University of Iowa Athletics

Patrick Kennedy

Height 5-8
Weight 174 lbs.
Class RS Fr.
Hometown Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.
High School Kasson-Mantorville
Patrick  Kennedy - Men's Wrestling - University of Iowa Athletics

Hawk Item
• Won a U23 men’s freestyle national championship at the 2022 World Team Trials in Ohio

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