2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Amaker, Chandler
Chandler Amaker
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Moncks Corner, S.C.
- High School:
- Fort Dorchester
Bio
2024-25: Qualified for NCAA Championships for first time … seeded 33rd at NCAA Championships, finished 2-2, opening with an 8-5 win in sudden victory over Pitt’s Jared Keslar in the pigtail match … won true-second match at MAC Championships … finished 15-14 on the season, moving into the starting lineup after an injury to starter Tyler Swiderski … went 3-6 in dual meets … went 9-6 in final 15 matches … earned Academic All-MAC honors … career record: 59-43.
2023-24: Wrestled at 157, 165 and 174 pounds … finished 17-10 including 0-4 in duals, 0-2 in MAC duals … made dual-meet debut at 174 vs. AJ Burkhart of Kent State (2/16) … placed first at the Alma Open … finished second at the Findlay Open and at Edinboro Open.
2022-23: Finished 15-12 wrestling primarily in open tournaments … recorded four wins by major decision and one by pin … made dual-meet debut vs. Izzak Olejnik of NIU (1/13), falling on a first-period pin … went 3-1 at the Edinboro Open (2/5) … finished 4-0 in placing first at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open (11/13).
2021-22: Finished 12-7 wrestling in open tournaments at 165 pounds … posted four pins and two technical falls … recorded one pin and two technical falls in finishing 5-0 and winning the John Carroll Open.
High School: Four-time South Carolina 5A state tournament placer … finished 15-0 and won 170-pound state championship in 2021 … went 45-3 and won 145-pound state crown in 2020 … finished second in state tournament in 2018 (106 pounds) and in 2019 (138) … placed second at 160 in 2020 National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals.
2023-24: Wrestled at 157, 165 and 174 pounds … finished 17-10 including 0-4 in duals, 0-2 in MAC duals … made dual-meet debut at 174 vs. AJ Burkhart of Kent State (2/16) … placed first at the Alma Open … finished second at the Findlay Open and at Edinboro Open.
2022-23: Finished 15-12 wrestling primarily in open tournaments … recorded four wins by major decision and one by pin … made dual-meet debut vs. Izzak Olejnik of NIU (1/13), falling on a first-period pin … went 3-1 at the Edinboro Open (2/5) … finished 4-0 in placing first at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open (11/13).
2021-22: Finished 12-7 wrestling in open tournaments at 165 pounds … posted four pins and two technical falls … recorded one pin and two technical falls in finishing 5-0 and winning the John Carroll Open.
High School: Four-time South Carolina 5A state tournament placer … finished 15-0 and won 170-pound state championship in 2021 … went 45-3 and won 145-pound state crown in 2020 … finished second in state tournament in 2018 (106 pounds) and in 2019 (138) … placed second at 160 in 2020 National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals.
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