 Gulf's Pospisil set to wrestle for powerful NAIA school
This article appeared in the Tampa Tribune on May 12, 2004.
By JOEY KNIGHT Gulf wrestler Joey Pospisil, a third-place finisher in the past two state tournaments, will sign a letter of intent Thursday with NAIA power Missouri Valley College, Bucs coach Travis DeWalt announced. DeWalt said Pospisil's scholarship will cover approximately 80 percent of his expenses - the most an NAIA program can offer a student-athlete. Missouri Valley has won three NAIA national titles in the past nine years, and has produced at least seven All- Americans every year since 1996. Pospisil, a two-time first- team selection on The Tampa Tribune's All-Pasco County squad, could join that elite fraternity. He finished his prep career with a 101-15 record, finishing third at the Class 1A state meet at 103 pounds (in 2003) and 112 (in '04). Both times, he lost to the eventual state champion. ``Oh my gosh, he lives [wrestling],'' DeWalt said. ``It's not just a sport for him. If we had a hundred Joeys, we'd be the Brandon of Pasco County wrestling.''
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