2009 WIAC Tournament Results
UW-L captures 12th consecutive WIAC crown

NCAA Wrestling
Division III National Tournament
March 6-7, 2009
US. Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids Iowa
http://www.iowaconference.com/ncaawrestling/2009/

UW La Crosse Coach Dave Malecek named NWCA Classic Coach

Malecek Selected Honorary Coach for NWCA Classic

For Immediate Release: Monday, November 17, 2008

La Crosse, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse head wrestling coach Dave Malecek has been selected as one of four honorary coaches for the 43rd Annual National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Star Classic Presented by the United States Marine Corps. The classic is scheduled for Monday, November 24, 2008, in St. John Arena at The Ohio State University in Columbus. This is the fifth year the United States Marine Corps has partnered with the NWCA as the presenting sponsor of the event.

“I am very excited about this opportunity to coach at the all star meet,” says Malecek. “I am honored to represent Division III and there is going to be some great matches.”

The event features the top ranked National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I wrestlers facing each other. Student-athletes from Cornell, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin, and will compete.

Other honorary coaches at this year’s event include Tom Ryan (Ohio State), Mark Manning (Nebraska) and Jim Makovsky (Minnesota State, Mankato).

ESPNU will be airing the event on tape delay. Dates and times will be announced when they become available.

Malecek his in his third season as UW-La Crosse’s head wrestling coach. He has led the Eagles to back-to-back top-three finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships, placing third in 2007 and second in 2008. For his efforts, Malecek was named the 2007 NCAA Rookie Coach of the Year.

Malecek has also guided UW-L to two straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles and has been selected the Mertz Mortorelli WIAC Coach of the Year both seasons. The Eagles, who are 34-3 in duals under Malecek, have won 11 consecutive conference crowns.

UW-L returns to action Wednesday, November 19 hosting North Iowa Area Community College at 7 p.m.

Subject: 2008 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships - Team Advance Tickets

It's hard to believe, but it's already time to start thinking about the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships being held on March 7-8, 2008
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The NCAA Division III Wrestling committee has decided to implement a new ticket policy this year which is designed to better accommodate parents and fans. This year they are offering each NCAA Division III wrestling program the opportunity to purchase all-session reserved seat tickets at a cost of $45 each in advance of general ticket sales. These reserved seats will be in a prime location and will be grouped together.
As a program, UW-La Crosse has until February 1, 2008 to reserve an unlimited number of all-session reserved tickets. If you are interested, please let me know how many tickets you'd like to purchase. Note that these tickets must be prepaid, so Coach Malecek will put the order on his credit card. However, he would appreciate it if you would send him a check as soon as possible thereafter to cover the cost of your tickets. Since Coach Malecek and the team will be at the Pete Willson Invitational on February 1, he will need to get UWL's order in prior to that. He has asked me to coordinate the order. Therefore, please get back to me no later than Wednesday, January 30, if you are interested in purchasing advance tickets.
As in the past, we're hoping for a great showing of support for the team.
Note that if you miss this opportunity, general admission tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, February 6.
Please feel free to call Coach Malecek at 608-785-8184 or e-mail him at malecek.davi@uwlax.edu  if you have any questions. All checks should be mailed to him at 215 Mitchell Hall, La Crosse, WI 54601.
Go Eagles!!!

UW La Crosse Coach lives for family, wrestling

Coach lives for family, wrestling

By DAN McCOOL • Register Staff Writer • January 10, 2008

Dave Malecek will be smiling at the National Duals this weekend for reasons other than just his Wisconsin-La Crosse team being one of the top teams in the NCAA Division III tournament.

The coach has plenty to smile about already, with the third-ranked Eagles owning a 14-0 record. They finished 18th at the Midlands last month, which was better than seven NCAA Division I programs.

Malecek, a two-time state champion at Osage and an all-American at Northern Iowa, is thrilled to be in his element.
Advertisement

"This is my hobby, this is my passion," said Malecek, who is in his second season at La Crosse. "I don't have any other hobbies. I have my family and then wrestling. In my free time, I want to be around wrestling. I've traveled all over the United States because of wrestling. I'd never be able to do that, coming from a family that didn't have the money to send me places."

Malecek took his zest for competition into the coaching world after graduating from Northern Iowa. He was a high school head coach at Alta-Aurelia and Cedar Rapids Regis-LaSalle in Cedar Rapids - now Cedar Rapids Xavier - and then was an assistant at Wartburg before going to La Crosse.

"I worked with one of the best coaches in the United States in (Wartburg's) Jim Miller," Malecek said. "In the same sense, I felt that I learned so much from him and had done as much as I could as an assistant that it was time for me to run my own program.

"I've never looked back once."

Can the Eagles break the Wartburg-or-Augsburg lock on the Division III championship?

"I think we're taking the right steps," Malecek said. "It's going to take us a while obviously. I didn't go to La Crosse to finish third, fourth, fifth and all that."

With as much time spent in wrestling, Malecek calls his wife, Kayahbah, a special partner.

"She is an angel sent to me," said Malecek, a father of triplet daughters with a fourth child due in August. "I am truly blessed."

UW-La Crosse defeats UW-Whitewater 33-9

UWL Family and Fans:

Just a quick update from this past weekend. UWL finished 4-0 at the Olivet duals and I have attached the web site with all the results.
http://www.olivetcollege.edu/athletics/mwrestling/07duals/match_schedule.htm

I was proud of how our guys wrestled and it was a good performance for this early in the year. We have a long ways to go but I like the attitude of the guys and they are working hard towards our goals. Olivet is rated #3, Baldwin Wallace #17, Ohio Northern #25. We also had 3 guys compete at the Augsburg Open and Sr. Eric Seppelt 149 finished 8th, Freshman Nate Wilaert 157# finished 5th and Mitch Brekke did not place.

I wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Our next competition is Thursday Nov. 29th at 7pm vs. Platteville at home so hope to see you at the meet. Go Eagles. Fire It Up!!!

Dave Malecek
Head Wrestling Coach

UWL Wrestling Fans: (11/8/2007)

It is finally time! Season is here and everyone involved with the program is ready to compete. We will be at 2 locations this weekend, Ames, Iowa for the Harold Nichols Open (previously held in Ft. Dodge) and the Pointer Open in St. Point, Wisconsin. I will email you results early next week and I look forward to another great year. New this year is a wrestling blog that Josh Chelf is doing with the La Crosse Tribune. Right now it is difficult to get to and I have attached directions with the promise from the tribune that it will be better in a few weeks. Take care and Go Eagles. FIRE IT UP!!!!!

If you go to www.lacrossetribune.com , and scroll down to the bottom of the main page, you'll see some blog links with photos, including mine (Joel Badzinski). That's where Josh will be soon. As of now, if you look way down, there's a blue section with some listings. Go under Regional and click on River Valley Blogs.

Dave Malecek
Head Wrestling Coach

From: "Malecek David J" < malecek.davi@uwlax.edu >
Subject: 2008 UWL Wrestling
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:14:18 -0500

UWL Wrestling Family and Friends:
Just wanted to give you some updates as we start another year at UWL and UWL Wrestling. Classes start next Tuesday and I am excited to have everyone back on campus. We had a good recruiting year and brought in some good kids that will make our program better along with that we have a good group coming back. We also had 12 guys stay this summer and workout and work in the community along with that we also had over 25 guys at each camp working out and getting better. Each camp was a week long and they made big strides during that time.

A quick update on our seniors from last year:
1. Scott Dorn works for Leedom Finanical in Sarasota, Fl
2. Ross Needham, 8th grade teacher and head wrestling coach at Holmen High School, Holmen, Wi
3. Jason Lulloff is on our coaching staff and student teaching in the area
4. Jake Larsen is teaching PE and head coach at Sparta, Wi
5. Jim Swanson is finishing up his degree and student teaching
6. Josh Passe is finishing up his degree and helping us coach
Corey Day who was an asst. for us last year is also teaching PE and coaching at Boyceville, Wi

I will be sending out email throughout the year and feel free to forward this to anyone that is interested or if you want off the list, just let me know. We have our gear order forms available and I have attached it to this email. The orders are earlier this year and so we hope to have the gear to you by the end of Oct.

Take care and Go Eagles!!!

Dave Malecek
University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Exercise and Sport Science
Head Wrestling Coach
215 Mitchell Hall
608-785-8184
www.uwlax.edu