2017-18 Wrestling Roster
Will Cooley
- Position:
- Heavyweight
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Branchburg, N.J.
- High School:
- Blair Academy
- Major:
- Chemistry
2017-18 (Senior):
Registered a record of 6-16 at 285 pounds … Outlasted Cale Bonner of Ohio with a sudden victory win at the Hokie Open (11/5) … Pinned Nicholas Harper in a dual match win over Greensboro (11/14) … Earned a SoCon dual decision over Jared Walker of Chattanooga (12/3) … Went 2-2 at the F&M Open (1/6) … Picked up a sudden victory win over Mike Siwiec in a dual victory over Belmont Abbey (2/10).
2016-17 (Junior):
Finished the season 7-15 overall at heavyweight … Opened the season with a pin against Matt Ebanez of Keystone (11/6) … Earned major decisions over Vincent Wilson of Greensboro (11/9) and Thomas Shea-Roop of VMI (2/10) … Pinned Cody VandeLinde of Limestone (12/6) … Notched decision victories over Washington & Lee’s Matt Kaminer (11/18), Virginia’s Robert Scherer at the Wolfpack Open (11/20), and Dan Hayden of Sacred Heart (12/3).
Saw action in 22 matches at heavyweight … Led the team with three pins … Pinned West Liberty’s Matthew Dixon at the Maryland Duals (Nov. 1) … Registered a pin over Thomas Propst of Greensboro (Nov. 12) … Won by fall versus Anderson’s Timothy Williams (Jan. 17) … Competed at the 2016 Arby’s Southern Conference Championship as the eighth seed (March 5).
2014-15 (Freshman):
Went 2-5 at heavyweight ... Recorded his first career fall against Johns Hopkin’s Ellis Flannery at the 4:02 mark at the Maryland Duals (Nov. 2).
Personal:
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Soloman Fleckman at Blair Academy, where he wrestled at heavyweight… 2014 Blair Academy Leiberman Wrestling Prize winner… All-Prep New Jersey First Team honoree as a senior…The Blair Academy Buccaneers, who previously won 31 National Prep Titles and produced numerous NCAA champions and Olympians, were ranked first in the nation in 2014… Turned out a 26-14 record in his final campaign… Placed eighth at Beast of the East and fifth at Escape the Rock… Three-year letterwinnner on the varsity football team, helping the squad to the 2013 MPAL Championship in 2013 and New Jersey Prep state championship in 2014… Junior history prize winner in 2013… Son of Jeremy and Susan… Mom played basketball at Lafayette College…Is a triplet with sisters Rachel, who will play soccer at Hamilton College, and Rebecca… Also has an older brother, Jeremy ... Majoring in Chemistry.
