2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Aboubakare Diaby
- Position:
- 157
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa
- High School:
- Central High
2024-25 / Redshirt Junior
Represented Drexel at the Black Student Athlete Summit in Los Angeles…7-17 record overall at 157-pounds…competed in three dual matches…made first career start against Central Michigan (1/11)....placed seventh at the Messiah Open…defeated Sebastiano Nini (Rutgers) at the Zingo Nationals…recorded two victories at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial…member of the team that had the 8th highest GPA in the nation (3.562).
2023-24 / Redshirt Sophomore
Competed in 21 matches in tournament action for the Dragons at 157 pounds…placed 4th at the Messiah Open with three decision victories…took 6th at Zingo Nationals with a 5-2 decision over Joseph Russo of Hofstra…a member of the team that owned the nation’s third highest team GPA at 3.5456.
2022-23 / Redshirt-Freshman
Competed in 13 matches to a 5-8 record at 157…defeated RJ Gierum and Calum Price of Sacred Heart at the F&M Open…earned a fall in 1:23 at the Messiah Open wrestling unattached…a member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.6117.
2021-22 / Freshman
Redshirt season...wrestled in five matches three at 149 and two 157…earned his first career win in a 14-11 decision against Zach Orsagos of UNA-ESU.
Background
A graduate of Central High School ... was part of the team that was named the 2020 Philadelphia Public League Team Champions... a 2020 District 12 Champion (145) and Philadelphia Public League Champion (145)... an AP Scholar and a recipient of the Union League Good Citizenship Award.
Personal
Son of Assitan Traore and Dramane Diaby... has six siblings, Fatoumata (20), Mahamadou (17), Djenabou (15), Oumarrou (13), Mariame (12) and Sekou (8)... hobbies include lifting, anime and engineering... aspires to be a NASA engineer... Mechanical Engineering major.
