2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Caves, Bryan
Bryan Caves
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Weight:
- 285
- Hometown:
- Port Byron, Ill.
- High School:
- Riverdale
Bio
2024-25: Starter at 285 pounds … finished 21-16 including 10-9 in duals, 5-2 in MAC duals … went 4-2 to finish fifth at MAC Championships … posted 11 bonus-point victories including six major decisions, three falls and two technical falls … finished second in Keystone Classic … career record: 74-50
2023-24: Wrestling at 285, finished 13-15 including 8-8 in duals, 5-2 in MAC duals … posted eight major-decision victories: three pins, one technical fall, five major decisions … went 2-2 to finish fourth at MAC Championships … went 2-1 to place second at the Michigan State Open.
2022-23: Posted a 25-13 record as the starter at 285 pounds as a redshirt freshman … went 5-1 to finish third in the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/3-4) … went 4-1 in MAC duals and 9-6 in all duals … lone MAC dual loss came to SIUE’s Colton McKiernan, the eventual MAC champion … won two matches by pin and two others by major decision … won 10 of his final 13 matches.
2021-22: Finished 15-6 with two pins and one major decision at 285 pounds … went 4-0 to win the Findlay Open.
High School: Finished senior season in 2021 with 26-0 record (state tournament cancelled due to COVID) … went 49-1 and won the Illinois 1A state tournament at 220 pounds in 2020 … finished as 1A state runner-up at 195 in 2019 … placed sixth at 182 in 2018 1A state tournament.
2023-24: Wrestling at 285, finished 13-15 including 8-8 in duals, 5-2 in MAC duals … posted eight major-decision victories: three pins, one technical fall, five major decisions … went 2-2 to finish fourth at MAC Championships … went 2-1 to place second at the Michigan State Open.
2022-23: Posted a 25-13 record as the starter at 285 pounds as a redshirt freshman … went 5-1 to finish third in the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/3-4) … went 4-1 in MAC duals and 9-6 in all duals … lone MAC dual loss came to SIUE’s Colton McKiernan, the eventual MAC champion … won two matches by pin and two others by major decision … won 10 of his final 13 matches.
2021-22: Finished 15-6 with two pins and one major decision at 285 pounds … went 4-0 to win the Findlay Open.
High School: Finished senior season in 2021 with 26-0 record (state tournament cancelled due to COVID) … went 49-1 and won the Illinois 1A state tournament at 220 pounds in 2020 … finished as 1A state runner-up at 195 in 2019 … placed sixth at 182 in 2018 1A state tournament.
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