Stephen Abas

Stephen Anthony Abas (born January 12, 1978) is an American wrestler. He graduated from James Logan High School after two years as a star wrestler. Prior to JLHS he attendended Canyon Springs High School, in Moreno Valley, California. He and his brother Gerry were members of the Wan Tu Wazuri wrestling club at Oakland Tech, Oakland, California.Fact|date=July 2007

Wrestling for California State University, Fresno from 1998 – 2002, he earned four All-American honors at the D1 NCAA wrestling championships, placing fourth at 118 as a freshman and winning the next three years at the 125 pound weight class. He finished his college career with a 103-2 record and 46 pins.fact|date=July 2007

He is also a decorated freestyle wrestler; he has competed in two world freestyle championships and received a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. At the 2004 D1 championships, he was named, along with fourteen other wrestlers, to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling Team.

At this time, he is a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center.fact|date=July 2007 Tried out for the 2008 USA Olympic Team reaching the finals of the Olympic Trials losing to Henry Cejudo in a best of 3 series 2 matches to 1 soon after retiring from wrestling.

External links

* [http://208.55.132.57/home.asp Official Website]
* [http://www.matdaddy.com/search_result.php?search_id=abas&search_typ=search_videos&x=0&y=0 Stephen Abas Highlights]