Career Honors
2025 NCAA All-American (Eighth Place)
2025 NCAA Qualifier
2024 NCAA Qualifier
2024-25 // Sophomore Year
Started in nine duals at 174 pounds for the Mids … Finished with a 23-9 overall record and 8-1 in duals … Garnered NCAA All-America honors for placing eighth in his weight class at the NCAA Championship … Claimed the 67th All-America nod in team history … Compiled a 3-3 record at the NCAA Championship with victories over 26th-seeded Brody Baumann out of Purdue (15-0), 23rd-seeded MJ Gaitan from Iowa State (12-4) and 22nd-seeded Nick Incontrera from Penn (5-3) … Placed second in his weight class at the EIWA Championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship when he knocked off Sacred Heart’s Aidan Xarrella (17-2) and Army’s Dalton Harkins (4-1) … Won the 174 pound title at the Navy Classic with a 4-0 record and became the 17th Navy wrestler to win the individual championship twice … Defeated Army’s Dalton Harkins 7-4 in the Army-Navy Star Meet … Won eight-consecutive dual matches to end the season … Led the team in tech fall victories (5) and victories over ranked opponents (12) … Finished second on the team in total victories.
2023-24 // Freshman Year
Navy’s starter at 174 pounds in 13 duals … Concluded freshman campaign with an overall record of 25-13 and went 7-6 in duals … Finished in a tie for the second-most victories on the team during the season … Led the Mids with five overtime wins … Earned first collegiate victory over Braxton Lewis (8-5) in Navy’s win over VMI … Won duals against VMI, American, Oklahoma, Lehigh, Binghamton, Lock Haven and Bucknell … Crowned a champion at the Navy Classic … Became the first Navy freshman to earn a first-place finish since Joe Locksmith (141) in 2010 … Additionally, he is the first mid to win a title at 174 pounds since Jadaen Bernstein in 2016 … Took fourth place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, where he claimed his first win over a ranked wrestler against No. 23 Alexander Faison of N.C. State (3-2) … Placed third at the Franklin & Marshall Open … Represented the Mids at 174 pounds at the EIWA Championship and finished seventh overall in his respective weight class … Qualified for the NCAA Championship as an at-large selection … Was one of only 26 true freshmen to qualify for nationals … Compiled a 2-2 record with victories over Missouri’s No. 21 Peyton Mocco (8-1) and North Carolina’s No. 19 Tyler Eischens (10-8).
High School
A 2022 graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. … Earned four varsity letters in wrestling … Three-time National Prep Champion (106 - 2019; 145 - 2021; 170 - 2022) and two-time Beast of the East Champion (106 - 2019; 170 - 2022) … Placed second at the 2022 U20 U.S. Open Championship (174) and at the 2021 Fargo Junior Freestyle National Championship (145) … Helped Blair Academy win 2019 Prep National Championship and place second in 2020 and 2022 … Member of the Pasta Club … High school teammate of Navy wrestler Liam Kilrain and collegiate wrestlers Lorenzo Norman (Stanford), Marc-Anthony McGowen (Princeton), Mason Stefanelli (Virginia), Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) and Thomas Stewart (Virginia Tech).
Personal
Son of Danny and Doma-Marie Wask … Attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School during the 2022-23 academic year … Placed third at the U20 World Team Trials and fourth at the Midlands Championship, where he upset two-time NCAA qualifier Troy Fisher of Northwestern by a 4-3 decision … Majoring in history.
Career Numbers
| YEAR |
OVERALL RECORD |
DUAL RECORD |
DECISION |
MAJOR DECISION |
TECHNICAL FALL |
FALL |
FORFEIT |
OVERTIME |
VS. RANKED OPPONENTS |
| 2024-25 |
23-9 |
8-1 |
15-8 |
3-1 |
5-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
9-6 |
| 2023-24 |
25-13 |
7-6 |
17-11 |
4-2 |
2-0 |
1-0 |
1-0 |
5-3 |
5-12 |
| Career |
48-22 |
15-7 |
32-19 |
7-3 |
7-0 |
1-0 |
1-0 |
5-4 |
14-18 |
