Weight | Michigan 2024-2025 Line-Up |
125 lbs. | Christian Tenefeu 6-4 or Nolan Wertanen 5-6 (Teddy Flores 4-2 and Chris Kiser Redshirt) |
133 lbs. | Dylan Ragusin 6-3 |
141 lbs. | Sergio Lemley 11-3 |
149 lbs. | Dylan Gilcher 4-1 (Justin Gates/Zar Walker 3-5/Cam Catrabone 6-2-Redshirt) |
157 lbs. |
Chase Saldate 7-3 |
165 lbs. | Brock Mantanona 11-3 |
174 lbs. | Joe Walker 9-2 (Redshirt: Beau Mantanona) |
184 lbs. | Jaden Bullock 8-5 |
197 lbs. | Jacob Cardenas 8-0/Hayden Walters 11-5 |
285 lbs. | Josh Heindselman 8-0; Ira Jenkins 2-5 |
Hidden Arms Race in College Wrestling
Historic State/Team/NCAA Wrestling Book | Team/State | Pages | Printed | Author(s) | Price |
Legends of Michigan: Cliff Keen | Michigan | 628 | 2013 | Taylor, Dave | $24.95 |
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 |
Little Johnny Speicher
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
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 |
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 |
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
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
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 |
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 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
NCAA Championships: NCAA Team Runner-Up with 6 All-Americans
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 |
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.
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 |
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)
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)
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 |
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 (Qualifiers) Qualifiers 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
Summary of 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships
2016 Final Brackets: Big Ten Big 12 EIWA EWL MAC ACC Southern PAC-12
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Final 2015 Championship Brackets: Big Ten Big 12 MAC EIWA ACC Southern PAC-12 WWC EWL
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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 Lester, Mike 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 Profaci, Ben Lamantia, Trevor Zbedski |
141 lbs. | George Fisher 24-19 Redshirt Sophomore (Cameron Kennedy, Zac 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 Calderon, Cody 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 Golobokov) Dan Perry in 2016-2017) |
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.
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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
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 |
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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 |