2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Tristan Kemp
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Oakham, Mass.
- High School:
- Quabbin Regional HS
2023-24 (Jr.)
- Wrestled in one dual and four opens as a reserve at heavyweight
- Posted an 11-6 record and six bonus-point victories - two major decisions and four pins
- Third-place finisher at the Shorty Hitchcock Classic (Nov. 4)
- Third-place finisher at the Purple Raider Open (Jan. 14)
- Third-place finisher at the Storm Open (Dec. 3)
- Competed in the team's final dual at No. 18 Northern Iowa (Feb. 4)
2022-23 (So.)
- Posted a 13-12 overall record at heavyweight as a reserve
- Sixth-place finisher at the Southeast Open Freshman/Sophomore Division (Nov. 5)
- Pinned North Carolina’s Alberto Hernandez in 6:25 at the SEO
- Appalachian State Open runner-up (Nov. 12)
- Fifth-place finisher at the Mat-Town II Open (Jan. 29)
- Went 4-1 at M-T II, including a fall over Lock Haven’s Ethan Miller in 6:29
2021-22 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Registered eight wins and competed in four opens as a rookie at heavyweight among reserves
- Made debut at the Clarion Open (Nov. 7)
- Fifth-place finisher with a 4-1 record, including three pins, at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open (Nov. 14)
- Claimed a 3-2 sudden victory over Binghamton’s Collins Burns (Jan. 9)
Prep
- Three-year letterwinner for the Quabbin Regional Panthers
- Two-time team captain (2019-20)
- Claimed a 109-24 record in his scholastic career without a senior season (canceled)
- Two-time Massachusetts State qualifier
- Placed seventh (2019) and eighth (2018) at the NHSCA tournament
- Won the New England championship (2021)
- Took third in both the All-State meet and New England Regional Tournament (2020)
- Sectional and Division III champion (2020)
- Three-time T&G Super Team selection
- Telegram and Gazette Wrestler of the Year (2021)
- Two-sport athlete (wrestling and football)
- Three-year letterwinner for the Panthers football team in the offseason
- Team captain (2020)
- Two-time conference all-star (2019-20)
Personal
- Son of Scott and Kelly Kemp
- Birthday is Dec. 10
- Majoring in civil engineering
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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