Caleb Rathjen Season 2022-23

2024-25

• 8-3 season record with four bonus-point victories
• Won the Grand View Open at 149 pounds

2023-24

• Placed fifth at the Big Ten Championships and was an NCAA qualifier at 149
• Posted a 20-7 record including 4-2 in duals and seven ranked wins
• Highest-ranked wins came against teammate Victor Voinovich (#8), No. 10 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) and No. 10 Dylan D’Emillio (Ohio State)
• Seven bonus-point victories including one major decision, five technical falls and one pin
• Scored 19 dual points

2022-23

• Went 4-3 as an attached wrestler and 6-5 overall, competing at 149 and 157 pounds
• Made his varsity debut in neutral site dual against Sacred Heart at 157
• Won his first varsity match, downing Buffalo’s Nick Stampoulus by a 6-0 decision
• Runner-up at UNI Open and Soldier Salute… fell 7-4 to teammate Max Murin in Soldier Salute title match
• Went 1-2 in duals and 0-1 in Big Ten duals
• Scored three team dual points
• Letterwinner

2021-22

• Redshirted
• Posted a 4-1 overall record at 149 pounds while competing unattached
• Won title at Last Chance Open and competed at Southern Scuffle

* Redshirted, competed unattached

High School

• Two-time state champion in 2019 and 2020
• Two-time state runner-up in 2018 and 2021
• Fargo Cadet Freestyle seventh-place in 2017
• Fargo Cadet Freestyle second-place in 2018
• UWW Cadet Freestyle fourth-place in 2019
• UWW Junior Freestyle fourth-place in 2021
• Fargo Junior Freestyle second-place in 2021
• Football state champion in 2021

Personal

• Born August 26, 2002
• Son of Kirk and Ashley and Rathjen
• Has two brothers, Cole and Calvin
• Majoring in business

	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
*2021-22	4-1	0-0	0-0	—	—	—	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	—
2022-23	4-3	1-2	0-1	3	—	—	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	—
2023-24	20-7	4-2	4-2	19	5th	—	1-1	1-0	5-0	1-0	3:46
2024-25	8-3	0-1	—	—	—	—	—	2-2	2-0	—	—
Career	32-13	5-5	4-3	22	—	—	1-1	5-2	7-0	1-0	3:46

*wrestled unnattached