University of Pennsylvania Athletics

Honors
2018 NCAA Championships Qualifier (165)
2018 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy
2018 EIWA Championships Fourth Place
2017 Midlands Championships Sixth Place
2017 NCAA Championships Qualifier (157)
2017 Second-Team All-Ivy
2017 NCAA Championships Qualifier (157)
2016 EIWA Championships Sixth Place
2015 Keystone Classic Champion

2017-18: NCAA Championships qualifier … Unanimous first-team All-Ivy … Fourth Place at EIWA Championships … Sixth Place at Midlands … Second Place at Keystone Classic … Third Place at Bearcat Open … Wrestled in undercard match at NWCA All-Star Classic … Team co-captain ... Posted a 25-10 record … 12-1 in dual meets … Tied for team lead in dual meet victories … Led team with 10 major decisions … 5-0 in Ivy dual meets … 3-1 at Bearcat Open (11/12) to finish third … 3-1 at Keystone Classic (11/19) to finish second … 4-3 at Midlands (12/29-30) to finish sixth … 3-2 at EIWA Championships (3/3-4) to finish fourth and automatically qualify for NCAAs … Had 14-match winning streak from Cal Poly dual (1/7) until EIWA semifinals … 0-2 at NCAAs.

2016-17: Round of 12 at NCAA Championships … Second-team All-Ivy … Second place at Keystone Classic … Third place at Southeast Open … Served as team co-captain … Second on team with 26 wins … Led team with 12 dual meet victories … Scored a team-high 46 points in dual meets … 15-4 against EIWA opponents … 7-2 against Ivy foes … Scored a 3-2 decision over Bucknell’s #11 Victor Lopez in the dual meet … Went 3-2 at NCAA Championships, finishing one win from the podium … Defeated #12 seed Clark Glass (Oklahoma) in first round, 3-2 … Knocked off Princeton’s Mike D’Angelo, 10-6, in wrestlebacks … Beat Kyle Langenderfer (Illinois), 4-3 … Was defeated by #2 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) in the Round of 12.

2015-16: NCAA Qualifier … Sixth at EIWA Championships … Keystone Classic champion … Fourth place at Nittany Lion Open … Finished season with a 23-15 overall record … 8-4 in dual meets … 15-10 against EIWA opponents … Third on team with seven major decisions … Went 4-0 at Keystone Classic (11/22) to win title … Defeated Rider’s Chad Walsh, 10-8, in overtime in title bout … Went 5-2 at Nittany Lion Open (12/6) to finish fourth … Defeated No. 14 Russell Parsons of Army, 2-1, in overtime in dual meet (1/17) … Defeated Rider’s No. 12 Chad Walsh, 7-3, in dual meet (1/21) … Earned automatic bid to NCAAs with a sixth place finish at EIWA Championships (3/5-6) … Defeated No. 14 Austin Matthews of Edinboro, 8-7, in first round of NCAA Championships (3/17).

2014-15: Went 9-9 in his first collegiate season … Went 9-8 at 157 pounds … 0-1 at 165 … 2-3 in dual meets … Defeated Harvard’s Colby Knight, 14-4, for his first dual meet major decision (2/7).

High School: Four-time letterwinner and three-year captain at Trenton West … Three-time New Jersey state placewinner … Finished third at 152 pounds at New Jersey states in 2014 … Finished fifth at 145 pounds at New jersey states in 2013 … Took seventh at New Jersey states at 132 pounds in 2012 … Four-time NJSIAA District 25 champion (2010-14) … Two-time NJSIAA Region 7 champion (2012, 2014) … Four-time Mercer County champion (2010-14) … National honor society member.

Personal: Son of Gloria and Alex Bethea … Older brother, Ray, wrestled at Penn and graduated in 2016 ... Older brother, Canaan, wrestled at Penn and graduated in 2015 ... Older brother, Aaron, wrestled at Penn and graduated in 2005 … Older brother, Jaaziah, wrestled at George Mason … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.