2016-17 Wrestling Roster
Ray O'Donnell
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bethlehem, Pa.
- High School:
- Saucon Valley
At Princeton — 2016-17 (15-10): earned second-straight NCAA Championships berth by placing fourth at heavyweight at EIWAs; went 0-2 at NCAAs … fourth-place finish at EIWAs helped Princeton post best team finish (third) since 1978 … earned second-team All-Ivy League honors … team tri-captain … won six of last seven regular-season matches, with lone loss coming by a 2-1 score … earned a 12-4 major decision during the “Battle at the Birthplace.” 2015-16 (28-13): reached his first NCAA Championships and scored a technical fall victory to reach Day 2 … placed a career-best fourth at the EIWA Championships and helped Princeton to its best team finish (fifth) since 1978 … earned second-team All-Ivy League honors and helped Princeton reach an Ivy League championship match for the first time since 1986 … placed third at the Navy Classic to help Princeton win team title over two Top-25 teams; took fourth at the Bearcat Open … defeated two nationally ranked wrestlers during the Grapple at the Garden day … went 2-2 at Midlands. 2014-15 (21-21): reached the 20-win mark for the first time in his career while placing eighth at heavyweight in the EIWA Championships; that finish helped Princeton take seventh as a team … placed fourth at both the East Stroudsburg Open and the Navy Classic … earned a win in Princeton's victory over Army in the Grapple at the Garden. 2013-14 (18-13): won 18 matches during freshman season and placed eighth at heavyweight during the EIWA Championships … moved into the starting lineup midway through the season and won six of his final seven regular season matches, including victories over Cornell, Columbia and Rider … placed fourth at the East Stroudsburg Open and eighth at the F&M Open.
At Saucon Valley — won the 2013 Pennsylvania AA state championship at 220 pounds … ranked fourth at the end of the year in InterMat national rankings … four-time Fargo All-America … two-time NHSCA All-America … 2011 Fargo Greco national champion … 2012 Fila Greco national champion … three-time placewinner at Pennsylvania state championships … finished second at 2012 Beast of the East … 2012 Super 32 runner-up … four-year Pennsylvania National Dual Team member … traveled to Azerbaijan as member of the 2012 Cadet World Team … owns wins record (152) at Saucon Valley … member of the Senior All-American Team by Wrestling USA Magazine … member of the Pennsylvania All-Academic Team … lettered in soccer … National Honor Society … Vice President of the Future Business Leaders of America … Vice President of Student Government … member of Model UN, the prom committee and the homecoming committee.
Personal — born June 29, 1995.
