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UNI Wrestling Fans Invited to Celebrate Drew Foster
3/24/2019 4:52:00 PM | Wrestling
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling fans will have the chance to get their picture taken with the Panthers' first national champion under head coach Doug Schwab.
Drew Foster became UNI's first Division I National Wrestling champion in nearly two decades, defeating No. 6 Max Dean of Cornell, 6-4.
Panther fans are invited to Mulligan's on 18th Street for a celebration prior to UNI's weekly Facebook live event. Foster will be on hand to greet fans and sign autographs 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Fans are invited to stay for the weekly 7 p.m. show that publishes live on Facebook.
UNI's last champion was Tony Davis, who won in 2000 at 149 pounds. Until this year, UNI hadn't had a finalist since 2005.
Foster became UNI's 25th two-time All-American. He earned his first All-America honors when he took seventh at 184 pounds in 2017. Fourteen UNI wrestlers have now combined for 22 titles.
Foster made the podium by knocking off Virginia Tech's No. 3 Zack Zavatsky in the quarterfinals. It was the fourth time in Foster's career that he had beaten Zavatsky. He added two more top-15 wins by beating No. 14 Chip Ness of North Carolina in the semifinals and No. 12 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) in the second round.
The team finished in 13th place with 40.5 points, the highest finish under head coach Doug Schwab's tenure at UNI.
UNI's two All-Americans is the most for the program since 2017 when Foster earned his first honor.
Drew Foster became UNI's first Division I National Wrestling champion in nearly two decades, defeating No. 6 Max Dean of Cornell, 6-4.
Panther fans are invited to Mulligan's on 18th Street for a celebration prior to UNI's weekly Facebook live event. Foster will be on hand to greet fans and sign autographs 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Fans are invited to stay for the weekly 7 p.m. show that publishes live on Facebook.
UNI's last champion was Tony Davis, who won in 2000 at 149 pounds. Until this year, UNI hadn't had a finalist since 2005.
Foster became UNI's 25th two-time All-American. He earned his first All-America honors when he took seventh at 184 pounds in 2017. Fourteen UNI wrestlers have now combined for 22 titles.
Foster made the podium by knocking off Virginia Tech's No. 3 Zack Zavatsky in the quarterfinals. It was the fourth time in Foster's career that he had beaten Zavatsky. He added two more top-15 wins by beating No. 14 Chip Ness of North Carolina in the semifinals and No. 12 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) in the second round.
The team finished in 13th place with 40.5 points, the highest finish under head coach Doug Schwab's tenure at UNI.
UNI's two All-Americans is the most for the program since 2017 when Foster earned his first honor.
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