Season 1: Pod 10--Wrestling with the Pandemic - a podcast by Sing Second Sports

Welcome to the Sing Second Sports Podcast--a weekly pod for Navy fans by Navy fans. On this episode we are joined by Bill Wagner of the Annapolis Capital to cover the latest Navy and national sporting news and talk wresting with special guests—-Cary Kolat, Navy Head Wrestling Coach, youngster phenom MIDN 3/C Jacob Koser and wrestling alum and owner of Mills Fine Wine and Liquors, Jerry Donahoe '94.

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Cary KolatFormer national champion and Olympic team member Cary Kolat was named head wrestling coach at Navy on March 20, 2020.

Kolat has established himself as one of the premier coaches in the sport after building a Campbell program into a Southern Conference power and a national name. The Camels have seen unprecedented success over the last four seasons, winning three SoCon Tournament titles (2017, 2019, 2020) and two regular-season SoCon Championships (2019, 2020). Under his tutelage, he has had 19 NCAA Championship qualifiers, 12 individual SoCon Champions and 28 medalists at the SoCon Tournament.Kolat won four-straight state titles and compiled a perfect 137-0 record at Jefferson-Morgan High School in Green County Pa. He was named Outstanding Wrestler at the state meet each year, an honor no other wrestler had won even twice.

Kolat began his decorated collegiate career at Penn State, where he advanced to the NCAA finals as a freshman. After his sophomore year, he garnered All-America honors for the second-straight season and was named Big Ten Conference Wrestler of the Year. In two seasons at Penn State, Kolat compiled a 61-6 record, including a 39-1 mark as a sophomore.He transferred to Lock Haven, where he won his first NCAA Division I National Championship in 1996 with a 25-1 record. He finished 25-0 as senior when he won the 142-pound national title. He completed his college wrestling career with a 111-7 overall record and 53 pins.
Kolat earned his Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Lock Haven in 2003. He and his wife, Erin, are the parents of two daughters – Zoe and Gracie, and a son Ryder.Jerry Donahoe

Jerry Donahoe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1994. He majored in Economics and was a member of the Wrestling team, lettering in 1994. He was teammates with Doug Ziembec.Donahoe attended Duval High School in Howard County and was the 1990 State Wrestling champion at 152 lbs and also won his 152-lb match at the 1990 Senior All-Star Classic
at Johns Hopkins University.He was commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer and served as the MPA on USS Ogden and the OIC of Assault Craft Unit 5 in San Diego. He returned to the Naval Academy in 2001 as a Phys Ed instructor and the Athletic Facilities Manager.
He left the Navy and co-founded DDK Technology Group in 2001, a start-up commercial IT firm to a major player in the DoD and Intel markets until it was purchased by ManTech in 2009.He and his wife, Jennifer (also a 1994 Naval Academy grad), purchased Mills Fine Wine and Liquors in 2012....keeping a mainstay of local Annapolis business in operation. They have two daughters and a son. Jerry's son, Will, is a standout wrestler at Broadneck High School.

Jacob KoserJacob Koser is 2018 graduate of Northern York High School in Dillsburg, Pa., Koser attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2018-19 academic year. His brother, Kyle, was a three-time NCAA qualifier and 2017 All-American wrestler at Messiah College ... uncle, Rear Admiral Eric Ver Hage, is a 1991 USNA grad.

Wrestling at 197lbs his plebe year, Koser compiled a 21-9 record and was an alternate for the NCAA Championship.

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