MICHIGAN WOLVERINE WRESTLING


Big Ten Team Championships (15): 1927-1928-1929-1930-1938-1944-1953-1955-1956-1960-1963-1964-1965-1973-2022; NCAA Runner-Up: 1928, 1929, 1974, 2005, and 2022

8-4, 5-3 in the Big Ten, 2nd Place Big Ten, 3rd Place NCAA Championships  2023-2024 Roster Captains:  Will Lewan and Cameron Amine Bolyard promoted to Assistant Coach Medley is new Director of Wrestling Operations

5 Minutes with Sean Bormet: March 20 March 13  March 6 February 28 February 21 February 14 February 7 January 24 January 17 January 10 January 3  December 13 December 6 November 29 November 22 November 15  November 8 November 1 October 4 September 27 September 20 September 13 June Interview

MSU Open (Brackets)

Columbia 33-6

Rider 27-14

Cliff Keen Invitational Day 1 Day 2

Michigan loses to South Dakota State, 17-22

Michigan humbles Maryland, 38-3

Michigan pastes Michigan State, 29-12

Michigan only wins 2 of 10 bouts against Penn State, 9-27

Michigan handles Rutgers, 23-10

Michigan edged by Ohio State, 19-20

Michigan beats down Iowa, 24-11

Michigan humbled by Nebraska, 7-25

Michigan pounds Indiana, 30-6

Michigan shuts out Central Michigan, 39-0

Big Ten Championships Pre-Seeds

Big Ten Team 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total
Penn State 6 5 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 25
Michigan 7 1 5 2 7 6 2 5 13 3 51
Ohio State 8 3 2 5 10 8 5 4 6 2 53
Iowa 2 14 3 3 4 3 3 13 3 7 55
Nebraska 5 4 4 1 5 5 12 5 4 10 55
Minnesota 4 8 9 9 2 10 9 1 5 8 65
Rutgers 9 2 7 10 11 13 6 8 7 4 77
Indiana 14 10 9 8 3 9 8 10 10 6 87
Wisconsin 3 9 14 7 13 1 7 7 14 12 87
Michigan State 10 12 8 12 6 4 13 6 11 9 91
Maryland 13 7 11 6 12 14 11 14 2 5 95
Purdue 1 11 12 11 8 7 10 12 9 14 95
Illinois 11 6 6 14 14 10 4 11 12 13 101
Northwestern 12 13 13 13 9 11 14 9 8 11 113

Big Ten Championships Day 1

NCAA Championships Day 2 Day 1

Austin Gomez granted extra year of eligibility, and commits to Michigan on December 13

Michigan Signs four in November for 2024-2025

Weight Michigan 2023-2024 Line-Up
125 lbs. #14 Mike DeAugustino 12-8, 6th Place Big Ten (Nolan Wertanen 8-4/Christian Tenefu 2-6/Redshirt: Caden Horwath 5-6/Recruit: Chris Kiser)
133 lbs. #4 Dylan Ragusin 28-3, 2nd Place Big Ten-5th Place NCAA/Chris Cannon 0-1/Wilfred Tanefu 4-11
141 lbs. #19 Sergio Lemley 19-9, 4th Place Big Ten/Nathan Jerore 6-5; Recruit: Justin Gates)
149 lbs. #6 Austin Gomez 13-3, 2nd Place Big Ten-2nd Place NCAA (Fidel Mayora 0-2/Redshirts: Joel Adams/Dylan Gilcher 10-8/Recruit: Brock Mantanona)
157 lbs. #10 Will Lewan 13-9, 2nd Place Big Ten (Zach Mattin 10-6/Zach Ramsey 0-4/Recruit: Cam Catrabone)
165 lbs. #10 Cameron Amine 16-9, 4th Place Big Ten/Redshirt: Beau Mantanona 15-6/Joaquin Consuelos (Redshirt: Amaan Gulacha)
174 lbs. #4 Shane Griffith 19-3, 2nd Place Big Ten-3rd Place NCAA (Joe Walker 8-5/Codei Khawaja 8-5/Connor Owens 12-5/Josh Knudten 9-8)
184 lbs. #15 Jaden Bullock 20-12, 4th Place Big Ten/Matt McKenna 3-10
197 lbs. Rylan Rogers 4-4, Brendin Yatooma 2-3, or Bobby Striggow 6-11/Jack Cummings 3-4 (Redshirt: Hayden Walters)
285 lbs. #4 Lucas Davison 22-5, 3rd Place Big Ten-2nd Place NCAA/Ira Jenkins 11-6/Austin Jordan 0-4/Keegan Nugent 13-3/Dhuzabrail Khurshidov 3-2/Lance Trost 6-8
 Joel Adams, Jack Cummings, Dylan Gilcher, Caden Horwath, Sergio Lemley, Beau Mantanona, and Hayden Walters signed for 2023 plus Connor Owens and Zach Ramsey; Cam Catrabone, Justin Gates, Christopher Kiser, Brock Mantanona, and Zar Walker have pledged for 2024. Gauge Botero (125/133), Jude Correa (285), Teddy Flores, Cooper Hilton (141/149), and Mikey Wilson have pledged for 2025.
Weight Michigan 2024-2025 Possible Line-Up
125 lbs. Chris Kiser or Caden Howath
133 lbs. Dylan Ragusin
141 lbs. Sergio Lemley Redshirts: Justin Gates/Zar Walker
149 lbs. Joel Adams/Dylan Gilcher/Brock Mantanona
157 lbs. Joel Adams/Brock Mantanona/Cam Catrabone
165 lbs. Beau Mantanona /Amaan Gulacha
174 lbs. Joe Walker/Connor Owens
184 lbs. Jaden Bullock
197 lbs. Rylan Rogers/Hayden Walters
285 lbs. Lucas Davison/Ira Jenkins 
Lucas Davison announced his transfer to Michigan on April 6; Patrick Nolan entered the transfer portal on April 12; he transferred to Notre Dame. Michigan added Mike DeAugustino and Chris Cannon from Northwestern on May 1; Kurt McHenry entered the transfer portal on May 1; he went to Penn State. Shane Griffith committed on May 4. Chase Lamer entered the transfer portal on May 4; he's joined his brothers at Cal Poly. Max Maylor entered the transfer portal on May 10; he transferred to Wisconsin on May 23.
Myles Amine and Mason Parris win Bronze Medals at the 2023 World Championships; Stevan Micic wins Gold Medal Mason Parris wins Gold Medal at the Pan-American Championships
Mason Parris becomes first Wolverine Wrestler to win the Hodge Trophy

Big Ten Championship Wrestling Brackets  2023 NCAA Wrestling Brackets and Seeds NCAA Wrestling Championships Mattin added as an 8th Wolverine Qualifier Michigan Finishes 6th at NCAA Championships with 3 All-Americans including NCAA Champion Mason Parris 

Michigan beats out Minnesota and Northwestern for 5th place at the Big Ten Championships behind Penn State, Iowa, Nebraska, and Ohio State

Pre-Seeds for the Big Ten Championships in 2023

Big Ten Team 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total
Penn State 11 1 2 5 2 4 1 1 1 2 30
Iowa 1 8 1 4 5 3 7 5 5 3 42
Ohio State 7 2 9 1 12 5 3 2 7 7 55
Nebraska 2 12 3 11 1 10 2 7 2 14 64
Northwestern 6 4 4 3 8 7 8 11 12 4 67
Minnesota 5 6 5 6 11 9 4 3 9 11 69
Michigan 10 5 10 9 6 2 9 4 13 1 69
Wisconsin 4 10 11 2 9 1 13 10 8 5 73
Illinois 14 3 6 12 7 8 5 9 3 13 80
Michigan State 12 9 12 13 4 6 11 6 4 12 89
Rutgers 9 7 7 10 13 12 10 8 11 6 93
Indiana 13 11 13 7 10 11 6 13 10 8 102
Purdue 3 13 8 14 3 13 14 12 14 10 104
Maryland 8 14 14 8 14 14 12 14 6 9 113

Michigan bounces Central Michigan, 30-9

Michigan edges Indiana, 23-18

Michigan thrashed by Iowa, 8-33

Michigan lassoed by Oklahoma State, 15-24

Michigan overwhelms Maryland, 44-5

Michigan outwrestled by Ohio State, 15-23

Michigan shucks Rutgers, 24-9

Michigan humbled by #1 Penn State, 8-30

Michigan stomps Wisconsin, 27-6

Michigan tops Michigan State, 25-10

Michigan handles Cal Poly, 30-11, and Cal.State-Bakersfield, 36-0

Midlands

Cleveland State Open

Cliff Keen Invitational Day 1 Day 2

Michigan triumphs over North Carolina, 23-12

Michigan defeats Campbell, 26-6

MSU Open on November 5

127 Individual Big Ten Wrestling Champions (2nd to Iowa's 208)

Weight Michigan 2022-2023  Line-Up
125 lbs. Jack Medley 23-13-8th Big Ten,  Kurt McHenry 7-4; Christian Tanefu 2-6, Nolan Wertanin 5-4
133 lbs. Dylan Ragusin 19-10-5th Big Ten; Wilfried Tanefu 3-5, Chris Kim 1-2
141 lbs. Cole Mattin 16-11, NCAA Qualifier (Redshirt: Nathan Jerore 11-7) Pat Nolan 8-5
149 lbs. Chance Lamer 15-9-7th Big Ten; Fidel Mayora 2-4
157 lbs. Will Lewan 24-9-3rd Big Ten, 8th NCAA; Alex Wesselman 0-5
165 lbs. Cameron Amine 16-3-4th Big Ten, 4th NCAA; Zach Mattin 2-5, Joaquin Consuelos 0-1
174 lbs. Max Maylor 15-9, Joe Walker 5-5 or Jaden Bullock 4-2; Josh Knudten 3-6, Matt McKenna 5-8, Codei Khawaja 6-1
184 lbs. Matt Finesilver 26-8-3rd Big Ten
197 lbs. Rylan Rogers 13-5, Brendin Yatooma 5-16 or Bobby Striggow 1-1 (Redshirt: Jack Cummings 9-9 and Lance Trost 4-8)
285 lbs. Mason Parris 33-0-Big Ten and NCAA Champion (Redshirt: Ira Jenkins 7-1) Dzhabrial Khurshidov 2-4, Keegan Nugent 4-4, Blake Querio 0-2, Austin Jordan 0-0
Matt Finesilver, 2-Time NCAA Qualifier, to transfer from Duke

NCAA Wresting Brackets Big Ten Final Wrestling Brackets

Cliff Keen Wrestling Club adds J'Den Cox Derek Moore Signs with Cliff Keen Wrestling Club Alex Dieringer Signs with Cliff Keen Wrestling Club

125 lbs. 133 lbs. 141 lbs. 149 lbs. 157 lbs. 165 lbs. 174 lbs. 184 lbs. 197 lbs. 275 lbs. Roster 2021-2022
4 3 3 6 1 1 3 3 4 6 34
Michigan defeats Cal.State-Bakersfield, 37-3
Michigan defeats Columbia, 34-3
Michigan defeats Buffalo, 31-3 (Findlay Open)
Cliff Keen Invitational at Las Vegas on December 3-4
Michigan splits shortened dual with Arizona State
Michigan handles #7 Ohio State, 29-8
Michigan pummeled by Penn State, 6-29

Michigan rebounds with a win over Rutgers, 35-8

Michigan defeats Minnesota, 20-14

Michigan manhandles Maryland, 40-2

Michigan outlasts Nebraska, 20-13

Michigan overwhelms Indiana, 37-3

Michigan muscles past Michigan State, 24-13

Michigan overcomes Central Michigan, 25-12

Big Ten Championships

NCAA Championships: NCAA Team Runner-Up with 6 All-Americans

Lamer wins MSU Open title

Weight Michigan 2022 Line-Up
125 lbs. Nick Suriano 16-0, Big Ten and NCAA Champion; Jack Medley 12-4; Kurt McHenry 5-0, Christian Tenefeu 10-12, Wilfried Tenefeu 5-7
133 lbs. Dylan Ragusin 25-8, 3rd Big Ten; Drew Mattin 16-4, Chris Kim 9-4
141 lbs. Stevan Micic 14-8 , 4th Big Ten; (Chance Lamer 17-2 to redshirt), Pat Nolan 6-8
149 lbs. Kanen Storr 10-8, 8th Big Ten; Cole Mattin 10-6, Alex Wesselman 0-8, Zach Mattin 4-1, Joaquin Consuelos 0-2, Nick Freeman 0-1
157 lbs. Will Lewan 21-7, 2nd Big Ten, 5th NCAA; Fidel Mayora 5-3
165 lbs. Cameron Amine 20-7, 2nd Big Ten, 4th NCAA
174 lbs. Logan Massa 20-4, 2nd Big Ten, 5th NCAA; Max Maylor 9-4, Jaden Bullock 19-7 or Joe Walker 14-4; Matt McKenna 3-9
184 lbs. Myles Amine 21-2, Big Ten Champion, NCAA Runner-Up; Jelani Embree 3-0
197 lbs. Pat Brucki 22-8, 3rd Big Ten; J.T. Correll 6-6, Brendin Yatoma 7-8, Robert Striggow 12-13
285 lbs. Mason Parris 19-6, 4th Big Ten, 5th NCAA; Blake Querio 3-4, Austin Jordan 4-9, Keegan Nugent 10-8, Dzhabrail Khurshidov 7-4, Zach Nemec 1-3
Gaige Garcia (Lehigh), Nick Lombard (Binghamton) and Andrew Davison (Northwestern) transferred; Nolan Wertanen (125), Nathan Jerore (149/157), Codei Khawaja (174), Josh Knudten (184), Rylan Rogers (184/197) and Ian Jenkins (285) have signed for 2022--Joel Adams, Jack Cummings, Dylan Gilcher, Caden Howath, Sergio Lemley, Beau Mantanona, and Hayden Walters have pledged for 2023 along with Cam Catrabone, Justin Gates, Brock Mantanona, and Zar Walker for 2024.

Logan Massa earned the Senior U.S. Championship Championship at 70kg for 2 years in a row. Mason Parris qualified also by winning the Junior World Championship in 2019, and the Senior U.S. Freestyle Championship; he qualified as a member of the 2021 Team USA Freestyle Wrestling Team by finishing 3rd at the Olympic Trials. Stevan Micic and Myles Amine won the Bronze Medal in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo for San Marino! Amine placed 2nd at the 2020 European Championships, and is now ranked 4th in the World at 86kg; he will compete in the World Championships in October.  Stevan Micic earned a Bronze Medal at the 2020 European Championships and was #1 seed at the 2020 Olympics. Adam Coon competed at the Pan-American Championships in March, 2020; he won the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, but was unable to qualify for the 2021 Olympics so he signed a NFL contract with the Tennessee Titans as an offensive lineman; unfortunately, he was cut.

Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen Facebook Group

Hidden Arms Race in College Wrestling

Michigan Wrestlers, 1921-2022

Michigan Wrestling Captains

Greatest Michigan Wrestlers

Greatest NCAA Wrestlers

Greatest NCAA Wrestling Coaches

National United States Senior Wrestling Champions

Big Ten Conference Wrestling Champions

United States Olympic Wrestling Training Centers

Michigan Wrestling History

A Historical Perspective on Amateur Wrestling in America

Michigan Wrestling Recruiting History

NCAA Top Wrestling Recruits 

Michigan Wrestling Coaches

Top 20 NCAA Wrestling Programs of All-Time

Division I Wrestling Conferences and Programs in 2018

NCAA Wrestling Records

NCAA Wrestling Unbeaten Streaks

NCAA Wrestling Championship Venues

Michigan Wrestling Yearbook and Record Book

Links to NCAA Wrestling

NCAA Wrestling Refereeing, Scoring and Rules Book

Michigan Wrestling Hall of Fame

NCAA Wrestling Coach Salaries (2008)

Michigan Wrestling Coach Salaries

Michigan Wrestling Division II All-Americans

Michigan Wrestling Division III All-Americans

Michigan Wrestling NAIA All-Americans

Michigan Wrestling JC All-Americans

Michigan High School Wrestling Coaches

Michigan High School Wrestling Tournament History 1939-2023

Big Ten Wrestling Championships History

Olympic Wrestling History

World Wrestling Championships History

Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen is available for Order or pick one up at 7 Metro Detroit locations of the M-Den

Historic State/Team/NCAA Wrestling Book Team/State Pages Printed Author(s) Price
Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen Michigan 628 2013 Taylor, Dave $29.95
Tales from the Mat Illinois High School Wrestling at 75 Illinois 500 2012 Sherrill, Rob $37.95
Reach for the Stars: The Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament Iowa 620 2011 McCool, Dan $35.00
Glory Beyond the Sport: Wrestling in the Military Army/Navy 100 2009 Moore, Roger $10.00
Wisconsin Wrestling, 1940-2007 Wisconsin 194 2008 Wisconsin Wresting Coaches Assn. $10.00
A Century of Penn State Wrestling Penn State 272 2008 Penn State Wrestling Club $19.95
The Fighting Scots of Edinboro: One Small School's Rise to Prominence Among College Wrestling's Heavyweights Pennsylvania 128 2008 Dudley, John $18.00
Cowboy Up: John Smith leads the Legendary Oklahoma State Wrestlers to its Greatest Season Ever Oklahoma State 405 2007 Parrish, Kim $28.95
The History of Collegiate Wrestling  NCAA 381 2006 Hammond, Jairus $49.95
The History of Western Pennsylvania Wrestling Pennsylvania 240 2005 Amic, Paul $20.00
Grappling Glory: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Wrestling Rassling Minnesota 200 2004 Bernstein, Ross $29.95
Ohio's Best in Amateur Wrestling: A Thorough Look at Ohio Wrestling from 1938-1997  Ohio 328 1997 Osgood, Mark $24.95
Mat Power: Lehigh Wrestling Highlights Lehigh 255 1997 Diehl, Denny $38.00
History of WPIAL Wrestling Champions Pennsylvania 67 1995 Wunderley, Ken n/a
The Cowboys Ride Again: A History of Wrestling's Dynasty Oklahoma State 238 1994 Dellinger, Bob&Doris n/a
Ready, Wrestle: A History of the Indiana State High School Wrestling Tournament, 1922-1992 Indiana 261 1992 Holman, Dave $18.00
A History of Wrestling at Iowa State University, 1912-1985 Iowa State 324 1986 Marr-Hugunin, Lynn n/a
Ride 'em, Cowboys! The Story of Oklahoma State Wrestling Oklahoma State 144 1977 Dellinger, Doris n/a
Takedown: Fifty Years of Univ. of Oklahoma Wrestling Greats Oklahoma 88 1976 Leach, Alan n/a

The Emergence of High School Wrestling in West Virginia, 1922-1975

The History of Intercollegiate Wrestling at the University of Utah

West Virginia

Utah

360

318

1975

1965

Nedeff, George

Hankin, John Francis

n/a

n/a

Ready--Wrestle: Louisiana High School State Wrestling Tournament History: 67 Years of History, Information, Facts Louisiana 94 n/a Bofinger, Bill $25.00
South Carolina Wrestling South Carolina n/a n/a Buford, Mark $18.00

Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen Book Features (Get the Book here):

Brief History of FILA and International Wrestling

Stowaways Go to 1928 Olympics

Money Influencing Wrestling

Wrestling Information, Marketing and Media

Managers and Sports Information at Michigan

The Rise and Fall of Small College Wrestling in Michigan

Title IX and Its Effect on Amateur Wrestling

History of the Michigan High School Wrestling Championships, 1939-1977

History of Scholastic Wrestling

Wrestling Rules, Changes and Refereeing

The Michigan Wrestling Club

The Mid-American (MAC) Conference

Rob Huizenga, now known as Dr. H

Dave Curby, Doctor of Wrestling

Jim Kamman, Almost a Manager

Remembering Pete Cornell

Rick Bay, NACDA Hall of Fame

Harland Danner, from Ann Arbor to Oklahoma to Chiapas, Mexico

Little Johnny Speicher

Ed "Don" George, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

Murl Thrush, Oklahoma to Ann Arbor to New York

The Steiner Brothers

The Pantaleos

The Churellas

The Amines

The Michigan Wrestling Recruiting Pipelines: Cresco, IA The Hill School, PA Ann Arbor High School Hazel Park

Keen Coaches Lightweight Football 1947-1948

A History of Individual and Team Placing at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships:

Year/Wgt. 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Ave. Team Notes Champs Placers

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

1

7

4

7

10

5

6

5

3

10

8

6

1

3

10

7

4

8

9

5

13

10

8

9

8

5

5

8

10

4

3

4

2

8

5

3

1

4

3

5

2

3

8

3

5

2

11

6

2

4

12

2

2

3

11

7

1

12

8

11

3

11

3

1

3

1

7

11

4

11

5

5

4

2

2

7

2

11

2

3

n/a

6.0

6.8

6.3

5.1

6.4

6.2

5.2

1

4

7

6

3

7

6

4

Amine, M./Suriano

Amine, M.

None

None

Micic/Pantaleo

Churella, J.

Churella, R.

Pantaleo, A.

Amine, M./Amine, C./Lewan/Massa/Ragusin/Parris/Micic/Brucki

Amine, M./Parris/Amine, C./Massa/Storr/Ragusin/Lewan

Paris, Medley, Storr, Lewan, Striggow, Meisinger, Embree

Amine/Micic/Pantaleo

Amine/Coon/Abounader/Beazley/Massa

Grant, C.

Grant, A.

Fisher/Bruno

2014 7 9 4 4 4 7 8 3 9 9 6.4 8 Maryland/Rutgers added Russell Watts/Huntley
2013 4 7 7 7 9 5 6 7 6 6 6.4 6 Bertin Luke
2012 9 4 1 3 9 7 7 9 8 9 6.6 7 Hrovat Breyer
2011 4 5 1 2 9 5 8 9 9 6 5.8 5 Nebraska added Tannenbaum Roy
2010 9 7 7 9 6 9 4 7 3 6 6.7 10 Weitzel Sulaver
2009 9 8 1 9 5 8 1 5 1 7 5.4 3 Moos Biondo
2008 9 9 1 3 5 1 1 2 9 9 4.9 3 Wagner Marsh
2007 9 9 9 2 8 2 1 3 6 9 5.8 8 Todd Stevens
2006 7 4 4 5 4 1 9 5 4 2 4.5 3 Smith Phillips
2005 9 4 1 1 2 1 6 7 9 3 4.0 3 Owen Zeerip
2004 6 2 9 1 2 3 7 9 9 4 5.2 4 Forward Coon 
2003 2 9 7 3 3 6 7 9 3 6 5.5 6 Dowd Murphy
2002 4 7 9 3 2 6 1 2 3 4 4.1 3 Kulczycki Grajeles
2001 5 8 8 3 7 5 1 5 4 4 5 4 Lodeserto Boyle
2000 5 3 3 3 9 9 6 3 9 5 5.5 5 Brink Yates
1999 8 2 2 4 9 8 3 7 6 6 5.5 5 Abounader Apland
Ave. 6.53 6.12 4.88 3.88 5.76 5.24 4.88 5.47 6.06 5.76 5.44 5.12 Dutton Logan

2021 Season

Weight Michigan 2021 Line-Up
125 lbs. Dylan Ragusin 8-5, 7th Big Ten (Chris Kim to redshirt; (Christian Tanefeu for 2022) Kurt McHenry 0-2
133 lbs. Jack Medley 7-6, 10th Big Ten (Wilfried Tanefeu for 2022)
141 lbs. Drew Mattin 5-8, 8th Big Ten (Cole Mattin 3-1 to redshirt) Nick Lombard 2-0/Pat Nolan 2-0
149 lbs. Kanen Storr 9-6, 5th Big Ten (Fidel Mayora 4-0  to redshirt; Chance Lamer and James Whittaker for 2022)
157 lbs. Will Lewan 9-4, 8th Big Ten (Ameen Hamden 0-1)
165 lbs. Cameron Amine 13-4, 3rd Big Ten, All-American-7th NCAA (Matt McKenna 0-1 to redshirt) Reece Hughes/Lane VanAnrooy 2-0
174 lbs. Logan Massa 14-5, 4th Big Ten. All-American-5th NCAA (Max Maylor 2-1 to redshirt)
184 lbs. Jaden Bullock 3-5 (Joe Walker 0-2 to redshirt) J.T. Correll 2-0, Jelani Embree 0-1
197 lbs. Myles Amine 13-1, Big Ten Champion, All-American-3rd NCAA; Andrew Davison 2-3 (Gaige Garcia to Redshirt; Pat Brucki for 2021-2022) Bobby Striggow 1-0
285 lbs. Mason Parris 12-1, Big Ten and NCAA Runner-Up-All-American; Luke Ready 1-1 and Blake Querio 0-1

Signees for the Class of 2020 include: Jaden Bullock (184), Fidel Mayora (149), Matt McKenna (165), Dylan Ragusin (125), Joseph Walker (184/197), Chris Kim (125/133), Brendin Yatooma (197) and Gaige Garcia (197); James Whittaker (149) has transferred from Virginia, but left the team for the 2021-2022 season. Princeton Transfer Pat Brucki (197) will be eligible for competition in 2021-2022. Ben Freeman (141) transferred to the University of Buffalo. Joey Silva (133) is in the transfer portal.

The Class of 2022 recruits include: Zach Mattin (157), Chance Lamer (141/149), Joaquin Consuelos (149), Christian and Wilfried Tanefeu (125/133), Keegan Nugent (285), etc.

Michigan finished 7th at Big Ten Championships; Parris 2nd at 285 lbs.

John Fisher is 15th Wrestling Wolverine inducted into Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor (Q&A with John Fisher)

5th at the NCAA Championships

Big Ten Championship Wrestling Brackets  NCAA Championship Wrestling Brackets

Mason Parris earns spot on U.S. Junior World Team (Parris earns Gold Medal at Junior World Championships)

Logan Massa and Kevin Beazley earn finals birth at U.S. World Championship Tryouts, but both lost in the Finals

Sal Profaci transferred to American University

2015-2020 Historical Line-Ups

Weight/Team 2016 Michigan Wrestling Wolverines 2017 Michigan Wrestling Wolverines 2018 Michigan Wrestling Wolverines 2019 Michigan Wrestling Wolverines 2020 Michigan Wrestling Wolverines
125 lbs. Conor Youtsey 17-15, 5th NCAA (Austin Assad 18-3 redshirt) Conor Youtsey 6-8, 5th Big Ten, Austin Assad 8-5 (Lester 2-2) Drew Mattin 19-12 (Austin Assad/Jack Medley 15-11 redshirt) Drew Mattin 20-9, 7th Big Ten (Austin Assad 8-4, Jack Medley 13-8/Mike Volyanuk) Jack Medley 19-12, 4th Big Ten (Kurt McHenry to Redshirt)
133 lbs. Bruno 15-13 (Sal Profaci 21-7/Ben Lamantia 19-9 redshirts) Stevan Micic 29-7, 3rd Big Ten, 4th NCAA (Suitor 3-6/Lamantia 10-4) Stevan Micic 2-2, Big Ten Champion, NCAA Runner-Up (Mike Volyanuk 5-9/K.J. Suitor 4-4) Stevan Micic 19-1, 3rd NCAA (Joey Silva 7-1 and Michael Mars 1-1 to Redshirt/Sergio Borg 1-2) Joey Silva 6-3, 8th Big Ten; Austin Assad 4-9 (Stevan Micic and Noah Comar 1-3 to Redshirt) 
141 lbs. Fisher 8-13 (Malik Amine 9-5/Zac Hall 4-4/Zehlin Storr 3-7) Sal Profaci 13-17, 10th place Big Ten (Fisher 2-2) Sal Profaci 12-15 (Ben Lamantia 10-4/Ben Freeman 13-8 to redshirt/Nick Lombard 9-10) Kanen Storr 26-8, 5th Big Ten (Sal Profaci 9-5/Ben Freeman 11-7 and Nick Freeman 3-3/K.J. Suitor 0-1) Cole Mattin 16-13, 9th Big Ten; Ben Freeman 0-4 or Nick Freeman 1-3 (Drew Mattin 8-5 to Redshirt/Pat Nolan 4-2)
149 lbs. Alec Pantaleo 27-8, 6th NCAA (H.Scharf 3-5) Zac Hall 17-10, 4th Big Ten, Malik Amine 11-5 (Tyler Meisinger 14-10 and Alec Pantaleo Redshirt) Malik Amine 15-12 (Tyler Meisinger 14-6) Malik Amine 12-11, 8th Big Ten or Ben Lamantia 5-4 (Nick Lombard 4-4) Kanen Storr 21-6, 5th Big Ten; Ben Lamantia 6-5 (Nick Lombard 1-4/Nick Freeman 1-3)
157 lbs. Brian Murphy 11-9 (Jordan Amine 7-13/Cory Vanderhagen 7-8/Aaron Calderon 7-8) Brian Murphy 16-8, 4th Big Ten (Jordan Amine 4-2) Alec Pantaleo 17-6, Big Ten Champion, 5th NCAA (Lane Van Anrooy 11-8) Alec Pantaleo 24-8, 3rd Big Ten/3rd NCAA/Lane Van Anrooy 2-6 (Will Lewan 9-2 to Redshirt) Will Lewan 21-7, 5th Big Ten (Ameen Hamden 0-2)
165 lbs. Garrett Sutton 9-10 (Logan Massa 13-1/Myles Amine 13-2 redshirts) Logan Massa 32-3, 2nd Big Ten, 3rd NCAA Logan Massa 16-6, 5th Big Ten/Reece Hughes 4-5 (Ameen Hamden 1-5) Logan Massa 23-7, 3rd Big Ten (Reece Hughes 6-5) Tyler Meisinger 9-11, 8th Big Ten, Reece Hughes 2-7, Lane Van Anrooy 3-7 (Cameron Amine 15-5 to redshirt)
174 lbs. Davonte Mahomes 10-8 (Taylor Massa) Myles Amine 32-7, 3rd Big Ten, 4th NCAA (Garrett Sutton 18-5 Redshirt/Davonte Mahomes) Myles Amine 22-6, Big Ten Runner-Up, 3rd NCAA (Garrett Sutton 9-7; 6th at Midlands) Myles Amine 23-4, Big Ten Runner-Up/3rd NCAA (Max Maylor 7-3 to Redshirt) Max Maylor 5-18
184 lbs. Domenic Abounader 26-4, Big Ten Champion in 2015 (B.Ralston 4-2/E.Battaglia 6-3) Aaron Calderon 0-5, Ernest Battaglia 3-11 (Domenic Abounader, 5-0, Redshirt) Domenic Abounader 23-5, 3rd Big Ten, 5th NCAA (Jelani Embree 15-2/Andrew Davison 4-0 redshirt) Jelani Embree 13-7 or J.T. Correll 0-4 (Sebastian Rawls 0-2) Jelani Embree 16-11, 8th Big Ten (Myles Amine to Redshirt/J.T. Correll 1-6/Bobby Striggow 4-8)
197 lbs. Max Huntley 22-7 (Jackson Striggow 21-6 redshirt) Jackson Striggow 12-12 (Ayoola Olapo 3-4) Kevin Beazley 16-9 (Jackson Striggow 18-8-7th at Midlands; J.T. Correll 12-11) Jackson Striggow 13-10 (Andrew Davison 10-3/Bobby Striggow 0-4) Jackson Striggow 19-10, 7th Big Ten; Andrew Davison 2-2  (Gaige Garcia and Brendin Yatooma for 2021)
285 lbs. Adam Coon 25-3, 3rd NCAA (Payden Hayden 4-4) Kostya Golobokov 4-7, Dan Perry 2-15, and Payne Hayden 0-1 Adam Coon 25-1, Big Ten Runner-Up, NCAA Runner-Up (Luke Ready 4-5/Zach Nemec 6-6 redshirt) Mason Parris 32-9, 7th Big Ten (Luke Ready 2-9/Zac Nemec 2-6) Mason Parris 28-1, 2nd Big Ten (Luke Ready/Zac Nemec 3-5/Blake Querio 6-2 to redshirt)

Former Michigan Wrestling Captain and Big Ten Champion, Dave Curby, an Ann Arbor native, was named to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Sergei Beloglazov named Cliff Keen Wrestling Club Coach on August 31 replacing Andy Hrovat

Adam Coon wins Gold Medal at Pan-American Championships

Adam Coon wins Silver Medal at World Wrestling Championships at Budapest, Hungary

David Bolyard added as a Volunteer Coach, and both he and Nick Simmons were added as coaches for Cliff Keen Wrestling Club

Weight Senior FS Junior FS GR Weight Women Weight
57kg.125.5 Micic, Stevan (Serbia) n/a n/a 59kg.130 Anthony, Victoria 48kg/105
61kg/134 Morrison, Jon/Whitford, Ben  n/a n/a 66kg/145.5 n/a 52kg/114
65kg/143 Habat, Dave (Slovenia)/Storr, Kanen (7th Senior U.S.Open)/Amine, Malik n/a n/a 71kg/156 n/a 53kg/117
70kg/154 Pantaleo, Alec (4th Senior U.S. Open) n/a n/a 75kg/165 n/a 58kg/128
74kg/163 Massa, Logan (4th Senior U.S. Open)/Murphy, Brian (5th Senior U.S. Open) n/a n/a 80kg/176 n/a 60kg/132
79kg/174 n/a n/a n/a 85kg/187 n/a 63kg/138
86kg/189 Amine, Myles (San Marino) n/a Beazley, Kevin 98kg/216 n/a 69kg/152
92kg/202.4 Abounader, Domenic (Lebanon)/Beazley, Kevin (5th Senior U.S. Open) n/a

Coon, Adam

World Silver Medalist 2018

130kg/286.5
125kg/275 Coon, Adam (Two-Time Senior U.S. Open Champion)/Hemida, Youssif Parris, Mason

Sean Bormet is new Michigan Head Wrestling Coach

The Longest Coaching Search in Michigan Athletic History

Joe McFarland announces retirement Michigan Head Wrestling Coach Job Posting

NCAA Wrestling Championship Summary 2018

2018 NCAA Championships Preview

NCAA Championships at Cleveland, OH on March 16-18 (QualifiersQualifiers by State: Pennsylvania=53, Ohio=30, Illinois=27, New Jersey=21, California=21, Michigan=17 (NCAA Brackets for 2018 at Cleveland

Big Ten Championships at East Lansing on March 3-4; Michigan finished in 3rd place (Final Brackets) Stevan Micic and Alec Pantaleo won titles, Myles Amine and Adam Coon were finalists

Michigan Wrestling Summary at the 2018 Big Ten Championships

2018 NCAA Wrestling Rankings

Summary of 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships

2016 Final Brackets: Big Ten Big 12 EIWA EWL MAC ACC Southern PAC-12

NCAA Championships Summary for 2016

NCAA Championships Wrestling Preview for 2016

NCAA Wrestling Rankings By Conference for 2016

Bob Spaly: The Michigan Miracle (Update)

Summaries of 2015 Season

Michigan Wrestling Video

2015 NCAA Championships Summary

2015 NCAA Championships Preview

2015 NCAA Brackets

Final 2015 Championship Brackets: Big Ten Big 12 MAC EIWA ACC Southern PAC-12 WWC EWL

Michigan Wrestling Summary at the Big Ten Championships

2015 Big Ten Wrestling Summary

NCAA Conference Qualifier Allocations

Weight Michigan Wrestling Line-Up 2014-2015
125 lbs. Junior All-American Conor Youtsey 27-13, 6th NCAA (Austin Assad, Cory LesterMike Volyanyuk) Stevan Micic to sit out 2015-16 under the NCAA transfer rule
133 lbs. Senior All-American Rossi Bruno 23-10, 8th NCAA (Sal ProfaciBen LamantiaTrevor Zbedski
141 lbs. George Fisher 24-19 Redshirt Sophomore (Cameron KennedyZac Hall 16-3, Malik Amine 8-7, Zehlin Storr 8-8)
149 lbs. #6 Sophomore Alec Pantaleo 22-9 (Angelo Latora 3-6 and Hunter Scharf)
157 lbs. Junior All-American Brian Murphy, 29-12, 7th NCAA (Aaron CalderonCody VanderHagen and Jordan Amine)
165 lbs. Logan Massa-Fr. (Garrett Sutton 17-11, Myles Amine may Redshirt)
174 lbs. #9 Redshirt Freshman Davonte Mahomes 13-3 or #14 Taylor Massa 16-10 (Ernest Battaglia)
184 lbs. #9 Junior Domenic Abounader 22-8 Big Ten Champion (Ben Ralston)
197 lbs. 6th Year Senior All-American Max Huntley 24-10 8th NCAA (Jackson Striggow/Ayoola Olapo 8-6/Ty Wildmo) Richard Sisti is no longer on the team
275 lbs. Junior All-American Adam Coon 32-5 2nd NCAA (Payne Hayden and Kostya GolobokovDan Perry in 2016-2017)

Michigan Wrestling Results

NWCA Annual Report 2014

Comparing Points earned at NCAA Championships and All-Americans since 2008: UM vs. CMU

Year UM Points UM All-Americans CMU Points CMU All-Americans
2008 69 4 69 4
2009 47 3 35 2
2010 7 0 39.5 3
2011 36 1 39 3
2012 39 1 24 1
2013 9 0 30.5 2
2014 25 2 12 1
232 11 249 16

Michigan began its series with Central Michigan in 1984, and has won 22 of 28 matches through 2014. Coach Tom Borrelli is 6-12 against Michigan, and 5-9 against Coach McFarland. The Wolverines and Chippewas are now the top intrastate wrestling rivalry in the State of Michigan. There is expected to be 4,000 fans turning out for this match which will be the largest for wrestling fans in the state for a NCAA match.

3 Keys to Super Self-Discipline

Matmen Behaving Badly

2014-2015 Michigan Recruits

2013-2014 Recruits (Consensus #1 Nationally for New Recruits)

NCAA Wrestling Attendance for 2013-2014

Conference Points-2014 Percent of Points All Americans Percent of All-American NC Conference Champion-2014
Big Ten 586 41.56% 34 42.50% 6 Penn State
Big 12 184.5 13.09% 11 13.75% 2 Oklahoma State
ACC 162 11.49% 9 11.25% 1 Virginia Tech
EIWA 156 11.06% 10 12.50% 0 Cornell
MAC 143.5 10.18% 10 12.50% 1 Missouri
EWL 89 6.31% 3 3.75% 0 Edinboro State
PAC-12 45 3.19% 1 1.25% 0 Oregon State
WWC 26 1.84% 1 1.25% 0 Wyoming
Southern 18 1.28% 1 1.25% 0 Tennessee-Chat.
Totals-8 1410 100.00% 80 100.00% 10

Final NCAA Championship Brackets for 2014

Final 2014 Championship Brackets: Big Ten Big 12 MAC EIWA ACC Southern PAC-12 WWC EWL

Brian Murphy's Long Search

Weight Michigan Wrestling Line-Up 2013-2014
125 lbs. Conor Youtsey-Fr. 20-13 7th Big Ten, Sean Boyle-Sr. 17-5 (Cory Lester-Fr. 3-8)
133 lbs. Rossi Bruno-So. 22-16 (George Fisher-Fr. 9-9 to Redshirt/Zac Hall for 2014-15)
141 lbs. Steve Dutton-Jr. 13-6 4th Big Ten/All-American, 7th NCAA, Angelo Latora-Fr. 4-9, Cameron Kennedy-Fr. 11-7 or Cory VanderHagen-Fr. 11-10 (Zehlin Storr for 2014-15)
149 lbs. Eric Grajeles-Sr. 26-11 4th Big Ten/3rd NCAA All-American (Jordan Amine-Fr. 8-4/Malik Amine for 2014-15/Logan Massa for 2015-16) Tommy Brosnahan-Sr. 7-5
157 lbs. Brian Murphy-Fr. 19-9 4th Big Ten, Jake Salazar-Jr. 2-7 (Aaron Calderon-Fr. 11-7 to Redshirt/Alec Pantaleo for 2014-15)
165 lbs. Dan Yates-Sr. 20-9 7th Big Ten, Conner Brancheau-So. 13-5 (Taylor Massa-So. 18-1 to Redshirt/Garrett Sutton for 2014-15)
174 lbs. Collin Zeerip-So. 18-15 8th Big Ten, Ben Ralston-So. 5-6, Brandon Hill-So. 10-8 or Jordan Thomas-So. 6-2 (Ernest Battaglia-Fr. 5-3 to Redshirt/Davonte Mahomes for 2014-15)
184 lbs. Domenic Abounader-Fr. 16-11 3rd Big Ten (Ayoola Olapo-Fr. 6-6 to redshirt/Miles Trealout 4-10; Max Huntley-Jr.-Captain 4-2 injured and out for the season)
197 lbs. Chris Heald-So. 7-21 (Payne Hayden-Fr. 8-5 to Redshirt)
275 lbs. Adam Coon-Fr. 33-5

An Idiot's Guide to College Wrestling Tournament Scoring

Team Coach Pre-Seed #1 Pre-Seed Finalists Actual Finalists Champions
Penn State Sanderson 5 6 5 2
Iowa Brands 1 2 5 1
Minnesota Robinson 0 2 1 1
Nebraska Manning 2 3 3 2
Michigan McFarland 1 1 0 0
Wisconsin Davis 1 2 1 0
Illinois Heffernan 0 1 1 1
Ohio State Ryan 0 2 2 2
Northwestern Pariano 0 0 1 1
Purdue Hinkel 0 0 0 0
Indiana Goldman 0 1 1 0
MSU Minkel 0 0 0 0

College Wrestling Writers say Wrestling is more boring due to less scoring

NCAA Chooses 30 Sites for Wrestling Championship Events, 2016-2018: NONE in MICHIGAN

The NCAA on December 11, 2013 announced 523 sites have been awarded as hosts for 82 of its 89 championships for the 2014-18 seasons, making it the largest collection of host site announcements in association history. The original pool of bids included 1,984 submissions. The selected cities represent 39 states across the United States. Florida led the way as the state with the most championship site selections with 42 sites, while the state of Pennsylvania had 34 selections and Texas finished with 30. California and North Carolina rounded out the top five with 29 each. Michigan got the 2015 Field Hockey Championship on November 20-22 at Ocker Field.

Top Frosh in NCAA Wrestling for 2014 Season (Immediate Impact)

Frosh Record Team Wgt. Ranking Notes
Cox, J'Den 38-2 Missouri 197 1 MAC Champion-OW/NCAA Champion
Tsirtsis, Jason 32-3 Northwestern 149 2 Big Ten Champion/NCAA Champion
Dean, Gabe 40-3 Cornell 184 3 EIWA Champion/3rd NCAA
Retherford, Zane 33-3 Penn State 141 4 Big Ten Runner-Up/5th NCAA
Peters, Dylan 34-7 No.Iowa 125 5 MAC Champion/6th NCAA
Jordan, Isaac 31-7 Wisconsin 157 6 3rd Big Ten/7th NCAA
Minotti, Mitch 25-11 Lehigh 149 7 EIWA Runner-Up/Midlands Champion/4th NCAA
Realbuto, Brian 36-10 Cornell 157 8 4th EIWA/6th NCAA
Dance, Joey 29-10 Virginia Tech 125 9 3rd ACC/4th NCAA
Dechow, Jack 21W-6L Old Dominion 184 10 MAC Champion/4th NCAA
Clark, Cory 22-4 Iowa 125 11 4th Big Ten/5th NCAA
Gilman, Thomas 16-2 Iowa 125 11 Clark
Coon, Adam 32-5 Michigan 275 12 Midlands Champion
Collica, Anthony 31-9 Oklahoma State 141 13 Big 12 Champion
Richards, Zane 27-9 Illinois 133 14 5th Big Ten
Moore, Cooper 27-8 No.Iowa 165 15 MAC Champion
Wilson, Jim 35-8 Stanford 165 16 PAC-12 Champion
Taylor, Bradley 19W-6L Wisconsin 125 17 3rd Big Ten
Palacio, Dylan 32-9 Cornell 165 18 EIWA Runner-Up
Grey, Mark 33-9 Cornell 133 19 3rd EIWA
Brooks, Sammy 16-6 Iowa 184 20 Lofthouse
Abounader, Domenic 16W-11L Michigan 184 21 3rd Big Ten
Lambert, Tim 24-13 Nebraska 125 22 5th Big Ten
Gustafson, Dennis 25-15 Virginia Tech 133 23 ACC Champion
Renda, Pete 27W-11L North Carolina St. 174 24 3rd ACC
LaVallee, Joey 30W-10L Missouri 157 25 3rd MAC
Murphy, Brian 18W-7L Michigan 157 26 4th Big Ten
Cottrell, Dylan 26-3 Appalachian St. 149 27 Southern Champion
Riddick, Elliot 25-12 Lehigh 174 28 3rd EIWA
Roberts, Nick 28-16 Ohio State 125 29 6th Big Ten
Dudley, T.J. 26-8 Nebraska 184 30
Racciato, Mikey 22W-15L Pittsburgh 149 31 ACC Runner-UP
Bright, Edgar 19-11 Pittsburgh 141 32 ACC Runner-UP
Dhesi, Amarveer 28-9 Oregon State 275 33 PAC-12 Runner-Up
Youtsey, Conor 20-13 Michigan 125 34 7th Big Ten
Hudson, Jamel 16-5 Hofstra 133 35
Keener, Corey 19-14 Central Michigan 125 36 4th MAC
Brunson, Zac 24-14 Illinois 157 37 7th Big Ten
Stroh, Ben 28W-8L Wyoming 184 38 WWC Champion
Guilbon, Jimmy 18-15 Penn State 133 39 7th Big Ten
Beitz, Zach 11W-8L Penn State 149 40 James English
Walker, Tyler 9W-1L Campbell 125 41 Southern Runner-Up
Walz, Ty 27-14 Virginia Tech 275 42 3rd ACC
Peck, Dawson 20W-7L Chattanooga 275 43 4th Southern
Larson, Ross 23-12 Oklahoma 275 44 4th Big 12
Schneider, Max n/a Cal Poly 157 45 Injured
Devoy, Kevin 19-10 Drexel 133 46 EIWA Runner-Up
Reyes, Nikko 20W-14L Illinois 184 47 6th Big Ten