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2015-16 Wrestling

Ray Bethea

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

Biography

YearOverallDualMDTFFALLFastest
2012-13 (157)5-40-00022:08
2013-14 (157)19-98-43014:48
2014-15 (165)14-74-11124:36
2015-16 (165)10-73-1100--
Totals48-2715-65152:08

Honors
2014-15: EIWA Championships Sixth Place
2013-14: Second-Team All-Ivy
2013-14: East Stroudsburg Open champion

2015-16: Posted 10-7 overall record … 3-1 in dual meets … 7-3 against EIWA opponents … Majored Sacred Heart’s Paul Curtin, 16-5, in dual meet (1/17).

2014-15: Sixth place finisher at EIWA Championships … 14-7 overall … 4-1 in dual meets … Went 3-2 at ESU Open (11/17) … Missed next two months with injury … Returned to lineup against Army (1/17), defeating No. 20 Coleman Gracey, 9-7 … Defeated Princeton’s Jonathan Schleifer in sudden victory, 6-4, in the dual meet (2/21) … 3-3 at EIWAs (3/6-7) to finish sixth.

2013-14: Second-team All-Ivy … East Stroudsburg Open champion … Went 19-9 overall in first season as starter … 8-4 in dual meets … 11-4 vs. EIWA opponents … 4-1 against Ivy League foes … Team-high 16 wins by decision … 5-0 at East Stroudsburg Open (11/17) to win 157 pound title … Recorded three major decisions at ESU Open … Won first 10 matches of season before losing to No. 8 Taylor Walsh of Indiana in finals of Keystone Classic (11/22) … Defeated No. 10 Nestor Taffur (Boston University) in Keystone semifinals, 7-4 … Defeated Harvard’s Tyler Grimaldi, 8-4, in dual meet (2/7) … 1-2 at EIWA Championships (3/8).

2012-13: Wrestled at the Binghamton Open (11/11) and Keystone Classic (11/18) before missing rest of season with injury … 4-2 at Keystone Classic, including first collegiate fall … Pinned N.C. State’s Mardel Gabriel in 2:08.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and three-time captain ... 2012 New Jersey state champion at 152 pounds - the first in the history of Trenton Central ... Finished senior season with a 37-0 record, graduating with a 132-11 career record ... 2011 New Jersey sixth-place finisher ... Four-time county and district champion ... 2012 NJSIAA Region 7 champion ... Three-time Neptune Classic champion (2010-12) ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Gloria and Alexander Bethea ... One of seven Bethea brothers who grew up wrestlers ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    157
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    157
  • 2014-15Junior

    165
  • 2015-16Senior

    165