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1 ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING #13 Arizona State Sun Devils (9-5, 6-0 Pac-10 Championships Saturday, March 2-Sunday, March 3 Oregon State Corvallis, Ore Schedule/Results (9-5 Dual, 6-0 Pac-10) Missouri Open No team scores 11/25 Cal State Fullerton* W, /29 Oregon State* W, Las Vegas Invitational 5th of 20 teams Reno Invitational Schedule/Results 3rd of 16 Midlands Tournament 9th of 65 1/5 Boise State* (0-0 Dual, 0-0 W, Pac-10) /12 Embry-Riddle$ W, 31-7 National Duals All Day vs. #6 Iowa State L, vs. #15 Lehigh W, (crit.c) vs. #5 Iowa L, 39-3 Cal Poly* W, Cal State Bakersfield* W, /1 #23 Nebraska W, /3 Oregon* W, /10 #5 Iowa State L, /17 #24 Fresno State L, #6 Oklahoma L, 38-6 Pac-10 Championships All Day NCAA Championships All Day All home matches, in bold, are held at Wells Fargo Arena. * - Pac-10 Conference Meet $ - Held in Peoria, Ariz. at Peoria HS All times are local to site; home matches are Mountain Standard Time. Coaching Staff/Quick Facts Head Coach: Thom Ortiz (1st year, ASU 90) Record: 9-5, 6-0 Pac-10 Home: 5-2 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 2-2 Assistant Coaches: Townsend Saunders (1st year, ASU 90), Aaron Simpson (4th year, ASU 98) Record: 10-5, 4-0 Pac-10 Letterman Returning/Lost: 13/5 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost: 6/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 7/ Pac-10 Champs: 1st 2001 NCAA Finish: Ninth Returning All-Americans: David Douglas ( 01), Quinn Foster ( 00), Eric Larkin ( 99, 01) ASU Media Information Wrestling Contact: Erin Rowley Phone: (480) Fax: (480) Erin.Rowley@asu.edu Address: ICA Building, Room 105 Tempe, AZ Website: This Week -- With the regular season now a thing of the past, No. 13 Arizona State wrestling has its sights set on defending its 2001 conference title at the 2002 Pac-10 Wrestling Championships hosted by Oregon State, Saturday, March 2, through Sunday, March 3, at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Ore. ASU has held the No. 1 Pac-10 ranking all season and will be challenged by Oregon State, Boise State and Oregon. Coming off three straight losses to ranked opponents, the Sun Devils finished the dual season with an overall record of 9-5 and 6-0 against Pac-10 foes. The Pac-10 tournament also serves as ASU s means of qualifying for the NCAA Championships, as the top four individual finishers in each weight class advance to nationals held March 21-23, at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y. Probable Arizona State Lineup : #16/#13 Mike Simpson, Freshman, Anaheim, Calif. (23-7) 133: #3/#3 David Douglas, Senior, Harvey, Ill. (26-3) 141: #2/#6 Eric Larkin, Junior, Tucson, Ariz. (24-4) 149: Evan Larkin, Freshman, Tucson, Ariz. (10-11) 157: #11/#8 Rocky Smart, Pleasant Grove, Utah (17-3) 165: Nick Frost, Sophomore, Tucson, Ariz. (16-10) 174: Chris Petrie, Freshman, Glendale, Ariz. (2-8) 184: Will Carr, Freshman, Columbia Heights, Minn. (5-19) 197: #7/#8 Erik Gladish, Senior, Kentfield, Calif. (22-10) HWT: #9/#9 Kellan Fluckiger, Junior, Preston, Idaho (24-7) Rankings according to AWN/InterMat (2/26/02) Pac-10 Championship Format -- The two-day tournament is divided into four sessions culminating with the championship finals Sunday at 6 p.m. PT. In addition to ASU, those teams competing in the Pac-10 for wrestling are Boise State, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, UC Davis, Oregon, Oregon State, Portland State and Stanford. Not only will conference titles be on the line this weekend, but national qualifying hopes will be at stake as well. The top four wrestlers in each weight class, along with three at-large selections, will earn berths to the NCAA Championships held at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y., Thursday, March 21 through Saturday, March 23. Pac-10 Championship Schedule -- Saturday, March 2 (Please note all times PST) Session I 11 a.m. Prelims, quarterfinals and wrestleback prelims Session II 6 p.m. Semifinals and consolation quarterfinals Sunday, March 3 Session III 11 a.m. Consolation semis, fifth and third-place matches Session IV 6 p.m. Championship Finals Last Year at the Pac-10 Championships -- Led by individual title-winners David Douglas (133), Eric Larkin (141), Steve Blackford (165) and Kellan Fluckiger (HWT), ASU won its third conference crown in the last five years at last year s Pac-10 Championships hosted by the University of Oregon at McArthur Court in Eugene, Ore. The Sun Devils points led the team race, followed by Boise State (110.5), Oregon State (109.5) and Oregon (103.5). Not only did the Sun Devils come away with a team title and four individual titles, but eight wrestlers earned qualifying berths to the NCAA Championships. In addition the first-place finishers, also qualifying for nationals were Dana Holland (runner-up at 149 pounds), Rocky Smart (third, 157), Curtis Owen (third, 174) and R.D. Pursell (fourth, 184). Pac-10 Win Streak -- With ASU s 6-0 dual record vs. Pac-10 opponents this year, the Sun Devils are 14-0 in Pac-10 duals since Feb. 6, 1999 (last loss at Oregon State, 23-19).

2 ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING Page 2 of 6 National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll Feb. 22, 2002 Team...Points 1. Minnesota Michigan Iowa Oklahoma State Schedule/Results 5. Ohio State (0-0 Dual, 0-0 Pac-10) 6. Oklahoma Iowa State Pennsylvania Missouri West Virginia Illinois Lehigh Arizona State Lock Haven Edinboro Wisconsin Northern Iowa Purdue Central Michigan Fresno State Michigan State Hofstra Penn State Pittsburgh Cornell Pac-10 Team Rankings (Feb. 5) 1. Arizona State 2. Oregon State 3. Boise State 4. Oregon 5. Cal Poly 6. UC Davis 7. Stanford 8. Cal State Bakersfield 9. Portland State 10. Cal State Fullerton ASU Individual Rankings (Feb. 26) Wrestler...AWN...IM...Pac-10 Mike Simpson (125)...16th...13th...2nd David Douglas (133)...3rd...3rd...1st Eric Larkin (141)...2nd...6th...1st Rocky Smart (157)...11th...8th...1st Erik Gladish (197)...7th...8th...1st Kellan Fluckiger (hwt)..9th...9th...1st ASU Pac-10 Championship Quick Facts -- As a team, Arizona State has captured 15 conference titles, including 12 in the last 17 years. ASU won seven straight Pac-10 crowns under head coach Bobby Douglas from ASU has finished no lower than third at the conference championships since A total of 63 athletes have captured 107 conference titles in the 39-year history of the program. This year s ASU roster includes three returning Pac-10 Champions: David Douglas (133, 2001), Eric Larkin (133, 1999; 141, 2001) and Kellan Fluckiger (HWT, 2001). ASU set the Pac-10 record for most points scored at the conference championships with points in A school record seven Sun Devils won individual Pac-10 crowns in ASU s coaching staff of Thom Ortiz, Townsend Saunders and Aaron Simpson combined for seven Pac-10 titles when they wrestled at ASU. Ortiz was a threetime Pac-10 Champion (1987, 88, 90), while Saunders (1989, 90) and Simpson (1997, 98) each earned two titles. Last Time Out -- Sixth-ranked Oklahoma proved to be too much for 11th-ranked ASU, as the Sun Devils mustered only two wins against the Sooners, falling 38-6 in their regular season finale at the Howard McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla., Feb. 21. Sixth-ranked David Douglas upset win at 133 pounds provided ASU s highlight on the night, earning a 7-4 decision over third-ranked Witt Durden. Rocky Smart, ranked 11th, also picked up a big win with a 6-3 decision over 12th-ranked Doug Cieleski at 157. Top-ranked Eric Larkin lost for the second time in his last three matches, falling to 15th-ranked Nate Parker 6-4. OU won the first four matches by two falls and two major decisions, and were aided by ASU forfeits at 125 and 149 pounds. Sun Devils in the National Polls -- After four straight weeks at No. 11, ASU has dropped to 13th in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll released Feb. 22. ASU is also ranked 13th according to the Feb. 26 InterMat poll. Five Sun Devils are ranked individually, featured by junior Eric Larkin, ranked No. 2 at 141 pounds by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 6 by InterMat, while senior David Douglas ranks third by both at 133 pounds. Additional rankings include redshirt freshman Mike Simpson at 125 (16th-AWN, 13th-IM), junior Rocky Smart at 157 (eighth-im, 11th-AWN), senior Erik Gladish at 197 (seventh-awn, eighth-im), and junior Kellan Fluckiger at heavyweight (ninth-awn, ninth-im). This week marks the first time this season that Eric Larkin has not been ranked No. 1 at 141 pounds in either poll. Pac-10 Rankings -- ASU has been ranked No. 1 in all five Pac-10 Wrestling polls this season, the latest released Feb. 5. The defending champions sit atop No. 2 Oregon State (host of this year s Pac-10 tournament), No. 3 Boise State, No. 4 Oregon, No. 5 Caly Poly, No. 6 UC Davis, No. 7 Stanford, No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield, No. 9 Portland State and No. 10 Cal State Fullerton. ASU wrestlers are ranked among the top-four in six weight classes, including five Sun Devils ranked No. 1: Mike Simpson (No. 2, 125); David Douglas (No. 1, 133); Eric Larkin (No. 1, 141); Rocky Smart (No. 1, 157); Erik Gladish (No. 1, 197) and Kellan Fluckiger (No. 1, HWT). King Pin -- The top-ranked wrestler in the nation at 141 pounds for most of the season, junior Eric Larkin continues to display his dominance on the mat. Larkin has won 14 of his 24 matches by fall this season after beginning with 10 career pins compiled during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Larkin is three pins away from tying for fourth place on ASU s single-season list. The school record for pins in a season is 25 set by Dan Severn in Larkin had a stretch of 10 pins in 13 matches from the Nov. 25 dual with Oregon State through the second round of Midlands. Owen Out For the Season -- Senior Curtis Owen, a two-time NCAA qualifier and co-captain, has not competed this year after suffering a season-ending elbow injury that required surgery in the fall. Owen is petitioning for a medical redshirt.

3 ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING Page 3 of 6 Reno Tournament/Midlands Recaps-- Despite competing without wrestlers in three weight classes, ASU placed ninth at the 39th annual Midlands Championships hosted by Northwestern Dec. 29 through Dec. 30. Eric Larkin won the 141- pound title to lead the Sun Devils, while Mike Simpson placed third at 125 pounds. The only other ASU wrestler to place was Erik Gladish who took eighth at 197. David Douglas was the No. 2 seed at 133 pounds, but suffered his first loss of the season in the quarterfinals (5-2 to Iowa s Cliff Moore) and then his second in the consolation bracket (3-2 tiebreaker to Michigan State s Ryan L Amoreaux). Prior to Midlands, ASU placed third at the Reno Tournament of Champions, Dec. 20, with Larkin (141), Douglas (133), and Kellan Fluckiger (HWT) winning titles, and Erik Gladish (197) earning runner-up honors. Las Vegas Invitational Recap-- Redshirt freshman Mike Simpson earned a third-place finish at 125 pounds and junior Rocky Smart finished fourth at 157, leading the Sun Devils to fifth-place at the two-day Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational that concluded Saturday, Dec. 1. A total of six Sun Devils advanced to finals, including top-ranked junior Eric Larkin who suffered a surprise 8-4 semifinal loss to Harvard s Jesse Jantzen. Larkin, who pulled out of the sixth-place match, had pinned his first three opponents prior to the loss. Also picking up sixth-place finishes were senior David Douglas (141) and sophomore Nick Frost (165), while senior Erik Gladish placed seventh (197). Missouri Open Recap -- ASU made its season debut Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Missouri Open, with three Sun Devils taking home individual title wins. Senior David Douglas won the 141-pound title, junior Eric Larkin captured the 149-pound title and junior Rocky Smart won the 157- pound crown. Senior Erik Gladish came just shy of becoming the fourth Sun Devil to post a tournament victory, falling 3-1 in overtime to Ohio State s Nick Preston in the final bout. Also placing for ASU were sophomore Nick Frost (fourth at 165 pounds) and junior Kellan Fluckiger (fifth at heavyweight). Head Coach Thom Ortiz -- Becoming the fifth head coach in the 39-year history of ASU wrestling, Thom Ortiz returns to his alma mater where he was a threetime All-American, a three-time Pac-10 champion and a strong contributor to three of the most successful teams in ASU wrestling history. Ortiz helped ASU win four straight Pac-10 titles and its only NCAA crown in 1988, a season followed by two-straight national runner-up finishes in 89 and 90. Ortiz returns to ASU after serving nine years as the head assistant coach at Iowa State under his former Sun Devil coach Bobby Douglas. In 1992, he followed Douglas from Tempe to Ames, Iowa, for an assistant coaching position. With the Cyclones, Ortiz helped mentor three national champions and numerous All-Americans, while bringing in some of the top-ranked recruiting classes in the nation. Ortiz was also the runner-up for the 2000 National Wrestling Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Prior to his stint at Iowa State, Ortiz was an ASU graduate assistant in 1991, before taking over as the Sun Devils interim head coach while Douglas was coaching the U.S. Olympic wrestling team in ASU Ties -- Not only is head coach Thom Ortiz a former Sun Devil, both of his assistant coaches, Townsend Saunders and Aaron Simpson, are ASU alums. Saunders is in his first season as an assistant coach, hired by Ortiz in June Saunders wrestled for two seasons at ASU ( , ), both years earning All-America honors and winning Pac-10 titles. Since his collegiate career, he went on to compete as a two-time Olympian, including a silver-medal winning performance in Saunders, recently named the executive director of the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, was also a two-time gold medalist at the Pan-American Games and a 1994 gold medalist at the Goodwill Games. Simpson enters his fourth year as an assistant, after working the previous three years under Lee Roy Smith. Simpson graduated from ASU in 1998 where he was a twotime All-American and two-time Pac-10 champion. Simpson continues his wrestling career competing for the Phoenix-based Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. He was the 1997 Pan-American Games silver-medalist at 187 pounds and in June 2000, he placed fifth at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Last summer he qualified for the World Team Trials with a fifth-place finish at the U.S. National Championships. Up Next -- The top four finishers in each weight class at this week s Pac-10 Championships advance to compete in the NCAA Championships held at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y., Thursday, March 21, through Saturday, March ASU Dual Results Sunday Nov. 25, 2001, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz. #11 Arizona State 40, Cal State Fullerton 6 125: Mike Simpson (ASU) tech. fall Robert Valenzuela (CSF), 17-0, 5:00 133: Evan Larkin (ASU) pinned David Rodriguez (CSF), 4:53 141: David Douglas (ASU) major dec. Juan Mora (CSF), : Eric Larkin (ASU) pinned Jeff Silva (CSF), 0:54 157: Rocky Smart (ASU) major dec. Leonel Sanchez (CSF), : Chris Carlino (CSF) dec. Nick Frost (ASU), : Zachary Elliot (CSF) dec. Jason Conine (ASU), : Will Carr (ASU) dec. Bryan Webster (CSF), : Erik Gladish (ASU) pinned Shawn Henebry (CSF), 4:02 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) pinned Kenny Dickason (CSF), 2:54 Attendance: 407 Thursday Nov. 29, 2001, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz. #10 Arizona State 25, #24 Oregon State : Mike Simpson (ASU) dec. Michael Delaney (OSU), : Nathan Navarro (OSU) dec. Evan Larkin (ASU), 7-5 ot 141: David Douglas (ASU) major dec. Casey Horn (OSU), : Eric Larkin (ASU) major dec. Jordan Barich (OSU), : Rocky Smart (ASU) major dec. Micah Houston (OSU), : Nick Frost (ASU) major dec. Jed Pennell (OSU), : Jake Huffman (OSU) dec. Jason Conine (OSU), : Isaac Weber (OSU) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Erik Gladish (ASU) dec. Jason Lovell (OSU), 8-3 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. Jason Cooley (OSU), 8-5 Attendance: 520 Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz. #8 Arizona State 23, Boise State : Ben Vombaur (BSU) forfeit 133: David Douglas (ASU) dec. Jesse Brock (BSU), : Eric Larkin (ASU) fall Gabe Vigil (BSU), 2:07 149: Colin Robertson (BSU) major dec. Quinn Foster (ASU), : Danny Alcocer (ASU) dec. Tyler Robertson (BSU), : Nick Frost (ASU) dec. Nathan Ploehn (BSU), : Pat Owens (BSU) dec. Jason Conine (ASU), : Tony D Amico (BSU) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Erik Gladish (ASU) major dec. Jacob McGinnis (BSU), 10-0 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) major dec. Boe Rushton (BSU), 14-0 Attendance: 429 Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002, Peoria High School, Tempe, Ariz. #10 Arizona State 31, Embry-Riddle 7 125: Mike Simpson (ASU) major dec. Marcel Suehiro (ER), : Evan Larkin (ASU) dec. Dustin Sanders (ER), : Eric Larkin (ASU) injury forfeit 149: Quinn Foster (ASU) dec. Joe Calavitta (ER), : Pat Cadwallader (ER) dec. Danny Alcocer (ASU), : Nick Frost (ASU) major dec. David Rivera (ER), : Chris Petrie (ASU) dec. Nathaniel Auguston (ER), : Will McCleve (ER) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Erik Gladish (ASU) technical fall Ric Carreon (ER), 17-1 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. Ken Kobes (ER), 8-1 Attendance: 337

4 ARIZONA STATE DUAL RESULTS Page 4 of 6 Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, National Duals, Ohio State Univ. #6 Iowa State 29, #12 Arizona State : Mike Simpson (ASU) wins by forfeit 133: David Douglas (ASU) dec. Zach Roberson (ISU), : Aaron Holker (ISU) dec. Eric Larkin (ASU), : Billy Maldonado (ISU) dec. Quinn Foster (ASU), : Matt Veach (ISU) major dec. Danny Alcocer (ASU), : Joe Heskett (ISU) major dec. Nick Frost (ASU), : Nick Passolano (ISU) pinned Chris Petrie (ASU), 2:00 184: Austen Palmer (ISU) dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Cael Sanderson (ISU) pinned Erik Gladish (ASU), 4:11 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) tech. fall Nicholas Britton (ISU), 17-0 Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, National Duals, Ohio State Univ. #12 Arizona State 21, #13 Lehigh 21 (ASU wins by criteria C) 125: Mike Simpson (ASU) major dec. Mario Stuart (LU), : David Douglas (ASU) dec. Dan Hyman (LU), : Tristan Boyd (LU) wins by forfeit 149: Quinn Foster (ASU) dec. Troy Minavovic (LU), : Warren Stout (LU) major dec. Danny Alcocer (ASU), : Nick Frost (ASU) tech. fall Ted Dufresne (LU), : Brad Dillon (LU) major dec. Chris Petrie (ASU), : Rob Rohn (LU) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Jon Trenge (LU) dec. Erik Gladish (ASU), 6-4 2ot HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) pinned Joe Sahl (LU), 1:35 ASU wins by tiebreaker criteria C - greater number of tech. falls Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, National Duals, Ohio State Univ. #5 Iowa 39, #12 Arizona State 3 125: Luke Eustice (Iowa) dec. Mike Simpson (ASU), : Cliff Moore (Iowa) dec. David Douglas (ASU), : Luke Moffitt (Iowa) wins by forfeit 149: Mike Zaddick (Iowa) major dec. Quinn Foster (ASU), : Matt Anderson (Iowa) major dec. Danny Alcocer (ASU), : Nick Frost (ASU) dec. Cory Connell (Iowa), : Tyler Nixt (Iowa) pinned Chris Petrie (ASU), 2:40 184: Jessman Smith (Iowa) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Troy Clark (Iowa) dec. Erik Gladish (ASU), 9-7 HWT: Steve Mocco (Iowa) pinned Kellan Fluckiger (ASU), 0:55 Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, San Luis Obispo, Calif. #11 Arizona State 28, Cal Poly : Mike Simpson (ASU) major dec. Justin Pichardo (CP), : David Douglas (ASU) wins by forfeit 141: Evan Larkin (ASU) dec. Nathan Ybarra (CP), : Quinn Foster (ASU) pinned Matt Cox (CP), 2:55 157: Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. Robb Maxwell (CP), : Brody Barrios (CP) dec. Nick Frost (ASU), : Steve Strange (CP) pinned Chris Petrie (ASU), 1:51 184: Chuck Sandlin (CP) dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Erik Gladish (ASU) dec. Martin Floreani (CP), 5-0 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. Dan Leahy (CP), 5-2 Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, Bakersfield, Calif. #11 Arizona State 40, Cal State Bakersfield 6 125: Mike Simpson (ASU) dec. Matt Sanchez (CSB), 7-5 ot 133: David Douglas (ASU) tech. fall Efren Ceballos (CSB), : Evan Larkin (ASU) dec. Ryan Meloche (CSB), : Thomas Juarez (CSB) wins by forfeit 157: Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. Brian Cobb (CSB), : Nick Frost (ASU) pinned Bryan Busby (CSB), 1:23 174: Chris Petrie (ASU) major dec. Bryan Travers (CSB), : Will Carr (ASU) pinned Scott O Rear (CSB), 3:34 197: Erik Gladish (ASU) major dec. Robbie O Dell (CSB), 13-4 HWT: Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) wins by forfeit Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, Tempe, Ariz., Wells Fargo Arena #11 Arizona State 20, #23 Nebraska : #10 Jason Powell (NU) dec. #11 Mike Simpson (ASU), : #6 David Douglas (ASU) dec. Joey Malia (NU), : #1 Eric Larkin (ASU) dec. Dusty Spaulding (NU), : Quinn Foster (ASU) dec. Travis Shufelt (NU), : #1 Bryan Snyder (NU) tech. fall #11 Rocky Smart (ASU), : Nick Frost (ASU) tech. fall Jason High (NU), : Tony Denke (NU) major dec. Chris Petrie (ASU), : #15 Travis Pascoe (NU) major dec. Will Carr (ASU), : #10 Erik Gladish (ASU) dec. #6 Justin Ruiz (NU), 7-5 HWT: #9 Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. Pat Miron (NU), 10-4 Attendance: 832 Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, Tempe, Ariz., Wells Fargo Arena #11 Arizona State 30, Oregon : #11 Mike Simpson (ASU) wins by forfeit 133: #6 David Douglas (ASU) dec. Jason Harless (UO), : #1 Eric Larkin (ASU) pinned Brian Watson (UO), 4:09 149: Casey Hunt (UO) dec. Quinn Foster (ASU), : #11 Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. #17 Tony Overstake (UO), : #6 Eugene Harris (UO) dec. Nick Frost (ASU), : Shane Webster (UO) technical fall Chris Petrie (ASU), : Will Carr (ASU) pinned Elias Soto (UO), 4:29 197: #10 Erik Gladish (ASU) dec Jake Leair (UO), 8-1 HWT: #9 Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. #15 Eric Webb (UO), 3-2 OT Attendance: 366 Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002, Tempe, Ariz., Wells Fargo Arena #7 Iowa State 31, #11 Arizona State 9 125: Ty Malia (ISU) dec. #11 Mike Simpson (ASU), : #6 David Douglas (ASU) dec. #12 Zach Roberson (ISU), : #4 Aaron Holker (ISU) dec. #1 Eric Larkin (ASU), : #5 Billy Maldonado (ISU) pinned Evan Larkin (ASU), 5:45 157: #11 Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. Matt Veach (ISU), : #1 Joe Heskett (ISU) win by forfeit 174: #20 Nick Passolano (ISU) major dec. #18 Nick Frost (ASU), Austen Palmer (ISU) dec. Will Carr (ASU), : #1 Cael Sanderson (ISU) pinned Scott Hollingsworth (ASU), 4:50 HWT: #9 Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) dec. #14 Mark Knauer (ISU), 6-4 Attendance: 1,782 Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, Tempe, Ariz., Wells Fargo Arena #23 Fresno State 22, #11 Arizona State : Justin McLelland (FSU) wins by forfeit 133: #6 David Douglas (ASU) dec. #16 Derrick Hayes (FSU), 5-1 ot 141: #1 Eric Larkin (ASU) fall Ralph Lopez (FSU),0:44 149: Jim Medeiros (FSU) dec. Evan Larkin (ASU), : #11 Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. Ben Baca (FSU), : #18 Nick Frost (ASU) major dec. Darrick Duran (FSU), : Britt Mooney (FSU) fall Chris Petrie (ASU), 2:49 184: Eddie Gifford (FSU) dec. Will Carr (ASU), : Marcio Botelho (FSU) major dec. Scott Hollingsworth (ASU), 11-3 HWT: #9 Kellan Fluckiger (ASU) m. dec. Grant Harrington (FSU), 14-0 Attendance: 529 Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002, Norman, Okla., McCasland Field House #6 Oklahoma 38, #11 Arizona State 6 125: #6 Matt Ridings (OU) wins by forfeit 133: #6 David Douglas (ASU) dec. #3 Witt Durden (OU), : #15 Nate Parker (OU) dec. #1 Eric Larkin (ASU), : #5 Jared Frayer (OU) wins by forfeit 157: #11 Rocky Smart (ASU) dec. #12 Doug Cieleski (OU), : #9 Robbie Waller (OU) dec. #18 Nick Frost (ASU), : #15 Michael Barger (OU) fall Chris Petrie (ASU), 1:24 184: #7 Josh Lambrecht (OU) fall Will Carr (ASU), 2:11 197: #13 Tom Grossman (OU) m. dec. Scott Hollingsworth (ASU), 16-5 HWT: #3 Leonce Crump (OU) m. dec. #9 Kellan Fluckiger (ASU), 9-1 Attendance: 575

5 ARIZONA STATE BIOS Page 5 of 6 MIKE SIMPSON 125 RS-Freshman Anaheim, Calif./Brethren Christian HS Making first Pac-10 Championship appearance ASU s starter at 125 pounds all season tallied impressive overall record of 23-7 and 8-3 dual record in freshman campaign team leader with five major decisions second on team with three technical falls placed third at both the Las Vegas Invitational and Midlands Championships after a 3-3 start to the season, has won 20 of his last 24 matches four of his seven losses have come to ranked opponents including No. 1 Stephen Abas of Fresno State (fall 1:42 at Las Vegas Invite) and No. 2 LeRoy Vega of Minnesota (2-3 at Midlands) upset No. 3 A.J. Grant (Michigan) 2-1 at the Las Vegas Invitational 4-4 versus ranked opponents DAVID DOUGLAS 133 Senior Harvey, Ill./Thornridge HS Defending Pac-10 Champion at 133 pounds also earned All-America honors for first time last season has compiled overall record of 26-3, 12-1 dual record team co-captain team leader with 26 wins, tying a career high ranks 19th on ASU s career victories list (95) opened the season winning 16 straight matches has lost twice to Iowa s Cliff Moore (5-2 at Midlands and 7-4 at National Duals) and once to Michigan State s Ryan L Amoreaux (3-2 at Midlands) won titles at Missouri Open and Reno Tournament opened the season wrestling at 141 pounds, compiling a 10-0 record before moving down to 133 at the Reno Tournament upset No. 1 Johnny Thompson of Oklahoma State to win Reno title upset No. 3 Witt Durden in ASU s dual with Oklahoma Feb. 21, just one of two Sun Devils to pick up a victory vs. the Sooners 8-1 versus ranked opponents Career ERIC LARKIN 141 Junior Tucson, Ariz./Sunnyside HS Two-time All-American and two-time Pac-10 champion 2001 Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year won 1999 Pac-10 title at 133 pounds and 2001 title at 141 ranked No. 1 at 141 pounds all season by Amateur Wrestling News until falling to No. 2 in the Feb. 26 rankings selected to compete in NWCA All-Star Classic but was unable to participate due to injury has overall record of 24-4, and dual record of 7-3 team cocaptain leads team with career high 14 falls three falls away from tying for fourth on ASU s single-season list had a stretch of 10 pins in 13 straight matches, including six in seven bouts won tournament titles at the Missouri Open, Reno Tournament of Champions and Midlands Championships suffered four losses this season, two to Iowa State s Aaron Holker (9-5 at National Duals, 8-5 in Feb. 10 dual) also beaten by Harvard s Jesse Jantzen (8-4 at Las Vegas Invite), and Oklahoma s Nate Parker (6-4) opened the season wrestling at 149 pounds, moved down to 141 at the Reno Tournament has also earned two major decisions 6-3 versus ranked opponents Career EVAN LARKIN 149 RS-Freshman Tucson, Ariz./Sunnyside HS Making first Pac-10 appearance has compiled an overall record of and 4-3 dual record in first season as a Sun Devil has wrestled at 133, 141 and 149 pounds this season filled in for an injured Quinn Foster at 149 pounds in ASU s duals with Iowa State and Fresno State was pinned by ISU s Billy Maldonado in 5:45 and fell 10-8 to FSU s Jim Medeiros was 2-0 at 141 pounds has tallied one fall and two tech falls competed at the Missouri Open, Las Vegas Invitational, Reno Tournament and Midlands at 133 pounds younger brother of Eric Larkin 0-6 versus ranked opponents ROCKY SMART 157 Junior Pleasant Grove, Utah/BYU Making second appearance at Pac-10 championships placed third at 157 at last year s conference tournament two-time NCAA qualifier team co-captain ASU s No. 1 starter at 157 pounds all season compiled overall record of 17-3, 8-1 dual record suffered hand injury at Reno Tournament Dec. 20 which kept him out of the lineup until Jan. 26 won 157 title at Missouri Open also placed fourth at the Las Vegas Invitational and sixth at the Reno Tournament won nine straight matches before suffering first loss of the season to 11th-ranked Joe Carr of West Virginia at the Las Vegas Invite (2-2 tb) only other losses this season came to No. 6 Ryan Bertin (Michigan), 3-2 at Las Vegas, and No. 1 Bryan Snyder (Nebraska), 25-8 technical fall in ASU s dual with the Huskers since coming back from the injury has won six of seven bouts 2-3 versus ranked opponents Career

6 ARIZONA STATE BIOS Page 6 of 6 NICK FROST 165 Sophomore Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS Making first appearance at Pac-10 championships ASU s starter all season at 165 pounds has compiled an overall record of 16-10, and a dual record of 8-6 team leader with four tech falls has also tallied three falls and four major decisions placed fourth at the Missouri Open and sixth at the Las Vegas Invitational two times this season, has scored a tech fall which proved to be the deciding factor in ASU wins 20-3 tech fall over Ted Dufresne in ASU s match with Lehigh at National Duals gave Sun Devils the team victory when criteria C was used as the deciding factor for breaking tie also with ASU trailing by one point going into the final bout vs. Nebraska, his 18-2 tech fall over Jason High gave ASU the win picked up ASU s only win in its dual with Iowa at National Duals 1-6 versus ranked opponents Career ERIK GLADISH 197 Senior Kentfield, Calif./Marin Catholic HS Making second Pac-10 tournament appearance after placing third at 2000 championships ASU s starter all season at 197 pounds has compiled an overall record of and a dual record of 8-3 tied for second on team with Nick Frost for major decisions (four) also has one pin and one technical fall placed in all four of ASU s tournaments this season including runner-up finishes at the Missouri Open and Reno Tournament of Champions, along with a seventh place finish at the Las Vegas Invite and an eighth-place finish at Midlands upset No. 6 Justin Ruiz 7-5 in ASU s dual with Nebraska Feb. 1 has missed ASU s last three matches with a knee injury 4-7 versus ranked opponents Career CHRIS PETRIE 174 Freshman Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS True freshman making first Pac-10 tournament appearance ASU s starter at 174 since Jan. 12 dual with Embry-Riddle has compiled overall and dual record of 2-8 picked up a win in his first collegiate match, earning a 10-5 decision over Embry-Riddle s Nathaniel Auguston also picked up 12-4 win over Cal State Bakersfield s Bryan Travers 0-4 versus ranked opponents WILL CARR 184 Freshman Columbia Heights, Minn./Columbia Heights HS KELLAN FLUCKIGER HWT Junior Preston, Idaho/Preston HS Defending Pac-10 champion at heavyweight is making third straight Pac- 10 appearance ASU s starter at heavyweight all season has compiled an overall record of 24-7, 12-2 in dual action 24 wins is a career high won heavyweight title at Reno Tournament of Champions and placed fifth at the Missouri Open has won 16 of last 19 matches tied for team lead with 12 dual wins has also tallied two falls and two major decisons has wrestled two top-ranked opponents, falling to No. 1 John Lockhart 5-3 (Illinois) at Midlands and pinned by No. 1 Steve Mocco in 55 seconds (Iowa) at National Duals 4-6 versus ranked opponents Career Making first appearance at the Pac-10 Championships 29 year-old true freshman who served 10 years in the Marine Corps before coming to ASU this year ASU s starter at 184 pounds all season has compiled an overall record of 5-19, and a dual record of 3-11 his last two wins have come via fall, pinning Cal State Bakersfield s Scott O Rear in 3:34 (Jan. 26 dual) and Oregon s Elias Soto in 4:29 (Feb. 3 dual) 0-7 versus ranked opponents