Max Dean Season 2021-22

Parents:   BETHNY AND DAVID DEAN
Major: ECONOMICS
 
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: Three-time All-American (2018, 2019, 2022)...NCAA National Champion (197, 2022)...Earned All-America honors as a true freshman in 2017-18, placing eighth at 184...Followed that up by advancing to the national finals in his sophomore season, earning a second All-America trophy as national runner-up in 2018-19...Unanimous All-Ivy League selection in 2018 and 2019...EIWA Champion at 184 in 2019...Big Ten Champion (2022) and NCAA Champion (2022) during first season as a Nittany Lion.
Academic: NWCA All-Academic Team (2018, 2022); Academic All-Big Ten (2022); CoSIDA Academic All-American (3rd team, 2022).
 
2021-22 / JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Rolled to a 23-1 record in first season as a Nittany Lion, won Big Ten title and NCAA title...four majors, five tech falls and two pins...ended junior campaign with an 80-13 career record with 15 majors, 16 techs and 11 pins.
Sacred Heart (11/13): Superb Penn State debut with an 18-0 tech fall over Dante Del Bonis (3:00). Oregon State (11/13): Dominated J.J. Dixon 16-3 for major decision. Army West Point (11/18): Dominated #21 J.T. Brown, posting 17-1 tech (6:49). Penn (12/3): Majored Cole Urbas 10-0 in Philadelphia to clinch dual win over the Quakers. Lehigh (12/5): Picked up first pin as a Nittany Lion, with a first period fall over J.T. Davis (2:58) in Rec Hall. Collegiate Duals (12-20-21): Perfect 3-0 mark at Collegiate Duals, including win over #19 Jacob Cardenas of Cornell and a major over #8 Kordell Norfleet of Arizona State. Maryland (1/7): Posted a 20-5 tech fall over Kevin Makosy in Big Ten opener. Indiana (1/9):  Majored Nick Willham 9-1.   Rutgers (2/16): Impressive 9-6 win over #7 Greg Bulsak. Michigan (1/21): Takedown in sudden victory for a 6-4 win over #8 Patrick Brucki. Iowa (1/28):  Scored eight unanswered points in the third period to down #4 Jacob Warner of Iowa and clinch Penn State’s dual meet win in Iowa City. Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (2/1).  Ohio State (2/4): Posted 5-3 (sv) win over #21 Gavin Hoffman in the BJC Dual. Rider (2/20): Pinned Azeem Bell early in the first period (0:54).
Big Ten Championship (3-0, 1st, Champion):  Won first Big Ten title with 3-0 run in Lincoln, Neb.; beat #12 Greg Bulsak of Rutgers, #5 Cameron Caffey of Michigan State and #2 Eric Schultz of Nebraska 4-2 in the finals.
NCAA Championships (5-0, 1st, Champion): Became an NCAA Champion for the first time with 5-0 run at nationals in Detroit. Teched #32 Will Feldkamp of Clarion, then downed #17 Jay Aiello of Virginia and #8 Lou Deprez of Binghamton to advance to NCAA semifinals. Dominated #21 Gavin Hoffman of Ohio State 9-3 in semis to earn trip to finals. Notched bout’s only takedown in a 3-2 win over #6 Jacob Warner of Iowa in the finals, claiming first crown as one of five Penn State titlists.
 
2020-21 / CANCELED SEASON:
Season: Cornell University and the Ivy League canceled the 2020-21 season.
 
2019-20 / REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Dean redshirted in 2019-20...He posted a 10- mark unattached in open tournaments.
 
2018-19 / SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Posted 25-6 overall record...earned second All-America honor...Was the 2019 NCAA runner-up at 184, advancing to the national finals...EIWA Champion...Had eight majors, four techs and three pins.
Binghamton (11/16): Opened season with 17-0 tech fall over Nunzio Crowley. Cliff Keen Invitational (11/30): Went 4-3 with a major, a tech and a pin...Lost close 5-3 (sv) dec. to #10 Louie DePrez of Binghamton. Northern Iowa (12/16): Downed #3 Drew Foster 6-5. Lehigh (1/12): Posted 8-4 win over #15 Chris Weiler.  Lock Haven (2/2): Posted 7-5 win over #19 Corey Hazel.  Virginia Tech (2/15): Dominated #7 Zack Zavatsky of Virginia Tech, rolling to a 9- major. North Carolina (2/16): Strong 5-2 win over #11 Chip Ness. Ohio State (2/22): Lost 13-6 to #1 Myles Martin.
EIWA Championship (4-0, 1st, EIWA Champion): Rolled to first EIWA Championship with 4-0 run, including 3-0 win over #4 Ryan Preisch of Lehigh.
NCAA Championships (4-1, 2nd, All-American): Became a two-time All-American by advancing to the NCAA finals and finishing the season as national runner-up...Downed #15 Cash Wilcke 6-4 (sv), #12 Nino Bonaccorsi of Pitt 6-0...Avenged loss to #1 Marin in NCAA semifinals, posting 5-4 win...Dropped close 6-4 bout to #3 Drew Foster of Northern Iowa in NCAA title bout.
 
2017-18 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Went 32-6 as a true freshman and became an All-American with an eighth place finish in his first trip to the NCAA tournament...EIWA Runner-Up as a freshman...Had three majors, five techs and six pins.
Binghamton Open (11/12): Won the Bearcat Open with a 5-0 run, including 3-2 win over #14 Louie DePrez of Binghamton. Northern Iowa (11/17): Posted 9-7 win over #9 Drew Foster. Cliff Keen Invitational (12/1): Went 2-2 at Cliff Keen, lost to #8 Zack Zavatsky of Virginia Tech and #9 Drew Foster of Northern Iowa. Lock Haven (2/4): Strong 5-2 win over LHU’s Corey Hazel.  North Carolina (2/16): Posted 8-2 win over #11 Chip Ness.
EIWA Championship (3-1, 2nd, NCAA Qualifier): Went 3-1 as a freshman at the EIWA Championships, including 8-7 win over #12 Michael Coleman of Navy...Lost to #7 Ryan Preisch in the finals.
NCAA Championships (3-3, 8th, All-American): Earned All-America honors as a freshman, going 4-3 at the NCAA Championships to place eighth...Beat #32 Dylan Gabel of Northern Colorado, #13 Bryce Carr of Chattanooga and #9 Drew Foster of Northern Iowa...Lost to #1 Bo Nickal along the way, wrestled back for eighth place to become an All-American.
 
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Dean was a two-time Michigan State Champion at Lowell High School...Was named Grand Rapids Press Wrestler of the Year after his senior campaign...MichiganGrappler.com regional Wrestler of the Year.
 
DEAN MATCH-BY-MATCH
 
2021-22
Date     Wt.    Result        Opponent                                          Place     Rec
11/13    197    W, 18-0       Dante Del Bonis, Sacred Heart (3:00)           dual      1-0
11/13    197    W, 16-3       J.J. Dixon, Oregon State (major)                 dual      2-0
11/18    197    W, 17-1       #21 J.T. Brown, Army (TF; 6:49)                 dual      3-0
12/3      197    W, 10-0       Cole Urbas, Penn (major)                           dual      4-0
12/5      197    WBF           J.T. Davis, Lehigh (2:58)                            dual      5-0
12/20    197    W, 19-3       Noah Glasser, Northern Iowa (TF; 5:21)        dual      6-0
12/20    197    W, 4-2         #19 Jacob Cardenas, Cornell                     dual      7-0
12/21    197    W, 10-1       #8 Kordell Norfleet, Arizona State (major)      dual      8-0
1/7        197    W, 20-5       Kevin Makosy, Maryland (TF; 7:00)              dual      9-0
1/9        197    W, 9-1         Nick Willham, Indiana (major)                      dual     10-0
1/16      197    W, 9-6         #7 Greg Bulsak, Rutgers                           dual     11-0
1/21      197    W, 6-4 (sv)    #8 Patrick Brucki, Michigan                        dual     12-0
1/23      197    L, 2-3          #15 Cameron Caffey, Michigan State           dual     12-1
1/28      197    W, 8-3         #4 Jacob Warner, Iowa                             dual     13-1
2/4        197    W, 5-3 (sv)    #21 Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State                  dual     14-1
2/20      197    WBF           Azeem Bell, Rider (0:54)                            dual     15-1
3/5        197    W, 6-2         #12 Greg Bulsak, Rutgers                         B1G     16-1
3/5        197    W, 5-2         #5 Cameron Caffey, Michigan State            B1G     17-1
3/6        197    W, 4-2         #2 Eric Schultz, Nebraska                   B1G (1st)     18-1
3/17      197    W, 16-1       #32 Will Feldkamp, Clarion (TF; 4:40)        NCAA     19-1
3/17      197    W, 4-2         #17 Jay Aiello, Virginia                            NCAA     20-1
3/18      197    W, 4-3         #8 Lou Deprez, Binghamton                    NCAA     21-1
3/18      197    W, 9-3         #21 Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State                NCAA     22-1
3/19      197    W, 3-2         #6 Jacob Warner, Iowa                    NCAA (1st)     23-1
 
2018-19
Date     Wt.    Result        Opponent                                          Place     Rec
11/16     184    W, 17-0       Nunzio Crowley, Binghamton (TF)       dual      1-0
11/17      184    WBF          Jackson Moomau, West Virginia (2:46) dual     2-0
11/30    184    WBF          Jacob Cooper, Cal Baptist (2:07           CKI     3-0
11/30    184    W, 12-5       Will Sumner, Utah Valley                       CKI     4-0
11/30    184    W, 16-1       Charlie Andrews, Campbell (TF; 3:00)  CKI     5-0
11/30    184    L, 7-17        #1 Myles Martin, Ohio State                   CKI      5-1
11/30    184    W, 10-0      #11 Chip Ness, North Carolina (major)   CKI      6-1
11/30    184    L, 3-5 (sv)  #10 Louie DePrez, Binghamton             CKI      6-2
11/30    184    L, 6-13        #Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech              CKI     6-3
12/16     184    W, 6-5       #3 Drew Foster, Northern Iowa           dual      7-3
12/29    184    W, 17-2       Carless Looney, Wyoming (TF; 7:00)  dual     8-3
12/30    184    W, 16-0      Norman Conley, Indian (TF; 7:00)        dual     9-3
12/30    184    L, 6-7         #18 Dylan Wisman, Missouri                 dual     9-4
1/12       184    W, 8-4       #15 Chris Weiler, Lehigh                      dual    10-4
1/19      184    W, 25-7      Joe Franzese, Columbia (TF; 7:00)      dual     11-4
1/26      184    WBF          Christian LaFragola, Brown (6:59)       dual     12-4
1/26      184    WBF          Pierce Bausano, Harvard (3:00)           dual    13-4
2/2       184    W, 7-5        #19 Corey Hazel, Lock Haven               dual    14-4
2/9       184    W, 17-1        Kevin Parker, Princeton (TF; 6:03)       dual    15-4
2/15      184    W, 9-0       #7 Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech          dual    16-4
2/16      184    W, 5-2        #11 Chip Ness, North Carolina              dual     17-4
2/22     184    L, 6-13        #1 Myles Martin, Ohio State                 dual     17-5
3/8      184    WBF          Kyle Inlander, Bucknell (1;10)             EIWA    18-5
3/8      184    WBF          Leonardo Tarantino, Harvard (4:17)   EIWA    19-5
3/8      184    W, 8-4       Christian LaFragola, Brown               EIWA    20-5
3/18     184    W, 3-0       #4 Ryan Priesch, Lehigh            EIWA (1st)     21-5
3/21      184    W, 13-2       #28 Noah Stewart, Army (major)     NCAA    22-5
3/21      184    W, 6-4 (sv) #12 Cash Wilcke, Iowa                      NCAA    23-5
3/22     184    W, 6-0       #13 Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt                  NCAA    24-5
3/22     184    W, 5-4       #1 Myles Martin, Ohio State              NCAA    25-5
3/23     184    L, 4-6         #6 Drew Foster, No. Iowa       NCAA (2nd)    25-6
 
2017-18
Date     Wt.    Result        Opponent                                          Place     Rec
11/12      184    W, 15-5      Nino Bastianelli, Brown (major)           Bing      1-0
11/12      184    WBF          Gabe Dzuro, Ohio (2:22)                     Bing      2-0
11/12      184    12-0            Devon Van Cura, Penn State (major)   Bing     3-0
11/12      184    15-1            Anthony Mancini, F&M (maj)               Bing     4-0
11/12      184    W, 3-2        #14 Louie DePrez, Binghamton    Bing (1st)     5-0
11/17      184    W, 9-7        #9 Drew Foster, Northern Iowa           dual     6-0
11/19     184    WBF          Thaddus Jeffries, Brockport St. (2:06) NYSI      7-0
11/19     184    WBF          Mike Fekishazy, SUNY-Ulster (0:36)   NYSI     8-0
11/19     184    W, 15-2       Jack Brown, Army (major)                  NYSI     9-0
11/19     184    W, 4-1        #14 Louis DePrez, Binghamton   NYSI (1st)    10-0
12/1       184    W, 17-0       Michale Battista, Virgina (TF; 4:44)       CKI     11-0
12/1       184    W, 6-2        #12 Michael Coleman, Navy                   CKI     12-0
12/1       184    L, 5-9         #9 Drew Foster, Northern Iowa            CKI      12-1
12/1       184    L, 5-9         #8 Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech           CKI     12-2
12/18     184    W, 14-3      Brett Perry, Buffalo (major)                 dual     13-2
12/29    184    W, 11-5       Tyler McNutt, North Dakota State        dual     14-2
12/29    184    W, 16-1       Owen Webster, Minnestoa (TF; 7:00)  dual     15-2
12/30    184    W, 6-5       Colin McCracken, Kent State               dual     16-2
12/30    184    W, 4-3       Canten Marriott, Missouri                     dual     17-2
1/19      184    W, 10-1       Andrew Price, Lehigh (major)              dual     18-2
1/27      184    W, 5-0       Christian LaFragola, Brown                 dual     19-2
1/27      184    W, 3-0       Kanon Dean, Harvard                          dual    20-2
2/3       184    W, 10-0      Andrew Psomas, Columbia (major)     dual     21-2
2/4       184    W, 5-2        Corey Hazel, Hock Haven                    dual    22-2
2/9       184    W, 8-3       Alex DeCiantis, Drexel                         dual    23-2
2/10      184    W, 8-2        Joe Heyob, Penn                                 dual    24-2
2/10      184    W, 16-0      Kevin Parker, Princeton (TF; 6:23)       dual    25-2
2/16      184    W, 8-2        #11 Chip Ness, North Carolina              dual    26-2
3/4      184    W, 19-1       Corey Damiana, Hofstra (TF; 7:00)    EIWA    27-2
3/4      184    W, 4-0       Joe Heyob, Penn                               EIWA    28-2
3/4      184    W, 8-7        #12 Michael Coleman, Navy               EIWA    29-2
3/4      184    LBF            #4 Ryan Preisch, Lehigh (4:31) EIWA (2nd)    29-3
3/15     184    W, 11-3       #32 Dylan Gabel, No. Colorado         NCAA   30-3
3/15     184    W, 6-0       #9 Drew Foster, Northern Iowa        NCAA    31-3
3/16     184    L, 7-13        #1 Bo Nickal, Penn State                   NCAA    31-4
3/16     184    W, 6-4       #13 Bryce Carr, Chattanooga            NCAA    32-4
3/16     184    L, 6-11         #6 Taylor Venz, Nebraska                NCAA    32-5
3/17      184    L, 3-6         #11 Chip Ness, North Carolina   NCAA (8th)    32-6