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 |
| Career | 23-6 | 12-3 | 6-2 | 49 | — | — | 1-0 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0:30 |
^Wrestled unattached