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Ken Theobold

Ken Theobold

  • Weight:
    149
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Toms River, N.J.
  • Highschool:
    Toms River South

Summary

Biography

Career Honors: 2015 and 2014 NCAA qualifier …2015 Midlands Championships placewinner (seventh) … 2015 Mat Town Open Champion … 2014 TCNJ Open Champion … 2014 EIWA Championships placewinner, finishing third.

2016-17 (As a redshirt senior): Rattled off a five-match winning streak in which he outscored the opposition, 56-2, from Jan. 20 to Feb. 5 … recorded back-to-back tech falls in a pair of RU home wins over Oregon State (Jan. 20) and Purdue (Jan. 22) … went 3-2 at the 54th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … defeated No. 19 Joey Galasso of Cornell, 6-0 (Nov. 27) … topped No. 19 Jordan Laster of Princeton by a 6-4 decision in the “Battle at the Birthplace” at High Point Solutions Stadium (Nov. 19) … competed at the East Stroudsburg University Open (Nov. 6).

2015-16 (As a senior): Notched a 22-5 record competing unattached … took seventh competing unattached at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) … pinned No. 16 Gabe Moreno in 1:12 in the seventh-place match … finished as runner-up at the Nittany Lion Open, dropping the championship match, 8-1, to No. 1 Zain Retherford of Penn State (Dec. 6) … posted a 5-1 record on the day … went 5-0 to win the Mat Town Open title, winning three matches by bonus points (Nov. 22) … took sixth place at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open with a 4-1 day (Nov. 8).

2014-15 (As a junior): Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships … posted a 1-2 mark in St. Louis in second NCAA trip (March 19-21) … went 24-9 overall … ended the season with RU’s second-best dual record at 17-3 … tied for a team-best 7-2 Big Ten dual record … had an eight-match winning streak snapped against Northwestern’s No. 3 Jason Tsirtsis, the 2014 NCAA 149-pound national champion (Feb. 8) … earned his 20th victory of the season against Ohio State’s Randall Languis (Feb. 1) … climbed to a career-best No. 17 ranking by Intermat after upsetting then-No. 17 Zack Beitz (Penn State) on Jan. 16 … swept a B1G weekend with decisions against Minnesota’s Jake Short (Jan. 11) and Illinois’ Kyle Langenderfer (Jan. 9) … trailed Short, 6-2, in the first period before coming back for the win in the third … the win over Langenderfer was the first conference dual victory of his career … notched a 2-0 day at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 21) … recorded a 3-0 mark at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 29) … went 4-0 at the TCNJ Open en route to his first open tournament championship (Nov. 22) … notched a 2-0 day at the Rutgers Duals with a 5-4 decision against Vinny Fava (Delaware Valley) and a fall over Allan Jordan (Centenary) in 2:28 (Nov. 2) ... named Rutgers' male Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner for the 2014-15 academic year. 

2013-14 (As a sophomore): Finished season 22-14, including a 9-6 mark in dual action ... went 0-2 in his first trip to the NCAA Championships ... recorded two falls and a 4-1 overall record to finish third at the 2014 EIWA Championships ... secured his first NCAA Championships appearance in the process ... pinned No. 13/10/11 Mitch Minotti of Lehigh to tie the match, 6-6, vs. No. 23/22 Lehigh (Feb. 8) ... notched his fifth win by fall of the year (0:36) against Harvard's Nicholas Stager (Jan. 5) ... went 4-1 at the 81st Wilkes University Open, taking second place ... posted a combined 3-1 record at the Asics/Journeymen Northeast Duals (Nov. 30) and the "Grapple at the Garden" (Dec. 1), with all three wins coming by fall ... recorded a 4-2 clip at the 2013 Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 10).

2012-13 (As a freshman): Saw extended action at 149 pounds, compiling a 16-13 overall record and a 6-7 mark in dual competitions ... posted five bonus-point victories ... defeated two NCAA qualifiers in back-to-back appearances ... first pinned Alex Hudson of Chattanooga in 2:51 on Dec. 16 before earning a 4-0 decision over Iowa State's Max Mayfield on Jan. 11 ... took fourth place at the East Stroudsburg Open.

Prior to Rutgers: Two-time NJSIAA place-winner ... was the state runner-up at 145 pounds, finishing the season with a stellar 40-2 record as a senior ... placed seventh at 125 pounds at the 2011 state tournament for Manchester ... coached by Ron Laycock at Toms River South and Tom Scheffler at Manchester.

Personal: Son of Jennifer Colangelo and Kenneth Theobold ... has four siblings: Matt, Nick, Alexis and Victoria ... intends to major in psychology and labor studies.
YEAR OVERALL DUALS (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) MD (DUALS) TF (DUALS) F (DUALS) FASTEST DUAL PTS.
2012-13 16-13 6-7 (---) (---/---) 4 (1) --- 1 (1) 2:51 22
2013-14 22-14 9-6 (---) (---/0-2) 4 (0) --- 9 (6) 0:36 45
2014-15 24-9 17-3 (7-2) (0-2/1-2) 4 (3) 1 (1) 3 (3) 1:27 65
2015-16 Redshirt Season
2016-17 18-7 11-4 (5-3) (---/---) 2 (1) 4 (3) 2 (1) 3:27 43
CAREER 80-43 43-20 (12-5) (0-2/1-4) 14 (5) 5 (4) 15 (11) 0:36 175

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