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Gabe Dean
Junior • 5-10 • Lowell, Mich. (Lowell HS)
NCAA Champion (2015) • NCAA All-American (2014, ‘15) • NCAA Semifinalist (2014) • NCAA Qualifier (2014, ‘15, ‘16) • EIWA Champion (2014, ‘15, ‘16) • EIWA Wrestler of the
Year (2015) • Ivy League Wrestler of the Year (2015) • EIWA Rookie of the Year (2014) • Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2014) • All-Ivy League First Team (2014, ‘15, ‘16)
W - L Falls TF MD Bonus Win Pct. Dual W-L
2013-14 40 -3 12 6 4 22 .930 12 -1
2014-15 43 -2 8 7 9 24 .956 18 -0
2015-16 29 -1 9 6 9 24 .962 7 -1
CAREER 112 -6 29 19 22 70 .949 37 -1
NOTES TO KNOW
• The two-time NCAA All-American and 2015 national champion won his third EIWA crown two weekends ago.
• Has a 112-6 career record with 70 bonus wins, including 29-1 with 24 bonus wins as a junior in 2016.
• His .800 bonus win percentage (24-of-30) is the highest single-season average in school history.
• Won the Binghamton Open, New York State Intercollegiates, Las Vegas Invitational and the Southern Scuffle.
• Is 10-1 against ranked opponents on the year and 14-1 vs. NCAA qualifiers.
• Opened the year by winning his first 14 contests of the year with bonus points.
• Is a perfect 20-0 against EIWA opponents this year.
• Dean won his first NCAA title in 2015 with a perfect three-day run through the 184-pound bracket.
• He claimed the title with a 6-2 victory over Lehigh’s Nathaniel Brown in the finals, making it four wins over Brown
on the season.
• The top seed entering the tournament, he ended his second season with a 43-2 overall record and a second EIWA
championship and NCAA All-America honor to his name.
• Dean led the Big Red in wins (43), bonus wins (24), winning percentage (.956) and dual wins (18-0).
• The 2015 EIWA and Ivy League Wrestler of the Year and two-time first-team all-leaguer sports an 83-5 career mark.
• Along with winning an EIWA and NCAA championship, Dean won his second straight Southern Scuffle title, a New
York State Intercollegiate championship and won his match at the preseason NWCA All-Star Classic.
• The Ivy League and EIWA Rookie of the Year in 2014, Dean earned All-America honors with a third-place finish at the
2014 NCAA Championships.
• The unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection had a spectacular rookie season, going 40-3 with his only losses coming
to the top two wrestlers at his weight class.
• He led the team in wins and was second in bonus wins (23).
• He won 29 consecutive matches, including 11 over top 20 wrestlers, before dropping a 5-3 decision to eventual
national champion Ed Ruth of Penn State in the NCAA semifinals.
• Dean’s signature win came against Penn State’s two-time defending national champion Ed Ruth at the Southern Scuffle,
avenging one of his two losses from early in the season and snapping Ruth’s 84-match win streak dating back to 2011.
• The win earned him U.S.A. Wrestling and EIWA Wrestler of the Week honors and he was featured in Sports Illustrated’s
“Faces In The Crowd” for the Jan. 20, 2014 issue.
• He won the New York State Intercollegiates, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Southern Scuffle and placed
second at the Binghamton Open.
Cornell NCAA Champions at 184 Pounds
2012 Steve Bosak
2015 Gabe Dean
Cornell NCAA All-Americans at 184 Pounds
1929 Glenn Stafford (175 pounds)
1968 Dick Minekime (177 pounds)
1993 Kyle Rackley (177 pounds)
2002 Clint Wattenberg
2003 Clint Wattenberg
2005 Tyler Baier
2006 Joe Mazzurco
2007 Josh Arnone
2011 Steve Bosak
2012 Steve Bosak
2013 Steve Bosak
2014 Gabe Dean
2015 Gabe Dean
2015-16 Results (29-1)
Record vs. EIWA opponents................................................. 20-0
Record vs. nationally ranked opponents ............................. 10-1
Record vs. Ivy League opponents.......................................... 7-0
Record in dual meets............................................................ 7-1
Record vs. 2016 NCAA Qualifiers......................................... 14-1
Record in NCAA championship meet................................... 12-1
Record in EIWA championship meet................................... 12-0
Match-by-Match
Jonathan Kaloust Binghamton Open (5-0, 1st)
11/8 184 Caleb Thompson (AIC) W Fall, 0:53
184 Zach Bruce (Penn) W MD, 20-6
184 Joe Heyob (Penn) W TF, 21-4
184 Steven Schneider (Binghamton) W MD, 16-6
184 #10 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) W MD, 13-4
11/21 184 Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) W MD, 16-8
New York State Intercollegiates (3-0, 1st)
11/22 184 Reginald Williams (Binghamton) W Fall, 1:19
184 Carlos Toribio (Ithaca) W Fall, 2:46
184 Samson Imonode (Army West Point) W TF, 26-10
Grapple at the Garden (2-0)
11/29 184 #7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) W MD, 11-3
184 Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) W MD, 13-5
Las Vegas Invitational (5-0)
12/4 184 Lance Dixon (Oklahoma) W TF, 23-8
184 Tanner Lynde (Purdue) W TF, 24-9
184 #19 Matthew Miller (Navy) W MD, 12-4
12/5 184 #9 Willie Miklus (Missouri) W D, 3-2
184 #12 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) W MD, 15-6
Southern Scuffle (5-0)
1/1 184 Wesley Maskill (Michigan State) W Fall, 4:39
184 Jakob Scheffel (West Virginia) W TF, 21-6
184 Jordan Rogers (Oklahoma State) W MD, 16-6
1/2 184 #15 Matthew Miller (Navy) W D, 10-5
184 #4 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) W D, 8-2
1/10 184 Tim Miklus (Missouri) W TF, 18-1
1/15 184 Michael Mocco (Harvard) W Fall, 6:43
1/16 184 Austin Pfarr (Brown) W Fall, 2:35
2/7 184 #16 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) L D, 14-9
2/13 184 #15 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) W D, 7-5 (sv1)
EIWA Championships (4-0, 1st)
3/5 184 Jason Grimes (American) W Fall, 4:03
184 Elliot Antler (Sacred Heart) W Fall, 4:41
3/6 184 #16 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) W D, 5-3
184 #14 Mathew Miller (Navy) W Fall, 0:53
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