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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Levi Ventura
Levi Ventura
Levi Ventura
Levi Ventura
Levi Ventura
Michael Nance
Michael Nance

Jude Swisher

  • Position 157
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown State College, Pa.
  • Highschool Bellefonte Area

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2025: NCAA Qualifier
2025: Ivy League Championships Second Place
2025: Ivy League Qualifier
2025: Second Team All-Ivy
2025: NWCA Scholar All-American
2024: Keystone Classic Champion
2024: NCAA Qualifier
2024: EWIA Qualifier
2024: Second Team All-Ivy
2024: NWCA Scholar All-American

2024-25:
Went 26-9 on the season, picking up a 10-4 dual record … Posted a 4-1 record in Ivy League action, with wins over Columbia's (2/24) Dominic Rossetti (18-1 TF), Harvard's (2/2) #30 Jimmy Harrington (9-3 DEC), Brown's (2/2) #24 Blake Saito, and Princeton's (2/16) Christopher Martino (17-1 TF) to land Second Team All-Ivy … Ended the dual season topping Rutgers’ (2/19) #26 Conner Harer (9-1) … Placed second at the Journeymen Classic (11/10), beating Illinois’ #21 Jason Kraisser (15-2) and NC State’s #6 Ed Scott (5-3) … Won the 157 title at the Keystone Classic (11/24) off a 4-0 record … Earned third place at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) off a 6-1 outing, edging out Lehigh’s Logan Rozynski (4-1, SV) … Earned runner-up at the Ivy League Championships to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships … Won three matches at the NCAA Championships (3/20-22) over SDSU’s #19 Cober Siebrecht (1:56), Harvard’s #29 Harrington (19-4), and Northern Iowa’s #6 Ryder Downey (4-2).

2023-24: Posted a 24-9 overall record … Went 2-2 in dual … Won duals against Harvard’s (2/4) Jack Crook (0:30) and Princeton’s (2/17) #24 Eligh Rivera (14-1) to land Second Team All-Ivy … Placed third at the Keystone Classic (11/19), topping Indiana’s Bolivar (12-2), Harvard’s Cangro (9-1), and Virginia Tech’s Montgomery (13-3) … Won the 157 title at the F&M Open (1/5), beating George Mason’s JT Chance (8-3), LIU’s Jamison Colongione (13-3), the PRTC’s Reed Fullmer (7-0), Maryland’s Michael North (5-2 and Pitt’s Dylan Evan’s (10-0) … Placed fifth at the EIWA Championships (3/8-9), edging out Binghamton’s Michael Zarif (4:04), Princeton’s #29 Rivera (13-1), and Drexel’s Dominic Findora (0:55) to qualify for the NCAA Championships … In Kansas City at the NCAA Championships (3/21-22), topped the Citadel’s Jeffrey Boyd (11-1).

High School: Wrestled at Bellefonte Area from 2019-2022 where he was twice named a team captain (2020-2022) under coach Mike Maney … A three-time PIAA AAA State Medalist (4th, 3rd, 3rd) … 2021 USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals All-American (5th) … 2021 UWW Cadet World Team Trials All-American (5th) … A four-time PIAA NW Regional Champion … A two-time District Champion … Top eight Team state duals (2021) … PIAA D6 Outstanding Wrestler … 2020 WIN Magazine Wrestling Journalist of the Year award winner.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    149/157
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    157
  • 2025-26Junior

    157