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    Photo: Sam Janicki

    Ten Years of: Michigan State Wrestling (2013-22)

    Michigan State All-American Rayvon Foley (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)


    Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Michigan State!

    For past teams:

    Air Force

    American

    Appalachian State

    Arizona State

    Army West Point

    Binghamton

    Bloomsburg

    Brown

    Bucknell

    Buffalo

    Cal Poly

    Campbell

    Central Michigan

    Chattanooga

    Clarion

    Cleveland State

    Columbia

    Cornell

    CSU Bakersfield

    Davidson

    Drexel

    Duke

    Edinboro

    Franklin & Marshall

    Gardner-Webb

    George Mason

    Harvard

    Hofstra

    Illinois

    Indiana

    Iowa

    Iowa State

    Kent State

    Lehigh

    Lock Haven

    Maryland

    Michigan

    NCAA Qualifiers (34)

    2022


    133 - Rayvon Foley (#8); 157 - Chase Saldate (#21); 165 - Caleb Fish (#31); 184 - Layne Malczewski (#22); 197 - Cameron Caffey (#9)


    2021

    125 - Rayvon Foley (#8); 133 - Jordan Hamdan (#30); 149 - Peyton Omania (#28); 157 - Chase Saldate (#15); 165 - Jake Tucker (#25); 174 - Drew Hughes (#32); 184 - Layne Malczewski (#15); 197 - Cameron Caffey (#10)


    2020

    125 - Logan Griffin (#30); 149 - Alex Hrisopoulos (#31); 157 - Jake Tucker (#20); 165 - Drew Hughes (#26); 174 - Layne Malczewski (#25); 184 - Cameron Caffey (#6)


    2019

    125 - Rayvon Foley (#9); 174 - Drew Hughes (#26); 184 - Cameron Caffey (#19)


    2018

    125 - Rayvon Foley


    2017

    133 - Austin Eicher; 141 - Javier Gasca (#13); 165 - Drew Hughes (#15)


    2016

    141 - Javier Gasca


    2015

    184 - John Rizqallah


    2014

    184 - John Rizqallah (#14); 285 - Mike McClure (#7)


    2013

    149 - Dan Osterman; 157 - Ryan Watts; 184 - John Rizqallah; 285 - Mike McClure (#8)


    National Champions

    None


    NCAA All-Americans

    2019: Rayvon Foley (125 - 7th)

    2014: Mike McClure (285 - 5th)


    NWCA All-Americans

    Cameron Caffey (184 - First Team)


    Round of 12 Finishers

    Cameron Caffey (2021 - 197)

    Drew Hughes (2017 - 165)


    Big Ten Champions

    None


    Big Ten Runner's Up

    2020: Cameron Caffey (184)

    2017: Javier Gasca (141)


    Dual Record

    2021-22: 10-4

    2021: 2-5

    2019-20: 8-10

    2018-19: 10-8

    2017-18: 6-11

    2016-17: 5-11

    2015-16: 2-14

    2014-15: 5-13

    2013-14: 8-10

    2012-13: 4-14


    Big Ten Tournament Placement

    2021-22: 12th

    2021: 8th

    2019-20: 10th

    2018-19: 8th-tie

    2017-18: 14th

    2016-17: 10th

    2015-16: 13th

    2014-15: 13th

    2013-14: 12th

    2012-13: 12th


    NCAA Tournament Team Placement

    2021-22: 40th

    2021: 30th

    2019-20: No Tournament

    2018-19: 33rd

    2017-18: 65th-tie

    2016-17: 41st

    2015-16: 69th-tie

    2014-15: 69th

    2013-14: 32nd

    2012-13: 51st-tie


    Head Coaching History

    Roger Chandler (2016-Present)

    Tom Minkel (1991-2016)


    Best Lineup (comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22)

    125 - Rayvon Foley: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#8 x2 and #9 seeds); 2019 NCAA All-American (7th); 2021 Big Ten 3rd Place

    133 - Austin Eicher: 2017 NCAA Qualifier; 2016 NCAA Qualifier and MAC Champion for Northern Illinois

    141 - Javier Gasca: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#13 seed); 2017 Big Ten Runner-Up

    149 - Dan Osterman: 3x NCAA Qualifier

    157 - Chase Saldate: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed)

    165 - Jake Tucker: 2x NCAA Qualifier

    174 - Drew Hughes: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed); 2017 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher

    184 - John Rizqallah: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#14 seed)

    197 - Cameron Caffey: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#6, #9, #10 seeds); 2020 NWCA First Team All-American; 2021 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher; 2020 Big Ten Runner-Up

    285 - Mike McClure: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#7 and #8 seeds); 2014 NCAA All-American (5th)


    Recruiting

    Number of Big Boarder's Per Year


    2022: #160 Caesar Garza (CA)

    2020: #8 Chase Saldate (CA); #50 Tristan Lujan (CA); #148 Caleb Fish (MI); #194 Eddie Homrock (MI)

    2019: #89 Jordan Crace (OH)

    2018: #72 Peyton Omania (CA)

    2017: #90 Jaden Enriquez (CA)

    2016: #31 Drew Hughes (IN); #81 Jake Tucker (IL)

    2013: #47 Christian Pagdilao (CA); #64 Javier Gasca (CA)

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