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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

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Michael Colaiocco

  • Position 133
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sparta, N.J.
  • Highschool Blair Academy

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2023: NCAA Qualifier

2023: EIWA Runner up
2023: Second-Team All-Ivy (133)
2022: NCAA Qualifier

2022: EIWA Champion (133)
2022: EIWA Qualifier
2022: First-Team All-Ivy
2020 NCAA All-America (125)
2020: NCAA Qualifier (125)
2019-20: Second-Team All-Ivy (125)
2019: Midlands Championships Third Place (125)
2019: Keystone Classic First Place (125)
2019: Michigan State Open Fourth Place (125)


2022-23 (133): Placed second at the 119th EIWA Championships as he secured his third straight trip to NCAA Championships in as many seasons … Maintained the highest ranking of a Quaker for the entire 2022-23 season and closed out the regular season in seven different rankings. His highest ranking of #7 came from the NCAA Coaches' Panel, Intermat, and the Open Mat … Also ranked #8 by Wrestlestat and Wrestling Insider Newsmag, and #9 by Amateur Wrestling News and Flo-wrestling … Went 25-7 with a 10-2 mark in dual meets … Was 5-1 against EIWA competition and 3-1 against Ivy opponents … In 11 dual meets, collected 34 team points for the Quakers, four more than his team total from a season ago … Went 3-2 against top-25 opponents, earning wins over #16 Taylor Lamont (Wisconsin) and earned a pair of wins at Midlands Championships over #5 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) and #14 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) … Posted a 12-1 record in December and January including winning the 133-pound title at Midlands Championships (12/29-30) … At the NCAA Championships, he went 2-2 with a pair of first period pins over Missouri’s Connor Brown (F, 0:38) and Oklahoma’s Wyatt Henson (F, 1:31).

2021-22: Posted an overall record of 21-2 … 8-0 against EIWA opponents … 7-0 in Ivy League duals … Earned dual meet wins against #2 Penn State (12/3), Columbia (1/23), Brown (1/28), Harvard (1/28), #14 Lehigh (2/4), #11 Cornell (2/6), LIU (2/6) and #19 Princeton (2/12) … Had the highest ranking of a Quaker during the 2021-22 season and closed out the regular season ranked in seven different rankings: Wrestling Insider Magazine (#9), FloWrestling (#12), Amateur Wrestling News (#12), The Open Mat (#13), Intermat (#14) NCAA Coaches' Panel (#14), and Wrestlestat (#15) … In eight dual meets, collected 30 team points for the Quakers … Was one of two Quakers (with CJ Composto) not to allow an opponent to earn any points for their team … One of four to earn 30 or more team points on the year … Won the title at 133 pounds at the EIWA Championships (3/5-6) in Ithaca, defeating Navy’s Josh Koderhandt (8-4) for the title … Qualified for the NCAA Championships (3/17-19) in Detroit.

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019-20: NCAA Championships qualifier (125 pounds) … Second-team All-Ivy (125) … Placed third at the prestigious Midlands Championships (12/29-30) … Won the Keystone Classic (11/24) … Placed fourth at the Michigan State Open (11/2) … Earned the No. 11 seed at the NCAA Championships … Posted a 24-7 record … Second on the team with 24 wins, most by a freshman in 2019-20 … Led the team with nine wins over ranked opponents … Posted a 9-2 record in duals … Second on the team with 92 team points … Second on the team with 67 takedowns … Third on the team with two tech falls … Led the team with seven major decisions.

High School: Ranked No. 1 in the country at 126 pounds by FloWrestling and TheOpenMat.com and No. 2 by InterMat … Ranked No. 19 on Flowrestling’s final Top-100 for Class of 2019 … 2019 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award recipient for New Jersey … Wrestled at Blair Academy, ranked No. 1 in the country among high school teams by FloWrestling and InterMat … 2018 Junior national champion in freestyle at Fargo … Four-time Beast of the East champion … Just the third wrestler to win four Beast of the East titles … 2016 National Preps champion … 2018 National Preps runner-up … 2017 Walsh Ironman champion … 2018 Walsh Ironman runner-up … 2016 Walsh Ironman third place finisher … 2015 Walsh Ironman fifth place finisher … Two-time Geary Invitational champion (2018, 2019) … Named Outstanding Wrestler at 2017 Beast of the East … Named Outstanding Wrestler at 2018 Geary … Named Outstanding Wrestler at 2019 Who’s Number 1 Duals …2017 Ironman Mendozza Award recipient for most points scored for his team … Member of three USA Today NHSCA team national championships … Member of three National Preps team championships … Member of four Beast of the East team championships … Member of three Walsh Ironman team championships … Member of four Geary Invitational team championships … Fourth at Fargo in Junior freestyle championships in 2017 … Four-year letterwinner … Served as team captain.
 
Personal: Son of Elizabeth and Vincent Colaiocco … High school teammate of fellow Quakers Ryan Miller, and Nick Incontrera … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    125
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    133
  • 2022-23Junior

    133
  • 2023-24Senior

    133