Oklahoma State University Athletics
Mason Preps For Iowa, Second Half Of Season
January 17, 2009 | Cowboy Wrestling
By Chris Perry, OSU Media Relations
Brandon Mason will put on the orange singlet to face Iowa for the final time Sunday. In a matter of months, he will put on a white lab coat as he enters medical school.
Ranked No. 11 in the nation at 165 pounds, Mason, a Shenandoah, Iowa native, will likely square off against No. 3 Ryan Morningstar. Mason has a 21-3 record while Morningstar boasts a 17-2 record for the top-ranked Hawkeyes.
Morningstar, a Lisbon, Iowa native, and Mason were both Iowa high school state champions in 2003 and 2004.
“I'd like to say it's just another match, but it isn't,” Mason said. “It's a pride thing, I want to go out there and win this one probably more than a lot of our other duals."
Mason, a 2007 All-American and two-time Big 12 conference runner-up wrestled at 174 pounds for his first three years of varsity competition for the Cowboys. He made the move to 165 pounds this season.
“I've got to be a lot more committed in what I eat and getting extra workouts in,” Mason said. “I can't eat as much. At 174, I could eat whatever I wanted.”
Mason, a fifth-year senior, interviewed for medical school Wednesday. He said that his time on the mat with the Cowboys has prepared him for life after wrestling by teaching him to balance his school work and competing at the highest level.
“I think life on the mat has prepared me really well,” Mason said. “We work so hard in the wrestling room and then to try to keep my studies up and get good grades. It's hard work and I'll have a lot more time for my studies and I've learned a good work ethic being in the wrestling room.”
Mason said that he has gotten much out of his five years at OSU and that many things have benefited him as a Cowboy wrestler.
“I've gotten so many things out of my time at OSU,” Mason said. “I've grown wrestling-wise, as a man and in character. I met my wife here. It's a wonderful place and I can't say enough good things about being here.”
Though Mason has a lot to look forward to with medical school and life after wrestling, he said that he still has unfinished business before his final match.
“I haven't accomplished a lot here yet,” Mason said. “There is still a lot I want to accomplish. Winning nationals was my goal when I came here and it still is my goal.”
Brandon Mason will put on the orange singlet to face Iowa for the final time Sunday. In a matter of months, he will put on a white lab coat as he enters medical school.
Ranked No. 11 in the nation at 165 pounds, Mason, a Shenandoah, Iowa native, will likely square off against No. 3 Ryan Morningstar. Mason has a 21-3 record while Morningstar boasts a 17-2 record for the top-ranked Hawkeyes.
Morningstar, a Lisbon, Iowa native, and Mason were both Iowa high school state champions in 2003 and 2004.
“I'd like to say it's just another match, but it isn't,” Mason said. “It's a pride thing, I want to go out there and win this one probably more than a lot of our other duals."
Mason, a 2007 All-American and two-time Big 12 conference runner-up wrestled at 174 pounds for his first three years of varsity competition for the Cowboys. He made the move to 165 pounds this season.
“I've got to be a lot more committed in what I eat and getting extra workouts in,” Mason said. “I can't eat as much. At 174, I could eat whatever I wanted.”
Mason, a fifth-year senior, interviewed for medical school Wednesday. He said that his time on the mat with the Cowboys has prepared him for life after wrestling by teaching him to balance his school work and competing at the highest level.
“I think life on the mat has prepared me really well,” Mason said. “We work so hard in the wrestling room and then to try to keep my studies up and get good grades. It's hard work and I'll have a lot more time for my studies and I've learned a good work ethic being in the wrestling room.”
Mason said that he has gotten much out of his five years at OSU and that many things have benefited him as a Cowboy wrestler.
“I've gotten so many things out of my time at OSU,” Mason said. “I've grown wrestling-wise, as a man and in character. I met my wife here. It's a wonderful place and I can't say enough good things about being here.”
Though Mason has a lot to look forward to with medical school and life after wrestling, he said that he still has unfinished business before his final match.
“I haven't accomplished a lot here yet,” Mason said. “There is still a lot I want to accomplish. Winning nationals was my goal when I came here and it still is my goal.”
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