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UVU Wrestling: Western Wrestling Conference Announces 2010-11 All-Conference Squads Add Comment Mar 14, 2011
Western Wrestling Conference Announces 2010-11 All-Conference Squads
UVU's Ray, Morrill, Kjar and Darrington were all named.
March 14, 2011
OREM, Utah - The Western Wrestling Conference announced its All-Conference teams for the 2010-11 season on Monday. Utah Valley University's Flint Ray (133 pounds) was named to the first team, Justin Morrill (141) the second and Benjamin Kjar (125) and Brad Darrington (174) the third. All four Wolverine grapplers were named to the three All-Conference teams for the second consecutive year.
Individuals earned spots on the respective teams with their finish at the 2011 NCAA West Regional on March 6 in Colorado Springs, Colo. All seven league schools competed at the West Regional.
Five defending West Regional individual champions successfully kept their titles and earned First Team All-WWC honors, including Wyoming's Michael Martinez (125), UVU's Ray (133), North Dakota State's Vince Salminen (157), UW's Shane Onufer (165) and Northern Iowa's Christian Brantley (Hwt.). Brantley, Martinez and Onufer all won their third consecutive titles to earn their third straight first team honors.
Eight of the 10 members named to the First Team All-Conference were repeat winners from one of the three all conference squads. The only newcomers to earn first team honors were two redshirt freshmen in UW's Patrick Martinez (174) and UNI's Ryan Loder (184). In fact 17 of the 30 student-athletes named All-WWC are multi-year winners.
Team-wise, Wyoming led the way with five first-team honorees. Northern Iowa was next with two spots on the first team, while Air Force, North Dakota State and Utah Valley held down one spot apiece. In all, the Cowboys and Panthers led the way with seven all-conference honorees. The Falcons had six wrestlers earn all-league honors and the Wolverines saw four of their grapplers earn all-conference honors. Each WWC school had at least one individual on the all-conference squads.
The Western Wrestling Conference is comprised of seven schools including the Air Force Academy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Utah Valley and Wyoming.
FIRST TEAM ALL-WWC, 2010-11
125 - Michael Martinez (Wyoming), Jr., Pagosa Springs, Colo. (Pagosa Springs HS)**
133 - Flint Ray (UVU), Sr., Roy, Utah (Roy HS)*
141 - Cole VonOhlen (AFA), So., Jackson, Minn. (Jackson County Central HS)*
149 - Cole Dallaserra (Wyoming), Sr., Butte, Mont. (Butte HS)**
157 - Vince Salminen (NDSU), Sr., Billings, Mont. (Skyview HS)*
165 - Shane Onufer (Wyoming), Jr., Auburn, Wash. (Auburn HS)**
174 - Patrick Martinez (Wyoming), RFr., Hemet, Calif. (Temecula Valley HS)
184 - Ryan Loder (UNI), RFr., Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay HS)
197 - LJ Helbig (Wyoming), So., Mason, Mich. (Mason HS)*
285 - Christian Brantley (UNI), Jr., Homewood, Ill. (Mount Carmel HS)**
SECOND TEAM ALL-WWC, 2010-11
125 - Caleb Flores (UNI), Sr., Rosemead, Calif. (Northview HS)*
133 - Casey Cruz (UNC), Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo. (Wasson HS)
141 - Justin Morrill (UVU), Sr., Logan, Utah (Mountain Crest HS)*
149 - Brett Robbins (UNI), Sr., Bloomington, Ill. (Bloomington HS)
157 - David Bonin (UNI), So., Broussard, La. (Comeaux HS)*
165 - Steven Monk (NDSU), RFr., Wausau, Wis. (Wausau West HS)
174 - Joseph Stafford (AFA), Sr., Loomis, Calif. (Del Oro HS)
184 - Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming), Jr., Meeker, Colo. (Meeker HS)**
197 - Andy O'Loughlin (UNI), Sr., Independence, Iowa (Independence HS)**
285 - Matthew McLaughlin (Wyoming), Murphysboro, Ill. (Murphysboro HS)
THIRD TEAM ALL-WWC, 2010-11
125 - Benjamin Kjar (UVU), Sr., Centerville, Utah (Viewmont HS)*
133 - Derek Gillespie (AFA), Sr., Chesapeake, Va. (Great Bridge HS)*
141 - Joey Lazor (UNI), So., McDonough, Ga. (Union Grove HS)
149 - Justin Gaethje (UNC), Sr., Safford, Ariz. (Safford HS)*
157 - Nick Flynn (SDSU), Jr., Lansing, Kan., (Lansing HS)
165 - Clayton Gable (AFA), So., Dallastown, Pa. (Dallastown Area HS)
174 - Brad Darrington (UVU), Jr., Shelley, Idaho (Shelley HS)*
184 - Kenny Moenkedick (NDSU), Sr., Perham, Minn. (Perham HS)
197 - Neil Delaney (AFA), Sr., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forest Hills Central HS)
285 - Jared Erickson (AFA), So., Newton, Utah (Sky View HS)
* denotes two-time honoree
** denotes three-time honoree
-Utah College Sports News staff and wire reports
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