Biography
Career Honors
2023 NCAA Qualifier
2022 NCAA Qualifier
2021 NCAA Qualifier
2020 Alternate NCAA Championship
2022-23 // Senior Year
Navy’s starter at 197 pounds in nine duals … Recorded a 26-12 overall record and a 5-4 dual record … Defeated four InterMat nationally-ranked wrestlers with a top victory against No. 18 Kordell Norfleet of Arizona State … Earned a season-best ranking of No. 24 by InterMat … Won the Bearcat Open (3-0) and the Franklin & Marshall Open (5-0) … Also placed second at the Navy Classic (3-1), third at the Clarion Open (3-1) and seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (3-2) … Earned dual victories against Kent State, Binghamton, Lock Haven, Bucknell and Army … Defeated Kyle Swartz of Army by a 5-0 decision to help Navy win the Star Match, 18-13 … Posted a 3-2 record to place fourth at the EIWA Championship to earn his third trip to the NCAA Championship … Compiled a 1-2 record at the NCAA Championship where he recorded his 80th career victory by a 6-4 decision over Virginia Tech’s Andy Smith … Became the first Mid to reach 80 wins since Nicholas Gil in 2018.
2021-22 // Junior Year
Navy’s starter at 197 pounds, he recorded a 26-9 overall record and an 8-3 dual record … Made appearances in the Clarion Open, Bearcat Open, Navy Classic and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite … Went 4-0 to take first place at the Clarion Open and 3-1 to take third place at the Bearcat Open … Defeated InterMat No. 17 nationally-ranked Cameron Caffey of Michigan State by an 8-0 major decision to take first place at the Navy Classic … Defeated No. 16 Tanner Sloan of South Dakota State at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite … Earned dual victories over Lehigh, Hofstra, Ohio, Cleveland State, Columbia, Bucknell, Clarion and Army … Beat No. 25 JT Brown of Army by a 2-1 decision to help the Mids beat Army, 22-9 … Went 4-1 at the EIWA Championship to take third place and earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship. Top victory was over 26th-ranked / fifth-seeded JT Brown of Army by a 4-2 decision … One of three Mids to earn NCAA Championship berths … Went 1-2 at NCAA Championship, defeating No. 30 Ben Smith of Cleveland State bay a 12-0 major decision … Ended season as InterMat’s No. 21-ranked wrester in weight class.
2020-21 // Sophomore Year
Navy wrestled a COVID-shortened season that did not include tournaments outside of the EIWA and NCAA Championships … Navy’s starter at 197 pounds, he put together a 7-5 record that included a 3-2 mark in dual competition … Earned dual victories against Lehigh’s Jake Jakobsen (6-1), Cleveland State’s Ben Smith (3:57) and George Mason’s Austin Stith (15-0, 7:00) … Place third at the EIWA Championship dropping his lone match in the semifinals to second-seeded JT Brown of Army in a 3-2 tie-breaker … Earned his first NCAA Championship bid by way of his third-place finish at the EIWA Championship … Posted a 0-2 record at the NCAA Championship.
2019-20 // Freshman Year
Navy’s starter at 197 pounds, he produced a 21-9 record, including an 11-3 mark in dual action … One of five wrestlers on the squad to win 20 or more matches … Led the team with 11 dual victories, his three losses were by a combined five points - 4-3 vs. No. 3 Kyle Conel of Penn State, 12-10 vs. Jaron Smith of Maryland, 5-3 vs. Timothy Young of Old Dominion … Earned his first collegiate victory by way of a fall (1:55) against Fresno State’s Ryan Reyes in the Mids’ opener … Made appearances in four tournaments, placing in three of the four … Posted a 4-1 record at the Navy Classic and defeated Michigan State’s Nick May, 18-2, in the third-place bout … Went 3-0 to win the All-Academy Championship where he was also named the Most Outstanding Wrestler … His All-Academy Championship wins included a fall in 1:23 and back-to-back 16-0 tech falls, including his championship bout victory over VMI’s Zach Brown … Turned in a 2-3 record and placed eighth in his first appearance at the EIWA Championship … Named the alternate at 197 pounds for the 2020 NCAA Championship which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
High School
2018 graduate of Northern York High School in Dillsburg, Pa. … Attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2018-19 academic year … Two-sport athlete who earned letters in lacrosse and wrestling … Amassed a 127-36 career record … Three-time state qualifier, he placed fourth as a junior and third as a senior … Two-time section winner and two-time section runner-up … Won the region title his senior year … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Son of Drew and Kendra Koser … Majoring in quantitative economics … Earned USNA academic honors in three semesters … Brother, Kyle, was a three-time NCAA qualifier and 2017 All-American wrestler at Messiah College … Uncle, Rear Admiral Eric Ver Hage, is a 1991 graduate of the Naval Academy … Ver Hage assumed duties as the commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and NAVSEA director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) on Apr. 24, 2020.
