Naval Academy Athletics

2019 NCAA Qualifier

• Roetman in 2018-19 (Jr.): A first-year starter at 197 pounds, Roetman put together a 26-12 overall mark that featured an 8-1 record in dual action ... placed in three of the four regular-season tournaments in which he wrestler ... among his eight dual victories was a win by fall (3:39) over Ohio State’s Kevin Snyder in the season-opening dual at the McDonogh School in Maryland ... followed up with a third-place finish at the Navy Classic where he posted a 5-1 record ... went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, his lone tournament in which he did not place ... captured eighth at the Southern Scuffle with a 3-3 mark ... took third at the All-Academy Championship posting a 3-1 mark ... placed fourth at the EIWA Championship behind a 4-2 mark, earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship ... scored a 14-3 major decision over The Citadel’s Sawyer Root in the wrestlebacks at the NCAA Championship ... earned dual wins over wrestlers from Ohio State, Maryland, Bucknell, Hofstra, Lehigh, Duke, Old Dominion and American.
• 2017-18 (So.): Produced an 8-7 record, including a 2-2 mark in dual action where he wrestled in relief of an injured Steban Cervantes ... opened the year with a 17-0 tech fall victory over Delaware Valley’s Kyle Thorpe in what was also his first career dual win ... followed up with a fifth-place finish at the Eastern Michigan Open ... competed but did not place at the Navy Classic and Southern Scuffle ... pinned Maryland’s Mansur Abdul-Malik in a dual, while dropping dual matches to Bucknell’s Garrett Hoffman (3-0) and 12th-ranked Jeric Kasunic (5-1) from American.
• 2016-17 (Fr.): Closed out his rookie season with a 7-5 record ... competed at four tournaments, including the Bearcat Open where he posted a 9-8 victory over Rider’s Xavier Ferrizzi to earn his first collegiate win ... placed fourth at the Edinboro Open ... wrestled Army heavyweight Trevor Smith in the annual Star Match, dropping a 5-0 decision ... took third in the Greco Roman 96 kilogram weight class at the 2017 United World Wrestling Junior Nationals ... placed sixth at 96 kilograms in the UWW Junior Freestyle competition.
• High School: A 2015 graduate of Kotzebue High School in Kotzebue, Alaska, Roetman attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2015-16 academic year ... a four-year wrestling letter winner, he won back-to-back Alaska State Championship titles his junior and senior years ...  his high school won the Class 1-2-3A state title his senior year ... won the 2015 Reno Tournament of Champions and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler ... he is the sixth Alaskan to capture a title and the 10th to advance to the finals at the Reno Tournament of Champions, which dates back to 1993.
• Personal: Son of Paul and Jenny Roetman ... majoring in English ... named to the Commandant’s List following the 2018 fall semester.