Oklahoma State University Athletics
2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Austin Marsden
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Crystal Lake, Ill.
- High School:
- Crystal Lake Central
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2015-16: Put together a 31-4 season with a 13-1 mark in duals … Was seeded No. 4 at heavyweight at NCAAs and entered the tournament with only one loss … Earn second All-America honor, finishing sixth … Defeated No. 15 Tanner Harms and No. 8 Max Wessell en route to the All-American finish … Won his third Big 12 title, taking out Tanner Harms of Wyoming, 6-3 … His only  regular-season loss came against top-ranked Nick Gwiazdowski of NC State, 7-4 … Was victorious against eight of the 12 ranked opponents he faced off against … Recorded 16 bonus-point wins (3 Falls, 4 TF, 9 MD) for the Cowboys … Won his second Southern Scuffle title, defeating No. 6 Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State, 4-0, in the finals … Earned his 100th career victory in his final home dual with a tech fall victory over UNC’s Cory Daniel … Was ranked in the top five all season … 2014 and 2016 All-American … Four-time NCAA qualifier.
2014-15: Compiled a 27-4 record and went 13-2 in duals … Seeded fourth at heavyweight at the NCAA Championships … Went 2-2 at the event … Recorded a 12-4 major decision over Tyler Deuel of Binghamton in the second round … Defeated seven of the 11 ranked opponents he faced … His two losses during the regular season came at the hands of the No. 1 wrestlers … Spent the whole season ranked in the top five … Tallied four falls and six major decisions … Earned the fastest pin on the team, sticking John Davison of NEO in 21 seconds to open his season … Won his first Southern Scuffle title, taking out No. 8 Adam Coon handily in the finals, 7-4 … Also won the Joe Parisi Open … Three-time NCAA qualifier.Â
2013-14: Grabbed his first All-America honor with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, where he upset No. 6 Mike McMullan of Northwestern and No. 8 JT Felix of Boise State ... Entered the tournament as the No. 11 seed ... Finished the year 23-9 overall and 9-4 in dual competition... Went4-8 versus ranked opponents... Earned his first individual conference title, defeating A.J. Vizcarrondo, 5-2, in the Big 12 finals ... Went 3-1 against Big 12 opponents ... Tallied a fall against Alex Encarnacion of CSU Bakersfield ... Started the season with an 8-3 win over then-No. 9 Joe Stolfi ... Took home the heavyweight title at the Joe Parisi Open ... Finished fifth at the Southern Scuffle.
Summer, 2013: Dominated the 120 kilogram bracket at the World Team Trials in Stillwater, Okla., to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior World Team for the second year in a row ... His run at the Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, was cut short after his first round loss to Georgii Gogaev of Russia.
2012-13 (Redshirt Year): Took a redshirt year after getting pulled out of redshirt late in the 2011-12 season ... Compiled a 8-1 season, wrestling at the Lindenwood and Oklahoma opens ... Edged teammate Tyson Yoder, 2-1, to win the Oklahoma Open heavyweight title ... Produced a runner-up finish at the Lindenwood Open after suffering his only loss of the season to No. 4 Dom Bradley of Missouri in the finals ... Strung together a major decision and four falls, including a 41 second fall over Taylor Poe of Ouachita Baptist.
2011-12: Qualified for the NCAA tournament after being pulled out of redshirt late in the year .... Finished with an overall record of 27-5, ranking fifth on the team in total victories ... Finished second at the Big 12 Championships with a sudden victory win over Missouri's Devin Mellon in the semifinal ... Moved to the starting heavyweight spot because of an injury to Alan Gelogaev ... Stepped in during the NWCA National Duals and defeated Pat Walker of Illinois, 3-2, scoring a takedown in the final seconds to secure the team victory for the Cowboys ... Beat No. 20 Mellon of Missouri, 3-2, in OSU's final dual meet of the year ... Has wrestled in five open tournaments and placed first in three of them ... Won the Fort Hays State Bob Smith Open, picking up falls in his first two matches ... Also took the top spot at the UNK Loper Open, where he picked up a fall and major decision victory ... Won the Missouri Valley College Open, recording victories by fall in the semifinal and final bouts ... Placed second at the Central Missouri Open and third at the Roger Denker Open.
High School: Attended Crystal Lake Central High School in Crystal Lake, Ill., where he was coached by Justin Lehr ... Was a four-time Illinois Greco state champion and three-time Illinois freestyle state champion ... Was the Illinois high school state champion at 215 pounds in 2011, a season which saw him record 44 pins, the second-most all-time in Illinois high school history ... Was the state champion at 189 pounds in 2010 ... Placed fifth at the Fargo Junior Freestyle at heavyweight in 2011 ... Was the Wrestling USA Folkstyle National Champion in 2011 ... Placed third at the Fargo Junior Freestyle in 2010 ... Was the FILA Cadet Freestyle National Champion in 2010 and the Fargo Cadet Freestyle National Champion in 2009 ... Was a member of the 2010 and 2011 undefeated Team Illinois Junior Freestyle National Champions ... In 2009, was a member of the Team Illinois Cadet Freestyle and Greco National Champions ... Named Illinois Wrestler of the Year in 2011 by WIN Magazine ... Named Crystal Lake Central Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... In 2010, named Wrestler of the Year by Northwest Herald.
Personal: Born May 19, 1993 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Son of Jim and Laura Marsden ... Has a brother, Andrew ... Ranked as the No. 22 recruit out of high school by Intermat ... Also played football in high school, where he earned all-conference honors and was voted Defensive Player of the Year ... Was a coach for the Crystal Lake Wizards youth wrestling club ... Uncle Charlie Cross played football for the University of Iowa and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Year | Overall | Dual | vs. Ranked | Fall | MD | TF | Quick |
| 2011-12 | 27-5 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0:37 |
| 2012-13 | Redshirt | ||||||
| 2013-14 | 23-9 | 9-4 | 4-8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3:53 |
| 2014-15 | 27-4 | 13-2 | 7-4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0:21 |
| 2015-16 | 31-4 | 13-1 | 8-4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2:02 |
| Total | 108-22 | 37-8 | 20-20 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0:21 |
