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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

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Gerrit Nijenhuis

  • Position 174/184
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Canonsburg, Pa.
  • Highschool Oklahoma

Biography

  • Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Career wins: 65
 
2024-25 (SENIOR): Bakersfield’s primary starter at 184 pounds…Posted a 12-11 record overall (11-9 at 184), including 9-6 in duals and 6-4 against ranked opponents…Went 1-2 at Roadrunner Open in only three matches wrestled at 174 on the year…Earned 9-4 decision against No. 20 AJ Heeg (N. Colorado) at NWCA National Duals…Went 3-0 at the Chippewa Challenge, including a 20-2 tech fall over No. 23 Caleb Campos (American)…Won 8 of his last 10 matches, including the third-place match at Pac-12 Championships, a 10-2 major over. No. 20 Brock Delsignore (Little Rock).

OKLAHOMA: Spent 2022-23 and 2023-24 season at Oklahoma…Qualified for NCAA Championships in 2023 back down at 165 pounds…Tallied a 16-9 record, earning the No. 21 seed at the 2023 NCAA Championships…In 2023-24, bumped back up to 174 pounds and finished with a 9-7 record…Placed second at Reno Tournament of Champions and eighth at Southern Scuffle.

PURDUE: Spent 2020-21 and 2021-22 season at Purdue…Qualified for NCAA Championships in both 2021 and 2022…Ranked as high as #13 at 174 pounds as a sophomore, posting an 18-156 record along the way…Named team’s Most Outstanding Freshman in 2021 following an 11-7 record at 165 pounds…Ranked as high as #18 during freshman season…Posted a 3-4 overall record at NCAA Championships (1-2 in 2022, 2-2 in 2021).

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg, Pa.…Two-time Pennsylvania State Champion and four-time placer, finish third during freshman and sophomore seasons…Posted 47-0 record as a senior in 2020 on way to back-to-back State titles.

PERSONAL: An interdisciplinary studies major.
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