Reggie Lee, Jay Jackson, and Daniel McCune will run the 10 session of Beat the Streets summer enrichment program with Aim High.

Guest Speaker: Chris Pendleton

Chris Pendleton, one of the most successful collegiate wrestlers in the history of the sport, was selected to lead the Oregon State program on March 29, 2020.

Pendleton arrives at Oregon State after spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Arizona State. The Sun Devils have won three of the last four Pac-12 titles, including scoring 141.5 points (most by ASU since 1993) on its way to the conference crown earlier this month. ASU finished the shortened season ranked No. 6 in the country and defeated seven top 20 teams, including snapping No. 1 Penn State’s 60-match win streak.

During his six-year campaign in Tempe, he solidified himself as one of the premier coaches in the country.

Pendleton represented the United States as one of the USA Wrestling Freestyle Junior Team assistant coaches in Finland in August 2017.
During his time at Wyoming, the Cowboys made great strides, guiding his wrestlers to back-to-back West Regional titles, two-straight All-American honors and multiple conference championships. Pendleton also earned the Cowboys their fourth regular-season Mountain West dual title in six years.

In his time as a student-athlete at Oklahoma State, Pendleton was considered one of the top athletes in the sport. A two-time NCAA Champion and three-time All-American selection at 174 pounds, Pendleton led Oklahoma State to three-straight NCAA Team Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2004, while accumulating an overall collegiate record of 118-12. Pendleton was also the Big 12 champion in his weight class in both 2003 and 2005. In 2012, InterMat tabbed him one of the 10 Best College Wrestlers of the 2000s.

Pendleton is a key figure for Team USA. He was a three-time national team member as a competitor and has since served as a coach.
Pendleton is still active in the U.S. freestyle scene and wrestles in various competitions throughout the world. In April 2014, he competed in the ASICS Las Vegas/Open Wrestling Championships at 97 kilograms (213 pounds). Pendleton was also a three-time member of the U.S. National Team under Arizona State head coach Zeke Jones.

The Beavers finished their 2019-20 campaign with an 8-6 record and qualified a pair of wrestlers to the NCAA Championships (Devan Turner, Grant Willits).

Coach Pendleton was the California prep champion at 145 pounds at Lemoore High School. He is a 2006 graduate of Oklahoma State with a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

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