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# Naveed Bagheri
Position:
Height: 5-5
Weight: 133
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Los Gatos, Calif.
High School: Los Gatos HS
2009-10: Was a national qualifier for the second year in a row after successfully defending his Rocky Mountain Athletic Association individual championship at 133 pounds … Maintained a No. 3 ranking in his weight class for most of the regular season in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II poll … Reeled off 22 straight victories from Dec. 11 – Jan. 30 … Earned RMAC Wrestler of the Week honors on Feb. 2 after capturing the individual title at SF State’s own California Collegiate Open … Went 4-0 at the tournament, outscoring his opponents by a 63-4 margin and posting three victories by technical fall … Also displayed a dominating performance at the Menlo Invitational, defeating four wrestlers by a combined 56-1 en route the 133-lb. championship … Led the Gators in 2-point near falls (20), 3-point near falls (33) and wins by technical fall (8) … Finished second on the squad with 263 total points and tied for fourth with 42 takedowns.
2008-09: One of four Gators to garner All-America honors after a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships ... Was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year after winning his weight class at the NCAA Division II West Regional/RMAC Championships ... Defeated top-seeded Marques Bravo of Western State in the title bout ... Finished second on the squad with 27 victories, 39 escapes and 324 total points ... Established a new SF State single-season record with 44 two-point near falls ... His 29 three-point near falls also rank eighth on the school’s single-season charts ... Defeated six Division I opponents on the year, including a 9-5 decision over Justin Durham of Cal State Bakersfield in the regular-season finale ... Earned four critical points with an 11-3 major decision over Menlo’s Aaron Garcia, helping the Gators edge the Oaks, 16-15 ... Managed a pair of third-period escapes to defeat Mesa State’s Rhett Breed, 11-10, as SF State downed the Mavericks, 27-9 ... Posted a 4-1 record en route to a second-place finish at the California Collegiates ... Came away with a dual-meet victory by technical fall over Ryan Zavala of then-No. 13 Chadron State on Jan. 30 ... Notched a 2-1 mark at the Embry-Riddle Duals, including a technical fall against Grand Canyon’s Alex Contreras ... Also captured a pair of bouts by technical fall in two duals vs. CS Fullerton and Air Force ... Recorded his third pin of the season against Illinois State’s Curran Allenston at the prestigious Midlands Championships on Dec. 29 ... Went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational on Dec. 5, including a pin of Montana State-Northern’s Colt Heger and an 18-3 major decision over Derek Gillespie of Air Force ... Made a statement in his first bout as a Gator with a 12-2 major decision victory over Cal Poly’s Jacob Tenenbaum.
PRIOR TO SF STATE: Transferred from West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif. ... Graduated from Los Gatos High School ... Finished third in the CIF Central Coast Section ... Top 16 in the State of California ... Second in Central Coast Section ...5th in the State of California.
PERSONAL: Son of Moe and Frida Bagheri... Has two brothers ... Enjoys wakeboarding, weight lifting, hanging out with friends and eating ... Was selected as SF State’s Freshman Male Athlete of the Year for 2008-09 ... Majoring in Communications.
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