Zeke Jones and Jake Herbert to go ‘On the Mat’ this week
August 25, 2009
USA Wrestling national freestyle coach and 1991 World Champion, Zeke
Jones, and 2009 World Team member Jake Herbert will be radio show
guests Wednesday night.
Zeke Jones was a three-time All-American and NCAA runner-up for Arizona
State and helped the Sun Devils win the NCAA team title in 1988. Jones
went on to have a fabulous international career where he competed on
seven world teams, winning the gold in 1991 and the bronze in 1995 at
114.5 pounds. He was an Olympic silver medallist in 1992 in Barcelona.
Jones is currently the national freestyle coach for USA Wrestling and
will be leading seven first-time world team members competing in the
World Championships in Denmark next month.
Jake Herbert completed an undefeated season as a senior for
Northwestern University in March by winning his second NCAA title at
184 pounds and the prestigious Dan Hodge Trophy, given annually to the
most dominant college wrestler in the nation. Herbert won the US
Nationals freestyle division at 185 pounds in April and the World Team
Trials in May. A Pennsylvania native, Herbert was a four-time
All-American and three-time NCAA finalist.
“On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling
Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at
www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 -
6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail
radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show.
“On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling
Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with questions or comments about the show.