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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 |
North Dakota State vs. Air Force
Sunday, February 01
North Dakota State vs. Northern Colorado
Friday, January 30
North Dakota State vs. California Baptist
Sunday, January 25
North Dakota State vs. Iowa State
Sunday, January 11
