Player Bio: Larry Ozowara

2005-06 (Senior): Competed at 184 pounds for the Cardinal early in the season, but moved into the starting role at 197 pounds during the dual campaign ... Recorded five wins on the year, three in duals ... Competed at the Pac-10 Championships for the third time in his career ... Picked up a pair of wins at the Central Missouri Open at the beginning of the year ... Moved into the starting role at 197 pounds at the Lone Star Duals ... Notched a 5-2 decision over Harvard's Billy Colgan to help the Cardinal edge the Crimson ... Posted a 10-7 decision over Fresno State's Miguel Rodriguez in the last dual match of his career to help Stanford to a winning season.

2004-05 Season (Junior): Helped the Cardinal at 184 and 197 pounds, winning nine matches ... Named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team ... Picked up a pair of wins at the Central Missouri Open to start the season ... Defeated Missouri's Christopher Potter and Lindenwood's Colt Neyrey ... Also won two matches at the California Open ... Scored a major decision versus Harvard's Andrew Dane at the Lone Star Duals ... Took third place at the Menlo College Invitational ... Dropped his first match, but came back with three-straight wins to place

2003-04 Season (Sophomore): Won 13 matches, including five key dual victories ... Helped the Cardinal by wrestling up a weight class at heavyweight in the fall ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention accolades ... Won his first match of the season with a 7-3 decision over Menlo's Reginald Grayson at heavyweight ... Picked up a win at the Central Missouri Open ... Won three matches at the California Open ... Posted two wins at the Aggie Open, defeating Pac-10 foes Evan Hendrix of UC Davis and Sandeep Singh of Fresno State ... Also won a pair of bouts at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Helped the Cardinal defeat Oregon State for the first time in school history by posting a 10-4 victory over Kurt Willner at 197 pounds ... Recorded a 15-6 major decision over Fresno's Singh to start off Stanford's 28-9 victory over the Bulldogs ... Tacked on a 17-10 decision over UC Davis's Ronnie Silva ... Helped Stanford close out the regular season with a 42-3 victory over Portland State, giving the Cardinal its second 10-win season in three years ... With one second left on the clock, scored a takedown to tie his bout with Allen Kennet and forcing overtime ... In the extra period, scored another takedown and earned back points for an 11-6 win ... Competed at the Pac-10 Championships.

2002-03 Season (Freshman): Won seven matches with one dual victory ... Earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention accolades ... Picked up two wins at the California Open ... Posted a fourth-place finish at the All-Cal Invitational with three wins ... Notched his first collegiate dual win with a 9-3 decision versus Flynn Ficker of UC Davis ... Competed at the Pac-10 Championships.

2001-02 Season (Redshirt): Redshirted his first season ... Wrestled unattached at 174 pounds at two tournaments ... Posted two wins at the California Open ... Also competed at the Aggie Invitational.

High School: Qualified for the California state tournament ... Fell one match short from placing at the state tournament ... Totaled 95 victories in his final two seasons ... Was an Army Scholar Athlete of the Year, as well as the Inland Valley Times Athlete of the Year ... Also competed in football and cross country ... Coached by John Everard at Etiwanda High School.

Personal: A Psychology major with specialization in Neuroscience.

Ozowara's Year-by-Year Statistics

2002 Redshirted 2003 7-17 1-9 0 0 2004 13-12 5-2 1 0 2006 5-93-4 0 0 2005 9-10 2-3 1 0 Career
Totals 34-48 11-18 2 0

Last Updated: 6/5/06