Ross Tice
Position: 165
Year: 5th/Sr.
Hometown: Brookfield, Ohio
High School: Brookfield

2011-12

• Placed third at MAC Championships, going 3-1 with a pin

• Placed fourth at Body Bar with two pins

• Named to Academic All-MAC Team

 

2010-11

• Went 2-2 at NCAA Championships after receiving at-large bid

• Went 4-1 at MAC Championships, earning a true second place with 14-3 major decision win over former NCAA runner-up Mike Miller

• Finished 30-14 overall, tallying second most wins on the team

• Recorded six major decisions and three tech falls

• Went 4-1 in MAC duals 

• Earned Academic All-MAC honors for the third straight season

• Named to NWCA All-Academic Team for third straight year

• Placed seventh at Southern Scuffle with 5-2 mark

• Went 3-1 in third place finish at Body Bar

• Placed sixth at Hokie Open, going 3-2 with a tech fall

• Scored pivotal 17-2 tech fall win in Kent State's 18-16 dual win over Lehigh

• Placed fifth at FILA University Nationals, competing at 79 KG

 

2009-10

• Earned an automatic qualifying spot to the NCAA Championships

• Placed second at the Mid-American Conference Championships with a 4-1 mark

• Finished fourth on the team in victories with 28

• Went 23-9 in tournament competition, including a victory at NCAA Championships

• Placed third at the Body Bar Invitational with a pair of major decisions

• Finished third at the Oklahoma Gold Classic with a 5-1 record

• Placed sixth at the Hokie Open with a 6-2 mark, beginning the season at 157 pounds

• Totaled four major decisions, one technical fall and one pin

• Went 4-2 at Southern Scuffle

• Defeated No. 20 Matt Epperly of Virginia Tech, igniting the Flashes' comeback victory over the Hokies at the Virginia Duals

• Named to Academic All-MAC Team and NWCA All-Academic Team.

 

2008-09

• In his first full season, finished with an 18-16 record and a 3-2 record in Mid-American Conference duals

• Ended the season with one technical fall and one majpr decision

• Finished fourth at 157 pounds, earning his only technical fall of the year in wrestlebacks against John-Martin Cannon 16-0

• Won six-straight matches from Jan. 10-Feb.7

• Finished fifth at both the Oklahoma Gold and the Body Bar Invitational (11/8 and 11/22), respectively.

 

2007-08

• Was redshirted.

Prior to Kent State

• Compiled a 155-32 record at Brookfield, winning more than 30 duals every season as a Warrior

• Was an OHSAA State Wrestling Championships qualifier his final three high school seasons, including a seventh place finish his junior season and a runner-up finish his senior season

• Was named the East Ohio Wrestling League Wrestler of the Year in his senior season

• Named to the First Team All-Trumbull County every year in high school.

Personal

• Born July 27, 1988

• Son of Richard and Tracy Tice

• Has one older brother

• Named to the Honor Roll, Beta Club and Art Student of the Year at Brookfield

• Majoring in education.