The GPAC office announced the All-GPAC wrestling team Wednesday. Eight Bulldog wrestlers received an all-conference honor, including Andrew Schulte who was named the GPAC Wrestler of the Year. Head coach Dana Vote was named GPAC Wrestling Coach of the Year title.
The Concordia University wrestling team’s list of NAIA national qualifiers grew to 10 on Monday with the news that Tommy Bailey and Travian Cooke were added to the championships field.
Concordia wrestling has staked its claim as champion of the NAIA North Qualifying Group for the second-straight season. Four individuals represented the Bulldogs with titles.
Concordia wrestling will make history on Saturday when it hosts a national qualifying event for the first time in program annals. Action from the 2016 NAIA North National Qualifier is set to begin at 9 a.m. CT.
“Don’t dwell on the results. Stay focused on the process.” That’s the company line continually regurgitated by members of the Concordia wrestling program. It’s that sort of attitude that has provided a foundation for the Bulldogs’ reversal of fortunes.
The GPAC wrestler of the week award has lived at Concordia in 2016. The Bulldogs have garnered six of the last seven GPAC weekly wrestling honors.
In yet another dominant outing in the conference, No. 7 Concordia clinched its second-straight GPAC dual title by way of a 32-7 win over Morningside on Feb. 11, 2016.
No. 8 Concordia can extend its GPAC win streak to 14 and earn the outright conference dual title by defeating Morningside on Thursday. The home dual is set to begin at 7 p.m. CT.
For the fifth time in six weeks, a Concordia wrestler has earned GPAC weekly recognition. All-American Andrew Schulte has won three GPAC weekly awards in 2016.
Concordia recorded two wins by pin, two by technical fall and two by major decision in its latest domination of a GPAC opponent. The Bulldogs defeated Hastings, 39-10, on Saturday.
The 2015-16 season was another step forward for the Concordia wrestling program, which finished eighth at the national championships and again dominated the GPAC.
Said Schulte of his national title, "It made sense to me why I sacrificed and trained so many hours of hard work for a moment of being No. 1. That was special to me." Read on for more of Schulte's thoughts.
Junior Andrew Schulte made history on Saturday, becoming the first Bulldog ever to win a national title. As a team Concordia placed eighth at the national championships.
Without even visiting campus, Jr Lule arrived at Concordia, a place where California junior college transfers like himself have thrived. Lule now enters the national championships on a roll.
“Don’t dwell on the results. Stay focused on the process.” That’s the company line continually regurgitated by members of the Concordia wrestling program. It’s that sort of attitude that has provided a foundation for the Bulldogs’ reversal of fortunes.
In yet another dominant outing in the conference, No. 7 Concordia clinched its second-straight GPAC dual title by way of a 32-7 win over Morningside on Feb. 11, 2016.
By just about any measure, the 2014-15 season marked the most successful in the history of Concordia University wrestling. In head coach Dana Vote’s third season, the Bulldogs went a perfect 7-0 in GPAC duals, outscoring their conference rivals by a combined total of 242-59.
Consider the time spent at Santa Ana College a crossroads. Muddled in southern California traffic jams, Andrew Schulte had plenty of time to ponder his next move.
The 2015 NAIA Wrestling National Championships came to a head in the afternoon on Saturday with four Bulldogs locking up spots on the medal stand as All-Americans.
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