Facundo to Transfer to Oklahoma State

The good news continues to roll into Stillwater! Earlier today we found out that Wyatt Hendrickson has won the 2025 Hodge Trophy. Last week, we learned that 2024 All-American Casey Swiderski was transferring from Iowa State to wrestle for the Cowboys. Now, Oklahoma State has had more success from the portal as Alex Facundo announced that he’ll transfer to wrestle for David Taylor’s team. 

Facundo was the #2 overall recruit in the Class of 2021 and signed out of high school with Penn State. As a redshirt freshman, Facundo went 19-6 and finished seventh in the Big Ten at 165 lbs. Though he had regular season dual wins over All-Americans Cam Amine and Carson Kharchla, Facundo wasn’t able to turn that into success at the NCAA Tournament - he went 0-2 at the NCAA Tournament in Tulsa. 

Since then, Facundo missed the entire 2023-24 season with an injury. 

This year, Facundo was in the hunt to start at 157 lbs and even competed in a pair of events at that weight. In Army’s Black Knight Invite, Facundo lost a 5-2 decision to Penn State teammate Tyler Kasak. He did not wrestle for the remainder of the year. 

Facundo earned his high school rankings on the strength of a Cadet freestyle title in Fargo and a Super 32 championship in 2019. In the summer of 2018 and 2019, Facundo made the U17 freestyle world team and, in each year, he came away with a bronze medal from the World Championships. 

Because of injuries, Facundo should have two years of eligibility remaining. He could fit in immediately for the Cowboys at 157 or 165 lbs. Oklahoma State has plenty of young talent at those weights and Facundo’s presence could lead Taylor to redshirt some of them.