2005: Mocco transferred to Oklahoma State after taking an Olympic redshirt year during the 2003-04 season ... in his first match at Oklahoma State, recorded a fall in 14 seconds over Chattanooga's Diaz Edwards ... pinned four of his first five opponents, the one that was not a fall was a tech. fall ... the tech. fall was over No. 17 Jacob McGinnis of Boise State ... won a title at the Kaufman-Brand Open ... defeated Iowa's Matt Fields in the semifinals before majoring Division II national champion Les Sigman in the finals ... defeated second-ranked Cole Konrad of Minnesota in sudden victory ... majored Oklahoma's No. 16 Jake Hager to help the Cowboys clinch the dual ... won a title at the Reno Tournament of Champions, recording two falls in the process ... defeated sixth-ranked Cain Velasquez of Arizona State in the finals of the Reno Tournament of Champions ... pinned Cal Poly's Arturo Basulto in 49 seconds, and majored Fresno State's 12th-ranked Clint Walbeck in two duals on Dec. 22 ... pinned Michigan State's Max Lossen in 63 seconds ... recorded a decision over Iowa's sixth-ranked Fields ... was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after recording three falls and a tech. fall at the National Duals ... his fall against Illinois' Mike Behnke helped OSU clinch its third straight National Duals title ... recorded a major decision over Iowa State's 10th-ranked Scott Coleman ... had four consecutive falls starting with Northern Iowa's Jeff Knoll in 49 seconds ... pinned Missouri's Chase Wetenkamp in 32 seconds ... his match with Oregon State's Jamie Rakevich lasted 54 seconds ... he pinned Chris Dearmon of Oregon in 1:21 ... Mocco completed OSU's rally of Nebraska with a major decision over Mitch Manstedt ... pinned Hofstra's Gian Villante in 2:05 ... recorded a tech. fall over No. 17 Paul Weibel of Lehigh ... his victory over Weibel was the 100th win of his collegiate career ... closed out the season with a 10-3 decision over Oklahoma's Joel Tapler ... won his first Big 12 championship with two wins in Omaha ... defeated Nebraska's Jon May by a major decision in the semifinals before downing Iowa State's No. 11 Scott Coleman for the title ... won his second NCAA title by defeating Minnesota's Cole Konrad in sudden victory ... allowed just four points in the NCAA Tournament ... was named the Dan Hodge Trophy Award winner for his dominating season ... nominated for an ESPY as the male student-athlete of the year ... finished the season a perfect 37-0 ... 17 of his wins have come by fall ... he had seven matches that lasted less than a minute ... Mocco's 20 total falls puts him fourth on OSU's single season falls list ... scored 103 team points in duals ... was third on the team with 69 takedowns in duals ... wrestled in only 10 matches that were decided by a decision.
International: Mocco's ultimate goal is to qualify for the Olympics ... fell just short of that by finishing third at the 2004 Olympic trials ... competed at the 2005 U.S. Senior Nationals in Las Vegas finishing second to Tolly Thompson ... went to the World Team Trials in Ames, Iowa and won the challenge tournament, but failed to qualify again losing to Thompson in the finals ... qualified for the 2005 World University Games in Turkey, but did not compete due to a minor injury ... was a 2003 NYAC Christmas International champion ... finished second in the 2003 Ivan Yarygin Cup ... was 2003 Sunkist Kids International Open champion.
Before OSU: Mocco was a two-time NCAA finalist, while attending the University of Iowa ... He posted a 37-3 record as a freshman and lost to Tommy Rowlands of Ohio State in the finals ... posted a perfect 34-0 record as a sophomore en route to his first NCAA individual title ... took an Olympic redshirt year during the 2003-04 season.
High School: Accumulated four state championships, while attending Blair Academy ... also was a Junior National Champion in judo ... finished third at nationals in judo in 1999 ... was the 2001 ASICS Tiger High School Wrestler of the Year.
Personal: Mocco is the son of Joe Mocco and Hellen Peck ... has a brother Joe and a sister Katie ... enjoys hunting in his spare time ... is majoring in education ... was born on Dec. 28, 1981.
