# Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling team represents Rutgers University of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The squad is coached by Scott Goodale, who is a 1995 graduate of Lock Haven University. He came to Rutgers from the high school ranks, where he was previously the head coach at Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson, New Jersey, and coached four state champions.
In 2019, Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault became the first NCAA champions for Rutgers.
Rutgers has had All-Americans in each of the last five seasons. Anthony Ashnault (141-149) became the first four-time All-American in program history when he finished first at the 2019 national championships in Pittsburgh. The program has had two or more All-Americans for four consecutive years: 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Founded in 2011, the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club, Inc. (SKWC) is an independent, non-profit charitable organization with a mission to promote amateur wrestling in the United States. The SKWC is recognized as a U.S. Olympic Regional Training Center site. With this designation, the SKWC sponsors resident athletes to live and train in the New Brunswick area under the Club’s outstanding coaching staff. The SKWC also works to support the Rutgers University Wrestling program with golf outings, a 'pin pool', banquets, and post-event socials. In 2011, the IRS approved SKWC as a tax-exempt, charitable, educational organization in accordance with IRS code Section 501(c)3.
Coach Goodale runs the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Camp, summer wrestling camps for high school students, youth and teams in New Jersey and the adjacent states of New York and Pennsylvania, featuring Rutgers wrestling coaches and athletes as staff. It is unaffiliated with Rutgers University and the Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club.

## Current coaching staff

* Head coach: Scott Goodale (Lock Haven '95)
* Assistant coach: John Leonardis (Lehigh '97)
* Assistant coach: Donny Pritzlaff (Wisconsin '02)
* Director of Operations: Billy Ashnault (Rutgers '12)
* Vol. Assistant Coach: Joe Pollard (Rider)
* Vol. Assistant Coach: Frankie Edgar (Clarion University of Pennsylvania) Former UFC Lightweight Champion

## All-Americans

| Name | Year | Weight Class | Place | NCAA Location | High School |
| Ray Vohden | 1952 | 177 | 4th | University of Iowa | Springfield Regional, New Jersey |
| Emil Perona | 1952 | 157 | 4th | University of Iowa | Newton, New Jersey |
| George Mulligan | 1955 | 147 | 4th | Cornell University | Bound Brook, New Jersey |
| Mike Leta | 1960 | 137 | 3rd | University of Maryland | Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Ed Scharer | 1964 | UNL | 6th | Cornell University | Dover, New Jersey |
| Tony Surage | 1980 | 150 | 7th | Oregon State University | Passaic Valley, New Jersey |
| Tony Surage | 1983 | 142 | 7th | Oklahoma City, OK | Passaic Valley, New Jersey |
| Tom Tanis | 2002 | 184 | 4th | Albany, NY | Jefferson, New Jersey |
| Anthony Perrotti | 2014 | 157 | 8th | Oklahoma City, OK | West Essex, New Jersey |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2015 | 141 | 8th | St. Louis, MO | South Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2016 | 141 | 4th | New York City, NY | South Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Anthony Perrotti | 2016 | 165 | 8th | New York City, NY | West Essex, New Jersey |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2017 | 141 | 6th | St. Louis, MO | South Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Kenny Theobold | 2017 | 149 | 7th | St. Louis, MO | Toms River South, New Jersey |
| Nick Suriano | 2018 | 125 | 2nd | Cleveland, OH | Bergen Catholic, New Jersey |
| Scott DelVecchio | 2018 | 133 | 6th | Cleveland, OH | South Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Nick Suriano | 2019 | 133 | 1st | Pittsburgh, PA | Bergen Catholic, New Jersey |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2019 | 149 | 1st | Pittsburgh, PA | South Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Sebastian Rivera | 2021 | 141 | 4th | St. Louis, MO | Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey |
| John Poznanski | 2021 | 184 | 4th | St. Louis, MO | Colonia, New Jersey |
| Jackson Turley | 2021 | 174 | 8th | St. Louis, MO | St. Christopher's, Virginia |
| Sebastian Rivera | 2022 | 141 | 3rd | Detroit, MI | Christian Brothers Academy, New Jersey |
| Greg Bulsak | 2022 | 197 | 8th | Detroit, MI | South Park, Pennsylvania |
| Dylan Shawver | 2024 | 133 | 7th | Kansas City, MO | Lorain, Ohio |
| Yaraslau Slavikouski | 2024 | HWT | 7th | Kansas City, MO | Rechitsa, Belarus |
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## International wrestling competition

| Name | RU Class | Year | Weight Class | Place | Style | Location |
| Laurence Larry Colton | 1985 | 2009 | 55 kg | 4th | Freestyle | Maccabiah Games - Israel |
| Laurence Larry Colton | 1985 | 2009 | 55 kg | 4th | Greco-Roman | Maccabiah Games - Israel |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2018 | 2014 | 65 kg | 10th | Freestyle | World University Championship - Hungary |
| Moshe (MB) Klyman | 2008 | 2017 | 97 kg | 3rd | Freestyle | Maccabiah Games - Israel |
| Richie Lewis | 2018 | 2017 | 70 kg | 1st | Freestyle | Under-23 World Championships - Poland |
| Anthony Ashnault | 2018 | 2019 | 70 kg | 1st | Freestyle | Pan American Championships - Argentina |
| Sebastian Rivera | 2022 | 2023 | 65 kg | 2nd | Freestyle | 2023 World Championships-Belgrade |
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