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Press Release: Kemerer having season-ending surgery

Anybody know how many matches one can wrestle in a season and still get a medical?

3 contests or 30%, whichever is greater. The hurdle is he needs an extension to his 5 year clock but they have been more lenient on that.
 
Darn Hawks can never get a break..Well get her cut Kem heal up get stronger and come back
fully healthy and kick more butts for 2 years..Wishing you the best.
 
I thought the cut to 57 last year was too much for Kemdawg. I was looking forward to seeing what he could do on full feed at 74. It might have been a big jump in one year, looks like now he has two years to get ready for 74. Sorry for Michael, good luck on the surgery and rehab. hang in there.
 
Anybody know how many matches one can wrestle in a season and still get a medical?
Used to be 3 dates or 30% of the schedule whichever one was greater.But I haven't looked it up in a few years so it could've changed
 
Anybody know how many matches one can wrestle in a season and still get a medical?

It's not so much the medical, it's getting the 6th year. I would look at Ashnault as a good example as why Kem will probably get another year.

I'm not sure how many matches Kem wrestled in his redshirt year but Ashnault wrestled around 23 times IIRC and wrestled in Universities after the season and still got that extra year (this year).

I hope he gets it. At the end of the day we want to see our guys compete 4 yrs for a championship.

Injuries suck..good luck to Kem healing up quickly
 
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It's not so much the medical, it's getting the 6th year. I would look at Ashnault as a good example as why Kem will probably get another year.

I'm not sure how many matches Kem wrestled in his redshirt year but Ashnault wrestled around 23 times IIRC and wrestled in Universities after the season and still got that extra year (this year).

I hope he gets it. At the end of the day we want to see our guys compete 4 yrs for a championship.

Injuries suck..good luck to Kem healing up quickly
Kem was 23-2 as a redshirt.
 
It's not so much the medical, it's getting the 6th year. I would look at Ashnault as a good example as why Kem will probably get another year.

I'm not sure how many matches Kem wrestled in his redshirt year but Ashnault wrestled around 23 times IIRC and wrestled in Universities after the season and still got that extra year (this year).

I hope he gets it. At the end of the day we want to see our guys compete 4 yrs for a championship.

Injuries suck..good luck to Kem healing up quickly

Didnt Miklus get a 6th and a right to transfer?
 
Kem was 23-2 as a redshirt.

Did he wrestle after Jan 1? I'm pretty sure in Ashnaults case he got hurt around December and then stayed out rest of year, though he did wrestle in Universities .

It's a crap shoot. IMO wrestling a non revenue sport and I think the NCAA is looking to let these guys compete 4 yrs for NCAA championship. If this was basketball or football I don't think there'd be a chance. This is all my opinion so who knows.
 
Silver lining.... Kem is almost a shoe in for a medical. He comes back bigger and stronger than ever and is in the line up and extra year with Lee and Co.

I have zero doubt that he will thrive from this. Mike will attack this like he does everything else in life and come back better than ever.
Yea would definitely rather see him get another year and possibly have two years to wrestle at 100 percent..... watching Mcdonnough wrestle hurt all year his senior year sucked
 
Crap, that really sucks!!!!! The kid is a huge stud and one of my favorite Hawks. Let's hope he comes back stronger than ever.

In an indirect way this may give him more time to fill in to his new weight with good strong weight. I am sure he will enter 2019 as one of the favorites too run the table.

Likewise next year's team was going to be your strongest and best run at a title, and that plan remains intact.
 
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Didnt Miklus get a 6th and a right to transfer?

Don't know Miklus situation much. As far as the transfer..he graduated so anyone can do that. As far as the 6th year, I believe you have to prove you were injured 2 yrs if you redshirted. So Kem is obviously out this year, he'd have to make the case that his redshirt year he was unable to compete after a certain time period..again..I'm no expert..but just using Ashnault as example
 
Did he wrestle after Jan 1? I'm pretty sure in Ashnaults case he got hurt around December and then stayed out rest of year, though he did wrestle in Universities .

It's a crap shoot. IMO wrestling a non revenue sport and I think the NCAA is looking to let these guys compete 4 yrs for NCAA championship. If this was basketball or football I don't think there'd be a chance. This is all my opinion so who knows.
Kem wrestled on Jan 30 his redshirt year.Ashnault only wrestled 3 events his redshirt year so he technically missed 2 complete seasons with injuries.Thats why he got a medical I didn't realize he missed 2 seasons so his situation is way different then Kem.
 
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Don't know Miklus situation much. As far as the transfer..he graduated so anyone can do that. As far as the 6th year, I believe you have to prove you were injured 2 yrs if you redshirted. So Kem is obviously out this year, he'd have to make the case that his redshirt year he was unable to compete after a certain time period..again..I'm no expert..but just using Ashnault as example
Miklus situation is odd he wrestled in 6 events as a redshirt starting Nov 3 and last event Dec 29
 
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Kem wrestled on Jan 30 his redshirt year.Ashnault only wrestled 3 events his redshirt year so he technically missed 2 complete seasons with injuries.Thats why he got a medical I didn't realize he missed 2 seasons so his situation is way different then Kem.

Just checked Wrestlestat..looks like Ashnault wrestled 18 times his redshirt yr. He wrestled 8 times on Nov 3rd, 5 times Nov 10th and then 5 times March 2nd. So I'm not sure if it goes by events or what.
 
Very disappointing as Kemerer is my favorite human wrestler (Spencer is not human).

so....
2020
125 - Lee
133 - Renteria (assuming DeSanto redshirt)
141 - Murin
149 - Lugo
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer
184 - Wilcke
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi

2021
125 - Lee
133 - Desanto
141 - Renteria/Happel
149 - Murin
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer (assuming med. redshirt)
184 - Assad
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi
 
Very disappointing as Kemerer is my favorite human wrestler (Spencer is not human).

so....
2020
125 - Lee
133 - Renteria (assuming DeSanto redshirt)
141 - Murin
149 - Lugo
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer
184 - Wilcke
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi

2021
125 - Lee
133 - Desanto
141 - Renteria/Happel
149 - Murin
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer (assuming med. redshirt)
184 - Assad
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi

Back 2 Back
 
Ashnault is similar, so is the kid from Stanford who missed last year with injury and now went to Lehigh. It used to be you had to miss two years but they have been giving them out a lot to people who only missed one.
 
Very disappointing as Kemerer is my favorite human wrestler (Spencer is not human).

so....
2020
125 - Lee
133 - Renteria (assuming DeSanto redshirt)
141 - Murin
149 - Lugo
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer
184 - Wilcke
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi

2021
125 - Lee
133 - Desanto
141 - Renteria/Happel
149 - Murin
157 - Young/Brands
165 - Marinelli
174 - Kemerer (assuming med. redshirt)
184 - Assad
197 - Warner
Hwt - Cassioppi
This works out nicely for the Hawks. Kennedy slides into 174 after his RS year in 2021.
 
Knee history with Hawk wrestlers. Stoll twice (a third from a gunshot), Bull (has been able to wrestle, but I would love to see him without it), Lee (sort of), and now Kem. Dang it! What have the Hawks done to the wrestling gods?
 
Anybody know how many matches one can wrestle in a season and still get a medical?
I believe it's 3 contests or 30%, whichever is greater. The problem with the medical waiver though, is it only for guys that haven't redshirted previously? If so, he'd have to qualify for the Five Year Waiver, which he would still more than likely get.
 
Just checked Wrestlestat..looks like Ashnault wrestled 18 times his redshirt yr. He wrestled 8 times on Nov 3rd, 5 times Nov 10th and then 5 times March 2nd. So I'm not sure if it goes by events or what.
3 dates or 30% of the season whichever is greater
 
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Michael Kemerer to Have Season-Ending Surgery

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa junior Michael Kemerer is scheduled to have surgery this week and will miss the 2018-19 NCAA wrestling season. The announcement came Tuesday from head coach Tom Brands.

“We always do what’s best for our athletes and this is what is best for Kemerer,” Brands said. “He is as good a wrestler as there is in the country, and that is a credit to him doing things the right way. I know he is driven to come back even stronger and we will do everything we can to help him along the way.”

“I’m disappointed I won’t be on the mat with my teammates this season, but I am 100 percent committed to my rehab and recovery so I can return to the mat in 2019,” Kemerer said. “I have complete faith in my teammates, coaches, and medical staff, and they have faith in me. I will continue to give them all the very best that I have, on and off the mat.”

Kemerer is a two-time All-American from Murrysville, Pennsylvania. He placed third as a redshirt freshman and fourth as a sophomore at the NCAA Championships. He has a career record of 60-6, competing at 157 pounds in 2017 and 2018. He was projected to be Iowa’s starting 174-pounder in 2019.

Kemerer has not competed this season. He will seek a medical hardship waiver at the end of the season.

Iowa hosts Iowa State on Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT) in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.
This sucks. He is a class act and a great representative for Iowa wrestling .wish him the best and a speedy recovery .
 
I'm sure no one is disappointed more than Kem. Having to sit and watch your team go out there without you makes for a long season, feel for the kid. I am sure he will be focused on coming back stronger and better than ever and ready to go next year.

As someone stated above, he is my favorite guy to watch, you know if he gets to the leg he gonna dump the guy and get the 2, one of the most effective at getting a leg and quickly getting the 2 before the guy has a chance to tie him up.

Just one more thing to look forward to in 2019-2020!!!
 
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3 dates or 30% of the season whichever is greater

So in Ash's case he only he 3 dates whereas Kem had 5 dates..hmm..will be interesting..

hope he gets it. Like I said..we want to see kids get 4 times to compete for championships. Hell I'd even give Suriano another shot if he wanted since his was cut short right before NCAA's but that's just me
 
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