Teyon Ware
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| Born | August 13, 1983 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145.5 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma Sooners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wyoming Cowboys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teyon Ware (born August 13, 1983) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Competing for the Oklahoma Sooners, Ware won NCAA Division I wrestling titles at 141 pounds in 2003 and 2005.[1] Ware is a 4-time All-American, former Big 12 Conference champion, and U.S. World Team member that competed at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Early life
[edit]Ware attended Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma.[3] In high school, Ware was a letterman in football and wrestling. In wrestling, he won four Oklahoma state championships and compiled a perfect 132-0 record and was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner for 2002.[4][3][5] In football, he won All-District honors and second team All-State honors. He was also Homecoming King his senior year.
College career
[edit]Teyon attended the University of Oklahoma on a full ride wrestling scholarship. He won a national championship his freshmen year, took sixth place his sophomore year, won his junior year and placed second his senior year. He graduated in May 2007 with a Mass Communications degree.
International career
[edit]Ware represented Team USA at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in freestyle at 66 kg, where he lost to Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine 2-1, 4-0.[6]
Coaching career
[edit]On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Ware would join the University of Wyoming's coaching staff.
Personal life
[edit]Ware married Shea Nicole McMullin on July 26, 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ "Past OU Standouts at Olympic Trials - SoonerSports.com - Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners". Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Binghamton Adds Two-Time NCAA Champion Teyon Ware to Coaching Staff | New York Wrestling News". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "Major decisionOU wrestler found happiness as part of an Edmond family". Oklahoman.com. February 8, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Junior Hodge Trophy Winners". WIN Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "TEYON WARE". Oklahoman.com. February 8, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Jordan Burroughs storms into gold-medal match at World Championships | TheMat.com - USA Wrestling". www.themat.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.
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