International/Military Wrestling Experience

2010 Greco-Roman World Team Trials Champion and World Team Member
2010 Greco-Roman Bronze Medalist at U.S. Nationals
2007 Greco-Roman World Cup Champion
2006 Greco-Roman Pan-Am Silver Medalist
2006 Greco-Roman World Team Trials Champion and World Team Member
2006 Greco-Roman National Champion
6x Greco-Roman Team USA Member
6x Greco-Roman National Champion (Senior, 2x University, Junior-Fila, Junior, and Cadet)
2004 Olympic Alternate
11x Armed Forces Gold Medalist
2000 Greco-Roman World Military Bronze Medalist
2000 Greco-Roman Junior World Team Member
Competed in over 30 international wrestling tournaments (Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Serbia, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Lithuania, France, Poland, Kazakhstan, Turkey, China, Japan, Cuba)

High School/Youth Wrestling Experience

2x Minnesota High School State Champion for South St. Paul
3x Captain for South St. Paul’s wrestling team
6x Letter-Winner in wrestling for SSPHS
Over 20 Age Group State Championships (6-18 years old; Freestyle, Folkstyle, and Greco-Roman)
15x Age Group Regional National Champion (10-18 years old; Freestyle and Greco-Roman)
Member of MN’s 1996 Cultural Exchange Team that competed in Russia
Member of MN’s 1997 Cultural Exchange Team that competed in Sweden

Coaching Experience

International Olympic Committee, 2009. Spent 5 months in the Federated States of Micronesia helping to build the sport of wrestling alongside the FSM National Olympic Committee. Organized practices, built interest in the sport, trained wrestlers of all ages, and hosted competitions in each of the 4 island states (Yap, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae).
Have helped coach and train numerous top MMA fighters including; BJ Penn, Rashaad Evans, Mo Lawal, Kendall Grove, Bobby Lashley, Joe Warren, Jake Ellenberger, Nate Marquardt, Jonathan Brookins, and Brett Rogers.
Team Okinawa Cadet & Junior National Teams, 2005-2006. Organized a team of military dependants (high school-aged) living in Japan to train for, and compete in, the U.S. Age Group National Championships. First time a U.S. Military installation on foreign soil was represented in the most prestigious age-group wrestling tournament in the U.S.
Armed Forces Dependant’s Cadet & Junior National Teams, 2007-current. Organized travel, housing, and training for over a dozen high school-aged wrestlers stationed overseas to compete in the U.S. Age Group National Championships. What started as Team Okinawa had rapidly grown to a representation of military dependants living in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. combined. In 2008 was unable to organize a team due to military obligations.
MN Storm Cadet & Junior National Teams, 1999-current. Instructor, counselor, and driver in charge of training Minnesota’s top high school wrestlers for a two week period leading up to the U.S. Age Group National Championships. Coached and cornered numerous wrestlers to All-American status, and several to being crowned National Champions.
Ambition Training Academy, 2009-current. Was selected as the Director of Wrestling. In charge of setting up training schedules, organizing camps, and instruction of wrestling for wrestlers and Mixed-Martial Artists of all ages.
J Robinson’s Intensive Wrestling Camps, 1999. Was an instructor and camp counselor for several thousand high school-aged wrestlers at various camps in Minnesota, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. During the Iowa portion of the camp was voted as the top counselor by the campers.
Screaming Eagles Wrestling Club, 1999. Coached wrestlers from ages 4-18 in the summer wrestling program for Champlain Park High School as a freshman at the University of Minnesota; Was in charge of organizing warm-ups, showing technique, and cornering young wrestlers during matches.
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command, 1999-2008. Assisted recruiting efforts by running wrestling seminars and speaking at assemblies about the opportunities available by the U.S. Marine Corps (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts).