothman Institute and the United Association (UA) Group will also make 1,500 tickets available for local students (K-12) throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. These tickets will be distributed to regional schools by representatives of the United States Marine Corps.
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Competing wrestlers will be eligible for the Outstanding Wrestler Award, presented by the Wrestlers in Business Network - Atlanta Chapter.
Announced Matchups (Rankings by TheOpenMat.com)
125: #3 Alan Waters, Sr. (Missouri) vs. #4 Joey Dance, So. (Virginia Tech)
133: #1 A.J. Schopp, Sr. (Edinboro) vs. #2 Mason Beckman, Jr. (Lehigh)
141: #1 Logan Stieber, Sr. (Ohio State) vs. #2 Mitchell Port, Sr. (Edinboro)
149: #1 Jason Tsirtsis, So. (Northwestern) vs. #2 Josh Kindig, Sr. (Oklahoma State)
157: #2 James Green, Sr. (Nebraska) vs. #3 Ian Miller, Jr. (Kent State)
165: #1 Alex Dieringer, Jr. (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Nick Sulzer, Sr. (Virginia)
174: #2 Robert Kokesh, Sr. (Nebraska) vs. #1-NAIA Brock Gutches, Sr. (Southern Oregon)
184: #1 Gabe Dean, So. (Cornell) vs. #1 Jack Dechow, So. (Old Dominion)
197: #1 J’Den Cox, So. (Missouri) vs. #2 Scott Schiller, Sr. (Minnesota)
285: #1 Nick Gwiazdowski, Jr. (N.C. State) vs. #2 Mike McMullan, Sr. (Northwestern)
Showcase Matchups
Women’s FS 55kg: World #3 Helen Maroulis (United States) vs. World #4 Jillian Gallays (Canada)
133: #1-Division III Alex Gomez, Sr. (Ithaca) vs. #17 Kevin Devoy, So. (Drexel)
141: #1-NCWA Ryan Diehl, So. (Liberty) vs. Jordan Laster, So. (Princeton)
149: #3 Devin Carter, Sr. (Virginia Tech) vs. #20 C.J. Cobb, Sr. (Penn)
184: #3 Lorenzo Thomas, Sr. (Penn) vs. Clint Morrison, Sr. (Rider)
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