2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Kropman, Parker
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
Parker Kropman
- Position:
- 157
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Rochester, N.Y.
- High School:
- Penfield
Bio
2021-22 / Graduate Student
Completed his graduate season with a 17-9 record at 157 and 141…pieced together a five-match win streak…finished season as the No. 32 ranked player…earned EIWA Academic Achievement Award…Named an NWCA Scholar All-American.
The Dragons top competitor at 157 pounds…wrestled to a 7-4 record…opened the year on a four match win streak…tallied three major decision victories over Shaun William from Sacred Heart (16-3), Rhise Rosyter from LIU (18-8), Cole McComas from Rider (15-6) and a 12-8 decision over Daniel Segura from George Mason…placed fifth at the EIWA Championships, his second highest finish behind his previous fourth place finish in 2020…recorded two victories against his conference opponents, including an opening round 10-4 decision over Luca Frinzi from Lehigh and a 6-5 decision over Jaden Fisher from Bucknell…earned a spot at the NCAA Tournament for the second time in his career (first at 157 pounds)…selected No. 8 Jared Franek from NDSU in the opening round of the tournament…one of only two athletes to record a win in St. Louis…defeated No. 24 Nicholas Polumbo (Sacred Heart) in the first round of consolation bouts before being eliminated in a close 3-1 match with Johnny Lovett (CMU)… one of eight wrestlers to receive the EIWA Academic Achievement Award…an NWCA Scholar All-American… a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455…received the Jack Childs “I Am A Dragon” award at the team’s year end awards, given to the athletes who exemplified a high level of academic success, work ethic and citizenship.
2019-20 / Redshirt Junior
Received National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I Scholar All-American recognition for the second-consecutive year…named first alternate at 157 pounds at the 2020 NCAA Championships…placed fourth at the EIWA Championships, his highest finish to date…earned the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Academic Achievement Award…ranked as high as No. 25 by FloWrestling and No. 27 by Trackwrestling…went 11-9 overall with a 7-4 mark in tournament action at 157 pounds…was 4-2 in EIWA duals…won six matches by decision with one technical fall and three pins…lost four matches by two points or fewer…took fourth at the Keystone Classic on Nov. 24, going 4-2…pinned Brian Kelley of Sacred Heart in the first round of the Keystone Classic in just 1:26…topped 12th-ranked Justin McCoy of Virginia, 11-9 in sudden victory, to reach the consolation finals…pinned Jon Errico of Penn in the closing seconds of the first period to key a comeback in an eventual 27-15 win over the Quakers, the Dragons’ fifth in a row against Penn…reached the quarterfinals of the EIWA Championships behind a decision victory and a win by fall on the first day…scored an 8-2 decision over No. 28 Hunter Ladnier of Harvard to reach the third-place match at EIWAs…pushed ninth-ranked Markus Hartman of Army to the final whistle in the third-place match, coming just three seconds away of overtime and a potential automatic bid…member of the team that owned the nation's highest team GPA (3.59) for the second year in a row.
2018-19 / Redshirt Sophomore
Joined Drexel after winter break as a transfer from Binghamton…NCAA Championship qualifier for the first time after earning an at-large bid…earned the No. 30 seed at the NCAA Championships for 149 pounds…went 0-2 at NCAAs…went 1-3 at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships…appeared in 20 bouts for the Dragons on the year at 149 pounds…went 4-5 in duals, 6-5 in tournaments and 3-5 against EIWA foes…went 8-8 in decisions, 1-0 in major decisions, 0-1 in technical falls and 1-1 in wins by fall including his fastest of 1:12 against Franklin & Marshall’s Chase McCollum (Jan. 5)…placed second at the Franklin & Marshall Open in his Drexel debut as he went 5-1…earned Drexel Athletics’ Sophomore Male Athlete of the Year Award and Male Performance of the Year at the Best of Blue & Gold Banquet…named a 2019 National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I Scholar All-American…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 second time.
2017-18 / Sophomore (at Binghamton)
Redshirt season…Posted a 20-5 record with four pins, two major decisions and two technical falls…Placed fifth at the BU Kaloust Open at 149 pounds.
2016-17 / Freshman (at Binghamton)
Posted a 19-12 overall record…placed seventh at EIWA Championships…finished with a 12-4 record in dual matches…won in dual matches vs. Hofstra, Columbia, Harvard, West Virginia, Franklin & Marshall, Army, Brown, Sacred Heart, American, Bucknell, Buffalo, and Bloomsburg… recognized by Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association for academic success… competed in the Jewish Olympics for Team USA Wrestling… earned silver in 65 kg freestyle and bronze at 71 kg in Greco-Roman.
Background
A six-time letterwinner at Penfield High School…Compiled a 203-54 career record…three-time state placer…named Eastern State Championship.
Personal
Son of Stephanie and Scott…has six siblings…majoring in finance.
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