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Wrestling
Panther Point: Earned a No. 11 preseason ranking by the Amateur Wrestling News as well as a No. 12 ranking by Intermat at the 285-pound weight class. 2008-09: Secured the heavyweight title at the 2009 West Regional Championships to earn his first bid to the NCAA Championships...was ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation...posted a 1-2 mark at the NCAA Championships after entering tournament as the No. 12 seed...finished season with an overall record of 26-9, including six wins by fall...all nine of Brantley's losses came to ranked opponents including two to No. 1 ranked David Zabriskie (Iowa State) by scores of 3-1 and 4-3 riding time criteria...Scored 5-2 win over No. 18-ranked Kyle Massey (Wisconsin)...won the Loras Open and UNI Open heavyweight titles...placed third at the Kaufman-Brand Open and eighth at the prestigious Midlands Championships...earned first-team all-Western Wrestling Conference Honors. 2007-08: Redshirted ... posted a 17-6 record in the open tournament portion of the season as an unattached wrestler ... won the heavyweight title at the Loras Open (11/10) ... placed second at the Kaufman-Brand Open (11/17) ... took fourth place at the Jim Fox Open (12/8) ... notched a third-place effort at the Midwest Open (12/29-30) ... capped his season with a second-place finish at the Duhawk Open (2/2) ... placed fifth in the nation at the 2008 FILA Junior Nationals held in Las Vegas, Nev. (4/23-26) ... won two matches before falling to 2007 World Team member Dom Bradley in the semifinals of the 120 kg/264.5 lbs. bracket ... Brantley reached the semis with wins over Luis Morales (3-0, 4-1) and Eddie Phillips (2-1, 1-0) ... earned the team's Redshirt Award at the season-ending banquet. High School: Captured the Illinois state title in the 215-pound weight class as a senior ... tallied a 40-2 mark and notched a 172 takedowns in 2006-07 ... was ranked No. 5 by the Amateur Wrestling News, No. 9 by W.I.N. Magazine and No. 13 by InterMat in the 215-pound national rankings ... a two-time all-American and a three-time state placewinner ... also a freshman-sophomore state champion in Illinois ... earned state titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman ... placed first at the Northern Plains tournament ... tallied 8th-place honors at the 2007 Cadet and Junior Nationals freestyle tournament in Fargo, N.D. ... served as team captain ... a member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born Nov. 28, 1988, in Chicago ... son of Francis and Tamara Brantley ... has three siblings (Jaun, Taylor, Faraan) ... majoring in psychology.
Year Overall Duals MD TF Pin Quick West Reg. NCAA 2008-09 26-9 9-4 4-0 1-0 6-2 1:38 1st 1-2 Totals 26-9 9-4 4-0 1-0 6-2 1:38 1st 1-2 |
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