Stocking Up National Champion Central Oklahoma Announces Signings
6/11/2007 12:26:00 PM
EDMOND (June 11) -- NCAA Division II national wrestling champion Central Oklahoma has picked up six recruits for the 2007-08 season, including five in-state products who won a combined nine state championships.
Signing with the 15-time national champion Bronchos were high school standouts Trey Branscum of Ponca City, Kelly Henderson of Tahlequah, Shawn Ledford of Pawnee and Randy Tonche of Sallisaw, with UCO also adding a pair of junior college stars in Tommy McCarty of Bristow and
Tim Elliott of Wichita, Kan. Elliott was a two-time All-American at Labette, earning Outstanding Wrestler honors this season after capturing the 125-pound national championship following a fifth-place finish as a freshman. He won a Kansas high school state title as a senior at Wichita State and will wrestle at 133 next year for the Bronchos.