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Sean Stender is beginning his third season as a conditioning specialist for the UNI wrestling team. Stender joined the staff in 2005 after a stellar career as a UNI student-athlete. Stender was a three-time all-American placing fourth in 2003, sixth in 2004 and second in 2005, becoming the first UNI wrestler to three-peat since Justin Greenlee in 1995. The Donahue, Iowa native placed at the state tournament three years, including claiming first in his senior campaign. Stender compiled a 149-12 in his career at North Scott High School with an untouchable 45-0 record his senior year. In West Regional competition, Stender took three consecutive titles at 197 pounds, sending him to the NCAA tournament where he placed every year for All-America honors. During his career as a Panther, he compiled a 94-33 record, 37-14 in duals. As a senior he was 34-7 overall with an 11-3 dual record. Stender also managed to go undefeated in major decisions (4-0), technical falls (1-0) and pins (7-0) in his collegiate career. Student-Athlete Bio 2003-04...Returned to nationals finishing in sixth place and earning all-American honors for the second year in a row...Made it to semi-final match before dropping match to Ryan Fulsaas, the eventual runner-up...Went 3-3 in competition in St. Louis...Rolled to his second consecutive West Regional title...Pinned Brenden McLean of Air Force in :48 in the first round of regionals...Racked up four major decisions and four pins with no marks against him in either category...Was selected to wrestle in the NWCA All-Star Classic, dropping match to Emmett Willson of Montana-Northern, 7-3...Sat out first half of the season due to academic reasons. 2002-03 ...Was one of two Panthers to earn all-American status with a fourth-place finish and a record of 5-2 at the national tournament, with both of his losses coming to second-ranked Muhammed Lawal of Oklahoma State...Swept through the West Regional without a loss...Defeated eight of his opponents by a major decision, two by a tech fall and three by pins...Recorded a record of 31-9 mark on the season. 2001-02 ...Entered the season ranked but saw limited action when Jason Payne earned the starting role, going on to become an all-American ...Went 4-1 at the Kaufman Brand Open, defeating teammate Payne...Won nine out of his first 10 matches ...Moved up to heavyweight when Paul Hynek was out with a knee injury ...Won three matches up a weight class and took Minnesota's Garett Lowney to sudden victory. 2000-01 ...Redshirted. High School ...Three-time state placer and finished first his senior year ...Recorded a 45-0 mark his senior year ...Career record 149-12 ...Wrestled in the Mississippi Athletic Conference...All-Star wrestling meet participant ...First team all-conference...First team all-state cornerback in football. Personal...Son of Alvin and Susan Stender...Born April 12, 1982...Has a brother, Brett ...Chose UNI because of the coaches, the team and academics ...Recruited by Iowa State, Nebraska and Edinboro ...Favorite movie is Beettlejuice...Favorite historical figure is John Lennon...Most admires his parents ...Best sports memory is becoming an all-American ...Best lesson learned in life is "academics come first"...Famous relative, Bob Marshall ...Hobbies include fishing, golfing and the pool.
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