Teyon Ware (born August 13, 1983) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Competing for the Oklahoma Sooners, Ware won NCAA Division I wrestling titles at 141 pounds in 2003 and 2005. Ware is a 4-time All-American, former Big 12 Conference champion, and U.S. World Team member that competed at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships.

High school years

Teyon attended Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. In high school, Ware was a letterman in football and wrestling. In wrestling, he won 4 Oklahoma State titles and compiled a perfect 132-0 record and was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner for 2002. In football, he won All-District honors and second team All-State honors. Teyon was Homecoming King his senior year.

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College

Teyon attended the University of Oklahoma on a full ride wrestling scholarship. He won Nationals his freshmen year, took 6th place his sophomore year, won his junior year and placed second his senior year. He graduated in May 2007 with a Mass Communications degree.

Teyon Ware

International

Ware represented Team USA at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in freestyle at 66 kg, where he lost to Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine 2-1, 4-0.

Teyon Ware

Coaching

On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Ware would join the University of Wyoming's coaching staff.

Personal life

Ware married Shea Nicole McMullin on July 26, 2014.

References

1983 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Oklahoma City

Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games

American male sport wrestlers

Oklahoma Sooners wrestlers

Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States

Pan American Games medalists in wrestling

Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games

20th-century American people

21st-century American people