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2017-18 Wrestling Roster

Zach Bland

Chandler Sambets

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 184
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hanahan, S.C.
  • Highschool Bishop England

Biography

All-Time Record 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Career
Weight HWT 197 184
Record 2-5 4-7 2-25 8-37
Dual 0-0 0-1 1-12 1-13
Decision 2-2 2-3 1-7 5-12
Major Decision 0-1 0-1 0-5 0-7
Technical Fall 0-0 0-2 0-7 0-9
Fall 0-2 2-1 1-6 3-9
Forfeit 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Overtime 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-2
vs. Ranked Opponents - - 0-3 0-3

JUNIOR (2016-17): Competed in 27 matches during the season in the 184-pound weight class ... won by pin in 1 minute, 53 seconds over Coker's Jordon Garlow on Nov. 9 ... earned a 5-4 decision at the Journeymen Classic on Nov. 13. 

SOPHOMORE (2015-16):  Finished sophomore campaign with 6-12 record … competed in The Citadel Open, Wolfpack Open and Southern Scuffle … recorded first win of the season by fall over Devin Burns in 2:02 … finished the Wolfpack Open (11/22) with a 3-2 record … competed in his only dual of the season against Konner Pritchard (Davidson).

FRESHMAN (2014-15): Competed unattached while redshirting.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Bishop England High School in 2014 … competed in football (three letters), wrestling (three letters) and baseball (two letters) for the Bishops … capped off his senior season with a 41-3 overall record, earning AA/A 220-pound South Carolina High School League State  and Region championship … team captain for the wrestling squad, earning all-state and all-lowcountry in his senior season … captured back-to-back football state championships in 2011 and 2012 … started on both the offensive and defensive lines … an all-state defensive line selection as a senior … named to all-region team in both his junior and senior years in football … won Lower State championship, earning all-region honors, as a catcher on the baseball team as a junior … played under the direction of Citadel graduate Mike Darnell in baseball.
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Chandler Michael Sambets … son of Jimmy Butler and Susan Sambets … recipient of Steven Kramer Memorial Scholarship, Charles and Allene Barans Scholarship, George L. Griffith Memorial Scholarship and Michael L. Runey Memorial Cup … major is mechanical engineering. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'11" 285 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'11" 197 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'11" 184 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'11" 184 lbs

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