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A year ago Laudenslager guided the Colonels to a 10-9 record and a fifth-place finish at the Metropolitan Conference Championships. During the 2005-06 season he helped the Colonels post a 13-5 dual match record and earn a third-place finish at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships. A pair of his wrestlers, Felipe Queiroz and Brandon Kelly, advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships, where both wrestlers earned All-America honors. Queiroz, who was the MAC champ at 125 pounds, finished sixth at the NCAA Championship, while Kelly, who earned a wild card berth after finishing as the MAC runner-up at 197 pounds, placed third at the NCAA Championship. Queiroz and Kelly led Wilkes to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA event. Laudenslager is a former standout wrestler for the Colonels, earning four varisty letters from 1994 to 1998 while wrestling at the Division I level. He broke onto the scene as a rookie when he fashioned an overall record of 24-7 while wrestling at both 126 and 134 pounds. Laudenslager finished fifth at the EIWA Championships and earned EIWA Rookie of the Year honors. His performance helped Wilkes fashion a dual match record of 14-10-1 and cop a tenth place finish at the EIWA Championships. He also ended his freshman season with a team-leading nine wins by fall. As a junior Laudenslager concluded the season with an overall record of 17-10 at 134 pounds. He posted six wins by fall and came close to knocking off EIWA champion Carl Keske from Cornell University, dropping a hard-fought 11-9 decision. He also earned a second-place finish at the West Point Open, while claiming the team's Shawn Galbreath Academic Coaches Award. Laudenslager wrestled primarily at 158 pounds during his senior season and fashioned an overall record of 11-5. For his efforts he was named the winner of the Timmy Adams Most Courageous Performer Award. Laudenslager was a standout on the mats during his high school days at Pocono Mountain. During his career, he posted an overall record of 117-15-1. A graduate of Wilkes with a degree in Psychology, Laudenslager is only the seventh head coach in the 58-year history of the Colonels wrestling program.
Tobias enjoyed an outstanding two-year career on the mats while at Oneonta. Wrestling at 149 pounds, he posted a career record of 60 wins and 18 losses. Tobias also won 20 of his matches by fall. During both the 2004 and 2005 campaigns he earned berths in the NCAA Division III Championships. In 2005 Tobias also claimed the Empire Conference championship at 149 pounds. That same season he wrestled under the guidance of Oneonta head coach Duane Ritter, who was a former mat standout at Wilkes. An outstanding student as well, Tobias was selected to the Academic All-American team in both 2004 and 2005. He is currently pursuing a master's degree in Business Administration at Wilkes.
Marcks was a four-year starter at 125 pounds for King's. During that time he amassed a school-record 144 wins, while suffering only 18 losses. Marcks also claimed two Middle Atlantic Conference championships in his weight class. A four-time NCAA Division III qualifier, Marcks had his best run in the NCAA Championships in 2003 when he finished as the runner-up. He was a three-time All-American, while also earning Pennsylvania Division III Wrestler of the Year honors twice. Prior to arriving at King's, Marcks had an outstanding scholastic career at Dieruff High School in Allentown, where he was a Pennsylvania State qualifier.
While at Moravian Wilson was a four-year starter for the Greyhounds wrestling team and posted an overall record of 81-23 for the nationally-ranked squad. A co-captain on the 1987-88 team, Wilson finished third at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in both 1987 and 1989. Wilson began his coaching career by guiding the Pee Wee and Bantam teams for the Greater Norristown Wrestling Club from 1998 through 2000. He then moved on to Lake-Lehman High School, where he served as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2001-02 season. One of the wrestlers that he worked with at Lake-Lehman was current Wilkes wrestler and PIAA state medalist Matt Carey. From 2002-06 Wilson further honed his coaching skills as the junior high coach at Lake-Lehman. During his stint he led the Black Knights to a record of 62-22 and the 2005 Wyoming Valley Conference championship. His teams also claimed District 2 West Sectional titles in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
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