Alan Gelogaev Class: Sophomore Hometown: Moscow, Russia Weight: 197

2009-10: Earned All-America status in his first year wrestling at the collegiate level with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Showed a good deal of toughness by earning his way to the podium through the wrestleback, as he won four consolation bouts to secure his seventh-place finish ... Upset No. 9 Chad Beatty of Iowa in the championship first round before losing to No. 8 Sonny Yohn in the round of 16 ... From there, he pinned American's Daniel Mitchell, then claimed upset wins over No. 11 Patrick Bond of Illinois and No. 7 Anthony Biondo of Michigan before losing a tough 6-5 decision to No. 6 Eric Lapotsky of Oklahoma ... Earned a measure of revenge when he used a pair of dominating throws to topple Minnesota's Yohn by a 12-7 score in the seventh-place match ... NWCA all-academic team honoree ... First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Fifth-place finisher in a loaded 197-pound weight class at the Big 12 Championships ... Lost by decision to a pair of top-10 wrestlers at the event ... Enjoyed a productive regular season while making the transition to folkstyle wrestling for the first time in his life ... Finished with a 30-9 overall record that included a 13-5 mark in duals and six wins over ranked opponents ... Ranked second on the team with 42 dual match takedowns ... Scored eight wins by fall ... Won the 197-pound weight class title at the Reno Tournament of Champions, the Oklahoma City Open and the Central Missouri Open ... Won 21 of his first 22 bouts.

2008-09: Attended Oklahoma State, but did not compete ... Made his connection to OSU by training with former Cowboy Olympian Daniel Cormier in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.

Prior to OSU: Trained under Russian wrestling legend Buvaisar Saitiev in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia for five years ... Won an international tournament in Nice, France in 2006 ... Took third at the 2006 Russian National Championship ... Third-place finisher at the International Youth Wrestling Tournament in Kalinigrad in 2006 ... Placed second at the 2008 New York Athletic Club Open, pinning 2008 U.S. Olympic team member Andy Hrovat in the semifinal round before eventually falling to 2008 Olympian Nicolai Ceban of Moldova in the title bout.

Personal: Alan Gelogaev was born Nov. 11, 1986 in Sernovodsk, Chechenya ... Son of Alihan and Maryam Gelogaev ... Has four sisters and a brother ... Majoring in business administration ... Nickname is "Z", stemming from his middle name, Zelim.

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