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Updated: 22 March 2013 | 11:48 am in On The Mats, UNI Panthers, Wrestling

Video: UNI’s Bonin becomes All-American

Panthers 157-pounder upsets his way to semifinals

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The UNI coaching staff told senior David Bonin at the beginning of the season to make sure he had a lot of family in Des Moines in March.

“Something big is going to happen,” he said assistant Mark Schwab told the 157-pounder from Broussard, La.

Something big did happen Saturday morning.

The unseeded Bonin won his 100th career match and became the first All-American for UNI since Doug and Mark Schwab took over the program.

He whipped Virginia’s 12th-seeded Jedd Moore in the quarterfinals, 3-0, his third shutout of the tournament.

“You live your life every day for this,” he said. “If feels great right now.”

Bonin said he’s not surprised by his success this weekend. He came up short the past two years, watching wrestlers he knew he could compete with win.

“I’m right there with them,” he told himself. “Why not me?

UNI's Bonin gets All-America status

Panther wrestler gets to 157 semifinals after upsetting UVA's Moore

Storified by CR Gazette Sports· Fri, Mar 22 2013 09:46:14

UNI's David Bonin will wrestling on Mat 4 in qts vs. Jedd Moore of Virginia at 157 #d1wrestleJim Nelson
UNI's first quarterfinalist about to take the mat - unseeded David Bonin vs. 12 Jedd Moore of Virginia, #d1wrestleJ.R. Ogden
Bonin in on a leg but Moor is defending well right now. #d1wrestleJim Nelson
Bonin and Moore scoreless with :44 to go in 1st. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
Bonin the agressor vs. Moore, but no points after first period #d1wrestleJ.R. Ogden
Bonin and Moore are scoreless after first. Bonin starts second on bottom. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
Moore has 1:25 of riding time in second,. Still 0-0 with Bonin. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
Just as I type that last message, Bonin escapes for 1-0 lead. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
Bonin comes right back with TD and leads, 3-0, going into third #d1wrestleJ.R. Ogden
Bonin with a second period escape and a takedown in the closing seconds to take a 3-0 lead. #Panthers #UNI #D1wrestleTommy Birch
Bonin has erased riding time. He still leads, 3-0. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
Bonin is 30 seconds away from being Scwhab's first All-American #d1wrestleJ.R. Ogden
Bonin beats Moore, becoming Doug Schwab's first All-American as UNI head coach. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher
DAVID BONIN ALL-AMERICAN .... BOOM! He's on to semifinals #d1wrestle #unipanthersJim Nelson
All-American David Bonin from the great state of mine. Louisiana. #TeamLA #NcaaSemifinalistRy Davis
BONIN! BONIN! BONIN! #panthertrainLogan Johnson
David Bonin makes the semifinals of the NCAAs. Guaranteed All American finish!Matt Pinero
Unseeded 157-pounder David Bonin for @UNI_wrestling becomes an All-American after beating No. 122 Moore (UVA) to advance to the semis.NCAA Wrestling
Bonin of UNI with a nice quarterfinal victory to become an All-American for the #panthertrain. Nice work!Mark McMurphy

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