Four-Time NCAA Champ Sanderson leading Over 2,000 entries to Las Vegas Convention Center     LAS VEGAS--Cael Sanderson, already the most honored and decorated collegiate wrestler of all time, now resumes his Olympic dreams at this month's 2002 Las Vegas United States National Wrestling Championships at the newly-expanded Las Vegas Convention Center.    Having completed an unprecedented collegiate career at Iowa State with a perfect 159-0 career record, four NCAA titles and the only wrestler ever to be honored four consecutive years as the most outstanding wrestler of the NCAA Championships, Sanderson will now take center stage in the entertainment and sports capital of the world in less than three weeks. A native of Utah, Sanderson has already made an impression on the international level as the returning U.S. Freestyle National Champion at 187.25 pounds.    Featuring Olympic-style wrestling, the 2002 Las Vegas United States National Wrestling Championships, presented by Knickerbocker, will be held April 24-27 in the spacious new Hall S-3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The massive tournament, with over 2,000 entries competing, will also include the U.S. Freestyle Nationals, the U.S. Greco-Roman Nationals, the U.S. Women*s Nationals, and the U.S. Veteran*s Nationals. ESPN2 will televise the event nationally on a delayed basis. The Women*s Freestyle Finals will be televised on the Oxygen Network.    Over 40 entries from Nevada are expected. Leading the Nevada contingent will be Las Vegas brothers Eddie, Greg and Chris Gifford, Josh and Jared Medina, Reno*s Chad Espinoza, and Las Vegas* Eugene Harris and Matt Azevedo.  Eddie Gifford, Josh Medina, Harris and Azevedo will wrestle in Senior Freestyle while the others will all compete in Junior Freestyle.    Action on 20 mats will run from 12:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. on April 24-25 and 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday, April 26. On Saturday, April 27, the morning session will run from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., followed by the championship finals in Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Women*s Freestyle starting at 6 p.m.    "What*s happened so far in my wrestling career has been incredible, and I*ve had a lot of help to get through it, especially from my family," said Sanderson, 22, who hails from Heber City, Utah. "I wish I was a little better speaker. I can't describe my emotions. Before the finals (March 23), I looked up at the Iowa State fans and I almost cried, so I looked away.  I have a lot of work still to do. I have a lot of goals still to reach."    Coached at Heber City's Wasatch High School by his father Steve Sanderson, Sanderson was a four-time state champ. Like so many top wrestlers, he grew up with brothers who also enjoy the sport. Brother Cody, 25, was a two-time NCAA runner-up at Iowa State. Another brother, Cole, 23, also wrestled at Iowa State. The youngest Sanderson brother, Cyler, was a ninth-grade state champ this season in Utah.    Enroute to capping his perfect collegiate career, Sanderson was 45-0 this season, with 24 pins, 10 technical fall -- matches ended once the margin reaches 15 points -- and two forfeits.    The entire Sanderson family, including his mother, Debbie, were at the NCAA Championships in Albany, N.Y., to support and encourage Cael Sanderson in his uncharted quest to wrestling immortality.    As more than 12,000 fans at the Pepsi Arena gave Sanderson a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes, his family were among the first to congratulate him after his 12-4 major decision over Lehigh's sophomore Jon Trenge completed his five-match march to his fourth NCAA crown on March 23.    An art and design major, Sanderson graduated in December and is taking extra classes, including drawing.    Preparing now to take his prominent place on the world stage starting in Las Vegas, Sanderson's rewards keep rolling in to the humble and soft-spoken hero.    Besides the obligatory television appearances that accompany such feats, Sanderson has also received his third Dan Hodge Award, presented annually to the nation*s top college wrestler.    Carefully weighing his future moves in the sports marketing arena like his has all these years on the competition mat, Sanderson has already been offered an assistant coaching position at Iowa State with his college mentor, Bobby Douglas.    Sanderson is the subject of a three-page story in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, which listed his accomplishment as the No. 2 all-time individual feat in college sports history.    Paul Harvey spoke of Sanderson on his radio broadcasts, and Sanderson's history-making moment was shown live on ESPN News. That match was believed to be the first live telecast of a college wrestling match by a network since 1987.    There hasn't been nearly this much attention paid to a college wrestler since the legendary Dan Gable threatened to finish his Iowa State career undefeated before losing his final college match in 1970.    Experts believe Sanderson has the same marketability as Gable and, more recently, Rulon Gardner, who was a star of the 2000 Olympics.     Since he completed collegiate perfection, Sanderson bobblehead dolls sold for as much as $122.50 on eBay, an online auction - more than six times the original price. There were 34 Sanderson-related items on eBay by last Thursday afternoon.    Bobby Douglas, the former star wrestler who coached Sanderson at Iowa State, said, "I think if America uses Cael Sanderson wisely, he'll be the greatest role model of all time for our kids. In my opinion, he is the poster boy of collegiate sports. He represents wrestling, but more importantly, he represents the ideal student-athlete."    Advance VIP, Preferred and General Admission All-Event tickets are on sale through April 23 at the LVSC ticket office at 702.838-4091. With admission for all four days, VIP All-Event packages are $150 each, Preferred All-Event tickets are $65 each and General Admission All-Event tickets are on sale for $45 for adults and $20 for students (6 to 17 years old).    Preferred and General Admission daily tickets will be available at the door only. Preferred daily tickets will be $35 while General Admission daily tickets will be $25 for adults and $15 for students.     Tickets to the finals only (to be held on Saturday, April 27) will be available on the day of the event at the door. Preferred will be $25 each while General Admission tickets for the finals (6 p.m., Saturday, April 27) will be $20 for adults and $10 for students.    Las Vegas has hosted and the LVSC and USA Wrestling have worked together  to hold 12 previous Nationals in the Southern Nevada area, including the past three years.    In Las Vegas, America's finest wrestlers will be starting the road to the World Championship. National Championships will be decided in the seven international weight categories for senior men and women competitors.    There will be six weight divisions for the veteran's divisions, split into five divisions based on ages.    Titles in 12 weight divisions will be decided in the Western Junior Regionals. Any Junior wrestler from any state may compete in this event, one of seven regional championships held annually by USA Wrestling.    The top seven place winners in each weight class in men's freestyle and Greco-Roman along with the top eight women's place winners in each weight class qualify for the World Team Trials.    Additional information is available from the LVSC offices at 702.361.5017 or on the organization's website at www.lvsports.org.