American Eagles wrestling

American Eagles
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University	American University
Head Coach	Teaque Moore (1st season)
Conference	EIWA
Location	Washington, DC
Arena	Bender Arena (Capacity: 3,044)
Nickname	Eagles
Colors	Red and Blue

The American Eagles men's wrestling team represents American University in Washington, D.C. in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association and have their home matches in Bender Arena.

History

Cody Era (2001-2011)

In the Years

When Mark Cody began coaching at American, he has transformed an almost distinct team into a nationally-ranked team. Because of him, the Eagles were able to gain a National Champion and 14 All-Americans. Here's a break down of the years starting with Cody's 1st All-American.

In 2004-05, Daniel Waters received All-American status by placing 8th at Nationals; becoming the first wrestler in AU history to gain that honor.

In 2005-06, Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov placed 3rd at Nationals while Josh Glenn got 6th. This is the first time AU had two All-Americans in the same year. This was also the first time in AU wrestling history when American broke the Top 20 at Nationals with a 17th place finish.

In 2006-07, Josh Glenn beat Kurt Backes from Iowa State 6-4 in the NCAA Finals. Glenn become not only the first AU wrestler to win nationals, but the first AU athlete to win a National Title. The last time an AU sport was in the finals was in 1985 when the AU Men's Soccer team lost in the NCAA Finals.

In 2007-08, Josh Glenn got 4th place at Nationals, becoming the first 3X All-American in American University Wrestling history. In addition, Michael Cannon placed 6th at Nationals.

In 2008-09, Michael Cannon placed 8th at Nationals, earning the honor a second time. In addition, Kyle Borshoff placed 7th at Nationals.

In 2009-10, for the first time in AU wrestling history, the Eagles had three All-Americans in the same year. Michael Cannon placed 3rd at Nationals, becoming the 2nd wrestler to earn 3 All-American titles. Kyle Borshoff placed 8th at Nationals, earning his 2nd All-American title in his career. Finally, Steve Fittery placed 5th at Nationals. The Eagles also placed 14th at Nationals.

In 2010-11, the American University Wrestling team not only broke multiple records, but also did the best they ever did at Nationals. Ganbayar Sanjaa placed 4th at Nationals, earning his 1st All-American title. Steve Fittery placed 3rd at Nationals, earning his 2nd All-American title in his career. Fittery also only lost one match that year. Finally, Ryan Flores became the 2nd wrestler in AU history to make it to the NCAA Finals. Unfortunately, Flores lost to Zach Rey of Lehigh 1-0. Team wise, American University placed 5th, right behind Penn State, Cornell, Iowa, and Oklahoma State. This is the best that American University have ever did in school history. Mark Cody earn National Coach of the Year, the first time he has ever earned it in is career.

A month after Nationals, Mark Cody took the head coaching job at the University of Oklahoma.

Another month later, the head coach of Clarion came in to fill in the spot.

Cody's Key Wrestlers

These are wrestlers who were under Cody's guidance

• Daniel Waters: INFO COMING SOON
• Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov: INFO COMING SOON
• Josh Glenn: INFO COMING SOON
• Michael Cannon: INFO COMING SOON
• Kyle Borshoff: INFO COMING SOON
• Steve Fittery: INFO COMING SOON
• ^Ryan Flores: INFO COMING SOON
• ^Ganbayar Sanjaa: INFO COMING SOON
• ^Matt Mariacher: INFO COMING SOON
• ^Danny Mitchell: INFO COMING SOON

^: Current Wrestlers, who are now part of Moore's group

Moore Era (2011-Present)

In the Years

After Cody left, Teague Moore was hired as the new Head Coach.

In 2011-12, the American University Wrestling team is currently ranked #8 in the preseason rankings. Four of AU's wrestlers are in the top-10 in their weight classes. Wrestlers includes NCAA Finalist Ryan Flores, All-American Ganbayar Sanjaa, and NCAA Qualifiers Matt Mariacher and Danny Mitchell.

Achievements

Individual

Category	Amount	Individual(year)
NCAA Champion	1	Josh Glenn (2007)
NCAA All-Americans	14	Daniel Waters (2005), Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov (2006), Josh Glenn (2006–08), Michael Cannon (2008–10), Kyle Borshoff (2009–10), Steve Fittery (2010–11), Ganbayar Sanjaa (2011), Ryan Flores (2011)
NCAA Academic All-American	21	David Lombardy (1998), Daniel Waters (2005), Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov (2006), Matt Morkel (2006), Michael Cannon (2007–10), Damian Swielik (2007), Jason Borshoff (2008, 2010), Josh Glenn (2008), Christopher Stout (2008), Andrew Silber (2009), Steve Fittery (2010–11)), Ryan Flores (2011), Ganbayar Sanjaa (2011), Matt Mariacher (2011), Bubby Graham (2011), Danny Mitchell (2011)
EIWA Champpions	10	Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov (2005–06), Josh Glenn (2006–08), Michael Cannon (2009–10), Matt Mariacher (2011), Steve Fittery (2011), Ryan Flores (2011)
Midlands Champions	3	Josh Glenn (2007), Michael Cannon (2008), Steve Fittery (2010)
National Coach of the Year	1	Mark Cody (2011)
NCAA Top 5 Finish	1	2011 (5th)
NCAA Top 20 Finish	3	2006 (17th), 2007 (17th), 2010 (14th)

Team

Category	Times	Year(place)
NCAA Top 5 Finish	1	2011 (5th)
NCAA TOP 20 Finish	3	2006 (17th), 2007 (17th), 2010 (14th)
Champions of the Classroom	2	2007-08, 2008-09

Individual Records

Category	Wrestler	Total(year)
Career Wins	Marc Hoffer	125 (1997-02
Single Season Wins	Josh Glenn	35 (2005-06)
Career Duel Meet Wins	Michael Cannon	64 (2005-10)
Single Season Duel Meet Wins	Steve Fittery	20 (2010-11)
Career Falls	Josh Glenn	44 (2004-08)
Single Season Falls	Josh Glenn	21 (2005-06)
Career Major Decisions	Michael Cannon	26 (2005-10)
Single Season Major Decisions	Steve Fittery	14 (2009-10)
Career Tech-Falls	Steve Fittery	13 (2009-11)
Single Season Tech-Falls	Steve Fittery	7 (2010-11)

Individual Record Holders

Wrestler	Year	Amount of Records
Steve Fittery	2009-2011	4
Josh Glenn	2004-2008	3
Michael Cannon	2006-2010	2
Mark Hoffer	1997-2002	1

External links

• American University Wrestling Site
• American University
• EIWA
• Intermat