2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Tyler Williams
- Position:
- 141
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Telford, Pa.
- High School:
- Souderton Area
2023-24 / Fifth Year Senior
EIWA Academic Achievement Award…Competed in 32 matches as the Dragons starter at 157 pounds…14-18 overall…8-10 in duals…defeated Tyler Beckley (West Liberty) by technical fall 15-0 (3:31) in the Dragon Duals…won by decision, 7-1 over Carter Baer (Binghamton) on Jan. 13…earned his first sudden victory decision, 4-1 against Aiden David of Bucknell (Jan. 28)...closed the regular season with four consecutive dual decisions from Feb. 16 to Feb. 24…defeated Jurius Clark of Hofstra, 8-3, in the EIWA Championships…a member of the team that owned the nation’s third highest team GPA at 3.5456.
2022-23 / Senior
NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achievement Award…competed at 157 for the Dragons…11-13 record…opened the season with a 19-6 major decision over Brendon Abdon of Little Rock at the Mizzou Tiger Style Invite…claimed a technical fall victory, 15-0 in 5:22 against Nick Alvarez of Franklin & Marshall…took eighth place at EIWA Championships with wins over Rhise Royster of LIU and Cesar Alvan of Columbia…member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.6117.
2021-22 / Junior
Appeared in 24 matches for Drexel at 141 and 149 pounds…pieced together 2-2 record at the ESU Open, defeating Josh Tuckey of Millersville and Shane Percelay of USMAPS by major decisions…earned a tech fall against Chris Naegele of Sacred Heart.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Wrestled to a 4-1 record at 141 pounds…opened the year with a tough loss to Jordan Carlucci from Sacred Heart but bounced back with a four match win streak…recorded back to back major decision victories over Vinny Vespa from Hofstra and AJ Pointdexter from George Mason…put up his best performance of the year in a 17-1 technical fall victory against Tyler Johnson (George Mason)…closed out the year with a 4-1 decision over Bryan Miraglia (Rider) in the Dragons final dual matchup of the season… an NWCA Scholar All-American… a member of the team that owned the nation’s seventh highest team GPA at 3.455…received the Bring The HEAT Award at the team’s year end awards, given to the wrestler who best exemplified heart, effort, attitude, and togetherness.
2019-20 / Freshman
Went 12-15 overall at 141 pounds…started 14 of Drexel’s 18 duals, going 5-9…was 7-6 in tournament action…won three matches by decision, three by major decision, three by technical fall and two by pin…notched his first collegiate victory with an 8-5 decision over West Liberty’s Darius Bunch…won three-straight dual matches, all with bonus points, against Michael Blando of LIU (technical fall), Jake Ryan of Cal Poly (injury default) and Adam Velasquez of California Baptist (major decision)…logged a 16-0 technical fall over Binghamton’s Kevin Kelly…went 5-0 with four bonus-point wins to take first place at the Messiah Open on Feb. 8…earned the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Academic Achievement Award…member of the team that owned the nation's highest team GPA (3.59) for the second year in a row.
Background
Attended Souderton Area High School in Souderton, Pa…first freshman state qualifier in school history…three-time district champion and three-time state qualifier…two-time state placer, finishing third as a senior and sixth as a junior…compiled 100 wins in three seasons…named 2019 All-Intel Wrestler of the Year...an honor roll student.
Personal
Son of Kenneth and Kimberly…has a sister, Maggie…majoring in construction management.
