Reece Hopkin
Year: Senior
Hometown: Kersey, Colo.
High School: Platte Valley
Height: 6-2
Weight: HWT
2006-07: Began season ranked 10th in a
preseason InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Division I poll ... NCAA West Regional
champion ... finished the season with a record of 19-9 with five
pins ... named to the WWC inaugural Commissioner's Honor Roll ...
named to the 2007 WWC All Conference First Team.
2005-06: Became the first Northern Colorado
wrestler to earn a Division I ranking ... finished the season with
a team-best overall record of 27-6 ... also led the team with a
14-2 dual record ... finished No. 20 in the nation...captured 197
pound title at Colorado Collegiates becoming just the fifth
Northern Colorado wrestler to win an individual crown twice ...
finished second in 197 pounds at Wyoming Cowboy Open... took third
at Bob Smith/Fort Hays State Open... was named one of the top
Division I wrestlers not eligible for the NCAA Championships
because of reclassification ... beat six national tournament
qualifiers ... named 2005-06 Northern Colorado Co-Outstanding Male
Athlete of the Year.
2004-05: Redshirted ... tallied a 7-3 record.
2003-04: Tallied an overall record of 14-7,
including a 7-6 mark in dual action ... notched a first-place
effort at the Wyoming Cowboy Open... also earned first-place honors
at the Colorado Collegiates in Golden, Colo. ... placed 3rd at the
USA Collegiate Wrestling Championships.
High School: Two-time state champion at Platte
Valley... three-time state placer and a four-time state qualifier
... placed 4th in the state as a sophomore ... lettered in
wrestling (4) and football (3) ... four-time all-conference pick in
wrestling.
Personal: Born Aug. 15, 1984 in Wray, Colo. ...
son of Rusty and Lisa Hopkin ... Majoring in sports and exercise
science.