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Michael Caliendo
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Geneva, Ill.
- High School:
- Batavia HS
NCAA All-American (7th, '23)
NCAA Championships Qualifier ('23)
Big 12 Championships Third-Place ('23)
Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team (’23)
Big 12 Wrestler of the Week (1/17)
NWCA Scholar All-America Team (’23)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (’23)
2022-23 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Earned NCAA All-American honors and recorded a seventh-place finish at the NCAA National Championships … Named to Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team as top 165 pounder … Named to the NWCA Scholar All-America team … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Earned automatic qualification for the NCAA Championships at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., where he was selected as a No. 7 seed in the 165-pound bracket … Finished with a 5-2 record at nationals … Earned automatic qualification for nationals after a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, also at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 4-1 record … Compiled an overall record of 29-5 … Finished with a record of 12-5 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 13-1 record in dual matches, including a 7-1 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 53 team points in dual competition ... Recorded 10 bonus-point victories … Recorded six victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:20 in his dual debut at Nebraska … Followed up the win at Nebraska with a Bison Open title, helping start the season with an eight-match win streak … Finished runner-up at the Southern Scuffle, falling to past national champion Shane Griffith in the final … Avenged the loss later in the year … Secured two tech fall victories … Picked up two major decision victories … Scored 268 total match points … Secured 87 takedowns … Turned a trio of two-point nearfalls … Turned six four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 45 escapes … Finished with 13 riding-time points …
2021-22 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled unattached at 165 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 14-2 … Claimed Daktronics Open (Nov. 21), Cobber Invitational (Nov. 6), Dragon Open (Dec. 5), and North Country Open (Jan. 23) individual titles … Finished with a record of 2-1 against ranked opposition … Recorded two bonus-point victories on the season … Finished with a record of 2-0 in matches decided by major decision … Scored 127 total match points on the season … Recorded 46 takedowns … Scored one four-point nearfall … Recorded one reversal … Scored 21 escapes …
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons under the direction of Scott Bayer at Batavia … Compiled a career record of 148-18 over four seasons, including a perfect record of 36-0 as a senior on his way to Batavia’s first state championship in program history … Capped of his high school career with 74 career pins, another Batavia record, including 23 in each of his junior and senior seasons … Also set Batavia record with 23 career tech falls and three trips to the state championships … Won conference championship all three years he participated, inning at 113, 145 and 160 … Claimed regional championships as a junior and senior, along with regional runner-up finishes as a freshman and sophomore … Finished in fourth at the state championship meet as a sophomore and a junior … Also won freshman/sophomore IWOCA state championship at 126 as a freshman, going 12-0 …
PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Jennifer …
CAREER STATISTICS
*Redshirt season does not count in career totals
NCAA Championships Qualifier ('23)
Big 12 Championships Third-Place ('23)
Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team (’23)
Big 12 Wrestler of the Week (1/17)
NWCA Scholar All-America Team (’23)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (’23)
2022-23 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Earned NCAA All-American honors and recorded a seventh-place finish at the NCAA National Championships … Named to Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team as top 165 pounder … Named to the NWCA Scholar All-America team … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Earned automatic qualification for the NCAA Championships at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., where he was selected as a No. 7 seed in the 165-pound bracket … Finished with a 5-2 record at nationals … Earned automatic qualification for nationals after a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, also at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 4-1 record … Compiled an overall record of 29-5 … Finished with a record of 12-5 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 13-1 record in dual matches, including a 7-1 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 53 team points in dual competition ... Recorded 10 bonus-point victories … Recorded six victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:20 in his dual debut at Nebraska … Followed up the win at Nebraska with a Bison Open title, helping start the season with an eight-match win streak … Finished runner-up at the Southern Scuffle, falling to past national champion Shane Griffith in the final … Avenged the loss later in the year … Secured two tech fall victories … Picked up two major decision victories … Scored 268 total match points … Secured 87 takedowns … Turned a trio of two-point nearfalls … Turned six four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 45 escapes … Finished with 13 riding-time points …
2021-22 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled unattached at 165 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 14-2 … Claimed Daktronics Open (Nov. 21), Cobber Invitational (Nov. 6), Dragon Open (Dec. 5), and North Country Open (Jan. 23) individual titles … Finished with a record of 2-1 against ranked opposition … Recorded two bonus-point victories on the season … Finished with a record of 2-0 in matches decided by major decision … Scored 127 total match points on the season … Recorded 46 takedowns … Scored one four-point nearfall … Recorded one reversal … Scored 21 escapes …
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons under the direction of Scott Bayer at Batavia … Compiled a career record of 148-18 over four seasons, including a perfect record of 36-0 as a senior on his way to Batavia’s first state championship in program history … Capped of his high school career with 74 career pins, another Batavia record, including 23 in each of his junior and senior seasons … Also set Batavia record with 23 career tech falls and three trips to the state championships … Won conference championship all three years he participated, inning at 113, 145 and 160 … Claimed regional championships as a junior and senior, along with regional runner-up finishes as a freshman and sophomore … Finished in fourth at the state championship meet as a sophomore and a junior … Also won freshman/sophomore IWOCA state championship at 126 as a freshman, going 12-0 …
PERSONAL: Son of Michael and Jennifer …
CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | Overall | vs. Rank |
Duals | Big 12 Duals |
Dual Pts |
Falls | Fast Pin |
TF | MD | TD | N2 | N4 | RV | E | RT | Pts | Big 12 Champ |
NCAA Champ |
| 2021-22* | 14-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | - | 0-0 | 2-0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 127 | -- | -- |
| 2022-23 | 29-5 | 12-5 | 13-1 | 7-1 | 53 | 6-0 | 1:20 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 87 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 268 | 4-1 (3rd) | 5-2 (7th) |
| Career | 29-5 | 12-5 | 13-1 | 7-1 | 53 | 6-0 | 1:20 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 87 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 268 | 4-1 | 5-2 |
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