D3 Nation

ABOUT THE EPISODE Recap of the first half of December - Messiah Petrofes Invitational, New Standard Invitational, North Central Invitational, and more.

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ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University, current DIII Head Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology & DII Head Coach at Fairmont State University. 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.

ABOUT THE EPISODE Recap of November, top teams and wrestlers in D3, and what’s coming up in December.

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ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University, current DIII Head Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology & DII Head Coach at Fairmont State University. 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.

ABOUT THE EPISODE Our next episode is with new Nebraska Wesleyan University Head Coach Colton McCrystal. We discuss his time at Nebraska, what he learned under Coach Manning and Snyder, his coaching career beginning and his vision for NWU wrestling.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE Episode recapping dual and tournament results from the first two weeks of the season. We also look ahead at some high level events coming up in November.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE Fun episode with another DIII Wrestling enthusiast and media source, Stephen Stonebraker. We take a look at some of the top headlines heading into the season, team preview, and weight class preview.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE Conversation with Roger Williams Head Coach Jon Egan, talks about his recruitment to RWU as a wrestler and to be the next Head Coach after working in the finance world post college. Coach Egan has lead the Hawks to incredible success on the regional and national level during his tenure as the Head Coach.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE Conversation with new University of Chicago Head Coach Matt Gentry. He has been the Head Assistant at Chicago for the last three seasons. Gentry was a standout grappler at Stanford, he won the DI 157 NCAA title and represented Canada at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE G and Anthony discuss the 2024 NWCA Coaches Convention, Leadership Academy overview, and the D3 Regional Alignment for 2025.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE Conversation with new UW-La Crosse Head Assistant Coach Zach Cook. Huge hire for the UW-Lax, Cook was recently serving as the Head Men's Wrestling Coach at North Central College. Cook is no stranger to La Crosse, wrestled and coached at UW-Lax from 2010-2019.

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ABOUT THE EPISODE 2x DIII NCAA Champ and 4x All-American Massoma Endene joins the show to talk about his success on the mat and transferring to Wisconsin to use his final year of eligibility. Endene just won U23 Nationals and is getting ready to keep at the Pan-Am Championships.

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