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ABOUT THE EPISODE My brother and I chat with New York University Senior Assistant Coach Corey Luce. Coach Luce has been crushing at NYU, this year will be his 15th season with the Violets. We get into a lot! Recruiting success, coaching staff additions, new athletic facility update, and his personal story and how he got to where he is today. NYU will be in action this weekend at the Ned McGinley Tournament hosted by Kings College. 

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ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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St. John Fisher College announced this past summer that they were bringing back wrestling. They had wrestling from 1965-1983 and were successful in DIII and NAIA. They have found their head coach, on October 12th they announced they hired Ryne Morrison to lead their program. Morrison comes from Adrian College and wrestled at Ursinus College, he also spent one year on staff at Heidelberg as a Graduate Assistant. Educational conversation about St. John Fisher and Coach Morrison's vision for the program.

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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Hiram College Director of Wrestling Operations/Head Men's Wrestling Coach & Interim Head Women's Wrestling Coach Andy Vogel joined the show to talk about his transition to his new role. Coach Vogel was at Gettysburg for 13 years and coached three NCAA All-Americans, ten NCAA qualifiers, eight Centennial Conference champions, 44 conference place winners, 18 regional place winners and 19 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-Americans. Vogel also coached the Centennial Conference Wrestler of the Year in 2009 and 2012, and the Rookie of the Year in 2016. Vogel was a standout wrestler on the mat for Messiah and was a 3x All-American and finished with 157 career wins. He also runs the popular DIII wrestling website d3wrestle.com. 

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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University of Wisconsin La Crosse All American Grant Zamin joined the show to talk about his wrestling journey and his recent move to North Central College to start his coaching career. With the Cardinals we will also be continuing to train and compete on the senior level circuit at 70 KG in freestyle. Grant Zamin was one of the top DIII wrestlers in the country and unfortunately did not have the storybook ending to his college career because of COVID. He has a great perspective and was part of some great teams at La Crosse. He was a 4x WIAC finalist, 3x WIAC Champion, and the Upper Midwest Regional Champion in 2020 on top of being an All-American in 2019. He entered the 2020 NCAA Championships as the #1 seed at 157. 

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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Loras College Head Coach TJ Miller joined the show to talk about the Duhawk Program and his wrestling journey. TJ was a 3x All American at Wartburg College and a national champion in 2007 at 197. He was named NWCA Head Coach of the Year in 2020 after guiding the Duhawks to the American Rivers Conference Championship and Lower Midwest Regional title. The Duhawks had 8 National Qualifiers that season and finished 2nd in the country in 2019. Amazing conversation about mindset and what it takes to be great. Enjoy!

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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State of the Union for D3 wrestling heading into the 2021-22 season. We talk about the new regional alignments, programs entering the landscape this season, and all the coaching moves. Get updated with all the big storylines that happened this offseason. 

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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West Liberty University Head Coach Danny Irwin joined the show to talk about the program and the historic season in 2021. The Hilltoppers took home a 4th place team trophy this past season with 4 All-Americans, 2 National Champions, and 9 Scholar All-Americans. They also went 5-0 in the dual season and won the Mountain East Conference. Irwin is going to year three at West Liberty next season. Before jumping to the D2 scene he was crushing it at Wabash as the Head Assistant Coach with Brian Anderson. He also competed collegiately at DIII Manchester where he was a two-time National Qualifier. Great show with a motivated coach eyeing a 2022 national title run.

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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Wisconsin La Crosse Head Coach Dave Malecek is the featured guest for Episode 45. A great show to close out the month of June. Malecek was an All-American at Northern Iowa and competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Trials. He jumped into the DIII Coaching scene at Wartburg College with Jim Miller from 2000-2006 before becoming the head coach at UW-La Crosse. He has guided the Eagles to 7 team trophy finishes, 195 Duals wins, and 10 conference championships. He has coached 11 DIII National Champions and 57 All-Americans. Malecek has been named Conference Coach of the Year seven times and regional coach year of twice.

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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Western New England Head Coach Mike Sugermeyer joined the show to discuss the Golden Bear program. Western New England runs deep in the Sugermeyer family and he has done a phenomenal job building the Western New England program into one of the top programs in DIII, regionally and nationally. Sugermeyer competed at Rhode Island College before jumping onto the college coaching scene. He has 49 dual victories at WNE and has produced a National Champion, 5 All-Americans, and multiple national qualifiers.

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Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

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New University-Wisconsin Platteville Head Coach Trevor Kittleson joined the show. Coach Kittleson just wrapped up an impressive run with the Loras College Duhawks, he was the Associate Head Coach the last two seasons and was a part of the program for the last five seasons. He helped T.J Miller build the Loras program into a national powerhouse and capped off his tenure with 9 NWCA All-Americans and 2 National Champions in 2021. Kittleson wrestled at Northern Iowa and was a DI NCAA Qualifier in 2009 and was a 1A State Champion for St. Ansgar High School in Iowa. We discuss his move to UW-Platteville, his progression through the Iowa wrestling circuit, his time at Loras College, and more!

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ABOUT THE PODCAST

Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University and current DIII Assistant Coaches (Stevens Institute of Technology & Waynesburg). The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.