Oklahoma State University Athletics
2009-10 Wrestling Roster
Roster

Dallas Bailey
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Catoosa, Okla.
- High School:
- Catoosa
2011-12: Qualified for the NCAA tournament as a sophomore and went 1-2 at the event ... Finished with a 15-16 overall record and a 7-10 record in dual competition ... Tallied a pair of bonus-point wins over eventual All-Americans, including a 1:17 fall over Appalachian State's Kyle Blevins at the Reno Tournament of Champions and a 13-2 major decision over Virginia Tech's Peter Yates in the first round of NCAAs ... Finished fourth at the conference championships ... Placed second at the RTOC, where he won two matches by fall, including his pin of No. 18 Blevins in the semifinal round ... Placed second at the Central Missouri Open in the 165-pound bracket ... Opened the tournament winning two matches by major decision before pinning Jordan Gagliano from Missouri in the quarterfinal round ... Lone tech fall of the year came against Rush Hall of Arizona State, 19-4 ... Ranked fourth on the squad in dual near falls with six.
2010-11: Finished with a 23-9 overall record that included five wins over ranked opponents ... Was the No. 6 seed at the NCAA Championships, but went 0-2 at the event ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championships despite being seeded fifth at the event ... Lost his pigtail-round bout to Iowa State's Chris Spangler, but rallied in the consolation bracket to score an impressive 5-2 win over No. 10 Zach Toal of Missouri followed by a 5-4 win over Spangler in the third-place bout ... Eight of his victories came with bonus points attached ... Seven of his eight bonus-point wins came by fall ... Most impressive win of the season was a 6-3 decision over fifth-ranked eventual All-American Shane Onufer of Wyoming as part of a dual meet in Stillwater ... Started the season by winning 16 of his first 17 bouts ... Included in that run was a second-period pin of No. 12 Cody Yohn of Minnesota ... Also picked up quality wins over No. 10 Aaron Janssen of Iowa and No. 10 Andrew Sorenson of Iowa State.
2009-10 (Redshirt Year): Strung together a 6-2 overall record competing exclusively in open tournaments ... Of his six wins, five came with bonus points attached, as he recorded two wins by fall and three by technical fall ... Missed most of the open tournaments on the OSU redshirt schedule due to injuries ... Won the 165-pound bracket at the Roger Denker Open in commanding fashion, pinning his first opponent in 32 seconds, then notching tech fall wins in the semifinals and the finals ... Lost a 3-2 decision to eventual All-American Tyler Caldwell of Oklahoma at the Oklahoma City Open.
High School: Attended Catoosa HS in Catoosa, Okla., where he won four Oklahoma state championships and led his team to a pair of team state championships in 2007 and 2008 ... Compiled a 130-5 career record ... Honorable mention ASICS All-American as a senior ... The nation's top-ranked 160-pounder after his senior year by Amateur Wrestling News ... Dream Team Classic winner over Oregon's Alec Ortiz in helping the Oklahoma team become the first-ever state team to win the Dream Team title ... Earned Outstanding Wrestler honors at the 2009 Oklahoma Class 4A state championships ... Tabbed as the No. 2 wrestler in the nation at 160 pounds entering his senior year by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine ... Ranked by Intermat as the nation's No. 22 high school wrestler, regardless of weight class ... Honored by Takedown Radio as the national wrestler of the week in October of 2008 ... Placed fifth at the 2008 Junior Freestyle National Championships ... Owns Oklahoma Class 4A state titles at 135 pounds (2006), 145 pounds (2007) and 171 pounds (2008, 2009) ... An excellent student with a perfect grade point average, Bailey completed most of his high school academic requirements after his junior year and began earning college credit hours by taking concurrent college courses as a prepster ... Had scholarship offers from Nebraska and Penn State.
Personal: Bailey's father, Leo was a two-time All-American for Oklahoma State in 1983 (sixth) and 1986 (fourth). His uncle, Mike Jones, also wrestled for the Cowboys during the 1982 season, taking third at the Big 8 tournament.
Dallas Bailey Capsule
Year | Overall | Dual | vs. Ranked | Fall | MD | TF | Quick |
2009-10 | Redshirted | ||||||
2010-11 | 23-9 | 12-6 | 5-7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0:48 |
2011-12 | 15-16 | 7-10 | 2-11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1:17 |
Career | 38-25 | 19-16 | 7-18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0:48 |