College
- Graduated from Arizona State University BFA Fine Arts (Wood/Sculpture) 1995
- Wrestled at ASU from 1989-1994
- Founded American Pankration in 1990
- Kickboxing: Coached by Grand Master Andy Bowman
- Judo: Coached by Olympian Peter Renick
Collegiate Career
- Coached at ASU by Bobby Douglas & Lee Roy Smith
- Became Sunkist Kids Wrestling Team Member while wrestling at ASU
Team-mates/training partners with:
- Dan Henderson
- Heath Sims
- Randy Couture
- Don Frye
- Dan Severn
- Kevin Jackson
- Mark Kerr
- Rulon Gardener
- Assisted in training of UFC’s (Team Phoenix) pioneering Champions from above list
- Training partner for Pride Champion Dan Henderson/Team Quest Training Camp
International Career
- Wrestled for Sunkist Kids, Coached by 1982 Greco-Roman World Champion Roman Wroclawski, Bob Anderson, & 1976 Olympian John Mathews
- Voted Most Up & Coming Greco-Roman Wrestler of the year in 1996
- Voted USA Wrestling’s Most Versatile Combative Athlete 2008
- 3 X World Championship Team Member (Submission Grappling)
- 3 X World Championship Team Member (Submission Grappling, Gi)
- 1 X World Cup Team Member (Submission Grappling)
- 4 X World Team Member (Beach Wrestling)
- 1 X World Team Member (Sombo)
- 4 X US Olympic Alternate (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) Greco-Roman Wrestling
- 4 X US Final Olympic Team Trials Qualifier (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) Greco-Roman Wrestling
- 2 X US World Team Trials Final Qualifier Greco-Roman Wrestling
- 2 X US World Team Trials Final Qualifier Submission Grappling
- 2 X US National Champion Beach Wrestling
- 2 X US National Championship Finalist Beach Wrestling
- 2 X US World Team Trials Finalist Beach Wrestling
- 1 X US World Team Trials Finalist Sombo
- 1 X AAU National Wrestling Champion Greco-Roman
- 8 X All American 3X Greco-Roman, 1X Sombo, 2X Submission Grappling, 2X Beach Wrestling
- 1 X US Pan American Team member (Silver Medal)
- Training partner for Pride World Champion Dan Henderson/Team Quest Training Camp
Currently
- A Sunkist Kids Wrestling Team member for 20 years
- A Volunteer Alumni Wrestling Coach at ASU
- An American Pankration Master Instructor Since 1990
- Starting to work Combatives program with US Special Forces Groups
- Awarded Congressional Citation 11/20/08
- Member of Team USA 2009 World Champions
- Team American Pankration Head coach & Team Captain, (2009 US National Championship Team Title winners) in Submission Grappling, at 2009 US World Team Trials 10/22-24/09, qualifying 7 American Pankration athletes for 2009 World Championships.
- Member of Team USA 2010 World Champions
Sports have been a door opening opportunity to see the world
International Competition sites competed in:
All over the US, 1995 Sweden, 1995 Finland, 1997, 1998, 1999 Cuba (3X), 1998, 1999, 2002 Hungary (3X), 1997, 2002 Greece (2X), 1998 Italy, 2003,2009 Bulgaria (2X), 2004 Guatemala, & 2004 France, 2007 Turkey, 2008 Albania, 2010 Poland, 2010 Montenegro.
Countries Trained in:
1997,98, 99 Mexico, 2001 Germany, 2001 Japan, & all over the US, including much time spent at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. |
