C.J. Ettelson

C.J. Ettelson

2006-07: Earned his third straight trip to the NCAA Championships ... went 2-2 at the NCAAs with wins over Liberty's Tim Harner and Iowa State's Mitch Mueller ... dropped his first-round match to eventual national champion Derek Moore (UC Davis) ... wrapped up the 2006-07 season with an overall record of 28-13, despite missing a month of action after injuring his knee in the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals on Jan. 13 ... ranked third on the team with six falls ... placed second at the 2007 NCAA West Regional ... notched seven wins against national qualifiers this season ... secured victories over Mitch Mueller (Iowa State), Alex Tsirtsis (Iowa), Kyle Ruschell (Wisconsin), Kyle Borshoff (American) and Nathan Morgan (Oklahoma State) ... took fourth-place honors at the Harold Nichols Open, the Kaufman-Brand Open, UNI Open and the Midlands ... second-team All-Western Wrestling Conference honoree ... member of the WWC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2005-06: Led the team with 13 falls, including three at the 2006 NCAA Championships ... one of three Panthers to reach the 30-win plateau in 2005-06 ... went 3-2 at the national tournament and recorded falls over Vincent Ramirez (North Carolina), David Panaar (Slippery Rock) and Sean Markey (The Citadel) ... a two-time national qualifier and also has captured two NCAA West Regional crowns ... placed second at the UNI Open (Dec. 4). Ettelson took third-place honors at the prestigious Midlands (Dec. 29-30) ... placed fourth at the Harold Nichols Open (Nov. 12) ... finished the 2005-06 dual season with a mark of 10-5 ... named Most Improved Award winner.

2004-05:...Claimed the 141 spot in his first season ... placed second at the Kaufman Brand Open and third at the UNI Open ... took the West Regional crown by sudden victory and advanced to nationals ... compiled four pins on the year with the quickest in 1:10 against Jason Cook of Purdue at Midlands ... finished the season with a 5-6 dual record and was 22-12 overall ... given the UNI wrestling Rookie Award.

2003-04: Redshirted.

High School: Four-time state champion ... coached by Toby Bedard ... finished high school career with a mark of 161-3 ... four-time district, sectional and conference champion ... achieved the Dave Schultz Award ... academic all-American team by Wrestling USA ... high school All-American ... third at USA Wrestling Junior Nationals ... four-time Academic all-state.

Personal: Born March 15, 1984 ... son of Tim and Teri Ettelson ... brother, Charlie, is a member of the UNI wrestling team ... majoring in marketing.

Year	Overall	Duals	MD	TF	Pin	Quick	West Reg.	NCAAs
2004-05	22-12	5-6	1-5	2-0	4-1	1:10	1st	0-2
2005-06	30-12	10-5	2-2	4-0	13-1	0:29	1st	3-2
2006-07	28-13	6-3	5-1	0-0	7-3	0:32	2nd	2-2
Totals	80-37	21-14	8-8	6-0	24-5	0:29		5-6