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Patrick Kennedy Season 2024-25

Weight165 lbs.
Height5-8
ClassSenior
HometownKasson-Mantorville, Minn.

2024-25

  • 13-5 season record at 174 pounds
  • 6-5 against ranked opponents
  • Placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships
  • Recorded eight technical falls
  • Scored 26 dual points
  • Champion at the Soldier Salute

Hawk Item

  • U23 National Champion at the 2024 World Team Trials at Spire Academy in Ohio
  • Won U23 men’s freestyle national championship at the 2022 World Team Trials in Ohio

2023-24

  • NCAA qualifier and Big Ten fifth place at 174 pounds
  • Overall 18-8 record with an 8-3 dual record and 10 wins against ranked opponents
  • 11 bonus point wins including five major decisions, five technical falls and one pin
  • 31 dual points scored
  • Highest-ranked win came against No. 3 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) by 5-1 decision; defeated fifth-seeded Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) by technical fall, 18-3, at the NCAA Championships
  • Took runner-up at the Solider Salute wrestling at 165
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • 40-14 career record

2022-23

  • NCAA Qualifier at 165 pounds
  • Big Ten runner-up at 165, earning an automatic spot in the NCAA Championships
  • No. 6 seed at the NCAA Championships, finishing with a 2-2 record
  • Went 21-5 overall with 12 bonus point victories (six majors, three tech falls, three falls)
  • Went 12-2 in duals and 6-1 in Big Ten duals
  • Scored 49 team dual points
  • Ranked as high as No. 7 during the season
  • Soldier Salute champion
  • Went 5-5 against ranked opponents
  • Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Letterwinner

2021-22

  • Posted a 17-2 record with three falls and seven technical falls, competing unattached
  • Won the Harold Nichols Open, UNI Open and Last Chance Open
  • Placed sixth at the Southern Scuffle
  • Only losses came against teammate Alex Marinelli, 3-2, at Luther Open and against West Virginia’s Peyton Hall, 6-4 (SV), at Southern Scuffle

2020-21

  • Posted a 2-1 overall record and 0-1 dual record
  • Made his collegiate debut Jan. 15, falling 7-4 to No. 4 Mikey Labriola (Neb)
  • Letterwinner

 

High School

  • Four-time Minnesota high school state champion
  • Led team to state titles as a freshman and sophomore in 2017 and 2018
  • Had a 108-match winning streak, including 73 straight matches without surrendering a point
  • 2019 Fargo champion
  • 2018 Super 32 champion
  • 2017 Fargo second runner-up

Personal

  • Born May 4, 2001
  • Son of Matt and Tammy Kennedy
  • Has three sisters — Toni, Cori, and Katelyn — and two brothers — Jackson and Joey
  • Sister, Cori, played softball at Minnesota State
  • Majoring in sport and recreation management (business studies)
  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
2020-21 2-1 2-1 0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
^2021-22 17-3 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0-0 7-0 3-0 0:51
2022-23 21-5 12-2 6-1 49 2nd 1-0 6-0 3-0 3-0 0:30
2023-24 18-8 8-3 5-2 31 5th 1-1 5-3 5-0 1-0 1:25
2024-25 13-5 6-3 4-3 26 5th 1-0 8-0 1-0 1:59
Career 54-19 26-9 16-7 106 2nd 2-1 12-3 16-0 5-0 0:30

^Wrestled unattached