Cole Weaver

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Weight:
141
Height:
5-6
Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Hudson, Mich.
High School:
Hudson

2018-19 (Senior): Finished the season with a 3-4 overall record as his season was cut short due to injury…won by decision against Austin Eicher of Michigan State…won by decision against Taylor Nein of NDSU at the South Beach Duals…finished career with 57 wins...Earned Brady Comeback Award.

2017-18 (Redshirt Junior- 141 lbs.)
Posted an overall record of 26-12 on the season and 11-5 in dual matches…4-5 in Big Ten dual matches...six pins on the season…Earned Indiana team awards Joe Dubuque Award Winner for Most Outstanding Wrestler and Brian Dolph Award for Most Improved Wrestler…NCAA Qualifier for first time in his career and went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships…Finished in third-place at the Navy Classic and second-place at the Midlands Championships.

2016-17 (Redshirt Sophomore – 141 lbs.)
Angel Escobedo Most Courageous Wrestler Award winner … earned an 11-18 record in his first full varsity season, his second as the starter at 141 lbs. for Indiana … earned three wins by fall … won a match at the Navy Classic (11/19), his first since a season-ending injury in 2016, to contribute to the team championship tally … swept his matches at the SIU-Edwardsville tri (12/4) with a 5-0 win over Taylor Nein (North Dakota State) and a 7-4 decision against Trevor Feagans (SIUE) … won three matches at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30), including a 73-second pin against Noah Teaney (Oklahoma) … secured his first Big Ten win of the year with an 8-2 decision over Alec McKenna (Northwestern, 1/27) … pinned Mousa Jodeh (Illinois, 2/12) on a scramble in the second period … eked out a 5-4 decision over Irvin Enriquez (Appalachian State, 2/19) to clinch IU’s first NWCA Dual Series win … topped Mousa Jodeh (Illinois) once again at the Big Ten Championships (3/4) and came one match short of NCAA qualification.

2015-16 (Redshirt Freshman - 141 lbs.)
Grappled to a seventh-place finish at the EMU Open (11/7) ... tallied a 3-2 record at the Keystone Classic (11/22) ... won his first collegiate dual match, 6-4, over John Muldoon of SIU-Edwardsville (12/5) ... dropped a 7-2 decision against #11 Tommy Thorn of Minnesota (12/11) ... lost a bout to Eastern Michigan’s Kyle Springer, SV-1 10-8, but rebounded with a 16-1 tech fall in the dual against Manchester (12/13) ... grabbed his second podium finish of the season at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12/20), taking seventh-place ... achieved a third-place finish at the LHU Classic (12/29), culminating in a 4-3 decision over George Mason’s Tejon Anthony ... lost an 11-3 major decision to #13 Jimmy Gulibon of top-ranked Penn State (1/10) ... came from behind in the third period for a decision win against Maryland (1/15).

2014-15 (Redshirt)
Finished a strong freshman campaign with a 10-7 overall record at 149 pounds, recording one pin ... landed on the winning side of a 3-2 record at the EMU Open (11/16) ... took the podium with a third-place finish at the Greyhound Open in Indianapolis (2/10).

Prep/Personal: Wrestled for four seasons under head coach Scott Marry at Hudson High School...a three-time Michigan State Champion ... the son of Lorie and Rodney Weaver ... has one sister, Madison ... born February 9, 1996 ... intends to major in Criminal Justice.