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Nate Carr, Jr.

LHU assistant wrestling coach Nate Carr, Jr. has played a pivotal role is returning LHU wrestling to the national spotlight and in his previous four seasons, he made a major impact in a number of areas for Lock haven.
 
For Carr, the 2021-22 season marks his sixth at Lock Haven after limited 2020-21 action. 
 
It’s no question, his leadership helped LHU to even greater success in recent years. 

NEW BEGINNINGS: LHU Wrestling ushers in new era during 2019-20 season
 
The 2019-20 season ushered in new beginnings for LHU wrestling as Lock Haven officially opened its tenure in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
 
The Bald Eagles went 7-7 overall in dual action and finished their first regular season in the MAC at 3-4 overall. Lock Haven was 3-3 in MAC East duals with wins over local-rival Bloomsburg, George Mason and longtime-rival Edinboro.

Jared Siegrist, a senior, made history by winning LHU's first ever individual MAC title after a dominating run to the 174-pound title. Thanks to Siegrist's title and seven place-winners, Lock Haven placed fifth at its first-ever MAC Tournament in March.
Lock Haven continued its dominance in the classroom, as DJ Fehlman, Kyle Shoop and Alex Klucker were all named 2019-20 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division I Scholar All-Americans. The program ranked No. 22 among all NCAA Division I programs in team GPA.

Highlights of the 2019-20 Season:
  • 1 All-American (Luke Werner, NWCA Honorable Mention All-American at 125 pounds)
  • LHU led the NCAA in bonus-point victories
  • LHU led the NCAA in tech falls
    • Werner's seven tech falls ranked No. 6 among all DI wrestlers.
  • LHU ranked No. 2 in country in pins
  • 5 NCAA Division I National Qualifiers
    • 125 lbs. Jr. Luke Werner // First-Time Qualifier // 2020 NWCA All-American
      133 lbs. R-Sr. DJ Fehlman // 3X NCAA Qualifier
      141 lbs. R-Sr. Kyle Shoop // 4X NCAA Qualifier // 2019 All-American (7th)
      157 lbs. R-Sr. Alex Klucker // 3X NCAA Qualifier
      174 lbs. Sr. Jared Siegrist // First-Time Qualifier
  • 1 Individual MAC Champion (Jared Siegrist, 174 pounds)
  • 7 of 10 LHU wrestlers placed at the 2020 MAC Championships, LHU's first-ever MAC Tournament
  • 4 Bald Eagles named to Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team
  • DJ Fehlman (133) picked up his 100th win, and in doing so, he became Lock Haven's 22nd member of the 100-win club. He finished his remarkable career with 113 wins and 10th LHU All-Time.
  • Kyle Shoop finished his sensational career with 130 wins, the second most in LHU history. Shoop racked up 45 career tech falls, the most of any Bald Eagle wrestler in history.

 
THE RISE IS FOR REAL: A look back at the 2018-19 season:

The 2018-19 season is behind the Bald Eagles, and what a season it was in Mat-Town U.S.A. Without question, the 2018-19 campaign proved LHU's rise not only continues, but that it is for real.
 
For the second straight season, the Bald Eagles finished the year with a top-20 performance at the NCAA Division I Championships. Behind two more individual All-American performances, the 18th place finish at the national tournament in Pittsburgh put a fitting exclamation point to the end of a banner season.
 
LHU finished 18th at the 2019 NCAA Division I Championships in Pittsburgh, behind two All-Americans honors. Chance Marsteller was third overall and Kyle Shoop was seventh. The 18th place team finish helped top Big Ten schools Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, Maryland, Purdue, Michigan State and Indiana. The Bald Eagles also beat North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Army, Navy and local-rival Bucknell.
 
Overall, the Bald Eagles were represented by six wrestlers in Pittsburgh at the NCAA Championships.
 
After the season, Chance Marsteller was named the EWL and PSAC Athlete of the Year.
 
Lock Haven won its second straight EWL championship (just the third in school history), thanks to a school-record six individual EWL champions.
 
A total LHU wrestlers were named to the EWL All-Academic Team, which provided a strong hold on academic success as well.
 
Also of note, LHU won the 2019 PSAC Division I Championship.
 
A look back at 2017-18:
In just his second season at LHU, Carr helped the Bald Eagles regain their footprint in the national spotlight after a historic 2017-18 season.
 
Ronnie Perry, a national finalist at 149 pounds was one of two LHU All-Americans and he was named both the PSAC and EWL Athlete of the Year. Chance Marsteller (165) was also an All-American.
 
The Bald Eagles capped their special season with a 16th place finish at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships in Cleveland. Behind two All-American performances the Bald Eagles scored 35 points and placed 16th out of 65 teams. Lock Haven finished just 2.5 points behind 34-time NCAA champion Oklahoma State and 1.5 points behind perennial national-power Lehigh. LHU finished ahead of 2007 national champion Minnesota, as well as six other Big Ten teams. The Haven also came in ahead of ACC powers North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia and LHU topped Big 12 schools Northern Iowa, West Virginia, Iowa State and Oklahoma. It marked LHU's highest finish since a tie for 19th back in 2002.
 
In all, LHU had six national qualifiers last season, and now, in five seasons Moore has led 19 student-athletes to the NCAA Tournament.
 
The nationally-ranked LHU wrestling team crowned three individual champions and nine Bald Eagles placed as LHU powered its way to the 2018 EWL team title. It marked the second EWL championship in school history and the first since the Bald Eagles won the title in 1997. Ronnie Perry, Alex Klucker and Corey Hazel all claimed individual EWL titles, while Chance Marsteller and Thomas Haines both placed second. The three individual EWL champions were the most since the Bald Eagles also had three in 2001. Perry's title marked the second straight season he claimed an individual title.
 
LHU finished the regular season at 12-4 with the 12 wins marking the most in a single season in 15 years. Lock Haven was 4-2 in EWL action with wins over local-rival Bloomsburg, George Mason, Cleveland State and Clarion. Also highlighting the regular season was the Bald Eagles PSAC Championship. Behind five individual PSAC champs, the Bald Eagles rolled to their first PSAC title in 17 seasons. The title marked Lock Haven's 20th PSAC title, the most of any conference school.
 
On December 5, 2017, the LHU wrestling team returned to the national rankings for the first time in 15 years and the Bald Eagles ended a historic 2017-18 regular season ranked No. 23. LHU was ranked No. 23 in the final USA Today/NWCA Division I coaches poll for the 2017-18 season, which was released on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Back on Dec. 5, after Lock Haven's upset-win over Rutgers, the Bald Eagles debuted at No. 24.
 
Lock Haven also saw success off the mats in 2017-18.
 
A total of 15 LHU wrestlers earned a spot on the 2017-18 EWL All-Academic Team. To earn a spot on the EWL All-Academic Team, one must have achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall 2017 semester. Once again, it proved the Bald Eagles are the true definition of student-athletes. The Bald Eagles were named a 2017-18 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Top-30 All-Academic Team, ranking 13th in Division I. LHU was the only EWL team to make the list. The Bald Eagles were also one of just four programs to finish among the top-20 on the academic list and top-20 (LHU, 16th) at the 2018 NCAA DI Championships. Four Bald Eagles earned individual Division I All-Academic honors including DJ Fehlman, Ronnie Perry, Alex Klucker and Chance Marsteller. Marsteller also earned a spot on the prestigious 2017-18 PSAC Winter Top 10 Award. He became the first Bald Eagle student-athlete to earn the award since 2015-16 and just the third in the last five years.
 
LHU ranked 18th in DI home dual attendance in 2017-18, a credit to the coaching stuff.
 
Carr’s file:
 
Carr was named the new Lock Haven University assistant wrestling coach in July 2016.
 
The 2016-17 season was a tremendous year both on and off the mat for The Haven. 14 student-athletes were named to the EWL All-Academic team. Highlighting the individual academic success was DJ Fehlman, Ronnie Perry and Tristan Sponseller who were named to the NWCA Division I All-Academic list. As a team, LHU finished 6th in the nation in team GPA finishing with a 3.391. The Bald Eagles were the only EWL team in the top 30 and ranked first among all teams in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
On the mat, LHU saw great success as they had four individuals qualify for the NCAA tournament. Fehlman, Thomas Haines and Kyle Shoop all qualified for the first time while Perry made his second trip to the Championships.
 
At the end of the year, four wrestlers were among the most dominant in the nation. Adam Mackie finished sixth in the nation in pins with 12. Perry, Shoop and Haines were all ranked in the top-10 for tech falls, finishing fourth, sixth and eighth respectively.
 
Perry became Lock Haven’s 41st individual EWL champion as he won the 141-pound title. Fehlman (133), Mackie (174) and Haines (285) all finished as the runner up their respective weight class.
 
The Bald Eagles finished second at the PSAC Championship as nine of the 10 wrestlers placed, highlighted by Perry and Haines who were crowned champions.
 
LHU went 8-8 in duals and a 4-2 mark in the EWL which is the most conference wins in a single season in 15 years.
 
Carr, a 2012 graduate of Iowa State, is a former standout wrestler for the Cyclones.
 
Before LHU, Carr spent the previous two years with the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club in Ithaca, New York. As a senior level athlete and coach at the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club, Carr had also spent time working with the nearby NCAA Division I Cornell wrestling program.
 
Cornell finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Tournaments in each of the previous two seasons.
 
Prior to his time in Ithaca, Carr spent time on both the University of Maryland and University of Virginia coaching staffs.
 
Before joining the Iowa State wrestling program as a student-athlete, Carr was a 2007 National Junior College Champion at Iowa Central Community College. At Iowa State, he was a two-year starter. Carr was a 2010 United States Freestyle All-American and finished as runner-up at the 2015 Canada Cup.
 
He graduated from Iowa State with a Bachelor of Liberal Studies in 2012.
 
Carr's father, Nate Carr, Sr. was a three-time NCAA champion at Iowa State and won a bronze medal while competing for Team USA at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
 
*Updated November 2021
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