Abe Assad Season 2023-24

2022-23
• NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds
• Placed seventh at Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships
• No. 12 seed at NCAA Championships, posting a 1-2 record
• Went 19-6 with seven bonus-point victories (four majors, one tech fall, two falls) at 184
• Ranked as high as No. 8 in the national rankings
• Went 11-2 in dual competition and 4-1 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 41 team dual points
• Went 6-5 against ranked opponents
• Letterwinner

2021-22
• Posted a 14-10 record at 184 pounds
• Placed seventh at Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships
• 7-5 in dual meets and 5-3 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 41 team points in dual competition
• Reached as high as No. 15 in the nation
• Co-led the team lead with most pins with three and tallied four major decisions and one technical fall
• letterwinner

2020-21
• Did not compete
• Opened the season ranked No. 8 in the country
• Letterwinner

2019-20
• Second-team All-American
• No. 11 seed at NCAA Championships
• Placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth the the NCAA Championships
• Posted a 22-7 overall record
• 22 wins were a team-high
• Five wins against ranked opponents
• Placed runner-up at the Midlands Championships
• Removed his redshirt following Midlands
• Made official debut Jan. 10 at Indiana
• Reached as high as No. 6 in the national rankings
• our technical falls tied for fourth on the team
• First place at Jim Koch Open, first collegiate tournament title
• NWCA Scholar Athlete
• Letterwinner

High School
• Two-time state champion
• Won the 170-pound title as a junior in 2018
• Won the 182-pound state title as a senior in 2019
• Team MVP in 2018 and 2019
• Combined record of 99-1 as a junior and senior
• Recorded 22 consecutive pins his senior season
• Four-time all-conference
• Two-time all-state
• Named conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2016
• Holds school records for fastest pin (11 seconds) and most single-season pins (38)
• 170-pound Cadet Greco National Champion
• 182-pound Junior Freestyle National Champion
• Cadet UWW World Bronze Medalist at 80-kilograms

Personal
• Born February 25, 2001
• Son of Rick and Jill Assad
• Has one sister, Dale Assad
• Majoring in criminology, law and justice

 

	Overall	Dual	Big Ten Dual	Dual Pts.	Big Ten	NCAA	OT	MD	TF	Pins	Fastest
Year	Record	Record	Record	Scored	Place	Place	W/L	W/L	W/L	W/L	Pin
2019-20	22-7	4-2	4-2	12	4th	—	2-0	2-0	4-0	3-0	0:56
2021-22	14-10	7-5	5-3	29	7th	—	0-1	4-0	1-0	3-0	2:22
2022-23	19-6	11-2	4-1	41	7th	—	1-1	4-0	1-0	2-3	1:29
Career	55-23	22-9	13-6	82	—	—	3-2	10-0	6-0	8-3	0:56