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| Brandon Eggum |
School Year:
Senior |
Hometown:
Sidney, Mont. |
Old School:
Sidney H.S.
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1997-98 (SO): Earned his
first career All-America honor with a fifth-place finish at
the 1998 NCAA Championships...rebounded from a first-round
loss at the NCAA meet with five wins and only one loss...upset
Illinois’ No. 4 seed Jevon Herman to take fifth at
NCAAs...finished fourth at the 1998 Big Ten meet with a 2-2
mark...posted a 29-6 record this season, including a 14-2
record in dual-meet action...ranked in the nation’s top 20 all
season, finishing the season ranked 14th in the nation and
fourth in the Big Ten...reeled off 21 wins to open the
season...finished first at the Bison and Northern Opens with a
4-0 record at each...recorded six pins, five major decisions
and three technical falls on the year...Academic All-Big Ten
selection and U of M Scholar-Athlete...co-recipient of the
team’s Upperclassman Academic Award...also named co-winner of
the Most Dedicated Wrestler Award.
1996-97 (Fr):
Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships…qualified for the
NCAA meet, finishing with an 0-2 mark…posted a 19-10 overall
record with one pin and three major-decision victories…tallied
a 13-7 record in dual-meet action…opened the season with seven
straight wins…captured 177 title at the Bison Open…winner of
the team’s most outstanding freshman award…selected to the
Amateur Wrestling News all-rookie squad… earned his first
letter…named to the 1997 National Wrestling Coaches
Association All-Academic honorable mention team…Academic
All-Big Ten selection…Scholar-Athlete
award.
1995-96: Recipient of outstanding freshman
academic award…redshirted in 1995-96…posted a 14-4 overall
record wrestling unattached at 177… captured titles at the UNO
Open and Iowa Central Open…recorded two pins… placed second at
Cornhusker Challenge.
High School: Named a high
school All-American by Amateur Wrestling News and USA
Wrestling…Junior National champion as a senior…three-time
Montana state champion…also earned three letters in
football.
Personal: Major is applied economics…son
of Dennis and Linda Eggum…born
4/8/76. | |
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