2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Kyler Rea
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Neosho, Mo.
- High School:
- Neosho High
2018-19 (r-So.)
- Posted a 7-9 record in his sophomore campaign
- Competed at the 2019 Big 12 Championships for WVU at 157, going 0-2
- Started at 157 against South Dakota State on Feb. 24
- Registered a 3-2 record in the 149-pound open division of the Hokie Open
2017-18 (r-Fr.)
- Started at 149 pounds, earning a 14-14 mark
- Had one major decision and one win by fall
- Placed first at the Clarion Open, picking up a trio of decisions in sudden victory for a perfect 5-0 mark (Nov. 5)
- Notched a 3-2 record at the Lindenwood Open, winning a trio of decisions (Nov. 18)
- Competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 1-2)
- Captured a 15-3 major decision over Pitt’s Alesandro Murray, as the Mountaineers defeated the Panthers four times in the last five seasons (Dec. 9)
- Won a 5-0 decision over Virginia Tech’s Andrew Mehrholz (Dec. 22)
- Pinned Northern Colorado’s Jimmy Fate in 1:32 (Feb. 3)
- Captured a 6-3 decision over South Dakota State’s Isaac Andrade (Feb. 11)
- Took down Edinboro’s Jensen Lorea in a 4-1 decision (Feb. 15)
- Competed at the Big 12 Championship, winning a 5-4 decision over Air Force’s Dane Robbins (March 3-4)
2016-17 (Fr.)
- Redshirted and competed as an unattached wrestler in five tournaments
- Posted a 7-10 mark, collecting six decisions and one pin
Prep
- Ranked No. 10/14 at 152 pounds
- Two-time state champion at Neosho High
- Four-time conference and district champion
- Went 58-0 as a senior to rank among the all-time wins leader in Missouri
- Helped the Wildcats win the COC-Large Conference Tournament title
- Led Neosho High to a 2016 Class 3 Missouri state tile
- Four-time state medalist
- Four-time academic all-state honoree
Personal
- Son of Rob and Tiffany Rea
- Birthday is Dec. 25
- Has two sisters
- Mother played basketball and softball at Missouri Southern
- Majoring in marketing
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