2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Salas, Alex
165
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
184
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
149/157
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
149/157
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
197
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
174/184
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
197
/ Wrestling
197
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
184/197
/ Wrestling285
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
184
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
Alex Salas
- Position:
- 125
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Gibsonia, Pa.
- High School:
- Pine-Richland
Bio
2020-21 / Redshirt Junior
Did not compete… a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455.
2019-20 / Redshirt Sophomore
Featured in the 125-pound bracket at the Keystone Classic, going 0-2…member of the team that owned the nation's highest team GPA (3.59) for the second year in a row.
2018-19 / Redshirt Freshman
Appeared in 11 bouts on the year, including his first two at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 10) at 125 pounds before moving to 133 pounds for the Messiah Open (Feb. 2), four duals and the EIWA Championships (March 8-9)…earned four dual starts against Binghamton, Cal Baptist, Princeton and Old Dominion towards the end of the season at 133 pounds…went 1-10 on the year with a win at the Messiah Open against Muhlenberg’s Alex Helpin by pin in 2:50…member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.63…earned the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Academic Achievement Award for the first time.
2017-18 / Freshman
Redshirted…finished with a 4-10 record wrestling unattached at 125 pounds…placed fifth at the Messiah Open…had two wins by fall and two technical fall victories.
Background
A four-year varsity letter winner at Pine-Richland High School…recorded 123 career wins, which was good for second all-time in career wins in his high school program's history…a two-time sectional champion and a four-time WPIAL qualifier…placed in the top-six at WPIALs twice in his career…earned a seventh-place finish at the Powerade tournament…earned highest honors academically all four years.
Personal
Son of Robert and Gretchen Salas…has three younger siblings, Ben, Abby, and Sophie…brother Ben is also a member of the Drexel wrestling program…majoring in finance.
Did not compete… a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455.
2019-20 / Redshirt Sophomore
Featured in the 125-pound bracket at the Keystone Classic, going 0-2…member of the team that owned the nation's highest team GPA (3.59) for the second year in a row.
2018-19 / Redshirt Freshman
Appeared in 11 bouts on the year, including his first two at the East Stroudsburg Open (Nov. 10) at 125 pounds before moving to 133 pounds for the Messiah Open (Feb. 2), four duals and the EIWA Championships (March 8-9)…earned four dual starts against Binghamton, Cal Baptist, Princeton and Old Dominion towards the end of the season at 133 pounds…went 1-10 on the year with a win at the Messiah Open against Muhlenberg’s Alex Helpin by pin in 2:50…member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.63…earned the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Academic Achievement Award for the first time.
2017-18 / Freshman
Redshirted…finished with a 4-10 record wrestling unattached at 125 pounds…placed fifth at the Messiah Open…had two wins by fall and two technical fall victories.
Background
A four-year varsity letter winner at Pine-Richland High School…recorded 123 career wins, which was good for second all-time in career wins in his high school program's history…a two-time sectional champion and a four-time WPIAL qualifier…placed in the top-six at WPIALs twice in his career…earned a seventh-place finish at the Powerade tournament…earned highest honors academically all four years.
Personal
Son of Robert and Gretchen Salas…has three younger siblings, Ben, Abby, and Sophie…brother Ben is also a member of the Drexel wrestling program…majoring in finance.
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