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2016 Wrestling

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  • 133
    Position
  • Redshirt Senior
    Class
  • 5'7
    Height
  • Orting
    High School
Drew Templeman
Drew Templeman
133
Position
Redshirt Senior
Class

Summary

Biography

Career record
2012-13: Redshirted
2013-14: 4-6
2014-15: 19-11 (1 fall)
2015-16: 19-10 (1 fall)
2016-17: 21-9 (1 fall)
Totals: 63-36 (3 falls) 

2016-17: Templeman closed out his solid Cowboy career with his second-career trip to the NCAA Tournament. He started his senior season at 133 before moving to 125 to complete the season. Templeman finished in second place at the Reno Tournament of Champions, which included two bonus point victories. Beginning on Jan. 6, the senior won ten dual matches in a row. Five of those wins came via bonus points. He finished in third place at the Big 12 Championships to secure his second trip to Nationals. At the NCAA Championships, the senior went 2-2 with wins over Michigan’s Conor Youtsey and Jake Gromacki of Clarion. Templeman finished his final year in the Brown and Gold with a 21-9 record with a 10-3 dual mark.

2015-16: Templeman started the season moving from 133 pounds to 125 pounds. He finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship to earn his first berth for the NCAA Championship where he had a decision (9-7) of Shakur Laney of Ohio. Templeman opened the season with five-straight wins. He won the Reno Tournament of Champions, including a win over No. 14 Josh Rodriquez of North Dakota State. He finished the season with a 19-10 record with one fall. 

2014-15: Templeman had a strong sophomore campaign for the Pokes. He finished the season with a 19-11 overall record going 10-5 in duals. He recorded one pin and technical fall and added three major decisions. He was a Third Team All-WWC selection winning his final two matches of the NCAA West Regional/WWC Championship. Recorded a six match winning streak during the season, which including going 3-0 at the Journeyman/ASICS Northeast Duals.

2013-14: Despite wrestling for much of the fall semester, Templeman struggled with an arm injury sustained early in the year. He saw action in three duals, helping UW defeat Boise State with a 3-2 decision in his first career dual. He competed versus Minnesota and in the Las Vegas Invitational, but was shut down after the Oklahoma State dual for the remainder of the year. He finished 4-6 and 1-2 in duals.

2012-13: Wrestling unattached as a redshirt, Templeman began the season on a 16-0 tear with three tournament crowns. With a final 25-5 mark, he finished tied for fourth on the team in total wins and tied for first with 10 major decisions. Twelve of his wins came via bonus points.

He was first in the Cowboy, Northwest, UNK Holiday Inn and Utah Valley Opens, and was sixth in the Reno Tournament of Champions. He finished his season with a 2-2 showing in the National Collegiate Open, a tournament for some of the nation's top redshirts and wrestlers not competing in their school's NCAA qualifier.

High School: Templeman dominated during his high school wrestling career, and came away with four-straight Washington state titles. He was named Athlete of the Year for Pierce County in 2012, shortly after he completed his four-peat. Orting won the team wrestling title in Templeman's senior season. He earned Athlete of the Month honors each season.

Personal: Templeman was born in Puyallup, Wash., and is the son of Steve and Joanne Templeman. He has one sibling, Bryce. He has not decided on a major at UW. Templeman also received interest from Oregon State and Arizona State.