Will have more on this later, but All-American Drew Hildebrandt is now officially official.
Wrestling Drew Hildebrandt officially joins PSU Roster
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All-American wrestler Drew Hildebrandt joins Penn State Wrestling
Central Michigan transfer and 2021 All-American wrestler Drew Hildebrant is all set to join Penn State Wrestling.
Great news that it’s official. He’s a huge upgrade at 125 and has a solid chance to AA again, even if it’s a bit lower on the podium with the tougher competition at 125 this year.
WE ARE!!!
WE ARE!!!
But can he beat Nico??
Dammit, I told myself not to do it.
Dammit, I told myself not to do it.
“Get your own jokes.” — a great American once said.
Hildebrandt's numbers and match history on WrestleStat:
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Season Summaries
| Season | Year | School | Rank/Plc | Weight | Record | Win % | Bonus % | RPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | SR St | #5 Penn State | #6 | 125 | 0 - 0 | .00 % | .00 % | NA (NA) |
| 2021 | SR St | #25 Central Michigan | #4 4th | 125 | 14 - 2 (13 - 2) | 87.50 % | 37.50 % | 0.674 |
| 2020 | JR St | #30 Central Michigan | #9 NQ | 125 | 31 - 3 (30 - 3) | 91.18 % | 44.12 % | 0.656 |
| 2019 | SO St | #39 Central Michigan | #21 NQ | 125 | 20 - 10 (19 - 10) | 66.67 % | 16.67 % | 0.626 |
| 2018 | RSFR St | #18 Central Michigan | #60 | 125 | 18 - 18 (15 - 18) | 50.00 % | 5.56 % | 0.526 |
| 2017 | FR | #18 Central Michigan | #60 | 125 | 22 - 8 (17 - 7) | 73.33 % | 40.00 % | 0.538 |
| Career | 105 - 41 | 71.92 % | 27.40 % |
WrestleStat | Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) Profile
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Think both had graduated, but Wick’s preferred program was more difficult for him to get into as some undergrad credits didn’t correlate.
Chances are you know better than me, but thought he took the full year off at Wisconsin during the olympic year and didn't complete undergrad.
That's my read here as well, lots of talk of undergrad programs and majors
Two-Time Wrestling All-American Evan Wick Transfers to Cal Poly - Cal Poly
Cal Poly has announced the transfer of two-time NCAA All-American wrestler Evan Wick from Wisconsin. Wick signed a financial aid agreement in June and has one season
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Wick didn't graduate. He was attempting to be a senior transfer which admittedly is complicated. Some professors stingy on awarding a degree in their program after 1 year of study if they don't feel a transfers coursework up until his senior year matched what they do in their program.
If Wick had graduated, he could just enroll in anything basically since it's clear his #1 priority is wrestling. I won't beat the dead horse here over the ethics of making it work since I've done that plenty but that was the difference here.
In an interview Wick said he chose Cal Poly because he was going to be back in CA after he graduated so why go to PSU and then go to CA. He just got back to CA in one step. Maybe he was just being kind and did not want to complain about the admissions process at PSU, but it sounded like it was his choice and not an administrative thing. TIFWIW
Maybe somebody should show his mom that interview. She seemed way more upset than he obviously is.
I said I wasn't going to go down this path again so I won't. Just wanted to clarify something for Clay.
5th +bonus?
Even that will be a tall order.
I'm hopeful that he can provide those points, but looking at his wins doesn't actually show that.
Even a NQ is an improvement, and a shot at more points. If he AA it's an achievement in this field.
Drew isn't a bonuser. Stingy defense and riding. He somewhat reminds me of 133 pound Pletcher.
His ceiling is likely 5th since the top 4 is clearly Spencer, Vito, Suriano and Glory. No idea how he fares against Courtney. Wins over Teske and Latona are good.
His ceiling is likely 5th since the top 4 is clearly Spencer, Vito, Suriano and Glory. No idea how he fares against Courtney. Wins over Teske and Latona are good.
Sweet spot is getting seeded anywhere from 5-12, to avoid those 4 guys until the quarters. Finishing top 4 at B10s should do it. (Maybe 5th at B10s, but that's getting risky.)
Alternately 21-28 seed will do the same trick. Unfortunately means finishing much lower at B10s (maybe 9th or 10th?), not exactly the ideal way to head into nationals.
Robbie won two matches at NCAAs last year. DH being a NQ is an improvement over what we had this year while Robbie shirts/recovers but it’ll likely take AA, which I expect, to score more than last year.
Cael had Casey deliver a horse's head to the academic committee chairman. Just to make sure.
I’d say when Ayala redshirt is pulled this week, it’ll be pretty close to a wash with Drew. I might be wrong but DA looks pretty tough.
Not saying Ayala doesn't have potential. , but Ayala has a few college matches under his belt. Drew has 4 years of accomplishments including a 6th and 4th place NCAA finish. Might be a little premature to say "they are a wash "after 2 matches at the scuffle against not highly ranked kids.
However, in the QFinals he majored #12 Surtin. He wrestles #9 McKee tomorrow in the semis. I'd say he is certainly in the mix for the podium but will score a LOT fewer points than Spencer would have.
I'm not down on Ayala, but being objective in early January with a handful of matches under his belt .Beau beat the number 5 kid and he is ranked 20th. Will he be on the podium? I hope he is .but let's see how the season plays out . There isn a body of work to be done to begin to define podium status. Beating a 12th ranked kid is good, but it doesn't put him in the podium mix automatically. . McKee has already beat him and he's ranked 9th. Last I knew you had to be top eight and he hasn't wrestled any of those guys. It's just early to jump to conclusions.
The only conclusion I jumped to is that he is in the mix for being on the podium as are about 20 other wrestlers. IMHO Beau is also in the mix at 149. That is NOT the same as thinking they WILL be on the podium, which seems to be what you are saying. Hildebrandt is certainly more in the mix. Hopefully we get to see him wrestle soon.
Drake is very good on his feet. It is a huge point differential when compared to Spencer, but almost anybody would be. A guy finishing 5th with a couple of md victories scattered in doesn't come close to replacing a champion who bonus points himself to the finals. Iowa took a real hit to the repeat chances. I like it!
I think you also need to look at how he has won. He’s looked dominant. We’ll know a lot more at 1:07pm today.
I did watch him win his matches. He did look really good and you could be right. Just a little early to crown him AA at this point. Just need to see him against better competition.
