Patrick Kennedy Season 2021-22

Weight165 lbs

Height5-8

ClassSo.

HometownKasson-Mantorville, Minn.

2024-25

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

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)

^Wrestled unattached