Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar played football and wrestled, finishing third in the state championships as a senior, for Webster High School in Webster, South Dakota.
He wrestled at Bismarck State College and won the 1998 National Junior College Athletic Association championship as a sophomore after finishing fifth as a freshman.
Lesnar transferred to the University of Minnesota and won a pair of Big Ten Conference titles and the 2000 NCAA Division I championship after a runner-up finish in 1999. In the finals he lost to Stephen Neal, a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He finished his college career with an overall record of 106-5, including a 55-3 record and 23 pins at Minnesota.
All American Awards:
Season
2000
|
School
Minnesota
|
Tournament
Division I
|
Weight
285
|
Place
1
|
Season
1999
|
School
Minnesota
|
Tournament
Division I
|
Weight
285
|
Place
2
|
College Season Records:
Season
2000
|
School
Minnesota
|
Class
Senior
|
Bouts
32
|
Wins
31
|
Losses
1
|
Ties
0
|
Falls
15
|
Win PCT.
96.88
|
Place
1st
|
Season
1999
|
School
Minnesota
|
Class
Junior
|
Bouts
26
|
Wins
24
|
Losses
2
|
Ties
0
|
Falls
8
|
Win PCT.
92.31
|
Place
2nd
|
Season
Career
|
Bouts
58
|
Wins
55
|
Losses
3
|
Ties
0
|
Falls
23
|
Win PCT.
94.83
|
All Rankings:
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
11/12/1999
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
|
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
12/08/1999
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
|
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
01/07/2000
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
|
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
02/11/2000
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
|
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
02/25/2000
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
|
Season
2000
|
Rank Date
03/11/2000
|
Weight
285
|
Rank
1
|
School
Minnesota
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