2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Kyle Waterman
- Position:
- 133
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Holland, Pa.
- High School:
- Council Rock South
2024-25 / Redshirt Senior
NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achieve Award recipient…starter at 133-pounds…posted a 17-11 record overall…12-8 in dual matches…finished second at the EIWA Championships…placed seventh at the PRTC Keystone Classic…bested Navy’s Brendan Ferretti in sudden victory for his first win of the season (11/9)...finished 7-1 in EIWA Dual matches…wrestled eight ranked opponents in dual competition…earned five victories with bonus points…helped the Dragons win the EIWA Independence Division Championship… picked up a fall over Santino Sanchez of CSU Bakersfield at the Mid-Major Duals (1/10)…secured a tech fall victory over Franklin & Marshall’s Kaelan Francois (2/7)...earned a comeback victory over Binghamton’s Micah Roes and upset No. 1 seeded Ethan Berginc of Army to advance to his EIWA Tournament final…member of the team that had the 8th highest GPA in the nation (3.562).
2023-24 / Senior
Competed in 13 matches for the Dragons in tournament action at 133 pounds…7-6 overall…competed in four tournaments unattached…took 2nd place at the Messiah Open…defeated Rahul Raghuram (Pitt-Johnstown) and Colin Higgins (Millersville) by technical fall…a member of the team that owned the nation’s third highest team GPA at 3.5456.
2022-23 / Junior
NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achievement Award…Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area…started at 133 for the Dragons and compiled a 16-11 record…placed fourth at the PRTC Keystone Classic with an upset over No. 24 Richie Koehler of Rider with a 3-1 sudden victory…defeated Dustin Norris (Purdue) in a 5-1 decision to help lead Drexel to its first win over the Boilermakers…earned his fourth sudden victory 6-4 over Jack Maida (American) in dual action…placed sixth at EIWA Championships…defeated Hunter Adrian (Brown) in sudden victory, 5-1… a member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.6117.
2021-22 / Sophomore
Competed in 12 matches for the Dragons at 125 pounds…opened the season with a 2-0 record with a major decision 11-3 win against Vincent Milazzo of Sacred Heart and a 6-4 victory against Diego Sotelo of Harvard.
2020-21 / Freshman
Appeared in seven bouts at 125 pounds as a freshman…compiled a 1-6 record…saw dual action against Dylan Ryder (Hofstra), Ben Monn (George Mason), Josh Jones (George Mason) and Jonathan Tropea (Rider)…made his first collegiate appearance at the EIWA Championships…battled in the first round against Ryan Chauvin from Army but fell short in the second tiebreaker…bounced back in the first round of consolation in a 5-2 decision against Bruce Cockrell (LIU)…closed out the year in a one point loss to Brandon Seidman of Bucknell… an NWCA Scholar All-American… one of eight wrestlers to receive the EIWA Academic Achievement Award…a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455.
Background
Attended Council Rock South High School in Holland, Pa. and was a four-year member of the wrestling team…compiled a 128-32 varsity record over four seasons…three-time state placewinner – finishing sixth at 126 pounds as a senior, sixth at 106 pounds as a junior and fifth at 106 pounds as a sophomore…named to the all-academic team three years in a row…helped Council Rock South to a fourth-place finish at the state dual championships as a junior and a sixth-place result as a senior…won at least 38 matches in each of his last three seasons, including a personal-best 44 as a sophomore.
Personal
Son of Sandy and Ron Waterman…has four siblings: Bailey, Collin, Jenna and Hannah…majoring in accounting.
