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Ben Kueter Season 2024-25

Weight285 lbs.
Height6-3
ClassRS Fr.
HometownIowa City, Iowa
High SchoolIowa City
Twitterbenkueter1
Instagramben_kueter32

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2024-25

  • 21-9 record at 285
  • 9-5 dual record
  • Scored 36 dual team points
  • Eighth place at NCAA Championships
  • Third place at Big Ten Championships
  • Seven bonus point victories including three major decisions, two technical falls, and two pins
  • Recorded ten wins over ranked opponents
  • Champion at the Soldier Salute

Hawk Item

  • Won Under-20 World Wrestling Championship in July, 2022
  • Won USA Wrestling’s Under-20 men’s freestyle world team trials in 2022 and 2024
  • Dual sport athlete, expected to return to the Iowa football team for 2024-25 season.

2023-24

  • Finished 3-1 wrestling attached (redshirt season)
  • 2-1 record against ranked opponents; lone defeat came against #1 Greg Kervliet (Penn State) and won by decision against #29 Bennet Tabor (Minnesota) and #11 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)
  • Pinned Jack Jessen (Northwestern) in 45 seconds

 

High School Honors

  • Freestyle Junior World Champion at 97 kg
  • Freestyle Under-20 Pan American Champion at 97 kg
  • Named USA TODAY Boys Wrestler of the Year for 2022-23
  • Named USA TODAY All-Iowa Male Athlete of the Year for 2021-22
  • 2023 Iowa Class 3A Dan Gable Mr. Wrestler of the Year
  • 2023 Bob Steenlage Iowa High School Wrestler of the Year
  • Fifth Iowa high-schooler to win a Junior world wrestling title and the fourth from Iowa City High
  • Four-time undefeated state champion; seventh in the history of Iowa high school wrestling
  • 111-0 high school record
  • 74 career pins and 105 career bonus-point wins
  • Competed in four sports at City High; Butkus Award finalist for the nation’s top high school linebacker

Personal

  • Born June 7, 2004
  • Sport and recreation management major
  • Parents are Tina and Scott Kueter
  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
2023-24 3-1 3-1 2-1 12 0-1 1-0 0:45
2024-25 21-9 9-5 5-3 36 3rd 8th 3-2 2-2 2-1 0:32
Career 24-10 12-6 7-4 48 3rd 8th 3-2 2-2 3-1 0:32