2010-11 Wrestling
Keith Witt
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oak Harbor, Ohio
- High School:
- Oak Harbor
2010-11
• Tallied two pins in fourth place finish at Body Bar
• Went 5-2 with three pins at Cleveland State Open
• Finished 15-9 with seven pins, second most on the team
• Went 2-1 in duals and 1-0 in MAC duals with third period pin of MAC champion Brad Dieckhaus (Northern Illinois)
2009-10
• Earned automatic bid to NCAA Championships
• Finished second at MAC Championships where he pinned NCAA qualifier Jacob Ison (Ohio)
• Totaled 10 pins on the year, the second most among KSU starters
• Started the season 8-6, before winning 13 of his next 16 matches
• Finished fourth at Hokie Open with a victory over Bagna Tovuujav (George Mason), who was the No. 12 seed at the NCAA Championships
• Earned a fifth place at Body Bar Invitational, going 4-1 with three pins
• Captured a sixth place at Oklahoma Gold Classic
• All but one of his losses came against NCAA qualifiers
• Went 4-1 with a pair of pins at Virginia Duals
• Went 11-5 in dual meets and 3-2 in MAC duals.
2008-09
• Was redshirted
• Finished 7-3 at open tournaments at 197 pounds
• Finished second at both the Michigan State Open (11/9) and the Kent State Open (1/18)
• Recorded four pins in just 10 NCAA matches
• Finished third at Edinboro Open with 5-1 mark.
Prior to Kent State
• Finished with a 151-32 record while at Oak Harbor
• Won Sandusky Bay Conference championships and qualified for state all four years in his weight class
• Helped the Rockets take second at the 2008 Ohio High School State Wrestling Tournament and win back-to-back SBC Championships in 2007 and 2008
• Won an individual state championship in 2008
• Recorded a pin in five seconds his senior year, which is an Oak Harbor record
• Was coached by George Bergman in high school
• Also wrestled for Lake Erie and Samsons
• Helped Lake Erie to a first place finish in the Junior Olympics
• Also contributed to Samsons first place finish in the Disney Duals
• Wrestled to a 14-0 record for Lake Erie and 12-1 for Samsons.
Personal
• Born May 15, 1989
• Parents are David and LuAnn Witt
• Has three siblings: Kory, Konner and Karanne
• Was a member of the Varsity Club, BPA Club and the Foreign Language Club while at Oak Harbor
• Majoring in education.
