Oklahoma State University Athletics
2014-15 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Josh Kindig
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Auburn, Pa.
- High School:
- Blue Mountain
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2014-15: Finished his senior season 13-6 … Went 8-2 in dual competition … Sat out a majority of the season due to injury, but earned a wildcard bid to the NCAA tournament … Went 0-2 at the event … Opened the season ranked No. 2 … Went 2-3 against ranked opponents, including a 5-3 win over top-seeded Drake Houdashelt of Mizzou in 149-pound Southern Scuffle final … Collected six bonus-point wins in the form of two major decisions, two falls and two tech falls … Went 2-0 in Big 12 duals … Finished fourth at the Big 12 tournament, forfeiting both of his matches … Competed in the NWCA All-Star Classic to kick off the season … Earned second Academic All-Big 12 first team honors … Four-time qualifier.
2013-14: Finished the season 24-9 overall and 8-8 versus ranked opponents... Returned to the Cowboy lineup after redshirting the 2012-13 season ...Went 4-1 in NCAA championships ... Was the No. 11 seed at the tourney ... Made his first appearance in the NCAA finals, where he fell to No. 5 Jason Tsirtsis of Northwestern in sudden victory, 3-1 ... Finished the Big 12 tournament in second place after falling to No. 5 Kendric Maple in the 149-pound finals, 6-3 ... Went 8-8 against ranked opponents ... Faced eight top-five opponents ... Knocked off then-No. 2 Maple, 4-3, in Norman, Okla., on Dec. 1 ... Recorded four falls with the final one coming over Cole Moseley in 3:25 in the Cowboys' dual finale against American ... Produced a runner-up finish at the Joe Parisi Open ... Finished third at the Southern Scuffle, where he pinned No. 12 Scott Sakaguchi in 1:16 ... Lead the team in dual reversals with seven ... Three-time NCAA qualifier.
2012-13 (Redshirt Year): Put together a 12-1 record while taking a redshirt year ... Picked up a couple 149-pound titles at the OCU and Oklahoma Opens ... Finished third at the Lindenwood Open, with his lone loss of the season coming from Drake Houdashelt, ranked No. 17 in the nation at the time ... Recorded four major decisions, three falls and a technical fall ... Each of his falls were in the first period ... Earned his fastest career fall in 52 seconds.
2011-12: NCAA qualifier who finished the season with a record of 16-10 and a dual record of 9-6 ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championships with a win over ISU's Luke Goettl ... Beat three ranked opponents on the year, all of which were major decisions ... Defeated No. 13 Luke Goettl of Iowa State 11-3 in a dual in Stillwater ... Also defeated Goettl in his first match of the year, pinning the Cyclone in 1:57 in Ames ... Placed third at the Reno Tournament of Champions, picking up four wins, including a 12-2 major decision victory against No. 20 Nathan Pennesi of West Virginia ... Also recorded a 13-2 major decision against Anthony Varnell of Great Falls in the second round of the RTOC ... Third on the team in dual near falls with seven.
2010-11: NCAA qualifier who went 26-10 as a true freshman, highlighted by an 8-3 win over Big 12 champion and eventual All-American Todd Schavrien of Missouri... Was originally slated to take a redshirt year, but was pulled out of redshirt at the national Duals when Luke Silver went down with an injury...Third-place finisher at the Big 12 Championships despite being seeded fifth at the event...Pinned Nebraska's Mike Koehnlein in the pigtail round at the conference meet, then beat Koehnlein again by a 9-4 score in the third-place bout... Scored an 8-2 win over Rutger's Trevor Melde at the NCAA Championships... His first varsity bout was a 7-4 triumph over No. 6 Chris Diaz of Virginia Tech... Enjoyed one stretch of the season where he pinned six opponents in a seven-match span... Won his weight class at the Fort Hays State University Open by pinning each of his five opponents to earn Outstanding Wrestler honors at the event ... Took first place in the 145.5-pound bracket of the 2011 ASICS FILA Junior Freestyle National Championships during the summer ... Went on to place fifth in the World Championships.
High School: Attended Blue Mountain HS in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., where he was coached by his father, TodKindig ... 2010 first-team ASICS All-American ... Won Pennsylvania state titles his junior and senior years and was a state runner-up as a sophomore ... Four-time state qualifier who finished his prep career with a 172-12 record which included a 42-1 mark his senior year ... Leader of a Blue Mountain team that finished as the state runner-up his junior and senior seasons ... Third-team ASICS All-American as a junior in 2009 ... A 2009 runner-up at the USA Wrestling freestyle national championships, Kindig ranks among America's top prep wrestlers in both freestyle and Greco-Roman ... Finished no lower than fourth in any national tournament in either discipline since 2007 ... Won the cadet freestyle national title in 2007.
Personal: Josh Kindig was born Aug. 23, 1991 in Auburn, Pa. ...Son of Tod and Kristi Kindig.
Josh Kindig Capsule
| Year | Overall | Dual | vs. Ranked | Fall | MD | TF | Quick |
| 2010-11 | 26-10 | 9-4 | 2-8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1:18 |
| 2011-12 | 16-10 | 9-6 | 3-9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1:03 |
| 2012-13 | Redshirt | ||||||
| 2013-14 | 24-9 | 11-5 | 8-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1:16 |
| Career | 66-29 | 29-15 | 13-25 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1:03 |
