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2019-20 Wrestling Roster

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Russell Rohlfing

  • Position 149
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown La Habra Heights, Calif.
  • Highschool Sonora HS

Biography

2019-20 (R-SENIOR): Pac-12 Champion at 149 pounds...Reached NCAA Tournament for fourth-straight season...Finished career with 86 wins, tying for 28th All-Time at CSUB...Beat Arizona State's Josh Maruca 4-3 and Stanford's Requir Van der Mewre 11-4 to claim first ever conference championship...Finished the season with a 23-7 record, winning 20 bouts for the third time in four years...Was 11-2 in dual meets, including a perfect 4-0 mark against Pac-12 Opponents...Won his final 11 bouts of the season...Grabbed ranked wins over #20 Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) and #30 Greg Gaxiola (Fresno State)...Won seven times by major decision, twice by fall and twice more by technical fall...Won four times to place fourth at the Roadrunner Open...Posted three wins, and reached the quarterfinals, of both the Cliff Keen Invite and the Southern Scuffle. 

2018-19 (R-JUNIOR):
Finished the season with an 18-13 record at 149 pounds...was 9-5 in dual action and 2-2 in Pac-12 duals...made third straight trip to the NCAA Championships...advanced to the Round of 16 at NCAAs with an 11-6 decision over No. 24 Courtlandt Schulyer of Lehigh and a pin over No. 26 Ryan Blees of Virginia Tech...finished third at the Pac-12 Championships after beating Oregon State's Johs Reyes 8-1...defeated two top-10 opponents and All-Americans on the season...knocked off No. 6 Pat Lugo of Iowa 10-9 and beat No. 7 Jarrett Degen of Iowa State at the Southern Scuffle...went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational...won first four matches at the Southern Scuffle, but placed sixth...Second Team Pac-12 All-Academic Team. 

2017-18 (R-SOPHOMORE):
Produced a 22-12 record at 141 pounds...totaled 40 dual points after going 9-3 in dual action and 3-1 in Pac-12...won by decision nine times, major decision eight times, once by tech fall and once by pin...finished second at Pac-12 Championships to clinch berth in NCAA Championship...defeated Stanford's Isaiah Locsin 7-6 to reach championship match...defeated Locsin, Arizona Sate's Nikko Villarreal and Oregon State's Jack Hathaway in Pac-12 action...pinned UNLV's Clay Amezquita on way to third-place finish at Roadrunner Open...went 3-2 at Southern Scuffle...won by tech fall over California Baptist's Andrew Schulte.

2016-17 (R-FRESHMAN): Named second team Academic All-Conference...finished fifth at the Pac-12 Tournament at 141 pounds...qualified for the NCAA Championships, going 0-2...won first two of three dual starts before placing fifth at the Roadrunner Open...reached the semifinals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational before coming in fourth...came in sixth at the Midland Championships...won eight of final nine dual starts...tied for the team lead in victories with Sean Nickell (23-13).

2015-16 (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season at CSU Bakersfield...entered eight open tournament, posting a 21-9 record with six pins at 141 pounds...won the Fresno City College Open, defeating teammate Tyler Lawrence 9-0 in the finals...won the 141-pound title at the Menlo Invitational, winning one match by pin and taking the other two matches by a combined score of 32-17...placed second at the San Francisco State Invitational and third at the Wisconsin Open.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2015 graduate of Sonora High School...coach was David Carrizosa...placed sixth at the 2015 state tournament at 128 pounds...finished eighth at the 2014 state tournament at 120 pounds...a first team All-Orange County selection in 2014 and 2015...team won two league titles during prep career.

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 29, 1996...son of Lawrence and Magdalena Rohlfing...an engineering sciences major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    141
    5'10" 141 lbs
  • 2016-17Redshirt Freshman

    141
    5'10" 141 lbs
  • 2017-18Redshirt Sophomore

    141
    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2018-19Redshirt Junior

    141
    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

    149
    5'10" 0 lbs
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