David Bertolino

Position:
Player
Height:
5-11
Weight:
197
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mt. Pleasant, Ohio
High School:
Buckeye Local

Awards and Honors

2008 197-pound All-American
2006 ISU Outstanding Sophomore

2005 Amateur Wrestling News all-Rookie Second Team

2007 - 08
Closed out senior season with a 26-14 record and a 68-41 career record ... led the team with five technical falls, six major decisions and four pins ... earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish as an unseeded wrestler at 197 pounds at the NCAA Championships ... qualified for his first national tournament with a third-place finish at the Big 12 Conference Championship by avenging a January loss to Joel Flaggert of Oklahoma on a 6-2 decision ... opened tournament with a 12-4 major decision over Oklahoma State's Clayton Foster ... upset two-time NCAA qualifier Craig Brester, 7-6, on an escape 10 seconds into the second tie-breaker as the Cyclones routed Nebraska in dual action ... registered an 18-2 (6:57) technical fall over Arizona State's Thor More ... pinned Kyle Bressler of Oregon State in 2:19 ... defeated Oklahoma State's Clayton Foster, 3-1 ... registered his third win over Northern Iowa's Andrew Anderson this season via an 11-2 major decision over at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals ... took fifth-place honors at 197 pounds at Midlands Championships with a 9-4 decision over Anderson ... pinned Anderson in dual action at the 2:28 mark ... registered a 16-5 major decision over Iowa's Chad Beatty ... registered a 17-0 (5:22) technical fall over Binghamton's Corey Waite ... pinned Clarion's Dixon Jordan in 1:56 ... defeated Rider's T.J. Morrison 5-4 ... used two major decisions and a 5-0 decision over to Wartburg's TJ Miller to pace him to the Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open 197-pound title ... began senior campaign with a 16-1 (6:13) technical fall of Northern Illinois' Jake Smith 16-1.

2006 - 07

Finished junior season with a 10-6 record at 174 pounds ... placed in three tournaments, fourth at Harold Nichols Open, second at the Fullerton Open and eighth at the Midlands Championships ... saw action in two dual meets and picked up a 9-2 victory over Arizona State’s Alex Pavlenko.

2005 - 06

Northern Plains Regional runner-up at 84 kg. (185 pounds) ... wrestled freestyle (84 kg.) at U.S. Nationals and University Nationals ... finished sophomore season with a 15-15 record ... had four victories with bonus points ... upset Oklahoma’s Wes Roberts 6-5 ... downed Curt Zinnel of Northern Iowa with an 11-1 major decision ... earned first pin of season against Arizona State’s Alex Pavlenko at the 3:43 mark ... concluded Virginia Tech dual with a 9-5 victory over Steve Ratley ... picked up an 8-3 decision over Joe Bechtold of Harvard at Midlands ... defeated Nick Hernandez of Cal Poly 10-5 ... placed fifth at Kaufman-Brand Open and fourth at Harold Nichols Open ... recorded a technical fall (6:56) over Utah Valley State’s Garret Story in first match of the season.

2004 - 05

Selected to Amateur Wrestling News’ all-rookie second-team ... qualified for U.S. World Team Trials with a seventh-place finish in freestyle at the U.S. Senior Nationals at 84 kg. (185 pounds) ... advanced to the semifinals at the University World Team Trials ... competed at University National Championships, advancing to the third round ... concluded redshirt freshman campaign with a 19-7 record ... gave Iowa State a 15-12 lead in Minnesota dual with a 7-2 decision over Josh McLay ... decisioned James Youshonis of Penn State at Midlands Championships, 8-4 ... placed fourth at UNI Open, third at Kaufman-Brand Open and second at the Harold Nichols Open in season debut.

2003 - 04

Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School

Amateur Wrestling News prep All-American ... finished with a 154-22 career prep mark ... Ohio state Division II champion as a senior at 160 pounds ... tallied a 44-0 record his senior year ... notched a fifth-place finish at state as a junior ... 2003 Ohio state Eastern District Wrestler of the Year ... placed third in the 2003 National High Schoool Coaches Assocation Senior Championship at 160 pounds ... claimed the 2002 NHSCA National Open Wrestling Championship’s 160-pound title ... gold medalist at the 2002 AAU Junior Olympics ... coached by Jay Michael.

Personal

Born Aug. 25, 1984, in Wheeling, W. Va. ... son of Debra Bertolino ... finance and management major.