| Enters the NCAA Championships with a 34-7 overall mark, 16-2 against Big Ten opponents...Big Ten
champion at 190 pounds in 1996, he finished second this season, losing to Minnesota's Tim Hartung
in the final...Has a two-year mark of 32-3 in the conference...Owns wins this season over the No. 11, No. 10,
No. 7, No. 5, No. 3, and No. 2 wrestlers in the nation...Handed defending National Champion
and second-ranked John Kading of Oklahoma his only loss of the season...Wrestled the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 wrestlers
in the nation back-to-back-to-back during a stretch in February, posting a 2-1 mark in those battles (wins
over Kading and Hartung, and a loss to Edinboro's No. 1 Jason Robison...Has first-place finishes
at the Michigan Open and Northern Iowa Open, while placing second at the Ashland Open and fourth at the Midlands
Championships...Won three of five matches at the National Dual Championships, including a victory over then-No. 7
Matt Mulvhill of Iowa State...Wrestled in the NWCA All-Star meet, losing 5-2 to Robison...Now has a career mark
of 92-28, the 11th best victory total in MSU history, despite being a starter for just two seasons...Majors in Biology,
and last season was selected to the NWCA All-Academic Secon Team...Son of Mike Picklo and Linda Cook...Born 7/26/74. |