Buckeyes Name 2010-11 Team Captains – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | General, Wrestling
COLUMBUS, Ohio – C.J. Magrum, Sean Nemec, Ian Paddock and Colt Sponseller, members of the No. 12 Ohio State wrestling team, were named captains for the 2010-11 season head coach Tom Ryan announced Wednesday. All four captains were voted on by the coaching staff and team.
“Internal leadership is so crucial on any team or in any organization,” Ryan, who has entered his fifth season on campus, said. “The four captains chosen by our staff and their peers all exemplify the leadership qualities this team needs. They all care about the program and their work ethic on and off the mat is a testament to their pride in being Buckeyes. We have many other leaders in the room in addition to the men chosen as team captains who lead by example.”
After redshirting in 2008-09, Magrum (197) owns a 36-22 career record. The native of Oak Harbor, Ohio, completed his first full year of competition with a 19-17 overall record, including an 11-8 dual mark and 4-4 ledger in the Big Ten. He earned his first bid to the NCAA championships this past spring.
Paddock (133), a sophomore from Warsaw, N.Y., made his first trip to the NCAA championships following a fifth-place showing at the Big Ten championships. In his first collegiate campaign, Paddock recorded a 24-14 overall record, including a 13-7 mark in dual action and a 4-4 ledger in the Big Ten.
Sponseller has dropped a weight class to 157 pounds after wrestling 165 pounds the previous three years. A two-time NCAA championships qualifier, Sponseller was the 2010 Big Ten Championships runner-up. The senior from Glenmont, Ohio, compiled a 30-7 overall record, 18-2 dual ledger and 7-1 mark in the Big Ten a season ago and kept busy following the college season, winning the 163-pound title at the ASICS University & FILA Cadet Nationals in Akron, Ohio.
The projected started at 149 pounds, Nemec went 14-8 last season at 157 pounds. The Garfield Heights, Ohio, native has had success in tournament action, finishing third at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic in 2009 and winning the Kent State, Cleveland State and Edinboro opens in a three-year span.
The Buckeyes’ season gets underway at 10 a.m. Nov. 7 when they compete at the Buffalo Open.
