Ground Report

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –The Hoosiers and number four ranked Taylor Walsh (165 lbs) will travel to Evanston, Illinois to compete in the 52nd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championship hosted by Northwestern University. Competion will start on Monday , Dec. 29 and will be completed on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Monday will be covered on BTN Plus beginning at 10:30 am. Session two of day one will start at 8 pm. Session three starts at 1pm on Tuesday morning (also aired on BTN Plus). The championship rounds will air on BTN at 8 pm on Tuesday evening. Listed below are the 15 Hoosiers that will be participating in the Midlands.

MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Indiana will be participating in the 52nd annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championship. Three Hoosiers are seeded — Taylor Walsh (165 lbs) is No. 2, Nate Jackson (174 lbs) is No. 8 and Luke Sheridan (197 lbs) is No. 9.

Monday will be covered on BTN Plus beginning at 10:30 am. Session two of day one will start at 8 pm. Session three starts at 1pm on Tuesday morning (also aired on BTN Plus). The championship rounds will air on BTN at 8 pm on Tuesday evening.

NATIONALLY-RANKED HOOSIERS
Two Hoosiers are ranked amongst the country’s elite this week (InterMat/WIN Magazine):
#4/6 Taylor Walsh (165 lbs)
#19/14 Nate Jackson (174 lbs)

PIN KING
Redshirt senior Taylor Walsh is continuting his impressive pinning ways. After leading the country last season with 26 pins, Walsh is already well on his way with 14 pins this season. That brings his career total ro 61, which is the most in IU history.

With 111 career wins, Walsh needs three more to break into the top-ten list in Indiana history. Tied for ninth with 114 are Joe Dubuque (2002-06) and Sam Komar (1975-78).

This season Walsh became Indiana’s all-time pin leader. At the end of the 2013-14 season, Walsh was tied with Viktor Sveda (1999-2002) with 47 pins. In his first bout of this season, Walsh captured the record and is only expanding his lead in the record books.

SHER SOME LOVE, TAYLOR
Luke Sheridan has joined teammate Taylor Walsh in the top-ten all-time pins list. Sheridan is currently in a tie for tenth will 31 career pins.

The senior has 10 pins thus far in the 2014-15 season. He only needs four more to jump into the top-ten single-season pins list.

SOPHOMORE SENSATION
Nate Jackson is having an outstanding sophomore (redshirt) season — he has only lost three matches out of 17.

In three dual bouts (3-0), he has outscored his opponents 32-14, a plus-18 differential. In nearly half of Jackson’s victories (6-of-14), he has won by major decision.

In the national rankings, he is ranked as high as No. 14 (WIN Magazine) for the 174-pound weight class. He is also ranked 18th (The Open Mat) and 19th (InterMat).

SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
Hoosier wrestling is active in the social media world. Up-to-the-minute news, team notes, live match results and much more can be found by following @IUWrestling1 on Twitter. In addition, `like’ the team’s official Facebook page by searching “Indiana University Wrestling” and check for news on IUHoosiers.com.
Four-time IU All-American & national champion Angel Escobedo’s pursuit for Olympic Gold in Rio (2016) can be tracked on the Twitterverse as well, follow @driven2dominate.

BTN PLUS
The Hoosier wrestlers will appear six times on BTN Plus (formerly Big Ten Digital Network) for the 2014-15 season.

BTN Plus programming includes non-televised games and events available on BTN2Go with a purchase of a BTN Plus subscription. BTN Plus content features live games produced by students at Big Ten universities. A subscription to BTN Plus on BTN2Go does not require a Big Ten Network TV subscription with a TV provider (from BTN website).

You can subscribe for a school pass for $9.95/month ($79.95/year) or for all of BTN Plus content for $14.95/month ($119.95/year) (Note: All options automatically renew).