Umpqua CC tabs Asia DeWeese as women’s coach and Kyle Temple as men’s coach for its new program
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by Umpqua Community College
Within the last few days, Umpqua Community College has named the head coaches for their new college wrestling programs. Women’s wrestling pioneer Asia DeWeese will serve as head coach of the women’s wrestling team, and Kyle Temple has been named as the new head coach for the men’s wrestling team.
DeWeese named Women’s Wrestling Coach at Umpqua CC
The Umpqua Community College Department of Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Asia DeWeese as the new Head Coach for Women’s Wrestling. DeWeese has been involved in wrestling since she was a teenager, when women’s wrestling was just beginning in the United States. She competed in the first US women’s wrestling tournament and was on the first women’s team sent to the world championships. She is on the USA Wrestling All-World Team and was a silver medalist in the 1989 World Championships, held in Switzerland. She was also the only woman in the University of Oregon’s collegiate wrestling program.
Asia has worked with the Roseburg Mat club program since 2011, coaching both collegiate and freestyle wrestling. She has also coached with the Oregon Women’s Wrestling Program Fargo team and coaches and mentors girls in the local junior high wrestling programs.
A huge promotor of women’s wresting and women’s sports, Asia believes that wrestling can be a transformational experience for young women. Wrestling profoundly influenced her life, and she wants to share that experience with others. She is excited to help athletes develop their wrestling skills and prepare them to move on to a four-year program as well as national and international competition.
UCC Director of Athletics Craig Jackson had this to say about DeWeese, “Asia is well known and very well respected in the wrestling community. We are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to add such an accomplished coach and athlete to lead our new program. She has a passion for what she does and provides immediate value to our entire athletic department and campus.”
UCC expects to carry 24 females on their new women’s wrestling team and competition will begin in the fall of 2017. They will be members and compete in the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association. For more information, go to uccriverhawks.com or contact Coach DeWeese at asia.deweese@umpqua.edu.
Temple named Men’s Wrestling Coach at Umpqua CC
The Umpqua Community College Department of Athletics is excited to announce the appointment of Kyle Temple as their new Head Coach for Men’s Wrestling. Temple comes to Umpqua from Cottage Grove High School, where he took over the program in 2015. Temple has been the head coach at Cottage Grove, Stayton High School, and Sprague High School, as well as assisted at his alma mater, Sweet Home High School. He has been a part of three different Top 10 programs as a coach, as well two state runner-up finishes as a wrestler at Sweet Home High School.
While working at both Stayton and Cottage Grove, Temple began to get involved with the Oregon Wrestling Association. He held positions on the Cadet, Junior, and Women’s council, while also taking the reigns as the lead coach and organizer for Western Junior Dual trip to Pocatello, ID. This trip grew under Temple from 15 participants to its’ current yearly average of 52 kids from all across Oregon.
In 2016, Coach Temple was voted as the Western Region Junior Person of the year by representatives from the 11 western states. Also in 2016, Temple took over as the Oregon Wrestling Association Junior Level Director where he has worked to increase opportunities and participation for high school aged wrestlers across the state at regional and national level tournaments. During this past seasons’ Greco-Roman National Championships, Oregon finished 3rd in the nation and produced two national champions.
Temple attended Southern Oregon University where he competed for the Raiders from 2003 through 2008. He was a national qualifier his senior season and also competed in the FILA Jr. National freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments where he was a match out of earning All-American honors. Temple earned a Bachelor's in History from Southern Oregon University in 2008, and holds his Masters in Teaching from Western Oregon University.
Umpqua’s Director of Athletics Craig Jackson, had this to say about the naming of Coach Temple as the Men’s Wresting Coach, “We are very excited to have someone with Kyle’s experience to head up RiverHawk wrestling. We feel that his enthusiasm and contacts throughout Oregon and the western United States make him an outstanding fit for what we are trying to accomplish with our new program. He is very well thought of by his peers and will work to show athletes that UCC is an outstanding destination for collegiate wrestlers.”
DeWeese named Women’s Wrestling Coach at Umpqua CC
The Umpqua Community College Department of Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Asia DeWeese as the new Head Coach for Women’s Wrestling. DeWeese has been involved in wrestling since she was a teenager, when women’s wrestling was just beginning in the United States. She competed in the first US women’s wrestling tournament and was on the first women’s team sent to the world championships. She is on the USA Wrestling All-World Team and was a silver medalist in the 1989 World Championships, held in Switzerland. She was also the only woman in the University of Oregon’s collegiate wrestling program.
Asia has worked with the Roseburg Mat club program since 2011, coaching both collegiate and freestyle wrestling. She has also coached with the Oregon Women’s Wrestling Program Fargo team and coaches and mentors girls in the local junior high wrestling programs.
A huge promotor of women’s wresting and women’s sports, Asia believes that wrestling can be a transformational experience for young women. Wrestling profoundly influenced her life, and she wants to share that experience with others. She is excited to help athletes develop their wrestling skills and prepare them to move on to a four-year program as well as national and international competition.
UCC Director of Athletics Craig Jackson had this to say about DeWeese, “Asia is well known and very well respected in the wrestling community. We are extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to add such an accomplished coach and athlete to lead our new program. She has a passion for what she does and provides immediate value to our entire athletic department and campus.”
UCC expects to carry 24 females on their new women’s wrestling team and competition will begin in the fall of 2017. They will be members and compete in the Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association. For more information, go to uccriverhawks.com or contact Coach DeWeese at asia.deweese@umpqua.edu.
Temple named Men’s Wrestling Coach at Umpqua CC
The Umpqua Community College Department of Athletics is excited to announce the appointment of Kyle Temple as their new Head Coach for Men’s Wrestling. Temple comes to Umpqua from Cottage Grove High School, where he took over the program in 2015. Temple has been the head coach at Cottage Grove, Stayton High School, and Sprague High School, as well as assisted at his alma mater, Sweet Home High School. He has been a part of three different Top 10 programs as a coach, as well two state runner-up finishes as a wrestler at Sweet Home High School.
While working at both Stayton and Cottage Grove, Temple began to get involved with the Oregon Wrestling Association. He held positions on the Cadet, Junior, and Women’s council, while also taking the reigns as the lead coach and organizer for Western Junior Dual trip to Pocatello, ID. This trip grew under Temple from 15 participants to its’ current yearly average of 52 kids from all across Oregon.
In 2016, Coach Temple was voted as the Western Region Junior Person of the year by representatives from the 11 western states. Also in 2016, Temple took over as the Oregon Wrestling Association Junior Level Director where he has worked to increase opportunities and participation for high school aged wrestlers across the state at regional and national level tournaments. During this past seasons’ Greco-Roman National Championships, Oregon finished 3rd in the nation and produced two national champions.
Temple attended Southern Oregon University where he competed for the Raiders from 2003 through 2008. He was a national qualifier his senior season and also competed in the FILA Jr. National freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments where he was a match out of earning All-American honors. Temple earned a Bachelor's in History from Southern Oregon University in 2008, and holds his Masters in Teaching from Western Oregon University.
Umpqua’s Director of Athletics Craig Jackson, had this to say about the naming of Coach Temple as the Men’s Wresting Coach, “We are very excited to have someone with Kyle’s experience to head up RiverHawk wrestling. We feel that his enthusiasm and contacts throughout Oregon and the western United States make him an outstanding fit for what we are trying to accomplish with our new program. He is very well thought of by his peers and will work to show athletes that UCC is an outstanding destination for collegiate wrestlers.”
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