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Bucknell Wrestling Holds Team Banquet, Announces Awards

Junior Corey Lear, a 2012 NCAA qualifier, earned the William A. Graham IV Most Outstanding Wrestler Award and four other Bison received award recognition this past Saturday evening when the Bucknell wrestling team held its annual awards banquet inside …

Former Bison Wrestler Kevin LeValley to Wrestle at Next Month’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials

The U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials are just three weeks away and former Bucknell wrestler Kevin LeValley will be in action. The 2011 Bucknell graduate qualified for the Trials based on a third-place finish in the 66kg/145.5-pound weight class at No…

Bucknell Wrestling’s Lear Goes 1-1 on Second Day of NCAA Championships

Bucknell junior 165-pound wrestler Corey Lear posted a 1-1 record Friday in the consolation bracket at the NCAA Championships. The first-time NCAA participant was eliminated from the double-elimination competition as he accumulated a 2-2 record during …

Lear, Miller Open NCAA Competition for Bucknell Wrestling

Junior 165-pounder Corey Lear pinned Michigan State’s David Chezza in just 1 minute, 2 seconds, to earn the only win on the first day of the NCAA Wrestling Championships for Bucknell. Lear was one of two Bison in action Thursday at the Scottrade Center…

Bucknell’s Lear, Miller Open Competition at NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday

This year’s NCAA Championships will take place March 15-17 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. Bucknell will bring two qualifiers to the event, giving it 20 over the last six years. The top eight finishers in each weight class earn All-America ho…

Bucknell Wrestling’s Corey Lear Earns At-Large Bid to NCAA Championship

Bucknell junior Corey Lear earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Wrestling Championship, it was announced Wednesday. Lear joins freshman teammate Austin Miller to give the Bison two NCAA qualifiers this season. It is the first career NCAA berth for Lear, …

Wrestler Austin Miller Named Bison Athlete of the Week After Qualifying for NCAA Championships

Bucknell freshman wrestler Austin Miller (Mount Joy, Pa./Hempfield) was named the Susquehanna Valley Limousine Bison Athlete of the Week on Monday, one day after finishing third in the 125-pound weight class at the EIWA Championships and earning an aut…

Wrestler Austin Miller Named Bison Athlete of the Week After Qualifying for NCAA Championships

Bucknell freshman wrestler Austin Miller (Mount Joy, Pa./Hempfield) was named the Susquehanna Valley Limousine Bison Athlete of the Week on Monday, one day after finishing third in the 125-pound weight class at the EIWA Championships and earning an aut…

Bucknell Wrestling has Three Placewinners at EIWA Championships, Miller Earns Automatic Berth to NCAAs

Bucknell wrestlers Austin Miller, John Regan and Corey Lear became placewinners in their respective weight classes Sunday on the final day of the EIWA Championships at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. Miller, who earned the Bison’s lone automatic NCAA berth, fi…

Bucknell Wrestling has Three Placewinners at EIWA Championships, Miller Earns Automatic Berth to NCAAs

Bucknell wrestlers Austin Miller, John Regan and Corey Lear became placewinners in their respective weight classes Sunday on the final day of the EIWA Championships at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. Miller, who earned the Bison’s lone automatic NCAA berth, fi…