Obenson Blanc

2008-09: Compiled a 30-10 record that included a 16-6 mark in dual competition and eight wins over ranked opponents ... Third-place finisher at the Big 12 Championships ... Fell one win shy of earning All-America status at the NCAA Championships ... Toppled No. 6 James Nicholson of Old Dominion at the NCAA Championships by a 3-2 score ... Won the 100th bout of his career when he claimed a 14-6 major decision win over Western Wyoming's Ryker Vandertoolen in the first round of the Reno Tournament of Champions ... One of five Cowboys to start every dual ... Claimed 12 bonus-point victories highlighted by a pin of Missouri's Troy Dolan in only 57 seconds in a dual meet in Stillwater and a 17-4 major decision win over No. 12 Jarrod Garnett of Virginia Tech at the NCAA Championships ... Had two major decision wins at the Big 12 Championships with a 13-2 major over Missouri's Troy Dolan and an 11-3 wipeout of Nebraska's Andy Pokorny ... Won the 125-pound bracket at the Central Missouri Open to start the season and took second at the Reno Tournament of Champions to help the Cowboys to the team title at the event.

2007-08 (Olympic Redshirt Year): Did not compete for Lock Haven as he trained with hopes of earning a spot on the Olympic Team.

2006-07: Earned All-America honors after finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships ... In doing so, he became the first Lock Haven wrestler to earn All-American honors since Mike Maney in 2003 and was the highest place-winner for the Haven since JaMarr Billman took fifth in 2002 ... Finished the season with a 34-8 overall record that included three wins by fall, seven major decision victories and four technical falls ... Eastern Wrestling League conference champion at 125 pounds for the second consecutive year.

2005-06: Won the first of his two Eastern Wrestling League championships ... Compiled a 26-10 record as a sophomore that included seven wins by major decision and three wins by technical fall.

2004-05: Finished the season 28-14 with a pair of falls and five major decisions ... Took third at the EWL Meet, earning a trip to St. Louis for the National Championships ... PSAC Champion ... Also won his class at the Hitchcock Memorial Classic, hosted by Millersville University ... Placed third in the Nittany Lion Open at Pennsylvania State University ... Took seventh at the Mat Town USA Invitational.

2003-04 (Redshirt Year): Redshirt season.

High School: Florida state champion ... National High School Senior Open Champion ... Ranked sixth at 112 pounds by the Amateur Wrestling News as a senior ... Honor roll student ... US Army Reserve National Student-Athlete award winner.

Personal: Born May 17, 1985 ... Son of Wilbert Blanc and Erisee Estimo.

Blanc Capsule

Year Overall Dual vs. Ranked Fall MD TF Quick

2004-05* 28-14 n/a n/a 2 5 n/a n/a

2005-06* 26-10 n/a n/a n/a 7 3 n/a

2006-07* 34-8 n/a n/a 3 7 4 n/a

2007-08 Olympic Redshirt

2008-09 30-10 16-6 8-9 4 8 0 0:57

Career 118-42 n/a n/a n/a 25 n/a n/a

* at Lock Haven University, where stats were not all available