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2017-18 Wrestling

Hunter Martin
Hunter Martin

Joe Heyob

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Highschool Saint Xavier

Biography

Honors
2018 NCAA Championships Qualifier (184)
2018 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2018 EIWA Championships Seventh Place
2017 Midlands Fifth Place
2017 NCAA Championships Qualifier (184)
2017 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2017 EIWA Championships Seventh Place
 
2017-18: NCAA Championships qualifier … Honorable mention All-Ivy … Seventh Place at EIWA Championships … Fifth Place at Midlands … Fourth Place at Bearcat Open … Team co-captain ... 22-12 overall record … 11-5 in dual meets … Led team with 16 wins by decision … 3-1 at Bearcat Open (11/12) to finish fourth … 5-2 at Midlands (12/29-30) to finish fifth … 3-2 at EIWA Championships to finish seventh and automatically qualify for NCAA Championships … 1-2 at NCAAs … Pinned Oklahoma State’s Keegan Moore in consolation match at NCAAs (3/15).

2016-17: NCAA Championships qualifier … Honorable mention All-Ivy … Seventh place at EIWA Championships … Fourth place at Keystone Classic while competing at 197 pounds … Third on the team with 23 wins … Led team with seven major decisions … 4-2 at Southeast Open at 197 pounds … 4-2 at Keystone Classic at 197 pounds … 3-2 at EIWA Championships to finish seventh and earn an automatic bid to NCAAs … 1-2 at NCAA Championships … Defeated Robert Steveson (Minnesota), 10-1, at NCAAs … Both losses were to seeded wrestlers – No. 5 Zachary Zavatsky and No. 6 Myles Martin (Ohio State).
 
2015-16: Posted a 12-7 record while competing at 184 and 197 pounds … 2-2 in dual meets … Runner-up at Keystone Classic (11/22) with a 3-1 day … Lost to teammate Lorenzo Thomas, 8-7, in Keystone final … 3-1 at Nittany Lion Open (12/6) … Picked up two wins at 197 pounds during dual meet season … Scored a major decision over Sacred Heart’s Sasha Olyniik (1/17) … Defeated Harvard’s Josh Popple, 8-4, in dual meet (2/6).
 
2014-15: Went 9-8 overall in freshman season … 2-1 in dual meets … Finished fifth at the Keystone Classic (11/23) … Defeated Lehigh’s Marshall Peppelman, 7-4, in dual meet (12/6).
 
High School: Four-year letterwinner .. Served as team captain … 2014 Ohio Division I state champion at 170 pounds with a perfect 50-0 season … Saint Xavier’s first state champion in 24 years … School record holder with 174 career wins … Three-time state qualifier … Fifth place at 2013 Super 32 … Three-time League champion (2011-12, 2014) … Two-time District champion (2012, 2014) … Named Saint Xavier MVP four times (2011-14) … Also lettered in football … Performing band member … Admissions Core team … National Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Son of Kimberly and Raymond Heyob … Father played rugby at Cincinnati … Enrolled in Wharton with a concentration in finance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    174
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    184
  • 2016-17Junior

    184
  • 2017-18Senior

    184