OCU signs Busboom, Koenen to women's wrestling team
6/16/2009 4:17:44 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University has added Taylor Busboom of Spring, Texas and Chelsea Koenen of Killeen, Texas to its women’s wrestling program.
Busboom and Koenen were each four-time state qualifiers. Busboom captured the girls folkstyle national championship at 109 pounds in March at OCU.
The Stars won the WCWA national championship and their second consecutive NWCA National Duals championship last season.
Busboom won four district championships for Spring Klein High School (Texas). Busboom placed third at 110 pounds as a senior and fifth as a junior. She went 96-4 her final two years of high school.
“She’s pretty tenacious,” OCU coach Archie Randall said of Busboom. “She wrestles really hard. She is an outstanding student and proved herself an outstanding wrestler because she won the folkstyle national championship.”
Busboom said of OCU, “It’s everything I’m looking for.”
Koenen won four district titles for Killeen Shoemaker High School (Texas). She advanced to the state tournament and the regional final all four years of her high-school career.
Koenen competed at 120 pounds as a senior.
“She really wants to develop and mature as a wrestler,” Randall said. “She believes OCU is the best place for her. She wanted a school like ours where she could develop as a wrestler and achieve her academic goals. She is pretty tough.”
To see video of Busboom winning the 109-pound national title, click here.
OCU hosts the Junior National Duals on June 24-28. The event annually features the nation’s top youth wrestlers.