CBU's Jacob Waste Headlines #RMACwrestle Preseason All-RMAC Team
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – California Baptist University’s Jacob Waste has been named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Preseason Wrestler of the Year.
Waste finished the 2015-16 campaign earning NCAA Division II All-American honors after a third-place finish at nationals in 184-pounds. He was the NCAA Division II Super Region IV and RMAC 184-pounds individual champion and named First-Team All-RMAC. Waste helped the Lancers earn the team title at the conference’s first RMAC-only Wrestling Championship since 1992.
The redshirt-senior finished the season 16-3, going 3-0 in duals. Two of his three losses of the season came from Division I opponents. At one point during the season, Waste posted 12-straight victories.
After competing two years for the Lancers at 184, Waste will move up to 197-pounds this season.
Waste also landed a spot on the 2016-17 Preseason All-RMAC team, along with 10 other wrestlers. Each weight class had a Preseason All-RMAC Wrestler, however there was a three-way tie at 157-pounds.
The awards were voted on by the conferences’ nine head coaches. The coaches were not allowed to vote for their own wrestlers.
2016-17 Preseason All-RMAC
125 – Ronnie Wardleigh, Western State
133 – Martin Ramirez, Adams State
141 – Daniel Salazar, Colorado Mesa
149 – Ian Steen, Western State
157 – Kurt Becker, CBU
Jessie Martinez, NMHU
Ethan Ruby, Colorado Mines
165 – Nolan Kistler, CBU
184 – Nick Fiegener, CBU
197 – Jacob Waste, CBU
285 – Jacob Mitchell, CSU-Pueblo
*Note: There was a three-way tie for the 157-weight class