Video: UNI's Bonin becomes All-American

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?

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