: Will look to build upon a successful junior year and earn his first All-America honor...
: Recorded a 24-15 overall mark and was 9-7 in duals in his first year as the team's starter at 197 pounds... qualified for his first NCAA Championships where he went 2-2... placed third at the Pac-10 Championships with a 13-1 major decision over Travis Gardner (Oregon State)... placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions... opened the year with a win by fall at 1:40... recorded one of the fastest fall times in school history with his pin of Josh Moore (Liberty) in 15 seconds at the Virginia Duals... went 5-1 in conference duals with his lone loss coming to Gardner... selected to the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic team... also earned First Team Academic All-Pac-10 honors for the second year in a row...
: Compiled a 4-4 overall record and went 2-3 in duals... opened the season as the starter at 184 pounds, going 2-1 on the opening weekend at the Portland State Duals... won his first bout of the year, 5-0, and rebounded from his first loss of the season with his first career technical fall victory... did not place in the East Stroudsburg Open and the Las Vegas Invitational... earned First Team Academic All-Pac-10 honors...
: Redshirted...
: Went 2-11 in his true freshman campaign... opened the year with a 1-1 record at the Missouri Open (freshman/sophomore division) to finish second at 174... went 0-5 against nationally ranked opponents... dropped 11 in a row before ending the season with a win at 184 against Oregon.
High School: A graduate of Fountain Hills High School (Fountain Hills, Ariz.)... won nine tournaments in his wrestling career, including the region event three times... was a three-time state place winner, including runner-up honors as a junior and senior... holds school records for pins in a season (38), career pins (96) and most consecutive wins by pin in a season (38)... in football, earned second-team all-conference as a junior... as a senior, was first-team all-conference twice (strong safety and punter), first-team all-state as a punter and honorable mention as a strong safety... holds school record with four fumble recoveries in a season and led the team in tackles with 45... baseball team won the state championship in 2003...lettered four times in wrestling, three times in football and once in baseball... captained wrestling three times and football twice.
Personal: Majoring in biology... parents are Robert and Peggy Trulson... has three brothers: Jerrad, Josh and Jordan... brother Jerrad is a member of the Arizona State wrestling team and cousin Brian Bachuber played football for Utah... born August 4, 1985, in Madison, Wis.... full name is Jason Theodore Trulson.
* Redshirted the 2004-05 season
Career Statistics for Trulson |
Season |
O'All |
Duals |
Falls |
TF |
MD |
2006-07 |
24-15 |
9-7 |
3-0 |
0-1 |
3-3 |
2005-06 |
4-4 |
2-3 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
1-1 |
2003-04 |
2-11 |
1-8 |
0-0 |
0-3 |
0-4 |
Career |
30-30 |
12-18 |
3-0 |
1-4 |
4-8 |