History of WA College All-Americans
Originally compiled by Richard Rockwell
and provided
to me with his permission to post at this web site in 2006
Email Dave
Gilbertson if you have updates to this list
last updated
01/14/2010
University of Washington
1963: Richard Bell 177 4th
1969: Randy Berg 123 3rd
1970: Larry Owings 142 NATIONAL CHAMP
1971: Larry Owings 142 2nd
Dan Pleasant 150 5th
Hajime Shinjo 158 6th
1972: Larry Owings 142 2nd
Hajime Shinjo 150 3rd
Jim Woods 167 6th
Bill Murdock 177 NATIONAL CHAMP
1973: Tom Brown 142 3rd
Mike Fitzpatrick 150 6th
Hajime Shinjo 158 6th
1974: Tom Brown 150 3rd
Mel Renfro 177 2nd
Rich Calderon 190 4th
1975: Toshi Oonishi 126 6th
1976: Tom Brown 158 2nd
You have 1966: Ken Vander 123 5th
Washington State University
1965: Allen Peterson 123 6th
1966: Dan Hensley 160 6th
1967: Fred Fairbanks 167 5th
1978: Paul Nooyen 177 JUCO NATIONAL CHAMP Note-Nooyan won at Washington's
Richland campus
Central Washington University
1966: Dennis Warren 145 NATIONAL CHAMP
Lamoin Merkley 167 NATIONAL CHAMP
Vernon Merkley 160 6th
Darren Sipe 177 5th
Dallas Delay 191 2nd
Larry Wekhoven UNL 5th
1967: Dennis Warren 145 NATIONAL CHAMP
Lamoin Merkley 167 NATIONAL CHAMP
Alan Johnson 152 5th
Dallas Delay 191 3rd
1968: Lamoin Merkley 167 NATIONAL CHAMP
Lamoin Merkley 167 2nd(Div. 1)
Larry Brown 130 3rd
John Casebeer 137 3rd
Gary Mogenson 145 4th
(Last name only) Byrnes 177 5th
1970: Thurman Landers 142 NATIONAL CHAMP
Kenichi Kanno 118 3rd
1971: Kenichi Kanno 118 NATIONAL CHAMP
Craig Skeesick 134 NATIONAL CHAMP
Thurman Landers 142 6th
Gary Stevenson 167 4th
1972: Craig Skeesick 134 2nd
Ray Blondin 177 6th
Tom Omli 190 2nd
1973: Kit Shaw 142 NATIONAL CHAMP
Greg Gowens 134 3rd
Tom Omli 190 5th
1974: Kit Shaw 142 NATIONAL CHAMP (OW)
Greg Gowens 134 6th
(Last name only) Burkholder 150 3rd
(Last name only) Parrish 158 5th
Dan Older 167 2nd
Rocky Isley 2nd
John Burkholder/150/3rd
Dewey
Parrish/158/5th
Bob Pierce/126/5th
1975: Dan Older 167 4th
Greg Gowens/142/5th
Rocky Isley/190/5th
1976: Bill Linthicum 150 3rd
1978: Joe Sanford 150 NATIONAL CHAMP
Kurt Bledsoe 190 4th
1979: Ronald Ellis 126 2nd
1980: Rob Lagerquist 118 7th
Ronald Ellis 126 2nd
Tony Ledbetter 158 6th
Kurt Bledsoe 190 7th
1981: CD Hoines 142 2nd
1982: Bill Hoglund 118 NATIONAL CHAMP
Charlie Hicks 142 6th
Rich Esparza 150 3rd
1983: Robin MacAlpine 126 2nd
CD Hoines 150 4th
1984: Greg Ford 118 NATIONAL CHAMP
Robin MacAlpine 126 NATIONAL CHAMP
1985: Mark Peterson 126 6th
Kris Morgan 150 3rd
Randy Penrose HWT 7th
1986: Randy Talvi 150 3rd
Kris Morgan 158 3rd
1987: Leon Brinson 126 NATIONAL CHAMP
Craig Danielson HWT 7th
1991: Nick Nastri 118 7th
Craig Iverson 167 5th
Mark Bonthuis 190 7th
Sandy Stevenson 150 4th
1992: Nick Nastri 118 5th
Lee Macdiarmid 126 5th
Eric Rotondo 142 8th
Roger Shoup 177 6th
Mark Bonthuis 190 2nd
1993: Eric Rotondo 142 3rd
Jason Stevenson 150 7th
1994: Jason Baril 118 5th
Joe Knox 134 8th
Jason Stevenson 142 3rd
Brett Lucas 150 4th
Jason Vose 177 4th
1995: Leighton Smiley 126 5th
Brett Lucas 150 3rd
Erik McDowell 177 5th
Jason Vose 177 6th
Kevin Pine 167 5th
1996-
Andy Boe, 190, 7th
Leighton Smiley,
126, 3rd (CWU's only 4X AA in any sport)
Chris Doktor, 134,
4th
1997: Bart Orth 167 7th
Chris Feist 184 6th
Rich Wheeler 118 6th
Steve Gusse 158 4th
Brett Rotondo 142 8th
Leighton Smiley 126 2nd
1998: Bart Orth 167 2nd
Chris Feist 184 5th
Jay Castino 197 4th
Jeremy Cronenwet 275 8th
Ben Orth 150 6th
Steve Gusse 158 6th
Leighton Smiley 126 3rd
1999: Marcus Mays 141 7th
2000: Shaine Jaime 141 3rd
2001: Matt Ballard 165 2nd
2002: Cole Dennison 141 5th
Jared Novak 157 6th
Franco Santiago 184 6th
Dupree Lacey 285 6th
DC Hazen, 197, 8th
2003: Aaron Mann 125 5th
Shaine Jaime 141 3rd
Eastern Washington University
1973: Ruben Rios 167 3rd
1974: (Last name only) Draper 118 5th
Lanny Davidson 177 2nd
(Last name only) Kenay 190 4th
1975: Lanny Davidson 177 NATIONAL CHAMP
1976: Lanny Davidson 177 NATIONAL CHAMP
Mike Reed 158 NATIONAL CHAMP
Jerry Lorton 126 4th
Tony Byrne 150 5th
1977: Lanny Davidson 177 NATIONAL CHAMP
Mike Reed 158 NATIONAL CHAMP
Ken Foss 118 2nd
Don Wilson UNL 2nd
1978: Ken Foss 118 2nd
Jerry Lorton 126 2nd
Lynn Taylor 142 2nd
Jerry Wollen 150 5th
1979: David Reimnitz 150 3rd
Mike Stolp 177 6th
1980: Craig Foster 177 5th
1982: Ted Navare 134 4th
Pacific Lutheran University
1980: Paul Giovannini 134 7th
1981: Paul Giovannini, 5th, 134 lbs.
1982: Mike Agostini, 5th, 177 lbs.
1984: Mike Agostini 7th 177lbs.
1985: Chris Wolfe, 3rd, 142 lbs.
Jeff Lipp 6th 177 lbs.
1986: Chris Wolfe, 4th, 142 pounds
1985: Jeff Lipp, 6th, 177 lbs.
1987: Adrian Rodriguez, 2nd, 126 lbs.
Ken Eager 8th 190 lbs.
1988: Bob Freund, 6th, 150 lbs.
1989: Bob Freund 7th 150 lbs.
1990: John Godinho, 6th, 134 lbs.
Stark Porter 7th HWT
1993: Brian Peterson, 2nd, 150 lbs.
Quoc Nguyen 8th 118 lbs.
Nathan Button 134 7th lbs.
1994: Brian Peterson, 1st, 158 lbs.
Quoc Nguyen 7th 118 lbs.
Nate Button, 5th, 134 lbs.
Chris DiCugno 7th 150 lbs.
1995: Quoc Nguyen, 4th, 118 lbs.
Matt Bliss 7th 167 lbs.
1996: Tuan Nguyen, 4th, 118 lbs.
1997: Tuan Nguyen, 3rd, 118 lbs.
1998: John Aiken, 2nd, 150 lbs.
1998: J.J. Hanson, 3rd, 190 lbs.
Western Washington University
1966: Ken Vandver 123 5th
1967: Jim Chapman 145 3rd
1971: Lee Anderson 158 4th
1972: Lee Anderson 150 5th
1974: Dan Daley 158 6th
Whitworth College
1969: Mike Carr UNL 2nd
1976: Theopolis Williams 177 5th
1978: Theopolis Williams 177 3rd
1979: Theopolis Williams 177 7th
Seattle-Pacific
1970: Ken Jackson 134 5th
Ken Hagan 167 6th
1971: Sam Myers 126 4th
Drake Lemm 150 4th
Ken Hagan 167 4th
1972: Lee Allen 118 3rd
Sam Myers 126 2nd
Joe Kurtz 190 5th
1973: Bill Cameron-Knippel 177 2nd
Bill Cameron-Knippel 177 3rd(Div. 1)
Rich Maras 190 5th
1974: Rich Maras 190 4th
Puget Sound
1978: Bill Stout UNL 4th
Washington and Lee
1934: Charles Pritchard 145 3rd
1935: Hugo Bonino UNL 3rd
1936: Hugo Bonino UNL 2nd
Big Bend C.C.
1967: Jon Lane 152 NATIONAL CHAMP
Ron Seibel 160 5th
Jim Warren 167 3rd
1968: Larry Paul 191 NATIONAL CHAMP
Kris Dexter 130 6th
Terry Dawson 152 4th
1969: Terry Dawson 167 NATIONAL CHAMP
1970: Randy Ballinger 158 3rd
1971: Robert (Bob) Owens 134 3rd
1982: George Hara 118 4th
1983: George Hara 118 2nd
Duane Zamora 167 4th
1986: Chris Piatt HWT 8th
1990: Carl Zamora 142 2nd
Columbia Basin C.C.
1967: Darrell Keller 123 NATIONAL CHAMP
Larry James 145 2nd
1980: Rick Anderle 134 2nd
1981: Jeff Richardson 150 5th
Chris Blake 190 8th
Grays Harbor C.C.
1981: Mike Hogaboam 177 NATIONAL CHAMP
Tony Dague 118 8th
Highline C.C.
1987: Mike Carey 177 6th
1988: Scott Smith 167 5th
1991: Chad Kohler 134 6th
Scott Dennis 150 5th
Rod Dohner 167 2nd
1992: Jake Garrett 142 7th
1994: Scott Dennis 150 3rd
1995: Jarud Pierson 150 8th
Rob Coy 167 6th
1996 Jarud Pierson 150 7th
Nelson Crisanto 118 4th
1997:Jens Pulver 142 (?)
1997: Ken Kobes 190 7th
1998:Trevor D. Howard - 3rd NJCAA
1999:Trevor D. Howard - 5th NJCAA
2000: Anthony Hamilton 285 7th
2001: Andy Olson 174 5th
2002: Carlos Adamy 141 3rd
Joe Castro 174 4th
Trevor Smith 197 3rd
2004: Patrick Bradley 197 8th
2005: Yura Malamura 197 NATIONAL CHAMP
2006: Desean Willis 125 7th
Brad Padgett 184 5th
2007: Brad Padgett - 184 lbs 2nd NJCAA
2008: Marshall Giovannini 2nd
1996 Jarud Pierson 150 7th; Nelson Crisanto 118 4th
Lower Columbia C.C.
1962: (Last name only) Tow 147 3rd
1990: Brandon Jensen 167 6th
1991: Paul Troup 158 7th
1994: Simon White 190 NATIONAL CHAMP
Steve Gamble 142 3rd
Yakima Valley C.C.
1993: Rich Herzog 3rd
1993: Seth Elwood 190 6th
1994: Brent Rotondo 142 6th
Hasan Najieb 150 6th
Derik Hamley 158 6th
1995: Brent Rotondo 142 7th
1998 Matt Ballard 142 8th
1999 Ramon Iniguez 149 8th
2000: Eric Heinlein 184 4th
2003: Jake Leino 125 7th
2007: Ricky Valadez 3rd
OUT OF STATE COLLEGES
Oklahoma State
Dwayne Keller 1968 NCAA Champion @ 123 and OW (Beat Rick Sanders)
1970 NCAA Champion @126
1971 2nd in NCAA @ 134
Darrell Keller 1970 NCAA Champion @134
1972 NCAA Champion @142 and OW (Beat Larry Owings)
Randy Couture 1990 – 6th @ 190
1991 – 2nd @ 190
1992 – 2nd @ 190
Michigan
Otto Olson took 2nd, 5th and 3rd in NCAA
Brian Harper 2nd in NCAA 1994
Oregon State
Dave Orndorff HVY 2nd in NCAA
Mat Orndorff placed 4th in the NCAA at Hvy
Dan Alar placed 4th in the NCAA at 158 1994
Ricks Junior College in Idaho
Dave Orndorff HVY 2nd and 3rd in JUCO
West Virginia
Shane Cunnan 6th in NCAA 2003?
Ken Kobes - NAIA National Champion @ HVY. 1999 - All American - Wrestling for
Embry-Riddle
Ken Kobes -NAIA National Champion @ 285 2002 - All American- Wrestling for
Embry-Riddle
Matt Holt - Southern Oregon- NAIA All_American 2006 -141 (6th Place)
Blair Alderman
5th 184 2003 North Idaho College NJCAA
4th 184 2004 North Idaho College NJCAA
6th 184 2005 Dana College NAIA
4th 197 2006 Dana College NAIA
Israel Silva
3rd 285 2003 North Idaho College NJCAA
2nd 285 2004 North Idaho College NJCAA
Burke Barnes
3rd 125 2004 North Idaho College NJCAA
3rd 125 2006 Dana College NJCAA
2nd 133 2007 Dana College NJCAA
Derek Kipperberg
3rd 141 2004 North Idaho College NJCAA
6th 149 2005 North Idaho College NJCAA
Kyle Frawley
4th 174 2004 North Idaho College NJCAA
4th 174 2005 North Idaho College NJCAA
7th 184 2007 Lindenwood University NAIA
John Zamora
2nd 165 2003 North Idaho College NJCAA
Tyson Springer
4th 174 2003 North Idaho College NJCAA
1st 165 2005 Dickinson State University NAIA
2nd 165 2006 Dickinson State University NAIA
Mike Bundy
5th 174 2002 North Idaho College NJCAA
Ozzie Saxon
2nd 133 2001 North Idaho College NJCAA
1st 133 2002 North Idaho College NJCAA
2nd 133 2003 Wartburg D3
2nd 133 2003 Wartburg D3
Coby Jones
8th 149 2006 North Idaho College NJCAA
Tyson Hurst
5th 157 2006 North Idaho College NJCAA
Josh Edmondson
3rd 184 2005 North Idaho College NJCAA
1st 184 2006 North Idaho College NJCAA
Evan Mattingly
1st 197 2007 North Idaho College NJCAA
Robbie Shaw
6th 285 2007 North Idaho College NJCAA
Anthony Haukenberry
1st 149 2004 Montana State University Northern NAIA
2nd 149 2006 Dana College NAIA
Benson Henderson
5th 157 2005 Dana College NAIA
5th 157 2006 Dana College NAIA
Josh Birt
1st 184 2001 North Idaho College NJCAA
2nd 184 2002 North Idaho College NJCAA
Chad Charboneau
3rd 285 2002 North Idaho College NJCAA
Ravil Muhammediev
6th 141 2001 North Idaho College NJCAA
Andy Roberts
7th 149 2000 North Idaho College NJCAA
David Sandberg
2nd 197 2000 North Idaho College NJCAA
Rick Story
2nd 184 2006 Southern Oregon Universtiy NAIA
Bryan Seibel
7th 157 2005 Southern Oregon University NAIA
Justin Springer
5th ??? 1998 North Idaho College NJCAA
Brandon Springer
2nd ??? 1998 North Idaho College NJCAA
Coyte Cooper
8th 141 2003 University of Indiana NCAA D1
Ty Watterson
4th 285 2007 Oregon State University NCAA D1
Ryan Mattingly
5th 184 2006 Montana State University Northern NAIA
David Waters
8th 174 2004 Montana State University Northern NAIA
Tyson Thiverge
3rd 184 1999 Montana State Northern NAIA
2nd 184 2000 Montana State Northern NAIA
3rd 184 2001 Montana State Northern NAIA
1st 184 2002 Montana State Northern NAIA
Lars Blomgren
7th 174 1999 Simon Frasier University NAIA
1st 174 2000 Simon Frasier Universtiy NAIA
Mikhail Abdul Latif
1st 285 2006 Simon Frasier Universtiy NAIA
Doug Swanson
6th 197 2003 Simon Frasier University NAIA
Ben Vombaur
125 4th 2002 Boise State Universtiy NCAA D1
125 6th 2003 Boise State University NCAA D1
Travis Pascoe
184 6th 2005 University of Nebraska NCAA D1
Bobby Mantle
149 5th 2003 Montana State University Northern NAIA
Luke Roberts
285 5th 2005 University of Great Falls NAIA
Kevin Roberts
2x NCAA All-American at the University of Oregon
Marty Boday
1st NJCAA North Idaho College 158 1987
8th NAIA Northern Montana College 158 1988
2nd NAIA Northern Montana College 158 1989
Robbie Davis
1st NAIA Menlo College, CA 165lb 2008
Brad
Padgett
184 lbs 2nd
2007 Highline CC NJCAA /
2008 4th
at 184 NCAA Div II St Cloud State University
Mike Marzetta,
Minnesota
7th place at 1992
NCAA Div I
Jim Nielsen
275 7th NCAA 1986-87 Brigham Young University
Jim Hendricks (from
Ferris HS, Spokane WA)
2nd. NJCAA North Idaho College 190 1972
Chuck Woolery (from Kennewick HS, Kennewick WA)
2nd. NJCAA North Idaho College 158 1972
4th. NJCAA North Idaho College 158 1973
Pat Connors
University Of Minnesota
8th place at 126 in 1997
