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COLLIN CUDD, SENIOR, RIVER FALLS, WIS.<br />
125 LBS.<br />
Collin Cudd is already a three-time NCAA Championship<br />
<strong>com</strong>petitor and will look to qualify for<br />
his final NCAAs at 125 lbs. This season Cudd<br />
won the 125 lbs. division at the Body Bar Invite,<br />
started the season 8-0 and is 17-8 overall<br />
as Wisconsin’s starter in the weight class. Last<br />
year at the Big Tens, Cudd was unseeded but<br />
finished fifth. As a freshman, Cudd placed seventh<br />
and he had another fifth place finish as a<br />
junior.<br />
ZACH TANELLI, JUNIOR, SHORT HILLS, N.J.<br />
133 LBS.<br />
Zach Tanelli finished the season 21-8 overall<br />
and 5-3 in Big Ten dual action. Tanelli faced five<br />
top-10 opponents in the last seven duals of the<br />
regular season. He upset then-No. 5 Mack Reiter<br />
of Minnesota and then-No. 10 Andrae Hernandez<br />
of Indiana. Tanelli currently ranks No. 8 in<br />
the country and was named Big Ten Wrestler of<br />
the Week after upsetting Reiter. Last year, Tanelli<br />
<strong>com</strong>peted in his first Big Ten Championships and<br />
qualified for his first NCAAs as a wildcard.<br />
KYLE RUSCHELL, SOPHOMORE, CRITTENDEN, KY.<br />
141 LBS.<br />
Kyle Ruschell was the runner-up at 141 lbs. at<br />
Big Tens in 2007. He finished the season 22-5<br />
overall, 16-2 in dual action and 5-2 in Big Ten duals.<br />
He also had a strong performance at the Body<br />
Bar Invite, finishing second. Some notable wins<br />
for Ruschell this season include a 10-4 win over J.<br />
Jaggers from OSU, a 8-0 major decision over Dan<br />
LeClere from Iowa and a 6-1 win against Manuel<br />
Rivera from Minnesota. Ruschell moved up to a<br />
No. 4 ranking, the highest of his career, after upsetting<br />
Rivera and is currently No. 6.<br />
KENDALL VOGEL, FRESHMAN, WESTFIELD, WIS.<br />
149 LBS.<br />
With the departure of former All-American Tyler<br />
Turner at 149 lbs., freshman Kendall Vogel stepped<br />
into the lineup. In his first season at Wisconsin, he<br />
finished 9-14 overall, 3-11 in duals and 1-5 in the<br />
Big Ten. His lone Big Ten win came against Illinois<br />
when he pinned Grant Paswall in 6:51.
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