Teyon Ware

{{short description|American amateur wrestler (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Teyon Ware | image = | image_size =  | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|08|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height =  | weight = {{convert|145.5|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} | country = | sport = Wrestling | event = Freestyle and Folkstyle | collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners | club = Wyoming Cowboys | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Guadalajara|66 kg}} {{Medal|Sport| Men's collegiate wrestling}} {{MedalCountry| the Oklahoma Sooners}} {{MedalCompetition|NCAA Division I Championships}} {{MedalGold|2003 Kansas City|141 lb}} {{MedalGold|2005 St. Louis|141 lb}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Oklahoma City|141 lb}} }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/061108aab.html |title=Past OU Standouts at Olympic Trials - SoonerSports.com - Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130202175831/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/061108aab.html |archivedate=2013-02-02 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyorkwrestlingnews.com/binghamton-adds-two-time-ncaa-champion-teyon-ware-to-coaching-staff/ |title=Binghamton Adds Two-Time NCAA Champion Teyon Ware to Coaching Staff | New York Wrestling News |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130130001312/http://newyorkwrestlingnews.com/binghamton-adds-two-time-ncaa-champion-teyon-ware-to-coaching-staff/ |archivedate=2013-01-30 }}</ref>

== Early life == Ware attended Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2004-02-08|title=Major decisionOU wrestler found happiness as part of an Edmond family|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/1889182/major-decisionbrou-wrestler-found-happiness-as-part-of-an-edmond-family/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In high school, Ware was a letterman in football and wrestling. In wrestling, he won four Oklahoma state championships and compiled a perfect 132-0 record and was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner for 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junior Hodge Trophy Winners |url=https://www.win-magazine.com/win-awards/junior-hodge-trophy/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=WIN Magazine}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-02-08|title=TEYON WARE|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/1889004/teyon-ware/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In football, he won All-District honors and second team All-State honors. He was also Homecoming King his senior year.

== College career == Teyon attended the University of Oklahoma on a full ride wrestling scholarship. He won a national championship his freshmen year, took sixth place his sophomore year, won his junior year and placed second his senior year. He graduated in May 2007 with a Mass Communications degree.

== International career == 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24114 |title=Jordan Burroughs storms into gold-medal match at World Championships {{!}} TheMat.com - USA Wrestling |website=www.themat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425145624/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=24114 |archive-date=2012-04-25}}</ref>

== Coaching career == 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.

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