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Sean McCabe

Sean McCabe

  • Weight:
    125
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
  • Highschool:
    Connetquot

Summary

Biography

Career Honors: 2016 NCAA qualifier … 2014 TCNJ Open Champion.

2016-17 (As a redshirt senior): Went 3-1 at the Journeymen Tussle (Dec. 4) … won his first match of the year, 10-4, against San Francisco State’s Matt Gamble (Nov. 11).  

2015-16 (As a redshirt junior): Went 14-16 overall and 10-9 in duals … posted an 0-2 mark at his first NCAA Championships (March 17-19) … received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, earning his first-career trip to nationals (March 8) … scored a takedown as time expired to defeat Minnesota’s Skyler Petry, 7-6 (Jan. 17) … wrestled at the 53rd Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, finishing one win shy of placing (Dec. 29-30) … pinned George Mason’s Ibrahim Bamduka in 2:16 and upset then-No. 18 Dalton Macri of Cornell, 6-5, at the “Grapple at the Garden” (Nov. 29) … earned the first ranking of his career following the win, coming in at No. 18 by WIN Magazine … had a 2-1 day at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 15) … posted a 2-0 record at the Rutgers Duals, winning by major decision and decision (Nov. 1).


2014-15 (As a redshirt sophomore): Wrestled to a 15-10 overall record and 11-6 dual record … went 4-4 in his first Big Ten dual season … posted a 2-0 B1G weekend with wins over Minnesota’s Jordan Bremer (Jan. 11) and Illinois’ Dominic Olivieri (Jan. 9) … the win over Olivieri was the first Big Ten victory of his career … finished 2-0 at the Third Annual “Grapple at the Garden” (Dec. 21) … went 1-1 at the Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals (Nov. 29) … captured the TCNJ Open title at 125 pounds, defeating teammate Josh Patrick by a 5-2 decision in the final (Nov. 22) … won by decision and major decision in a 2-0 day at the Rutgers Duals (Nov. 2).

2013-14 (As a redshirt freshman): Completed the season with a 21-12 overall record and a 6-5 record in dual competition ... went 1-2 during the 2014 EIWA Championships, defeating Brown's Vincent Moita, 5-4, during the tournament ... registered a win by fall against Drexel's Tanner Shoap (Feb. 21) ... finished in third place at the 81st Annual Wilkes University Open ... dropped first-career bout to Hofstra's Jamel Hudson ... picked up his first-career dual win at the "Grapple at the Garden" (Dec. 1), winning by major decision over George Mason's William Prochniewski.

2012-13 (As a freshman): Redshirt season ... finished the year 12-13 ... took fifth place at the National Collegiate Open, posting five wins in the tournament ... picked up three wins at the Franklin a Marshall Open ... also competed in the Wilkes Open, Nittany Lion Open, East Stroudsburg Open and Hokie Open.

Prior to Rutgers: New York state champion, winning the DI title to finish 37-2 as a senior at 120 pounds ... national 120-pound runner-up at the 2012 NHSCA Senior Tournament ... compiled a career record of 175-13 ... three-time League II Champion ... recorded a third-place finish at the 2011 New York DI State Championships ... captured 2011 Suffolk County Championship crown at 112 pounds, earning recognition as the tournament's most outstanding wrestler ... ranked No. 192 in D1CollegeWrestling.net's Top 200 Seniors listing ... coached by Bill Santoro.

Personal: Son of Kevin and Debbie ... has one brother, James ... intends to major in labor and employment relations.
YEAR OVERALL DUALS (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) MD (DUALS) TF (DUALS) F (DUALS) FASTEST DUAL PTS.
2012-13 Redshirt Season
2013-14 21-12 6-5 (---) (---/---) 4 (2)
 1 (0) 3 (1) 2:38 26
2014-15 15-10 11-6 (4-4) (0-2/---) 3 (2) 2 (1) 1 (0) 5:53 38
2015-16 14-16 10-9 (3-5) (1-3/0-2) 3 (2) --- 1 (1) 2:16 35
2016-17 6-4 2-2 (0-0) (---/---) 1 (1) --- --- --- 13
CAREER 56-42 30-23 (7-9) (1-5/0-2) 11 (7) 3 (1) 5 (2) 2:16 112

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