Adam Hall, 20011 PAC 10 champ
Adam aHall standing in the first place positin as the Pac 10 wrestling champ.
How valuable is an education to students in Boundary County?
To Adam Hall, former Badger and Top Ten honor student, about $60,000 in scholarships.
Hall, the number two nationally ranked wrestler for Boise State University, used his wrestling training and intellectual talent to win the 2011 PAC-10 championship.
This is his second title in two years.
The 157-pound redshirt senior pinned Chris Stinnett, CSU Fullerton in 5:43 and decisioned Kyle Meyer, Stanford, 10-3. This set up a much anticipated rematch with Bubba Jenkins of Arizona State.
In their first meeting, Jenkins beat Hall, 12-4, but this was an exhibition match that did not count toward the season record. Then Hall defeated Jenkins 2-1 in overtime at the Las Vegas Invitational.
On Sunday, however, it was Hall that would find a way to grind out a triple overtime slugfest that finally ended as Hall finished the third OT with a 00:09 riding time advantage.
By rule, a riding time advantage after triple overtime is an automatic point. As the two wrestlers sat in a 2-2 deadlock, the riding advantage point helped Hall remain a perfect 26-0 on the season.
The Boise State Broncos captured the 2011 PAC-10 team championship and qualified seven wrestlers to nationals.
The final challenge for Adam Hall will be the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships March 17-19 in Philadelphia, Penn.