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Zach Roberson

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Roberson participated in the debut season of Real Pro Wrestling, wrestling for the Iowa Stalkers and advanced to the finals at 60 kg. Most recently, Roberson toppled defending U.S. Nationals champion and World Team member Michael Lightner in the 60 kg. finals at the U.S. Nationals in Las Vegas. He registered a third-place finish at the World Team Trials in Ames. Roberson also placed third this year at the U.S. Nationals after finishing seventh in 2004. He defeated the last opponent of his career, Josh Moore (Penn State), for a title at the NYAC Christmas Invitational in 2004. Roberson served as a workout partner for 141-pound national champion Nate Gallick and won a bronze medal in February at the Dave Schultz Memorial International. Roberson is currently ranked fifth at 60 kg. in the latest freestyle rankings and was second at the 2006 NYAC Invitational.

2003-04: Finished Cyclone career as the 2004 NCAA 133-pound champion ... tallied a 31-3 overall record and a 16-2 dual mark ... notched 106 career victories, which is tied for 23rd on Iowa State's all-time career win list ... at the NCAA tournament, decisioned Matt Ciasulli of Lehigh (8-1), pinned The Citadel's Sean Markey (3:56), defeated Foley Dowd of Michigan (3-1), decisioned Cornell's Travis Lee in the semifinals (6-3) and beat Josh Moore of Penn State in the 133-pound final (7-3) ... ranked third nationally at 133 pounds in InterMat's final individual rankings ... was runner-up at the Big 12 Championships, registering his best conference tournament finish of his career ... was the 133-pound champion at the Midlands Wrestling Championships, notching three decisions, a major decision and a fall ... at the Midlands, was voted the Art Kraft Champion of Champions, as best exemplifying the qualities of a champion ... captured the 133-pound first-place title at the Kaufman-Brand Open, tallying a decision, a major decision and two technical falls ... owns an 16-2 record against 2004 NCAA tournament qualifiers ... compiled two falls and four technical falls this season.

2002-03: Notched a 29-6 record with four falls and six technical falls ... took fourth place and earned All-America honors for the second time at 133 pounds at the 2003 NCAA Championship ... pinned by Brandon Lauer of West Virginia in first round of the Championship ... came back in the wrestlebacks to record wins over Arizona State's Mike Simpson (6-2), Appalachian State's Travis Drake (9-1), Oklahoma's Witt Durden (6-1), Illinois' Mark Jayne (7-6), Lauer (16-1, 4:09) and Iowa's Cliff Moore (14-8) ... placed third at 133 pounds at the Big 12 Championship after defeating Missouri's Chris McCormick (10-2) and Nebraska's Joey Malia (13-7) ... tallied a 3-0 mark at the National Duals with decisions over Minnesota's Ryan Lewis (8-6), Durden of Oklahoma (6-1) and Cornell's Byron Warner (11-5) ... was the 133-pound runner-up at the Midlands Championships, registering four decisions and a technical fall ... took first place at the Cyclone Open ... co-captain ... rated No. 5 at 133 pounds in InterMat's final individual rankings.

2001-02: Completed his sophomore year with a 22-11 record and a seventh-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Championship, earning All-America honors for the first time ... tallied NCAA tournament decisions over Anthony Carrizales of Ohio (8-2), Michigan's Foley Dowd (8-3) and Phil Mansueto of Cleveland State (4-0); won by medical forfeit against Edinboro's Cory Ace in the 133-pound seventh-place match ... placed third at the Big 12 Championship collecting major decisions over Chris McCormick of Missouri (16-2) and Nebraska's Joey Malia (11-3) ... registered a sixth-place finish at the Midlands Championship with a 9-2 decision over 2002 NCAA qualifier Evan Sola of North Carolina ... 133-pound runner-up at the Keystone Classic, collecting a pair of pins and a major decision ... was crowned the 133-pound champion at the Harold Nichols Open, going 4-0 with two pins and a pair of major-decision victories.

2000-01: Made the most of his freshman campaign, posting a 24-15 record and was a national qualifier ... recorded wins over Appalachian State's Jeremy Hart (13-5) and Mark Mansueto of Maryland (4-2) at the NCAA Championship ... placed third at the Big 12 tournament with major-decision victories against Nebraska's Dusty Spaulding (12-3) and J.P. Reese of Missouri (14-2) ... tallied perfect performances at the Lone Star Duals with three wins and at the Simpson Duals with four victories ... runner-up at the Harold Nichols Open ... 1999-2000: Redshirted and wrestled unattached at 125 pounds ... participated in the Omaha, UNI and Cyclone Opens.

High School Experience: Four-time Kansas state champion (103, 112, 119, 125) ... compiled a 153-0 record during high school ... had 109 pins ... one of two high school wrestlers in the country to finish his career undefeated in 1999 ... national high school champion runner-up at 125 pounds ... first team Asics high school All-American ... Amateur Wrestling News' No. 1 recruit at 125 pounds ... 34-of-39 wins his junior year resulted in falls ... finished third in junior national tournament in 1997 at 105 pounds and first as a senior at 114 pounds ... named tournament's outstanding wrestler ... earned the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, honoring academic and wrestling excellence as well as community service.

Personal: Born Dec. 18, 1980 ... son of Tim and Melody Maloney ... coached in high school by Tim Serbousek.