2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Ian Miller
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Oak Harbor, Ohio
- High School:
- Oak Harbor
Career
• Three-time All-American & only Kent State wrestler with three Top 6 finishes at NCAAs
• Three-time Mid-American Conference champion
• Tied for third among KSU career win leaders (138)
• Fourth among KSU career leaders in pins (36)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier
2015-16
• NCAA semifinalist, finishing sixth
• Finished 23-2 with 11 bonus-point victories
• Earned 157-pound title at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, going 5-0
• Won 157-pound title at Navy Classic, going 4-0 with a pin and two major decisions
• Gave up a takedown in just one match all season
• Finished 10-0 in dual meets
• Placed second at 2015 FILA University Nationals (freestyle), going 6-1 with four tech falls
• Ranked No. 2 in multiple national polls throughout much of the season
2014-15
• Placed fifth at NCAA Championships
• Won 157-pound MAC title, going 3-0
• Went 7-1 in MAC duals
• Finished 20-5 on the season with 10 bonus point victories
• Became second wrestler in program history to compete in NWCA All-Star Classic
• Ranked No. 2 in multiple national polls throughout the season
• Won 10 straight dual meets
• Won 74 KG championship at 2014 FILA University Nationals, going 8-0 with two pins and five tech falls...was named tournament's Outstanding Wrestler and Flo Wrestler of the Week
2013-14
• Earned All-American honors by placing fourth at NCAA Championships, including win over defending NCAA champion Derek St. John (Iowa)
• Won 157-pound MAC title, going 3-0 with a pin
• Placed second at Southern Scuffle, going 4-1 with a pin and a major decision
• Won 157-pound title at Navy Classic, going 5-0 with three pins and a major decision
• Led the Flashes in wins, going 31-6
• Ranked No. 5 in final NCAA Coaches Poll and earned No. 4 seed at NCAA Championships
• Nine wins came against opponents who were seeded at NCAA Championships
• Led the team in bonus point victories (16) and pins (10)
• Named Mid-American Conference Wrestler of the Week twice
• Went 3-0 at EMU Duals
• Placed fourth at ASICS University Nationals (74 KG), going 5-2 with four tech falls
• Went 15-3 in dual meets and 4-1 in MAC duals
2012-13
• Won 70KG championship at 2012 ASICS University Nationals, going 5-0
• Won National Collegiate Open, going 5-0 with two pins & a major decision
• Won the 165-pound bracket at Edinboro Open, going 4-0 with a pin and a major decision
• Placed second at Buffalo Brawl Invitational with a 4-0 record and three pins
• Placed sixth at the Ken Kraft 50th Midlands Championships, going 6-2 with a pin and two major decisions
• Placed sixth at Cleveland State Open
• Finished 25-7 with eight pins and seven major decisions
2011-12
• Named MAC Freshman of the Year
• Named Outstanding Wrestler at Mat Town Invitational, going 4-0 with two pins and two major decisions
• Became first Kent State wrestler since 2008 to win a MAC championship as a true freshman, going 3-0 with a major decision in his final bout
• Won 149-pound title at Body Bar, going 4-0 with pin and a major decision
• Named MAC Wrestler of the Week after earning Kent State's only major decision in the team's 22-13 victory over Central Michigan...also named to PrimeTime Performers Weekly Honor Roll
• Went 4-0 at Virginia Duals with a pin and two major decisions
• Went 3-0 with two pins at the Wrestle for a Cure Duals
• Went 3-0 in MAC Duals
• Went 14-1 in Dual Meets
Prior to Kent State
• Rated the No. 2 recruit in the nation at 152 pounds by The Open Mat, InterMat and USA Wrestling
• Won 145-pound Division II Ohio state title as a junior
• Was a state runner-up as a senior
• Placed third at state tournament as a sophomore
• Won 2010 Walsh Iron Man Tournament and finished runner-up in 2009
• Went 41-1 as a junior at Oak Harbor
