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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Hailey Varga

Michael Wilson

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 174
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Pittstown, NJ
  • Highschool North Hunterdon

Biography

2024-25
- NCAA Qualifier at 174 lbs
- Posted a 17-15 record

2023-24 
- NCAA Qualifier at 174 lbs.
- MAC Runner-Up (true second)
- Finished 20-13 as the starter at 174 lbs.
- 12-2 record against MAC opponents

2022-23:
- Starter for the Broncs at 165 posting a career-best 27-11 record
- Finished 5th at MAC Championships
- Won one match by fall and four by major decision 

2021-22:
- Starter for much of the season at 165 lbs., posting an 11-13 overall record and a 3-1 mark in MAC duals
- Finished 6th at the Keystone Classic
- Won one match by fall
- Top win of the season came in an extra match at Purdue, a 7-6 decision over #52 Hayden Lohrey

2020-21:
- Posted a 3-1 record, all in extra matches during duals
- Defeated Clarion’s John Worthington by fall at 6:36 (Jan. 16)
- Also earned a major decision over Tyler Kocak of George Mason (Jan. 24)

2019-20:
- Redshirted the season
- Posted an 8-12 record, wrestling unattached
- Won two matches by fall
- Competed at the Princeton Open, East Stroudsburg Open, Patriot Open, Franklin & Marshall Open, Shorty Hitchcock Classic, Mat-Town Open II and National Collegiate Open

Before Rider:
New Jersey State Place Winner, finishing seventh at 160 pounds… Region and District Champion, as well as Hunterdon Warren Sussex Champion… Posted a 39-6 record as a senior.

Personal:
The son of Ann and John Wilson… Sociology major… Has an older brother, John, an older sister, Cat, and a younger brother, Brian… Father, John, is a longtime Major League Baseball scout for the Minnesota Twins and played baseball at William Paterson… Brother, John, plays baseball at Old Dominion and was a Freshman All-American as a pitcher in 2017.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'1" 157 lbs

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    6'1" 157 lbs

  • 2021-22Junior

    6'1" 157 lbs

  • 2022-23Senior

    6'1" 157 lbs

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    6'1" 157 lbs

  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    6'1" 174 lbs