Courtesy of GoCobbers.com, Release: May 28, 2008

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MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/30/08)-- Concordia head coach Clay Nagel announced part of the incoming class for 2008-09 on Wednesday. "This is a very talented group of young men that will bring much to the Cobber Wrestling Family. They are committed students that have high expectations for themselves in academics, athletes' and citizenship," commented Nagel.

The incoming recruits will join the most improved team in the region. The Cobbers finished third at the NCAA Great Lakes Region in 2008 after placing 13th in 2007. Concordia had three wrestlers earn a trip to the NCAA National Meet and had one athlete earn All-American honors.

Below is the list of 11 wrestlers that have already committed to coming to Concordia in the fall. Of the 11 athletes, seven have over 90 wins in their career and five have more than 100 career victories.

1. Joe Puncochar - Maple Lake, Minn.
2008 All Conference Honorable Mention
2008 Most Dedicated
2007 State Entrant
2007 and 2008Team Captain
Region placing: Freshman: 4th, Sophomore: 3rd, Junior: 2nd, Senior: 3rd
Career wins: 94
Career pins: 24
Participated in Football: Captain & All Conference HM, Baseball
Mother: Rhonda Puncochar
Father: Perry Puncochar

2. Charlie Lee - Minot, N.D.

2007 and 2008 Team Captain
2007 and 2008 ND State Place Winner
2007 and 2008 Hardest Worker, 2008 Best Team Man
4X Varsity Letter in Wrestling
2006-2007 Team Placed 4th @ State
2007 and 2008 Team Captain
Career wins: 62
Academic Awards: Academic All-State 2005-2008, Academic All Conference 2006- 2008
Mother: Margaret Lee
Father: Gary Lee

3. Daron Hohbein - Mandan, N.D.

Team Awards: Outstanding wrestler, Most Valuable, Hardest Worker, 3x Most Pins, Most Near fall, 2004 Rookie of the Year, Most Takedowns
2006, 2007 and 2008 Team Captain
4x Region Champ, 1x Region Runner Up
State Placing: 2x State Champ 2x Runner Up 1x 5th Placer
Career wins: 186- 27
Career pins: 70
Academic Awards: Freshman Year Academic All State
Participated in Cross Country, Rookie of the Year
Mother: Mary Jane Hohbein
Father: Blaine Lyle Hohbein

4. Danny Maghrak - Buffalo, Minn.

Team Awards: Most Improved, Most Dedicated, and Most Takedowns 07-08
2X All-Conference
2008 State Entrant
2008 Academic All-Conference
2008 140 lb Section 8AAA Champion
2008 Team Captain
Career wins: 82
2008 Academic All-Conference
Participated in Football 2008, Team Captain, 2x All-Conference, All-Section Honorable Mention, Best Jr. and Sr. Weightlifter, Desire-Dedication-Persistence Award (DDP Award)
Mother: Sandy
Father: Tony

5. Jeremy Anderson - Cosmos, Minn.

Team Awards: 2008 Outstanding Wrestler, Most Improved Wrestler and Mr. Hustle Award
2006 and 2008 Region Champion
2006 State Champion
Career pins: 50
Win loss record: 97-5
Academic Awards: B Honor Role
2008 participated in and Lettered in Cross Country
Mother: Janet Anderson
Father: Terry Anderson

6. Andrew Peterson - Albert Lea, Minn.

Team Awards: All-Conference, Team place second at state in 2008, placed seventh at the 2008 Christmas Tournament, 2008 Prep Athlete of the week, Perfect attendance
Career wins: 85
Career pins: 58
Academic Awards: B+ honor roll
Participated in Football
Mother: Traci Peterson
Father: Layne Hable

7. Michael Holman - Bloomington, Minn.

Team Awards: 2008 Most Improved Wrestler
2008 Team Captain
2008 Region Runner-up
2008 State Participant
Career wins: 60
Participated in Football and received the 2008 Coaches Award.
Father: Curt Holman

8. Jared Erlanson - Cannon Falls, Minn.

Team Awards: 2008 received Superman Award, Most Takedowns, Most Pins, Most Wins, Hardest Worker, MVP and Outstanding Wrestler
2006, 2007 and 2008 Team Captain
Region Champ 2007 and 2008
State Qualifier: 2007 and 2008
Career wins: 119
Career pins: 40
Win loss record: 119-37
Academic Awards: Academic Letter, Honor roll student
Participated in Baseball lettered 2 years and football lettered 2 years.
Mother: Teresa
Father: John

9. Lex K. Lunde - West Fargo, N.D.
Team Awards: 2nd career all-time takedowns in West Fargo (339), Member of 4x EDC Championship Team, Member of 05-06 State Championship Team
2007 and 2008 Team Captain
Region/Section individual placing: 3rd-06, 2nd-07, 1st-08
State Placing: 6th-06, 6th-07, 4th-08
Career wins: 107
2008 Win loss record: 36-12
Academic Awards:
Participated in: Student Council Representative (4 Years), Legion Baseball (2nd base) and STLF (Students Today Leaders Forever) Core Leader
Mother: Lori A. Lunde
Father: Tarrol A. Lunde

10. Tyler Spiczka - Sauk Rapids, Minn.

Team Awards: 2005 – 2008 letter winner and all-conference, 2006, 2007, and 2008 Work horse Award, Broke the school record for career wins (133), 2008 Male Athlete of the year,
2008- Team Captain
Section placing 10th grade- 2nd, 11th grade 1st and 12 grade 1st,
2007 placed 6th in state.
Career wins 133
45 pins
Academic Awards: 2005-2008 (A-B) Honor Role, Renaissance Student of the month, DECA – District and State Qualifier, 2008 DECA Finalist, National Honor Society, Top Ten Student of the Class of 2008.
Participated in: Football was a three year letter winner, All-Conference and All Section 2008. Lettered in Track 2005. Lettered in Golf 2006-2008, All-Conference Golf 2006-2008, Golf Captain 2007 and 2008.
Mother: Cindy Spiczka
Father: Doug Spiczka

11. Tyler Ahlf - Mahnaga/Sabeka, Minn.

Team Awards: 2006-07 most pins team award, 2007 PTP pinners award, 2007-08 most team point award, 2007-08 fastest pin team award and 2007-08 MVP wrestler.
2007 and 2008 Team Captain
Section individual placing: 8th grade-5th place, 10th grade-2nd place, 11th grade-3rd place, 12th grade-1st place
Career wins: 119
Career pins: 61
Win loss record: 119-71
Academic Awards: National Honor Society, Class 2A Academic Football All-State, Menahga High School Senior Student Athlete of the year.
Participated in: Football, 2005 All-Conference Honorable Mention, MVP Linebacker team award, 2007 All-Conference, All-Section, Biggest Hit team award
Best all around player team award and MVP linebacker team award
Baseball: 2006 All-Conference Honorable Mention 2007 All-Conference MVP Offense team award
Business Professionals of America (BPA):2007 2nd place regional competition 2008
1st place regional competition (Desktop Publishing) 1st place regional competition (Novell) 2nd place state competition (Novell)
Mother: Laura Ahlf
Father: Martin Ahlf

 

 

 

 

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