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    Photo: Tony Rotundo

    Ten Years of: Utah Valley Wrestling (2013-22)

    2x Big 12 champion Demetrius Romero (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com)

    Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Utah Valley!

    NCAA Qualifiers (35)

    2022


    #21 Taylor LaMont (125 lbs), #17 Haiden Drury (133 lbs), #24 Evan Bockman (197 lbs)


    2021

    #7 Taylor LaMont (125 lbs), #28 Ty Smith (133 lbs), #33 Cameron Hunsaker (149), #2 Demetrius Romero (174 lbs)


    2020

    #17 Taylor LaMont (133 lbs), #19 Kimball Bastian (174 lbs), #8 Tate Orndorff (285 lbs)


    2019

    #20 Matt Findlay (141 lbs), #9 Demetrius Romero (165 lbs), #14 Kimball Bastian (174 lbs), #20 Will Sumner (184 lbs), #19 Tanner Orndorff (197 lbs), #15 Tate Orndorff (285 lbs)


    2018

    #7 Taylor LaMont (125 lbs), Demetrius Romero (165 lbs), Kimball Bastian (174 lbs), Tanner Orndorff (197 lbs), Dustin Dennison (285 lbs)


    2017

    Tanner Orndorff (197 lbs), Dustin Dennison (285 lbs)


    2016

    Chasen Tolbert (125 lbs), Jade Rauser (133 lbs)


    2015

    #15 Chasen Tolbert (125 lbs), Jade Rauser (133 lbs), Ethan Smith (174 lbs)


    2014

    Jade Rauser (125 lbs), Avery Garner (141 lbs), Abner Cook (165 lbs), Adam Fager (285 lbs)

    2013

    Jade Rauser (125 lbs), Josh Wilson (149 lbs), Adam Fager (285 lbs)


    NCAA Champions

    None


    All-Americans

    2021: Taylor LaMont (125 - 5th), Demetrius Romero (174 - 6th)

    2016: Jade Rauser (133 - 8th)


    NCAA Round of 12 Finishers

    Matt Findlay (2019 - 141)

    Demetrius Romero (2019 - 165)

    Taylor LaMont (2018 - 125)


    Conference Champions

    Big 12


    2021: Demetrius Romero (174)

    2019: Demetrius Romero (165)


    West Region/WWC

    2015: Jade Rauser (133)

    2014: Avery Garner (141)

    2013: Josh Wilson (149), Adam Fager (285)


    Dual Record

    2021-22: 5-6

    2021: 2-4

    2019-20: 3-11

    2018-19: 10-14

    2017-18: 8-6

    2016-17: 5-6

    2015-16: 4-10

    2014-15: 2-9

    2013-14: 6-9

    2012-13: 6-4


    Conference Tournament Placement

    Big 12


    2021-22: 12th

    2021: 10th

    2019-20: 11th

    2018-19: 6th

    2017-18: 8th

    2016-17: 9th

    2015-16: 8th


    West Regional/WWC

    2014-15: 4th

    2013-14: 4th

    2012-13: 3rd


    NCAA Tournament Team Placement

    2021-22: 52nd-tie (2 points)

    2021: 21st (20.5 points)

    2019-20: No Tournament

    2018-19: 29th-tie (11.5 points)

    2017-18: 43rd-tie (4 points)

    2016-17: 53rd-tie (1.5 points)

    2015-16: 38th (8 points)

    2014-15: 58th-tie (1 point)

    2013-14: 64th-tie (0.5 points)

    2012-13: 46th-tie (3.5 points)


    Head Coaching History

    Greg Williams (2006 - present)


    Best Lineup (Comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22)

    125 - Taylor LaMont: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#7 x2, #17 seeds), 2021 NCAA All-American (5th), 2021 Big 12 Runner-Up, 2018 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher

    133 - Jade Rauser: 4x NCAA Qualifier, 2016 NCAA All-American (8th), 2015 West Regional Champion, 2016 Big 12 3rd Place

    141 - Matt Findlay: 2019 NCAA Qualifier, 2019 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher

    149 - Josh Wilson: 2x NCAA Qualifier, 2013 West Regional Champion

    157 - Danny Snediker

    165 - Demetrius Romero: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#2 and #9 seeds), 2021 NCAA All-American (6th), 2x Big 12 Champion

    174 - Kimball Bastian: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#14 and #19 seeds)

    184 - Will Sumner: 2019 NCAA Qualifier

    197 - Tanner Orndorff: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#19 seed)

    285 - Tate Orndorff: 2019 NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed), 3x NCAA Qualifier and 2021 NCAA All-American (8th) for Ohio State


    Recruiting

    Number of Big Boarder's Per Year


    2022: #176 Abel Nava (WA), #217 Mark Takara (CA)

    2021: #234 Yusief Lillie (WA)

    2020: #85 Braxton Mikesell (WA)

    2016: #26 Taylor LaMont (UT), #96 Durbin Lloren (CA), #131 Gary Jantzer (UT)

    2014: #47 Kimball Bastian (UT), #53 Roy Nash (UT)

    2013: #45 Dalton Brady (AZ), #66 Grant LaMont (UT), #130 Jed Mellen (UT)

    For past teams:

    Air Force

    American

    Appalachian State

    Arizona State

    Army West Point

    Binghamton

    Bloomsburg

    Brown

    Bucknell

    Buffalo

    Cal Poly

    Campbell

    Central Michigan

    Chattanooga

    Clarion

    Cleveland State

    Columbia

    Cornell

    CSU Bakersfield

    Davidson

    Drexel

    Duke

    Edinboro

    Franklin & Marshall

    Gardner-Webb

    George Mason

    Harvard

    Hofstra

    Illinois

    Indiana

    Iowa

    Iowa State

    Kent State

    Lehigh

    Lock Haven

    Maryland

    Michigan

    Michigan State

    Minnesota

    Missouri

    Navy

    NC State

    Nebraska

    North Carolina

    North Dakota State

    Northern Colorado

    Northern Illinois

    Northern Iowa

    Northwestern

    Ohio

    Ohio State

    Oklahoma

    Oklahoma State

    Oregon State

    Penn

    Penn State

    Pittsburgh

    Princeton

    Purdue

    Rider

    Rutgers

    Sacred Heart

    SIU Edwardsville

    South Dakota State

    Stanford

    The Citadel

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