2018-19 Wrestling Roster
Joe Wheeling
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- 141
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Waterford, Pa.
- High School:
- General McLane High
2017-18 (r-Jr.)
- Wrestled at 141 pounds before suffering a season-ending injury
- Won the consolation bracket at the Lindenwood Open, collecting a trio of major decisions and one tech. fall (Nov. 18)
2016-17 (r-So.)
- Big 12 All-Academic Team
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week
- Earned the starting spot at 141 in mid-November, posting an 11-6 overall mark
- Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championship
- Recorded a pair of major decisions
- Earned a 3-2 decision over Pitt’s Robert Lee (Dec. 11)
- Posted a 13-2 major decision over Virginia Tech’s Brendan Ryan (Dec. 18)
- Topped Robbie Rizzolino of NC State in a 4-2 decision (Feb. 5)
- Earned a Big 12 win over South Dakota State’s Isaac Andrade with a 12-5 decision (Feb. 9)
2015-16 (r-Fr.)
- Went 8-5 at 133 pounds
- Earned a tech. fall over Bethany’s Ty Kolterman and a 15-3 major decision over Lindenwood’s Hunter Haralson at Joe Parisi (Nov. 21)
- Defeated Cleveland State’s Evan Cheek in an 11-2 major decision at the Edinboro Open (Feb. 6)
- Won a 5-0 decision over North Carolina’s Sonny Simonetti
2014-15 (Fr.)
- Wrestled at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 2)
- Suffered an injury and redshirted
Prep
- Wrestled for Ryan Cook at General McLane High
- Three-time state qualifier
- PIAA state runner-up
- Two-time regional champion
- Also competed for Jason Locke and the Ragin’ Raising
Personal
- Son of Mike and Theresa Wheeling
- Birthday is Oct. 6
- Has a brother, Tim, and a sister, Becca
- Tim wrestled at WVU, while Becca ran cross country at Mercyhurst
- Majoring in civil engineering
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