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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

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Richie Koehler

  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 133
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Middletown, NJ
  • Highschool Christian Brothers Academy

Biography

2023-24
- Finished the season 18-10 overall
- Posted a 10-2 record against MAC opponents

2022-23
- Went 11-10 after battling through injury in 2023
- Finished the year perfect in final 5-0 dual matches

2021-22:
- NCAA Qualifier at 133 lbs., reaching the Round of 16 with wins over Campbell’s Domenic Zaccone, Chattanooga’s #36 Brayden Palmer and Indiana’s Brock Hudkins
- Won four-straight matches to become MAC Champion, including the title bout vs. #39 Derek Spann of Buffalo by 4-1 decision
- Posted a 24-9 overall record, including a 10-4 dual record and a 7-1 mark in MAC duals
- NWCA Scholar All-America honoree
- Academic All-MAC
- Finished 3rd at the Keystone Classic, including a 3-0 decision over Appalachian State’s #32 Kobe Early

2020-21:
- NCAA Qualifier at 133 lbs.
- MAC Runner-up
- Posted a 9-4 record, including three-consecutive wins at MAC Championships to punch his ticket to NCAA’s
- Earned all nine of his wins consecutively from Jan. 16-Feb. 26
- Won his MAC Semifinal match vs. Bloomsburg’s Cole Rhone by fall at 6:06

2019-20:
- Went 15-8 and finished the year as the Broncs’ starter at 133 lbs.
- Finished second at the Princeton Open
- Placed third at the Keystone Classic
- Posted a 3-2 record in dual matches
- Won one match by fall

2018-19:
- Wrestled unattached, posting a 14-11 record
- Competed at the Princeton Open, East Stroudsburg Open, Patriots Open, Southern Scuffle, Edinboro Open and National Collegiate Open
- Won three matches by fall

Before Rider:
Three-time Regional and District Champion at Christian Brothers Academy… A four-year State Qualifier, two-time State Place Winner and First Team All-Shore selection… Shore Conference Champion… Compiled a 131-18 record… Also lettered in soccer.

Personal:
The son of Diane Koehler… Has two older brothers, Thomas and Nicholas… A health sciences major… Cousin Jackie Adelfio is a Hall of Famer in softball at Columbia University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    5'7" 125 lbs

  • 2019-20Redshirt Freshman

    5'7" 125 lbs

  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    5'7" 133 lbs

  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    5'7" 133 lbs

  • 2022-23Redshirt Senior

    5'7" 133 lbs

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    5'7" 133 lbs