Oklahoma State University Athletics
2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Alex Dieringer
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Port Washington, Wis.
- High School:
- Port Washington
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2015-16: NCAA Champion at 165 pounds … 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, awarded to the top college wrestler each season … Recorded a perfect season for the second-consecutive year, compiling a 33-0 overall record and a dual record of 16-0 this season … Went 5-0 at the NCAA tournament, taking out four ranked wrestlers, including No. 2 Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin in the finals, 6-2 … Was the top-seeded wrestler at 165 pounds for the second NCAA tournament in a row … Became only the seventh Cowboy in program history to win four conference titles as he defeated Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State, 4-2, in the Big 12 finals … Won his third Southern Scuffle with five of his six wins during the tournament resulting in bonus points … Recorded bonus points in 27 of his 33 matches (12 falls, 7 TF, 8 MD) … 10 of his falls came in the first period … Held the No.1 ranking at 165 pounds for the entirety of the past two seasons … Completed his Cowboy career with a 133-4 overall record for a 97.1 win percentage, which is the fourth-best in school history … Finished his career with an 82-match win streak, which is the third-longest in program history … Overall, finished his career with 97 bonus-point wins for a 72.9 bonus-point win percentage … Became the ninth Cowboy to record 125 career wins with a 17-2 TF over Penn State’s Geno Morelli on Feb. 21 … Became the 14th four-time All-American and the 16th three-time NCAA champion in OSU history … Finished second all-time in wins with 133 career wins … Finished ranked third all-time in career falls with 54 and fourth all-time in major decisions with 36 … Compiled an overall 63-2 dual record and a 42-3 record against ranked opponents ... Four-time NCAA qualifier … Three-time NCAA National Champion.
2014-15: Won his second-consecutive NCAA individual title when he defeated No. 6 Taylor Walsh, 14-7, in the finals … Notched his 100th career win in the NCAA finals … Tallied three bonus-point victories at the tournament, including two falls and a major decision … Entered NCAAs as the No. 1 seed … Compiled a perfect 33-0 overall record with a 15-0 dual record … Earned 28 wins with bonus points—11 falls, 13 major decisions and four technical falls … Went 11-0 against ranked opponents … Led the team in wins (33), dual wins (15), bonus-point wins (28), wins by fall (11), wins by major decision (13), wins by tech fall (4), dual takedowns (64) and dual nearfalls (13) … Ranked No. 1 the whole season at 165 pounds … Earned his third-straight Big 12 championship, defeating No. 2 Mike Moreno with a 14-4 major decision … Pinned Ross Renzi in the Big 12 semifinals … Was taken down only twice all season … Two-time Big 12 Wrestler of the Week … Won his second-consecutive Southern Scuffle title … Finished first at the Joe Parisi Open .. Defeated then-No. 2 Nick Sulzer, 4-2, at the NWCA All-Star Classic … Three-time NCAA qualifier.Â
2013-14: Won his first NCAA individual title when he recorded a 13-4 major decision victory over No. 9 Dylan Ness of Minnesota in the NCAA Championship 157-pound final ... Also earned a technical fall and a fall in NCAA competition ... Defeated four ranked opponents at the tourney en route to his title ... Finished his 2013-14 campaign with a 32-1 record ... Was 10-1 on the season against ranked opponents ... Picked up his second conference title at 157 pounds, pinning Tim Wheeling of WVU in 48 seconds in the semifinals before defeating No. 19 Justin DeAngelis of OU, 8-3, in the finals ... Opened the season with a 26-second fall over Logan Keith in the dual vs. Bucknell ... Won the Joe Parisi Open, picking up four wins by fall en route to the title ... Earned his first Southern Scuffle title, defeating No. 9 Ian Miller of Kent State in a tiebreaker in the 157-pound finals ... Led the team in dual nearfalls (15) and bonus-point wins (19), wins by fall (12) and wins by technical fall (5) ... Tallied 12 falls, five technical falls and two major decisions on the season ... Ranked as high as No. 1 in his weight class ... Was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 27 for his 14-3 major decision over Iowa State's John Nicholson ... Two-time NCAA All-American.
Summer, 2013: Secured a spot on the U.S. Junior World Team at 74 kilograms for the second consecutive year, snatching three technical falls and a win in a best-of-three finals series ... Represented the United States at the Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he earned a technical fall and a pin en route to taking home the silver ... Fell to Russian Alan Zaseev in the 74 kilo finals.
2012-2013: Became one of five freshman at the 2013 NCAA Championships to earn All-American status, finishing in third place after pinning Northern Iowa's David Bonin in 1:39 ... Also earned three major decisions at the tourney ... Picked up his first Big 12 title, defeating Matt Lester with an 11-3 major decision ... Compiled a 35-3 record, including a 18-1 dual record ... Of his 35 wins, 23 came with bonus points ... Led the team in wins by major decision with 13 ... Picked up eight wins over ranked opponents, highlighted by a weekend of upsets over No. 12 Andy McCulley of Wyoming and No. 9 Matt Lester of Oklahoma ... Racked up 74 dual points for the Cowboys thanks, in part, to his 10 bonus-point dual wins ... Won the 157-pound title at the Lindenwood Open and finished third at the Southern Scuffle ... Entered his first NCAA tournament as the No. 6 157-pounder in the nation ... Owned a perfect 7-0 record against his Big 12 competition ... Honored as the AWN Freshman of the Year and Intermat Redshirt Freshman of the Year ... Named to second team Academic All-Big 12.
Summer, 2012: Represented the United States at FILA Junior Freestyle World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand ... Pinned his first opponent just 24 seconds into the bout, but was eliminated in the second-round by 2011 junior world silver medalist Abdulkadir Ozmen of Turkey.
2011-12 (Redshirt Year): Redshirted his first year at Oklahoma State and put together a 17-1 record in open tournaments ... Won the 157-pound brackets at the Fort Hays State Open, Roger Denker Open and MVC Open ... Recorded nine bonus-point wins, including seven falls and two major decisions ... Pinned four of his five opponents at the Denker Open, including his fastest fall of the year over Steven Ross of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in just 50 seconds.
High School: Attended Port Washington HS in Port Washington, Wis., where he was coached by Angelo LaRossa ... Won the Wisconsin high school championship in 2007 at 103 pounds and in 2009 at 140 pounds ... Placed second in 2008 at 125 pounds ... Was the Freestyle and Folkstyle Junior National Champion at Fargo in 2010 at 145 pounds ... Was the Freestyle and Greco Cadet National Champion in Fargo in 2009 ... Was the Freestyle Cadet National runner-up in 2008 at 119 pounds ... Placed third at the Greco Junior Nationals in Fargo in 2010 ... Finished third at Greco Cadet Nationals in 2008 ... Was a nine-time All-American ... Named the 2010 Junior Wrestler of the Year, as well as the Outstanding Wrestler at the Northern Plains Junior Freestyle Regional 2010.
Personal: Born June 6, 1993 in Menomonee Falls, Wis. ... Son of Dave and Cindy Dieringer ... Has three siblings: Andy, Jordan and Tyler.
| Year | Overall | Dual | vs. Ranked | Fall | MD | TF | Quick |
| 2011-12 | Redshirted | ||||||
| 2012-13 | 35-3 | 18-1 | 7-2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0:49 |
| 2013-14 | 32-1 | 14-1 | 10-1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0:26 |
| 2014-15 | 33-0 | 15-0 | 11-0 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1:14 |
| 2015-16 | 33-0 | 16-0Â Â | 14-0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0:24 |
| Total | 133-4 | 63-2 | 42-3 | 45 | 36 | 16 | 0:24 |
