The Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team represents Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 of New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. The squad is coached by Scott Goodale. Goodale is a graduate 1995 of Lock Haven University

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

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. He came to Rutgers from the high school ranks. Previously he coached Jackson Memorial High School

Jackson Memorial High School

Jackson Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, opened in 1964 as part of the Jackson School District...

 in Jackson, New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 where he coached four state champions. Rutgers has had nine All-America

All-America

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...

n wrestlers. David Winfrey is the university's only National Champion

NCAA Wrestling Team Championship

The NCAA Wrestling Team Championship was first officially awarded in 1929 and began to be continuously awarded on an annual basis in 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945. In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, there was only an unofficial title. Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, won the 1928, 1931...

. He won the title in 1950 at 191 pounds. Rutgers participates in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association

Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association

The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association is an NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling conference. It has been active since 1905 and has had a variety of schools as members throughout its tenure.-Current members:*American University...

. Other sports teams at the university are members of the Big East.

The 2011 Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team is ranked 15th in the first NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll for the 2011-12 season. The Scarlet Knights return seven dual starters and six NCAA qualifiers from last season’s record breaking squad. RU won a program-best 21 duals in 2010-11. Rutgers wrestling has five individual wrestlers ranked in Intermat’s first poll of the 2011-12 season. The recent preseason ranking tabbed RU wrestlers Mario Mason (Moorestown, N.J.) and Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.) in the top 10 nationally in their weight classes, with Mason at fifth at 149 pounds and Winston at sixth at 165 pounds. Rutgers wrestlers also in the top 20 of their weight classes were 125-pounder Joseph Langel III (Howell, N.J.), 141-pounder Billy Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J.) and 174-pounder Gregory Zannetti (Edison, N.J.).

National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA Wrestling Team Championship

The NCAA Wrestling Team Championship was first officially awarded in 1929 and began to be continuously awarded on an annual basis in 1934 except during World War II 1943-1945. In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, there was only an unofficial title. Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, won the 1928, 1931...

 All-Americans

Name	Year	Weight Class	Place	NCAA Location	High School
	1952	177	4th	University of Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...	Springfield Regional, New Jersey
	1952	157	4th	University of Iowa University of Iowa The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...	Newton, New Jersey
	1955	147	4th	Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...	Bound Brook, New Jersey
	1960	137	3rd	University of Maryland University of Maryland When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...	Plainfield, New Jersey
	1964	UNL	6th	Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...	Dover, New Jersey
	1980	150	7th	Oregon State University Oregon State University Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...	Passaic Valley, New Jersey
	1983	142	7th	Oklahoma City, OK	Passaic Valley, New Jersey
	2002	184	4th	Albany, NY	Jefferson, New Jersey

National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship

National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship

The National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship is a collegiate wrestling event that serves as a post season championship for NCAA Division-I athletes that are not wrestling in their conference championship...

All-Americans

Name	Year	Weight Class	Place	Location
	2009	125	3rd	Clarion University, PA
	2009	165	4th	Clarion University, PA
	2009	174	4th	Clarion University, PA
	2009	285	3rd	Clarion University , PA
	2011	125	4th	Clarion University, PA
	2011	141	1st	Clarion University, PA
	2011	149	6th	Clarion University, PA
	2011	157	1st	Clarion University, PA
	2011	174	1st	Clarion University, PA
	2011	174	5th	Clarion University, PA
	2011	285	4th	Clarion University, PA