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1999-00 Wrestling Roster

Heath Eslinger

  • Weight 150
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland, TN.
  • Highschool Bradley Central

Biography

1999-00:  Southern Conference Wrestler of the Year ... Three-time Southern Conference Champion ... Won his third straight SoCon title at 165 pounds and named Tournament's Most Outstand­ing Wrestler ... Earned his third consecutive NCAA Championships berth ... Edged VMl's Matt Erwin 2-1 for the SoCon title ... Currently ranked No. 7 in lnterMat's NCAA Division I Individual Rankings ... Ranked among the nation's top 10 all season ... UTC's all-time career victory leader as he enters the NCAAs with 119 career wins ... Went undefeated in dual matches at 12-0 with seven pins ... Tied for the team lead with 23 victories and had an overall record of 23-3 ... Led team with eight pins ... Finished second at the St. Louis Open ... Posted victories over Eastern Illinois' David Thomas (5-2), Indiana's Mike Bundy (4-2) and Butch Hildebrand (8-5) and Southern lllinois-Edwardsville's Titus Taylor (6-2) before losing to Robbie Waller of Oklahoma (5-2) ... Placed fifth at the Midlands Millennium Champion­ships ... As the No. 8 seed, he posted victories .over Ohio State's Joel Walker (4-3), VMl's Matt Erwin (4- 1 ), Iowa's Matt Anderson and Illinois' Matt Lackey and lost to No. 1 seed Steve Blackford from Arizona State 9-2 and Harvard's Joey Killar ... Defeated Kent's Nick Nemeth 5-2 Dec. 4 at The Citadel Duals ... Blanked Eastern Michigan's Tim Hoff 10-0 Jan. 8 at Ohio State's Duals ... Pinned Clarion's Kevin Brown Jan. 8 ... Edged Ohio State's Joel Walker 3-2 Jan. 8 ... Scored a 17-4 major decision over Terry Garbis of UNC Greensboro Feb. 6 ... Notched a 24-8 technical fall over Jeff Kaplan of Davidson Feb. 12 ... Pinned The Citadel's Tommy Bell Feb. 12 ... Recorded a pin on VMl's Brandon Waltrip Feb. 16 ... Outpointed UNCG's Garbis 18-1 in conference semifinals. 

1998-99: Won his second consecutive Southern Conference Championship claiming the 157-pound title ... Earned his second straight berth to the NCAA Championships ... Went 2-2 at the NCAAs ... Posted a 32-4 overall dual record, 30-2 in regular season matches ... Earned individual titles at the West Virginia Open and the Sunshine Open ... Was nationally ranked throughout the season reaching as high as 15th at 157 ... Posted a 17-1 record in tournament competition ... Went 6-0 at West Virginia Open ... Finished second at prestigious St. Louis Open with 4-1 mark ... Notched 5-0 record at Orange Bowl Sun­shine Open ... Sported an 11-1 dual record with four pins ... Defeated Illinois' Griff Howell 4-2 in extra time ... Only dual loss in the regular season came against North Carolina State's Pierre Pryor (6-3) ... Posted wins over Ohio's Adam Whitlack, Appalachian State's P.J. Boccia, UNC Greensboro's Terry Garbis, Davidson's Jeff Bender and VMl's Matt Erwin ... Stood second on the squad with seven pins. 

1997-98: The Southern Conference Champion at 150 with a 2-0 victory over Trey Burlingame of UNCG in the finals ... Posted a 29-5 record last year and was an NCAA Qualifier ... Went 2-2 at the NCAA's ... Had a 14-1 dual meet record with his only loss coming from Illinois' National Champion Eric Siebert ... Made the Dean's List for spring semester. 

1996-97: Conference runnerup ... Posted a 19-6 record including a victory over All-American Jimmy Arias of Oklahoma State. 

1995-96: Redshirted.

Historical Player Information

  • 1995-96Freshman

    142 lbs
  • 1996-97Redshirt

    150 lbs
  • 1997-98Redshirt Sophomore

    150 lbs
  • 1998-99Redshirt Junior

    150 lbs
  • 1999-00Redshirt Senior

    150 lbs