Winter 2005-2006 Wrestling Roster
Cory Cooperman
- Position:
- 141
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Easton, Pa.
- High School:
- Blair Academy
- Major:
- Psychology
Why Lehigh? “Lehigh offers more than other schools could. With great academics, athletics, and coaches Lehigh was the total package.”
In 2004-05: Won EIWA Championship at 141… Posted 6-1 record with five bonus wins at NCAAs en route to third place finish and All-American Accolades for the second straight year… led Mountain Hawks with 20 bonus wins… ranked as high as third in the nation…lost 2-1 in overtime to eventual national champion Teyon Ware of Oklahoma in NWCA All-Star Classic… Profiled by MTV for documentary True Life: I’m on a diet.
In 2003-04: Won five straight bouts to take seventh place in NCAAs and earn first All-American medal, picking up four bonus wins on the way … ranked in top-ten all season long … went 16-2 in dual matches, running his record to 31-4 all-time in duals … fell in a very close EIWA final to Penn’s Doug McGraw, losing in overtime … lost two of first three matches on the season, but then reeled off 17 straight wins before the EIWA final
In 2002-03: Won EIWA Championship at 133 ... won 19 straight matches entering the NCAA Championships, after dropping his first two collegiate matches ... beat Iowa All-American Cliff Moore in duals … shut out Penn State’s Josh Moore (9-0) and Nebraska’s Joey Malia (5-0) in back-to-back wins at the Virginia Duals ... went a span of 12 matches in which he picked up 11 bonus wins, with the lone decision in the streak a shutout of Malia ... ranked sixth in the nation at 133
In 2001-02: Transferred to Lehigh from
In secondary school: Ranked one of the nation’s top wrestlers… First Team All-America selection by ASICS and Amateur Wrestling News… amassed a 172-13 career record with a sparkling 126-1 record over his final three seasons… won four National Prep titles and was a two-time Beast of the East and three-time Iron Man champion… placed second at Junior Nationals in freestyle and third at the Cadet Nationals in 1999.
Personal: Son of Ellen and Rick Cooperman
CAREER RECORD
Overall Dual PCT BW Tournaments
2002-03 19-2 15-2 .905 12 1st, EIWA
2003-04 24-5 16-2 .828 14 2nd, EIWA 7th, NCAA
2004-05 28-3 19-2 .903 20 1st EIWA, 3rd NCAA
Total 71-10 50-6 .877 46
