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Two Oviedo Wrestlers Ink NCAA Division I Wrestling Scholarships 11-8-05 |
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With the NCAA Division I early signing period for wrestling
underway as of November 8th, two Oviedo High School standout wrestlers have already verbally committed to continue their education and to wrestle at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. David Green and Kenny Lester will officially sign full scholarship offers on Wednesday morning to make official the verbal commitments they made to Arizona State Head Coach Thom Ortiz earlier this week. Green, last year's Florida 3A State Champion at 189 pounds, and a Fargo All-American (Greco-Roman) this past summer narrowed his choice of schools to Virginia Tech, Missouri, Penn State, and the University of Tennessee--Chattanooga prior to settling in as a Sun Devil. His high school record at Oviedo is 111-20 as he heads into his senior campaign. He enters his senior year as the 6th ranked wrestler in the nation at 189 pounds (all grades) by Amateur Wrestling News (AWN). Lester enters his senior year as Oviedo's 275 pound wrestling starter--the same spot he has held since his freshman year. He also opens that same campaign as AWN's number one ranked wrestler in the nation at 275 (all grades). Also a returning State Champion, Lester was a double All-American this past summer (Greco-Roman and Freestyle) in Fargo. Prior to settling on Arizona State, he paid visits to Columbia, Lehigh, Minnesota, and Virginia Tech. His career record at Oviedo is 132-25 with 89 pins. He holds the school record for pins in a season at 35 and is just 25 shy of also owning the career record that currently stands at 113. Both Green and Lester will join former Oviedo teammate (class of 2005) and current Sun Devil freshman Jason Robbins next season in Tempe. It is Jason's record of 113 career pins that Kenny has in the cross-hairs as this new season emerges. Arizona State enters the 2005-06 collegiate season ranked 11th nationally in the AWN Pre-Season Polls. For more information pertaining to this release and/or Oviedo Men's Wrestling, please contact Coach Tom Coffman at 407-493-9229 or at jetscoop@msn.com. |
