Oregon is another one of those states that has seemingly always been quietly respectable throughout the years in the talent that it produces. Again we're not talking to the level of Ohio or Pennsylvania & we're not pretending to be either. Simply pointing out that even in looking at only the four time state champions, Oregon has produced some good kids. Thankful to have a school like Oregon State that provides a home for these talents as well as NAIA Southern Oregon. It's a shame though that Oregon & Portland State are no longer viable options.
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| David Baker |
The first four time state champion in Oregon was crowned in 1951, when David Baker of Parkrose won his fourth title. From what I have gathered he did not wrestle in college.
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| Lee Allen |
Winning four Oregon High School State titles from 49'-52' for Sandy, Lee Allen started off his collegiate career at Portland State. He then transferred to Oregon where he made All American status his final season of 1957 with a 5th place finish at the NCAA championships.
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| Scott Cardwell |
Scott Cardwell won four Oregon High School State titles from 78'-81' for Lowell. Competing for Oregon State in college, he was a PAC-12 champion his senior season of 1986.
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| Jeff Cardwell |
As did his older brother, Jeff Cardwell won four Oregon High School State titles for Lowell, his from 81'-84'. Also competing for Oregon State, he was a two time All American, placing 6th in 1986 & 7th in 1987. He earned 127 varsity victories.
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| Dan Russell |
Representing Gresham, Dan Russell won four Oregon High School State titles from 83'-86'. He competed for Portland State in college where he proved himself to be one of the best NCAA Division II wrestlers of all time, winning four national titles. He is also on record as being the final DII (or any other Division other than DI for that matter) wrestler to compete in the NCAA Division I tournament. He took 4th place finishes in both 1990 & 1991.
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| Dan Casarez |
Relation to the Cardwells mentioned above, Dan Casarez of Lowell won Oregon High School State titles from 84'-87'. To my knowledge he did not wrestle in college.
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| David Vizzini |
David Vizzini won four Oregon High School State crowns from 88'-91' for Phoenix. Collegiately he wrestled for Portland State where he was a two time NCAA Division II All American taking 7th in 1995 & 6th in 1996.
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| Heath Harvey |
Representing Lowell, Heath Harvey won Oregon State High School championships from 90'-93'. To my knowledge he did not wrestle in college.
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| Dustin Leno |
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| Shawn Finnicum |
Shawn Finnicum won four Oregon High School State titles for Dayton from 94'-97'. Collegiately he wrestled for the Air Force where he won back to back Western Athletic Conference titles in 98' & 99'.
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| Talon Hofman |
Talon Hofman won four Oregon High School State titles for Burns from 01'-04'. He competed collegiately for Oregon State.
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| Barry Johnson |
Representing Dayton, Barry Johnson won four Oregon High School State titles from 02'-05'. Representing Southern Oregon in college he was a NAIA national champion in 2010, also taking 3rd place finishes in 2008 & 2009.
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| Zack Giesen |
Zack Giesen won four Oregon High School State titles for North Valley from 03'-06'. He competed for Stanford collegiately where the highlight of his career was a 6th place All American finish at the 2011 NCAA championships as a senior. Winning 110 matches, he also a won a PAC-12 title in 2011, also owning two Reno crowns in 2010 & 2011 as well.
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| Miguel Baltazar |
A four time Oregon State champion for Culver from 05'-08', Miguel Baltazar began his college career at Colorado State Mesa. He then transferred to Southern Oregon where he was an NAIA All American with a finish of 6th in 2013.
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| Alec Ortiz |
Winning four Oregon High School State titles between Willamina and Newburg from 06'-09', Alec Ortiz competed collegiately for Minnesota.
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| R.J. Pena |
Representing Sprague, R.J. Pena won four Oregon High School State titles from 06'-09'. He wrestled for Oregon State in college where he was an All American his junior season of 2013 with a 5th place finish at the NCAA championships. A three time PAC-12 finalist, he won titles in his sophomore and senior seasons. Also winning both a Reno title & a Midlands title as a senior as well. 116 career victories, 57 of them were via fall.
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| Cy Swartzlander |
Between Burns and Lakeview, Cy Swartzlander won four Oregon High school State titles from 06'-09'. I don't believe he wrestled in college.
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| Tommy Siciliano |
Tommy Siciliano won four Oregon High School State titles from 07'-10' for Newberg. He may have wrestled at Oregon State, but I have yet to verify.
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| Zac Cardwell |
Relation to the Cardwells mentioned above, Zac Cardwell won four Oregon State High School Championships from 08'-11'. He then competed for Oregon State in college.
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| Mike Rodriguez |
An Oregon four time state champion for Hillsboro from 08'-11', I believe but am not for certain that Mike Rodriguez wrestled collegiately for Oregon State.
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| Zac Brunson |
A four time Oregon State champion for Churchill from 09'-12', Zac Brunson wrestled collegiately for Illinois. An All American his senior season of 2017 with a 6th place finish at the NCAA championships, he made the BIG 10 finals in 2016 as a junior. He was also a three time Midlands place-winner going 7th-2nd-3rd his final three seasons.
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| Joey Delgado |
Joey Delgado won four Oregon High School State titles for Hermiston from 09'-12'. He competed for Oregon State where he won a PAC-12 title as a sophomore, taking 3rd place finishes in his junior & senior seasons. Also in his senior season he was 5th at CKLV & 6th at the Midlands.
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| Brandon Griffin |
Brandon Griffin won four Oregon High School State titles from 09'-12'. He wrestled collegiately for Lehigh.
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| Quinn Johnston |
Representing Gold Beach, Quinn Johnston won four Oregon High School State crowns from 09'-12'. He competed for Southwestern Oregon in college where he was a NJCAA All American in 2013 & 2015, 7th place finishes both seasons.
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| Dax Bennett |
Dax Bennett won four Oregon High School state titles for Harrisburg from 16'-19'. Collegiately he competed for Clackamas where he was a two time NJCAA All American. He finished 5th in 2020 & 3rd in 2021.
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| Tyler Berger |
Tyler Berger won his first three Oregon High School State titles from 11'-13' for Hermiston. He won his last in 14' for Crook County. He then went on to a stellar career at the University of Nebraska where he earned All American honors his final three season after finishing one match shy of All American as a freshman. As a sophomore in 2017, he placed 5th, following it up by placing 3rd in 2018 as a junior. He'd finish his career at the NCAA runner-up in 2019. Also a BIG 10 runner-up as a senior, his junior season saw a runner-up finish at the Midlands as he also had finishes of 4th & 3rd his last two seasons at CKLV. He went 116-32 overall.
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| Heath Hartley |
Heath Hartley won four Oregon High School State titles for Nyssa from 14'-17'. To my knowledge he did not wrestle in college.
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| Jared Kasch |
Jared Kasch won four Oregon High School State titles for Culver from 10'-13'. Collegiately he competed for Eastern Oregon.
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| Lucas Randall |
Lucas Randall won four Oregon High School State titles for North Marion from 10'-13'. He competed for Southern Oregon collegiately.
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| Alex Rich |
Alex Rich won four Oregon State High School championships for Crescent Valley from 12'-15'. He competed collegiately for Oregon State.
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| Hans Rockwell |
Representing Riverside, Hans Rockwell won Oregon High School State titles from 12'-15'. Collegiately he began his career at Oregon State, finishing up at Eastern Oregon.
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| Sam Colbray |
Representing Hermiston, Sam Colbray won four Oregon High School State titles from 13'-16'. Collegiately he wrestled for Iowa State. A three time NCAA qualifier, he made the BIG 12 finals in 2019 as a sophomore.
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Santos Cantu who won three state titles at Sprague & one at Crescent Valley is currently at Indiana
Legend Lamer of Crescent Valley is at Cal Poly. A two time NCAA qualifier with three years of eligibility remaining.
Haydn Maley of Roseburg was at Stanford. An NCAA qualifier he has one year of eligibility remaining. Not sure where he will take it, if he'll take it at all.
Beau Ohlson of Mountain View is at Corban.
Layne Van Anrooy of Roseburg is at Michigan with one season of eligibility remaining.
Lorenzo Vasquez of Culver is at Southern Oregon, three years remaining.
Travis Wittlake of Mansfield an All American at Oklahoma State has two seasons left of eligibility.
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Just for measure I'll say it again, this is all the more testimony for restoration of both Duck & Viking wrestling.
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