2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Cramer, Alex
Alex Cramer
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Weight:
- 174
- Hometown:
- Grayslake, Ill.
- High School:
- Grayslake
Bio
2024-25: Starter at 174 pounds … closed career with a 106-51 record (87-31 at CMU) … one of 28 members of CMU’s 100-Win Club … qualified for NCAA Championships for the fourth time … seeded No. 10 at NCAA Championships and went 0-2 in the tournament … placed second at the MAC Championships, falling on a major decision to Ohio’s Garrett Thompson in the title bout … finished 25-8 including 16-3 in duals, 6-1 in MAC duals … ranked second on the team with 12 bonus-point victories including seven major decisions and five technical falls … placed first in the Michigan State Open (Nov. 9) … finished fourth in the Midlands Championships (Dec. 7) … named by the National Wrestling Coaches Association as a Scholar All-American … College Sports Communicators All-District honoree … earned Academic All-MAC honors … CMU’s male MAC Medal of Excellence recipient.
2023-24: Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third time … finished 2-2 at the NCAA Championships … earned Third Team Academic All-America honors and All-District accolades from the College Sports Communicators … named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association … named to Academic All-MAC squad … went 24-9 on the season including 9-3 in dual meets, 5-0 in MAC duals … had 16 bonus-point victories: three pins, seven technical falls, six major decisions ... seeded No. 1, went 3-0 to defend MAC title at 174 pounds ... earned First Team All-MAC honors as a result of his first-place finish ... outscored his three opponents in the MAC Championships by a combined 42-1, winning twice by technical fall and once by major decision ... twice earned the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award ... placed second in the Open Division of the Michigan State Open (11/11) ... finished third in the Lehigh Sheridan Tournament (12/22) ... placed seventh at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) ... has an 81-43 career record including a 62-23 mark at CMU.
2022-23: Went 31-10 including 14-2 in duals, 6-0 in MAC duals … MAC champion at 174 pounds … seeded No. 1, went 4-0 in MAC Championships (3/3-4), recording a technical fall and a pin among his four victories … qualified for the NCAA Championships (3/16-18) where he finished 1-2 … took an 18-match win streak into the NCAA Championships … finished the regular season as an honorable mention in the Intermat national rankings … totaled 11 bonus-point victories on the season: six major decision, three falls, two technical falls … earned Academic All-MAC honors ... career record is 56-32, 38-14 as a Chippewa.
2021-22: Redshirted.
2020-21: Became CMU’s starter at 165 pounds after transferring from Old Dominion … finished 7-4 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, but did not compete because of injury … placed third at the Mid-American Conference Championships … career record at CMU and Old Dominion is 25-22.
2019-20 (Old Dominion): Finished 19-20 at 174 pounds … posted a 5-12 record in duals … placed eighth at the Mid-American Conference Championships … placed first at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic … finished third in the season-opening Battle at the Citadel … finished freshman year with a 4.0 grade point average.
High School: Placed first at 160 pounds in the 2018 Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Tournament, becoming Grayslake’s first state champion … finished second at 170 in 2019 … posted a 169-15 career record … Junior Greco Roman National Champion in 2018 … two-time National High School Coaches Association All-American … two-time Fargo Junior All-American … finished third in the Super 32 Challenge … Grappler Fall Classic champion … NHSCA Junior National runner-up … ranked 29th nationally in the class of 2019 pound-for-pound rankings … ranked fifth nationally by Intermat, seventh by FloWrestling … was named to the Illinois Junior Dual Team three times … brother of teammate Adrien Cramer … father, Jim, was a two-time Football Gazette All-American as a defensive end at Grand Valley State in 1990-91.
2023-24: Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third time … finished 2-2 at the NCAA Championships … earned Third Team Academic All-America honors and All-District accolades from the College Sports Communicators … named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association … named to Academic All-MAC squad … went 24-9 on the season including 9-3 in dual meets, 5-0 in MAC duals … had 16 bonus-point victories: three pins, seven technical falls, six major decisions ... seeded No. 1, went 3-0 to defend MAC title at 174 pounds ... earned First Team All-MAC honors as a result of his first-place finish ... outscored his three opponents in the MAC Championships by a combined 42-1, winning twice by technical fall and once by major decision ... twice earned the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week Award ... placed second in the Open Division of the Michigan State Open (11/11) ... finished third in the Lehigh Sheridan Tournament (12/22) ... placed seventh at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) ... has an 81-43 career record including a 62-23 mark at CMU.
2022-23: Went 31-10 including 14-2 in duals, 6-0 in MAC duals … MAC champion at 174 pounds … seeded No. 1, went 4-0 in MAC Championships (3/3-4), recording a technical fall and a pin among his four victories … qualified for the NCAA Championships (3/16-18) where he finished 1-2 … took an 18-match win streak into the NCAA Championships … finished the regular season as an honorable mention in the Intermat national rankings … totaled 11 bonus-point victories on the season: six major decision, three falls, two technical falls … earned Academic All-MAC honors ... career record is 56-32, 38-14 as a Chippewa.
2021-22: Redshirted.
2020-21: Became CMU’s starter at 165 pounds after transferring from Old Dominion … finished 7-4 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, but did not compete because of injury … placed third at the Mid-American Conference Championships … career record at CMU and Old Dominion is 25-22.
2019-20 (Old Dominion): Finished 19-20 at 174 pounds … posted a 5-12 record in duals … placed eighth at the Mid-American Conference Championships … placed first at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic … finished third in the season-opening Battle at the Citadel … finished freshman year with a 4.0 grade point average.
High School: Placed first at 160 pounds in the 2018 Illinois High School Association Class 2A State Tournament, becoming Grayslake’s first state champion … finished second at 170 in 2019 … posted a 169-15 career record … Junior Greco Roman National Champion in 2018 … two-time National High School Coaches Association All-American … two-time Fargo Junior All-American … finished third in the Super 32 Challenge … Grappler Fall Classic champion … NHSCA Junior National runner-up … ranked 29th nationally in the class of 2019 pound-for-pound rankings … ranked fifth nationally by Intermat, seventh by FloWrestling … was named to the Illinois Junior Dual Team three times … brother of teammate Adrien Cramer … father, Jim, was a two-time Football Gazette All-American as a defensive end at Grand Valley State in 1990-91.
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