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Aidan McCain - Men's Wrestling - University of Iowa Athletics

Aidan McCain

Height 6-3
Weight 184 lbs.
Class Fr.
Hometown Round Lake, Ill.
High School Round Lake

2023-24
• Finished 3-3 attached and 4-5 overall
• Placed second in the Soldier Salute 184B Silver Bracket at 184
•  Also saw action at the Pat “Flash” Flanagan Open and the Luther Open

2022-23
• Redshirted
• Went 2-6 competing unattached at 184 pounds
• Finished sixth at Flanagan Open
• Was seventh at Soldier Salute
• Dean’s List honoree during the fall semester

 

High School
• Placed fifth at 182 pounds as a senior, finishing with a 39-13 record with 30 pins… finished as the conference runner-up
• All-state selection, team MVP and Male Athlete of the Year as a senior… two-time all-conference selection
• Posted a 92-43 record with 51 pins in his prep career
• His 30 pins as a senior were a school record
• Won the Northern Plains Regionals in Greco as a senior and competed at Fargo
• Academic All-State… Illinois State Scholar… President’s Award… academic all-conference
• National Honor Society
• High school coaches were Mike Hruska and Ken Filas

Personal
• Born Aug. 18, 2004, in Libertyville, Illinois
• Son of Terrie and Tonya McCain
• Father wrestled at the University of Iowa
• Has three siblings, Maleigha, Zachary and Ireland
• Zachary wrestles at Cornell College
• Majoring in mechanical engineering