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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2017-18 Wrestling

Hunter Martin
Don Felice

Joe Velliquette

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Nixa, Mo.
  • Highschool Nixa

Biography

Honors
2018 NCAA Championships Qualifier
2018 EIWA Championships Fifth Place
2017 Keystone Classic Runner Up
2017 Shorty Hitchcock Champion

2017-18: NCAA Championships qualifier … Fifth Place at EIWA Championships … Second Place at Keystone Classic … Fifth Place at Bearcat Open … Academic All-Ivy selection ... Team co-captain … Posted a 16-16 record … 3-1 at Bearcat Open (11/12) to finish fifth … 3-1 at Keystone Classic (11/19) to finish second … 2-1 at Midlands (12/29) … 3-2 at EIWA Championships (3/3-4) to automatically qualify for NCAAs … 1-2 at NCAA Championships (3/15-17) … Defeated Oregon State’s Hunter Willits, 6-1, at NCAAs.

2016-17: 17-10 overall record … 7-4 against EIWA opponents … 2-2 at Keystone Classic … 3-0 at Journeyman Tussle … 4-1 at F&M Open to finish third … 5-0 at Shorty Hitchcock to win championship … Defeated No. 11 Mitch Minotti (Lehigh) in Shorty Hitchcock final … Started five dual meets … Was 2-3 in duals … Defeated Michael Eckhart (American), 10-2, in dual meet … Defeated Austin Rose (Drexel), 6-2, in dual meet.

2015-16: Posted a 9-9 record … 3-3 against EIWA opponents … 3-1 at Shorty Hitchcock (1/16) … 4-2 at ESU Open (2/6). 

2014-15: Went 11-6 in first collegiate season … Posted 3-2 record at ESU Open (11/16) … Went 3-2 at Keystone Classic (11/23) … Went 5-2 at Shorty Hitchcock Memorial (1/18) to finish sixth.

High School: Four-time letterwinner… Captained team all four seasons … Three-time Missouri state champion … Won 138-pound Class IV championship in 2014 with a 33-0 record … Claimed 126-pound  state championship in 2013, going 51-4 … Won 2012 state championship at 106 pounds with a 50-1 record … 2014 USA Wrestling High School All-American … Won two District championships (2012, 2014) … Claimed Three Conference championships (2012-14) … Named Nixa’s Most Outstanding Wrestler four times … Athletic Leadership Club member … Spanish National Honor Society and National honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Mark Pike … Older brother, Nick, wrestled at Missouri … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    149
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    165
  • 2016-17Junior

    165
  • 2017-18Senior

    165