Anthony Echemendia

141 lbs

Player profile

  • High School Sunnyside (Ariz.)
  • Weight 141 lbs
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Sancti Spiritus, Cabaiguan, Cuba

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SEASONW-LDUALB1GMDTFPIN
2020-214-13-13-1000
CAREER4-13-13-1000

CAREER HONORS
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021)

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Preseason No. 24 at 133 by InterMat

2020-21 (Freshman)
• Wrestled in a total of five matches as a true freshman before suffering a knee injury
• Had a 4-1 overall record in those five matches and was 3-1 for the team in dual matches
• Made his collegiate debut with an 11-7 win over Wisconsin’s Trey Escobar
• Also had wins over Michigan State’s Jake Spiess and Maryland’s Danny Bertoni

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
• Double dip champion at the 2019 Junior Fargo tournament, winning both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman titles
• Had never wrestled a Greco-Roman match prior to the Fargo championship run
• ‘Who’s #1’ Champion (2019)
• Posted a 52-0 record en route to an Arizona high school state title for Sunnyside High School
• Two-time Senior Freestyle medalist in the Cuba Nationals (silver ’18, bronze ’17)
• U23 Cuba Freestyle National Champion (2017)
• Back-to-back Cuba Junior Freestyle National Champion (2016, 2017) after a runner-up finish in 2015
• Three straight Cadet Freestyle Cuban national titles (2012-14)

PERSONAL
• Son of Davami Orduna and Rodolfo Echemendia
• Siblings, Rosselyn Echemendia, Rodolfo Echemendia and Lazaro Crespo
• Sport Industry major