Wrestling USA Magazine and IntermatWrestle.com, Utah Editor's Preseason Picks

Outstanding Wrestler for All Divisions 2008–2009
 

Ethen Lofthouse
Mountain Crest High School, 171 lbs.
GPA: 4.0

School Classification: 4A
 

II've watched Ethen destroy opponents for years.  His brother and uncles, every one of them, are just monsters, but Ethen seems to be headed for even greater heights than Luke (now wrestling at Iowa).  Ethen's a three-time state champ, pinning his way through the state tournaments, pinning or teching everyone but one opponent last year.  He hits the toughest tournaments in the country and comes back a winner, without fail.  winning a second USA Wrestling national championship in Greco-Roman wrestling in Fargo, ND, last summer; winning a Utah High School Coaches Association national junior title in Virginia Beach; and winning a freestyle titles at the USA Wrestling Junior Western Regional Championships in Las Vegas.  Through his junior year, he has accumulated an outstanding interscholastic career record of 128-6.  In the 2008 season, he was selected by the Wrestling USA Magazine and IntermatWrestle.com Utah Editor as a Junior Wrestler of the Year; in 2007, a Sophomore Wrestler of the Year.  This kid's as tough as Luke, but a better technician.  He will, without a doubt, join that exclusive list of four-time state champions this year.

2008 State Champion (160 lbs.).  2007 State Champion (152 lbs.).  2006 State Champion as a freshman (140 lbs.).  Career Interscholastic Record: 128-6.

Following is a summary of Ethen's wrestling career so far:

• Three-Time High School State Champion

• Four-Time State Champion, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Freestyle (2004–2007)

• Four-Time State Champion, USA Wrestling-Utah State Championships, Greco-Roman (2004–2007)

• Three-Time Region V Champion

• 2008 National Champion, USA Wrestling Junior Nationals, Greco-Roman

• 2008 3rd Place, USA Wrestling Junior Nationals, Greco-Roman

• 2008 National Champion, NHSCA Junior Nationals, Folkstyle

• 2008 Champion, USA Wrestling Junior Western Regional, Greco-Roman

• 2008 3rd Place, USA Wrestling Junior Western Regionals, Greco-Roman

• 2008 Champion, Rocky Mountain Rumble

• 2007 Champion, Layton Invitational

• 2008 Champion, Richardson Memorial

• 2007 National Champion, USA Wrestling Cadet Nationals, Greco-Roman

• 2007 3rd Place, USA Wrestling Cadet Nationals, Greco-Roman

• 2007 National Champion, NHSCA Sophomore Nationals, Folkstyle

• 2007 National Champion, Rocky Mountain Nationals, Folkstyle

• 2007 Champion, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2007 Champion, USA Wrestling Western Regional Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2007 Champion, Layton Invitational

• 2007 Champion, Richardson Memorial

• 2006 3rd Place, USA Wrestling Cadet Nationals, Freestyle

• 2006 7th Place, USA Wrestling Cadet Nationals, Greco-Roman

• 2006 3rd Place, Reno World Championships, Folkstyle

• 2006 Champion, USA Wrestling Rocky Mountain Regional Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2006 2nd Place, USA Wrestling Rocky Mountain Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2006 Champion, Richardson Memorial

• 2006 3rd Place, Viewmont Invitational

• 2006 Champion, Layton Invitational

• 2006 Champion, Intermountain Duals

• 2005 Champion, USA Wrestling Rocky Mountain Regional Championships, Greco-Roman

• 2005 Champion, USA Wrestling Rocky Mountain Regional Championships, Freestyle

• 2005 3rd Place, Layton Invitational

• 2004 4th Place, Reno World Championships, Folkstyle

Wrestling USA Magazine Picks

• Nationally Ranked Utahn in National All-Division Rankings (171 lbs.): No. 3

• Nationally Ranked Utahn in National Senior Rankings (171 lbs.): No. 1

UtahWrestling.org 2008 Freestyle/Greco-Roman Ranking

• 2nd Junior Division

• 4th Overall Elite Divisions

UtahWrestling.org 2007 Freestyle/Greco-Roman Ranking

• 1st Cadet Division

• 1st Overall Elite Divisions

UtahWrestling.org 2005 Freestyle/Greco-Roman Ranking

• 8th Schoolboy Division

UtahWrestling.org 2004 Freestyle/Greco-Roman Ranking

• 18th Schoolboy Division