Franklin Gomez Class: Sophomore Hometown: Brandon, Fla. High School: Brandon Weight: 125

Summer 2007: Won the Northeast Regional Championship to qualify for the U.S. Senior World Team Trials in June in Las Vegas, Nev. ...Went 1-2 at 60 kg (132 pounds)... Easily defeated Eric Metzler in his first-round match of the 60 kg Challenge Tournament, 4-0, 3-0...Lost to Shawn Bunch of the Gator Wrestling Club, 1-0, 4-3, in round two...Fell to Josh Keefe of Sunkist Kids, 0-2, 3-2, 3-0.

2006-07 (RS Freshman): Opened the season by going 5-0 to win the Eastern Michigan Open...went 5-0 to win the Michigan State Open, defeating No. 11 Obensen Blanc of Lock Haven, 5-1, in the finals...Won his first collegiate dual match, a 4-1 victory over Tyler Shinn of Oklahoma State in Stillwater...Went 5-1 to take second at the Penn State Open...In his first career home dual match, he registered an 18-0 technical fall victory over Missouri's John Olanowski...Compiled a 6-1 record to claim third-place at the Midlands Championships...Beat Luke Smith of Central Michigan in the third-place match at Midlands, 6-2...Defeated Smith for the second straight match in the CMU dual, this time a 14-2 major-decision victory...Pinned Brad Gentzle of Pitt in the first period (2:44) to open MSU's dual win over the Panthers...Handed No. 8 Gabe Flores of Illinois his first loss of the season with a 5-4 come-from-behind victory on Jan. 26...Recorded a technical fall victory over Ohio State's Will Livingston, 16-1...Tallied a major-decision win over Brandon Tucker in Purdue dual...Beat No. 10 Mark McKnight of Penn State for the first time in three tries with a 7-1 victory in the Feb. 18 dual.

2005-06 (Redshirt): Was named the team's most outstanding freshman...Redshirted, going 23-3 in open competitions with three tournament championships and three more tournament finals appearances...His only losses were twice to All-American teammate Nick Simmons, and once to NCAA Qualifier Mark McKnight of Penn State...Was runner-up at the MSU Open, Nittany Lion Open and EMU Open, while taking championships at the Cleveland State Open, Edinboro Open and Kent State Open...Registered 11 major decisions.

PREP: Completed the "triple crown" of high school wrestling in 2005, winning the high school national championship, the junior freestyle national championship and the junior Greco-Roman national championship...Ranked the top senior wrestler at 119 pounds by Amateur Wrestling News and WrestlingUSA magazine...2005 Florida state champion going 44-0...Also won the Ironman and Beast of the East tournaments in 2005...Took third at junior nationals, junior freestyle nationals and junior Greco-Roman nationals in 2004...A three-time high school All-American...Wrestled with Rocky Cozart in high school.

PERSONAL: Son of Magarita Matos...Born 8/5/86 in the Dominican Republic...A no-preference major.

GOMEZ'S CAREER RECORD
Season	Overall	Duals	Big Ten	Pins
2005-06*	23-3	0-0	0-0	2
2006-07	31-8	10-4	5-3	2
Totals	31-8	10-4	5-3	2