For Immediate Release
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
NSIC Media Relations


BURNSVILLE, Minn. - St. Cloud State was selected to win the league in the NSIC Preseason Wrestling Coaches' Poll.  The Huskies had 64 points and all eight first place votes (coaches cannot vote for their own team) to rank 11 points ahead of Upper Iowa, which was second with 53 points. Minnesota State was third with 51 points while Augustana was fourth with 46 points and received the other first place vote.
 
St. Cloud State's Brett Velasquez was voted by the league coaches as the preseason wrestler of the year for the second straight season. Velasquez was the 2016 national champion and finished third at nationals in 2017 and fourth in 2018.

NSIC Wrestling's non-conference schedule gets underway this weekend with the first NSIC duals taking place at the end of November and continue throughout the year. 

NSIC Wrestlers to Watch - 2018-19
Preseason Wrestler of the Year in Italics  (More info at link above)  

Name	Wt	Yr	School	Hometown	High School
Keaten Schorr	141	So.	AUGIE	Mantorville, Minn.	Kasson-Mantorville
Tate Barnhardt	133	Sr.	UMary	Bismarck, N.D.	St. Mary's
George Farmah	133	Sr.	MSU	St. Paul, Minn.	Eastview
Adam Blees	174	Sr.	MSUM	Bismarck, N.D.	Bismarck
Keegan Berry	184	Jr.	MINOT	Casper, Wyo.	Natrona County
Kenny Jones	141	So.	NSU	Susanville, Calif.	Lassen
Cortez Arredondo	157	Sr.	SMSU	West St. Paul, Minn.	Simley
Brett Velasquez	125	Sr.	SCSU	Bennington, Neb.	Bennington
Maleek Williams	125	Sr.	UIU	Miami, Fla.	South Dade