# Teyon Ware

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{{short description|American amateur wrestler (born 1983)}}
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| name           = Teyon Ware
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1983|08|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma_City%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.
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| height         = <!-- {{convert|}} (5'5) -->
| weight         = {{convert|145.5|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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| sport          = [Wrestling](/source/Wrestling)
| event          = [Freestyle](/source/Freestyle_wrestling) and [Folkstyle](/source/Collegiate_wrestling)
| collegeteam    = [Oklahoma Sooners](/source/Oklahoma_Sooners_wrestling)
| club           = [Wyoming Cowboys](/source/Wyoming_Cowboys_wrestling)
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{{MedalSport | Men's [freestyle wrestling](/source/freestyle_wrestling)}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2011 Guadalajara](/source/2011_Pan_American_Games)|66 kg}}
{{Medal|Sport| Men's [collegiate wrestling](/source/collegiate_wrestling)}}
{{MedalCountry| the [Oklahoma Sooners](/source/Oklahoma_Sooners)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[NCAA Division I Championships](/source/NCAA_Division_I_Wrestling_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2003 Kansas City|141 lb}}
{{MedalGold|2005 St. Louis|141 lb}}
{{MedalSilver|[2006 Oklahoma City](/source/2006_NCAA_Division_I_Wrestling_Championships)|141 lb}}
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'''Teyon Ware''' (born August 13, 1983) is an American former [freestyle](/source/Freestyle_wrestling) and [folkstyle wrestler](/source/Collegiate_wrestling). Competing for the [Oklahoma Sooners](/source/Oklahoma_Sooners_wrestling), Ware won [NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) 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](/source/Big_12_Conference) champion, and U.S. World Team member that competed at the [2011 World Wrestling Championships](/source/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 &#124; 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](/source/Edmond_North_High_School) in [Edmond, Oklahoma](/source/Edmond%2C_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](/source/Oklahoma_Secondary_School_Activities_Association) state championships and compiled a perfect 132-0 record and was named the [Junior Hodge Trophy](/source/Dan_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](/source/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](/source/freestyle_wrestling) at [66 kg](/source/2011_World_Wrestling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_freestyle_66_kg), where he lost to [Andriy Stadnik](/source/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.

== References ==
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Category:American male sport wrestlers
Category:Oklahoma Sooners wrestlers
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Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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