2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Tyler Buckwalter
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Mill Hall, Pa.
- High School:
- Central Mountain
2015-16
• Placed fifth at MAC Championships
• Earned at-large bid to NCAA Championships
• Nominee for NCAA Elite 90 Award
• Finished 25-13 with 10 bonus-point victories
• Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week after placing third at Navy Classic with 5-1 record
• Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors
• Finished 14-4 in dual meets and 6-2 in MAC duals
• Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
• Earned athletic department's Merle Wagoner Award
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Named MAC Wrestler of the Week following dual wins over ranked opponents from Central Michigan and Edinboro
• Earned team's Joe Begala Award
• Named to NWCA All-Academic Team
• Went 2-0 at Ohio Duals with 8-0 major decision over No. 1 ranked wrestler (Matt Vandermeer, Lake Erie) in Division II
• Recipient of the Karl G. Chesnutt Endowed Athletic Scholarship
2014-15
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
• Named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week following dual meet wins against Ohio and Edinboro
• Went 23-17 overall and 12-9 in dual meets
• Named Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week following a 4-0 performance at the Virginia Duals
• Placed fifth at Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational, going 4-2 with a pin and a major decision
• Earned Jerry Petrofes Endowed Memorial Scholarship
• Went 5-2 with three major decisions at Cleveland State Open
• Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
2013-14
• Placed fifth at MAC Championships
• Went 4-3 in MAC duals
• Named to Academic All-MAC Team
2012-13
• Placed second at National Collegiate Open, going 3-1 with a major decision
• Took second at Edinboro Open, going 3-1
• Placed sixth at the Navy Classic with a 4-3 record, including two major decisions
• Placed fifth at the Brute Invitational, going 5-2 with a pin, a technical fall, and two major decisions
• Placed fourth at the Purple Raider Open, going 6-2 with a pin and a technical fall
• Finished 27-16 on the year with five major decisions, two pins and two tech falls
2011-12
• Won 165-pound title at Purple Raider Open with 4-0 record
• Placed fourth at Mat Town Tournament, going 3-2 with a pin
Prior to Kent State
• Carried a 4.0 grade point average in high school
• Finished seventh in 152-pound bracket at Pennsylvania state tournament as a senior
Personal
• Earned Dr. Beverly Seidel Endowed Scholarship
• George G. Altman Award
• Phi Epsilon Kappa Award
• Served as treasurer on Kent State's Student Athlete Advisory Committee
• Majoring in health and physical education
