The No. 1-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team picked up its sixth win over a ranked opponent this season Saturday afternoon with a 22-12 win over 13th-ranked Missouri at MU's Hearnes Center.
Cowboys finish with a 77-2 takedown advantage on the day.
2010-11: At-large selection into the NCAA Championships field ... Finished with a 9-10 record that included two wins over ranked opponents ... Scored a 2-1 win over Campbellsville's Parker Burns in the wrestleback first round at the NCAA Championships ... Fifth-place finisher at the Big 12 Championships ... Originally slated to wrestle at 197 pounds, Rosholt was moved up to heavyweight after Alan Gelogaev went down with an injury sufferered at the first open tournament of the year ... Weighed in at less than 210 pounds for nearly all of his bouts and often times surrendered more than 50 pounds to his opponents ... Signature win of the season was a 4-3 triumph over No. 8 Nathan Fernandez of Oklahoma when he hit a switch late in the match and rode Fernandez out to snatch a victory from the Sooner senior ... Scored a 4-3 win over eventual All-American Levi Cooper of Arizona State in Tempe.
2009-10 (Redshirt Year): Put together an 11-8 overall record competing exclusively in open tournaments ... Six of his 11 victories came with bonus points attached, highlighted by three wins by fall ... Placed third at the Oklahoma City Open and was sixth at the Central Missouri Open ... Wrestled his first three tournaments at 197 pounds before bumping up to the 285-pound weight class for the final open tournament of the season ... His only defeat at the Oklahoma City Open came at the hands of OSU teammate and eventual All-American Alan Gelogaev.
High School: Attended Ponca City HS in Ponca City, Okla., where he was runner-up for the 2008 state title at 160 pounds and runner-up for the 2009 state title at 189 pounds, losing to the nation's top-ranked wrestler Chris Perry in the title bout his senior year ... Led Ponca City to a second-place finish at the state meet as a junior and as a senior.
Personal: Son of Jim and Tracey Rosholt ... Oldest brother Jake was a three-time NCAA champion for the Cowboys and another older brother, Jared, was a three-time OSU All-American and the winningest heavyweight in the storied history of Cowboy wrestling ... Older sister, Jesyca was a standout soccer player at OSU ... Blake is the youngest of the Rosholt family.
