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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Jackson Dean

  • Position 157
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Camden, Del.
  • Highschool Caesar Rodney

Biography

2024-25: Posted a 3-4 record overall … Started and won his first collegiate dual at 157 over Eric Tecson (6-3) of Morgan State (12/8) … Pinned Edinboro’s Damon Michaels in 2:29 at the Keystone Classic (11/24) … Topped Kent State’s CJ Spencer (15-2) at the F&M Open (1/10).

2023-34: Recorded a 5-8 overall record … Competed at Journeymen Classic (11/12), Keystone Classic (11/19), Patriot Open (12/3), and F&M Open (1/5) … Picked up a par of tech fall wins at Patriot, topping Virginia Tech’s Preston Walls (16-0) and Maryland’s Nathan Perry (17-2).

2022-23 (157): Went 2-1 on the season with a pair of wins at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic (11/13) … Highlighting his classic performance was a second-period pin of Harvard’s Michael Bobola (F, 4:48).

2021-22: Posted a 4-4 overall record … Competed at the Keystone Classic (11/21) and the Messiah Open (2/5) … Went 4-2 at the Messiah Open … Earned wins over Stevens institute’s Christophe Stathopoulos (F, 1:00), Aboubakare Diaby (TF, 16-0), and Columbia’s Matt Romanelli (12-3) … Took fifth place with a 10-4 win over Romanelli at the Messiah Open.

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

High School: Lettered four years in wrestling … Served as team captain … Three-time DIAA Individual State Champion (2017, '19-20) … Helped Caesar Rodney to 2018 Delaware state championship … Cadet Freestyle Nationals All-American after finishing third in the tournament (2018) … Beast of the East and Ironman medalist … Four-time conference champion (2017-20) … Three-time Conference Outstanding Wrestler (2017, '19-20) … Four-time Academic All-State (2017-20) … National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Son of Courtney and Gregory Dean … Cousin, Evan Harris, plays baseball at the University of Delaware … Plans to enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    149/157
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    149/157
  • 2023-24Junior

    149
  • 2024-25Senior

    157