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2014-15 Wrestling

Canaan Bethea

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Trenton, N.J.
  • Highschool Trenton Central

Biography

YearOverallDualMDTFFallsFastest
2010-11 (174)13-132-54016:01
2011-12 (174)9-20-25224:34
2012-13 (184/197)24-118-32022:20
2013-14DNC    

 

2014-15 (197)19-96-44012:43
Totals65-3516-1415262:20


Honors
2014-15: NCAA Championships Qualifier (Round of 12)
2014-15: EIWA Championships Runner-Up
2014-15: F&M Open Champion
2012-13: NCAA Championships Qualifier
2012-13: Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2012-13: Keystone Classic Champion
2011-12: Simonson Open Champion
2011-12: Wilkes Open Champion

2014-15: NCAA Championships qualifier … Advanced to Round of 12 at NCAAs … Runner-up at EIWA Championships … F&M Open champion … 19-9 overall … 6-4 in dual meets … 12-5 against EIWA opponents … 5-0 at F&M Open (1/3) to win 197 pound title … 3-1 at EIWA Championships (3/6-7) en route to second place finish … Defeated Princeton’s No. 14 Abram Ayala in semifinals … Defeated by Cornell’s No. 9 Jace Bennett, 4-2, in championship match … 3-2 at NCAA Championships (3/19-20) … Finished one match shy of All-American status … Only losses at NCAAs were to eventual All-Americans Conner Hartmann (Duke) and Nathan Burak (Iowa) … All eight of his Division I losses during the season came to wrestlers ranked inside the Top-15.

2013-14: Did not compete.

2012-13: NCAA Championships qualifier … Honorable mention All-Ivy … Fifth place at EIWA Championships … Keystone Classic champion … Third on the team with 24 wins … 8-3 in duals … 13-4 vs. EIWA opponents … Tied for team high with 20 wins by decision … 4-0 at Keystone Classic (11/18) to win 184-pound title … Bumped up to 197 to defeat Lehigh’s John Dolich, 3-1, as part of Penn’s win at Lehigh (12/1) … Defeated No. 15 Kevin Radford (Arizona State) in a dual at Stanford (1/6) … Won nine of his last 10 regular season bouts … 3-2 at EIWA Championships (3/8-9) to finish fifth … 0-2 at NCAA Championships (3/21), losing a pair of one-point matches.

2011-12: Wilkes Open champion ... Simonson Open champion ... 9-2 overall ... 0-2 in duals ... Missed first semester of season, returning at Wilkes Open (12/28) where he went 5-0 to win the title at 174 lbs. ... 4-0 at Simonson Open (1/28) to claim title ... Recorded two wins by fall, fastest coming in 4:34 ... Added two technical falls, both 15-0 shutouts. 

2010-11: 
Started seven duals at 174 pounds, going 2-5 in those starts ... Placed sixth at the Binghamton Open (11/14), going 5-2 at first career tournament ... Recorded first career fall with a win in 6:01 over Rutgers' Brandon Ard at the Binghamton Open ... 2-2 at the Keystone Classic (11/21) ... Recorded first career dual win over Sacred Heart's Zachary Moran, 11-1 (11/27) ... 2-2 at the Nittany Lion Open (12/5) ... 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle (12/29) ... 5-6 against EIWA opponents ... 2-4 against Ivy foes ... Recorded four wins by major decision and one by fall. 

High School: 
New Jersey state runner-up at 171 pounds (2010) ... Finished season ranked No. 12 at 171 lbs. by InterMat ... Went 32-1 in his senior season and finished with a 134-14 career record ... His 134 career wins set a county record for wins by a public school competitor ... Only the third four-time county champion in Mercer County ... Three-time District 25 champion ... Region 7 champion (2010) ... Fifth-place finisher at High School Nationals (2010).

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    174
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    174
  • 2012-13Junior

    174
  • 2013-14Senior

    174
  • 2014-15Senior

    197