| Kyle Bressler |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Federal Way, Wash.
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| High School:
Decatur HS
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| Height:
5-10
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| Weight:
184,197
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OREGON STATE
2008: As a junior, lettered, wrestled at 184 and 197 pounds ... Pac-10 All-Academic first team; NWCA All-Academic Team ... 19-12 record with two pins ... Earned team Robin Reed Outstanding Wrestler Award ... Unseeded at NCAA Championships at 197 pounds, finishing 2-2; decision over Dustin Porter, Gardner-Webb, 3-1 (OT); decision over Lamar Brown, Rutgers, 4-2 ... Seeded third, Pac-10 Champion at 197 pounds with 3-0 record; major decision over Jake Johnson, Stanford, 16-5; decision over John Drake, Cal State Fullerton, 2-1; decision over Jason Trulson, Arizona State, 3-1 (OT) ... 6-7 at 184 pounds, 2-1 at 197 pounds dual meet record ... 6-3 in Pac-10 dual meets ... 3-0 in overtime matches ... Best of the West Champion at 184 pounds; technical fall over Tate Collins, North Idaho College, 17-0; pinned Tyler Bullington, Yakima Valley CC, in 2:30; technical fall over Noah Berman 21-6; major decision over Norman Orr, Highline, 14-2; pinned Matt Casperson, Boise State, in 6:47 ... Went 1-2 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational; decision over Travous DeGroat, Embry-Riddle, 10-4.
2007: As a sophomore, lettered, wrestled at 184 ... Pac-10 All-Academic second team ... 19-13 record with four pins ... Unseeded at NCAA Championships, finishing 0-2 ... Seeded fourth, finished third at Pac-10 Championships with 3-1 record; decision over Luke Smith, Boise State, 4-2; pinned Ernesto Ancona, CSUB, in 1:31; major decision over Brysen French, Oregon, 9-0 ... 14-5 dual record with four pins ... Pinned Keena Washington, Portland State, in 6:54; Brock Jardine, Utah Valley State, in 6:50; pinned Matt Davis, Chadron State, in 1:36.
2006: As a freshman, lettered, wrestled at 184 ... Pac-10 All-Academic first team; team Academic Achievement Award ... 5-17 record with one pin ... At Pac-10 Championships, unseeded, did not place, went 1-2 with zero pins; decision over Sean Murphy, Portland State, 8-2 in wrestleback preliminary round ... At Las Vegas Collegiate, went 0-2 ... At Cornell Tournament, went 1-2.
2005: Redshirted ... 1-1 with zero pins at 184 in open tournaments.
DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four years for coach Mike Bressler ... Career record of 117-6 with 70 pins ... Two-time state champion at 189; also placed fifth at 171 as sophomore ... As a senior, 40-0 with 26 pins ... Three-time league champion; two-time regional champion ... State Freestyle champion ... also played football, soccer ... Second highest GPA in class.
PERSONAL
Majoring in Construction Engineering Management ... Born in Tacoma, Wash. ... Parents are Mike and Kathy Bressler; family includes brother Jason, sister Laura ... Mike wrestled for Washington ... Chose Oregon State "to wrestle for a great program and get a good education."
