Tyler Nauman Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: Middletown, Pa. High School: Middletown Weight: 141 Birthdate: 09/21/1988

2008-09: One of three returning national qualifiers for the Panthers...Collected a team-high 29 wins on the season and produced one of the finest seasons by a freshman in Pitt history...Won the seventh most matches by a Pitt freshman...Tallied 11 falls on the year, seventh most by a Panther wrestler...Enters season with 18 career falls, ranking him 11th in school history...Has totaled back-to-back 20 wins seasons...Went 11-1 in dual matches...Placed in four tournaments on the year, including a 141-pound title at the Eastern Wrestling League Championships...Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the Michigan State Open, going 5-2 with two falls...Made back-to-back finals appearances at the Keystone Classic and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, taking second in both tournaments...Helped the Panthers to their best overall finish in Las Vegas (fourth)...Went 3-0 at the EWL Championship en route to his first conference title...Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships...fell 6-4 to eventual national champion J Jaggers (Ohio State) in sudden victory in the second round...Ranked among the top 15 of the 141 pound weight class throughout the 2008-09 season.

2007-08: Had a terrific freshman season wrestling in open tournaments...Placed at all five opens competed in...Went 4-1 at the Eastern Michigan Open, including a pin in his first collegiate match and a major decision in his second to take second place in the 141-pound class...Posted a 3-2 record at the Michigan State open a week later, capturing fifth place...Recorded a first-round pin en route to a second-place finish at the East Stroudsburg Open...Carded three straight pins to open the Nittany Lion Open and took fifth place with a 6-1 record on the day...In his final open tournament of the year, won four straight matches including two by pinfall to take first place at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 Senior National runner-up in the 130 pound division...Ranked No. 1 in the nation by W.I.N. Magazine in December of 2006...In 2007, Nauman captured championships at the state, district and sectional competitions...Claimed the Beast of the East and Council Rock crowns as a senior...A four-time first team Mid-Penn All Star, four-time member of the all-state team and a three-time member of the Patriot News Big 14...Set the school record for most wins (156) and pins (75)...2007 Dapper Dan Team Pennsylvania Outstanding Wrestler honoree...Recorded top ten finishes at the PIAA state championships in each of his four seasons, including a runner-up finish as a junior and a third-place showing as a sophomore...Tutored and mentored junior high school students in 2006 and 2007...Class Treasurer.

PERSONAL: Born September 21, 1988...Son of Michael and Andrea Nauman...Has four siblings, brothers Danny, Levi and sisters Nina and Ryan.

MAJOR: Elementary Education