Central Michigan University Athletics
2020-21 Wrestling Roster
Drew Hildebrandt
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Weight:
- 125
- Hometown:
- Granger, Ind.
- High School:
- Penn
2020-21: Repeated as an All-American, placing fourth at NCAA Championships … finished 14-2 on the season with both losses coming at NCAA Championships, including an 11-0 major decision to eventual champion Spencer Lee of Iowa, who captured the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s best collegiate wrestler … earned team Charles ‘Chick’ Sherwood Most Valuable Wrestler Award … went 4-2 in NCAA Championships, opening with three straight victories: 3-0 over Zurich Storm of Campbell; 2-1 over Liam Cronin of Nebraska; and 4-2 SV-1 over Brody Teske of Northern Iowa … after loss to Lee, came back to defeat Sam Latona of Virginia Tech, 5-4; then fell to Patrick McKee of Minnesota, 5-3, in the third place match … has an 83-33 career record … went 3-0 at the conference tournament to repeat as Mid-American Conference champion … named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association … earned Academic All-MAC honors for the fourth-consecutive year.
2019-20: Earned First Team All-America honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association … finished 31-3 … finished 3-0 to place first at Mid-American Conference Championships (3/7-8) … ranked eighth nationally by flowrestling … seeded sixth at NCAA Championships … win total tied for ninth in the nation … went 12-0 in duals, 9-0 in MAC duals … recorded eight pins, seven wins by major decision … closed season on 12-match win streak … included in that streak were five pins, one major … also posted a 15-match win streak during the season … went 3-0 to win Army Black Knight Invitational (11/17) … went 6-2 to finish fourth at Midlands Championships (12/28-29) … went 3-0 to win Appalachian State Mountaineer Open (11/9) … went 4-1 to place second at Michigan State Open (11/2) … enters senior season with 69-31 career record … has 11 career pins, nine major decisions and two technical falls … .912 win percentage in 2019-20 ranks as the fifth best in program history … named a Scholar All-American by the NWCA … named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and earned Academic All-MAC honors ... received the MAC Medal of Excellence Award.
2018-19: Posted a 20-10 record at 125 pounds as a sophomore … posted three wins by pin, and one each by technical fall and major decision … qualified for NCAA Championships (3/21-3/23), finishing 1-2 … opened the NCAA Championships with a 6-0 win over Gabe Townsell of Stanford, and fell 5-3 to Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State and then 7-4 to Alex Mackall of Iowa State … his 6-0 win over Townsell avenged an earlier 7-3 loss … went 2-1 to place second at the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/8), falling 5-2 to Michael McGee of Old Dominion in the title match … finished third at the Michigan State Open (11/3), finishing 2-2 … went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Inv. (11/30-12/1) … went 3-2 at the Midlands (12/29-12/30) … posted a 10-1 record in duals … lone loss came to Old Dominion’s McGee (1/4) … defeated Michigan State’s RayVon Foley, 7-5 (SV-1) in a dual (2/22) to avenge an earlier loss … four of his 10 losses came to wrestlers who eventually would earn All-America honors: Foley, Bresser, Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern and NCAA champion Spencer Lee of Iowa … earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2017-18: Finished 18-18 at 125 pounds as a redshirt freshman in first season as a regular in the lineup … recorded one win by major decision and one by technical fall … went 2-2 at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1-2) … finished 2-2 at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) … went 3-2 to place third at the MAC Championships (3/3-4) … placed fourth at the Michigan State Open (11/5)
2016-17: Finished 23-8 at 125 pounds competing in opens as a true freshman … recorded seven pins, one technical fall, and two major decisions … went 5-1 to place third at the Michigan Sate Open (11/20) … went 6-1 to place third at the Mount Union Purple Raider Open (1/15) … went 5-1 to place third at the Alma Open (1/21) … went 5-1 at the Edinboro Open (2/4) … earned team's Redshirt Wrestler of the Year Award.
High School: 2016 state champion ... 2015 sectional, regional and semi-state champion ... 2015 Indiana team state champion … 2015 state runner-up ... placed four times at Indiana state meet (eighth, sixth, second and first) … 2015 NHSCA All-American … three-time First Team Northern Indiana Conference honoree … 10-time ISWA state club champion … three-time USA Wrestling High School All-American … placed second at Fargo Junior Freestyle Nationals in 2014 and at the USAW Cliff Keen Folkstyle Nationals.
2019-20: Earned First Team All-America honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association … finished 31-3 … finished 3-0 to place first at Mid-American Conference Championships (3/7-8) … ranked eighth nationally by flowrestling … seeded sixth at NCAA Championships … win total tied for ninth in the nation … went 12-0 in duals, 9-0 in MAC duals … recorded eight pins, seven wins by major decision … closed season on 12-match win streak … included in that streak were five pins, one major … also posted a 15-match win streak during the season … went 3-0 to win Army Black Knight Invitational (11/17) … went 6-2 to finish fourth at Midlands Championships (12/28-29) … went 3-0 to win Appalachian State Mountaineer Open (11/9) … went 4-1 to place second at Michigan State Open (11/2) … enters senior season with 69-31 career record … has 11 career pins, nine major decisions and two technical falls … .912 win percentage in 2019-20 ranks as the fifth best in program history … named a Scholar All-American by the NWCA … named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and earned Academic All-MAC honors ... received the MAC Medal of Excellence Award.
2018-19: Posted a 20-10 record at 125 pounds as a sophomore … posted three wins by pin, and one each by technical fall and major decision … qualified for NCAA Championships (3/21-3/23), finishing 1-2 … opened the NCAA Championships with a 6-0 win over Gabe Townsell of Stanford, and fell 5-3 to Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State and then 7-4 to Alex Mackall of Iowa State … his 6-0 win over Townsell avenged an earlier 7-3 loss … went 2-1 to place second at the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/8), falling 5-2 to Michael McGee of Old Dominion in the title match … finished third at the Michigan State Open (11/3), finishing 2-2 … went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Inv. (11/30-12/1) … went 3-2 at the Midlands (12/29-12/30) … posted a 10-1 record in duals … lone loss came to Old Dominion’s McGee (1/4) … defeated Michigan State’s RayVon Foley, 7-5 (SV-1) in a dual (2/22) to avenge an earlier loss … four of his 10 losses came to wrestlers who eventually would earn All-America honors: Foley, Bresser, Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern and NCAA champion Spencer Lee of Iowa … earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2017-18: Finished 18-18 at 125 pounds as a redshirt freshman in first season as a regular in the lineup … recorded one win by major decision and one by technical fall … went 2-2 at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1-2) … finished 2-2 at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) … went 3-2 to place third at the MAC Championships (3/3-4) … placed fourth at the Michigan State Open (11/5)
2016-17: Finished 23-8 at 125 pounds competing in opens as a true freshman … recorded seven pins, one technical fall, and two major decisions … went 5-1 to place third at the Michigan Sate Open (11/20) … went 6-1 to place third at the Mount Union Purple Raider Open (1/15) … went 5-1 to place third at the Alma Open (1/21) … went 5-1 at the Edinboro Open (2/4) … earned team's Redshirt Wrestler of the Year Award.
High School: 2016 state champion ... 2015 sectional, regional and semi-state champion ... 2015 Indiana team state champion … 2015 state runner-up ... placed four times at Indiana state meet (eighth, sixth, second and first) … 2015 NHSCA All-American … three-time First Team Northern Indiana Conference honoree … 10-time ISWA state club champion … three-time USA Wrestling High School All-American … placed second at Fargo Junior Freestyle Nationals in 2014 and at the USAW Cliff Keen Folkstyle Nationals.
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