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Ryan Mergen
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Weight:
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174
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Year:
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Senior
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Hometown:
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Monticello, Minn.
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High School:
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Monticello
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Experience:
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1 Letter
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Ryan Mergen
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Courtesy: Army Athletic Communications
Release: 11/01/2006
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Voted team co-captain ... will share captain duties with Matt Kyler … one of four seniors on the roster … owns 48 career wins … 15-9 career dual mark.
2008-09: Won a career-best 20 matches … finished season with 20-15 mark, including 7-2 record in duals … collected eight bonus point wins with four major decisions, two pins and two technical falls ... finished second at the New York State Championships … came in third at the Body Bar Invitational … took fifth-place at the Oklahoma-Gold Classic … won all four of his matches at the Lone Star Duals in Arlington, Texas, against Appalachian State, Minnesota, Stanford and North Carolina … opened the season with two wins at the Fighting Scot Duals in Edinboro, Pa. … wrestled-back to finish fifth at the Oklahoma-Gold Classic … won four matches at the Body Bar invitational … won his first match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational by technical fall, the first of his career … secured his first win in wrestlebacks with his second tech fall … rode five-match winning streak to second-place finish at the New York State Championships.
2007-08: Finished 10th for the Black Knights in victories with a 19-12 mark, including a 5-3 dual meet record ... pinned Richard Pellegrini (3:59) of Wilkes for his first win of the season at the East Stroudsburg Open ... beat Columbia’s Michael Wolfer, 16-2, for one of three wins at the Nittany Lion Open ... picked up three decisions in five bouts at the Wilkes Open ... won three of four matches to finish runner-up at the New York State Championships ... pinned Eric Roehrig of Nassau C.C. (4:50), before beating Oneonta’s Josh Wake, 13-4, during the day ... won five-straight decisions in dual meets opposite Sacred Heart, Brown, Harvard and on his way to a runner-up finish at the Academy Championships ... also contributed decisions in dual meet matchups with Millersville and Delaware Valley ... lost a tough 3-2 decision to 20th-ranked Alex Caruso in Lehigh dual ... went 2-2 as Army finished third at the EIWA Championships.
2006-07: Finished the season with a 9-9 record, including a 3-4 mark in dual meet competition … went 2-2 at the Oklahoma Gold Classic, taking a 5-1 decision over Buffalo’s Jake Blowers, and a 8-4 decision against Brown’s Seth Podhoretz … took a 10-3 decision over Utah Valley State’s Marc Fenwick, and a 10-1 major decision against New Mexico Highlands’ Kyle Cambern to finish with a 2-2 record at the Lone Star Duals … won the 174-pound crown at the New York State B Championships, defeating Brockport’s Josh Bloom, 5-1, Nassau C.C.’s Tom Delesia, 10-3, Buffalo’s Jake Blowers, 9-0, and Columbia’s Andy Geving, 6-3, en route to the title.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named a Fargo All-American … honored to All-State Second Team … six-time varsity letterwinner … best finishes in State Tournament were fifth and second … also lettered in football for three years … named to all-conference team in football.
PERSONAL: Ryan Raymond Mergen was born April 19, 1987 in Monticello, Minn. … son of Dave and Paula Mergen … has two brothers, Tyler (16) and Andrew (10) … National Honor Society member … enjoys bow hunting, hiking, water sports and traveling … has been to seven different countries … majoring in Human Geography.
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