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2003-04: Took seventh at NCAA Championships, to take home his first All-America honor ... 2004 Big Ten Champion at 133 pounds, defeating No. 1-seed Foley Dowd of Michigan ... Earned a No. 2-seed for the NCAA Tournament ... Went 6-1 in Big Ten duals ... Was 8-4 vs. ranked opponents, including three upset wins ... Won nearly 50 percent of his matches by major decision or better, recording 11 major wins, two tech falls and two pins ... Placed second at the Midlands, falling only to third-ranked Zach Roberson in the finals...Won Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, defeating Darrell Vasquez of Cal Poly in the finals ... Took first at the Missouri Open, defeating two-time defending national champion Johnny Thompson of Oklahoma State University ... Earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for his performance at the Missouri Open ... Had 32 wins, which ranks 22nd on school's single-season list.
2002-03: Qualified for the NCAA Championships at 133 pounds ... Went 3-2 at the national tournament, coming within one match of all-america status ... Only losses were to two-time national champion Johnny Thompson of Oklahoma State and No. 2 Zach Roberson of Iowa State ... Placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships, winning two of four matches wrestled ... Highest ranking was eighth by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine ... Big Ten Dual Record was 4-2 ... Won the 133-pound weight class at the Missouri Open ... Placed seventh at both the Las Vegas Invite and Midlands ... Had two upsets this season in #16 Joe Malia of Nebraska, 11-4 and #10 Phil Mansueto of Cleveland St., 2-1 (TB) ... Had a 6-11 record vs. ranked opponents.
2001-02: Part-time starter at 133 and 141 pounds ... Placed fifth at the Missouri Open ... Came in sixth place at the Northern Iowa Open ... Turned in a 1-1 record in Big Ten duals at 141 pounds ... Placed seventh at Midlands ... Recorded a 14-7 overall record with four falls at 133 pounds and 1-3 at 141 pounds ... Wrestled in first career Big Ten Championships, going 0-2 ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten ... Earned first career Varsity "I" award.
2000-01: Redshirt season ... Was 16-4 with three falls at 133 pounds ... Came in first place at the Missouri Open in the Frosh/ Soph. division ... Led all Illini freshmen with 16 wins and tied for the freshman lead with three falls ... Was first at the Wilkes Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Ohio state champion ... Junior national Greco-Roman champion ... Placed third at the junior nationals in freestyle ... Earned four varsity letters in wrestling ... Member of four state champion teams ... Member of two national championship teams.
PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1981 ... Went to same high school as Coach Jim Heffernan ... One brother, Eddie, who wrestled at Penn State, and one sister, Becky ... Enrolled in the College of LAS ... Son of Frank and Karen Jayne.
JAYNE'S CAREER RECORD
YEAR W L F Big Ten NCAA 2001-02 15 10 4 DNP --- 2002-03 28 12 3 4th DNP 2003-04 32 4 2 1st 7th Total 75 26 9
