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
Senior2022-23
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