Parents: JANEICE AND JOEL KASAK
Major: AGRICULTURE
CAREER NOTES:
Athletic: All-American (2023).
2023-24 / TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Earned the starting spot at 149 after All-American Shayne Van Ness was sideline with an injury in November...Rolled to a 24-5 overall mark...All-American as a true freshman, rolling off eight straight wins after an opening round loss to claim third place at 149 in Kansas City...Had five pins, one tech and seven majors...Went 6-2 in dual meets.
Black Knight (11/19): Went 3-1, including two majors, to reach finals at 141, only loss close 4-1 dec. to teammate #2 Beau Bartlett in finals. Lehigh (12/3): Made Penn State dual debut up at 149 and posted 7-4 win over Drew Munch in Rec Hall. Oregon State (1/5): Controlled #12 Nash Singleton for road dual meet win, using third period takedown for 4-1 victory. Indiana (1/14): Last second escape secured 15-0 tech fall (6:59) over #14 Graham Rooks in B1G dual debut. Mat-Town 2 (1/28): Went 4-0 with a pin and a major to take first. Ohio State (2/2): Rolled to 7-2 win over #9 Dylan D’Emilio in Rec Hall. Iowa (2/9): Lost tough 11-8 (sv) bout to #12 Caleb Rathjen on the road. Rutgers (2/12): Notched 7-5 win over #26 Michael Cetta. Nebraska (2/18): Close 7-3 loss to #1 Ridge Lovett. Edinboro (2/25): Pinned Colin Roberts (3:20).
Big Ten Championship (3/9-10): Went 4-1 with two pins to take third, beat #10 Dylan D’Emilio of Ohio State 3-2, #8 Caleb Rathjen of Iowa 8-1, and pinned #12 Ethan Miller of Maryland in third place bout (2:36).
NCAA Championships (3/21-23): Became only ninth wrestler in NCAA history to lose opening round match and come back to win seven straight and finish third. Earned All-America honors as a true freshman. Had two pins and four majors. Top ten wins over #9 Ethan Fernandez of Cornell (pin), #3 Jackson Ranger of NC State in the blood round, #1 Ridge Lovett of Nebraska (major) and #5 Ty Watters of West Virginia in third place bout.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Freshman Tyler Kasak comes to Happy Valley from Doylestown, Pa., and Bethlehem Catholic High School...He brings multiple state medals, including a Pennsylvania state title, with him from BCHS...Won numerous prestigious national titles, including Ironman, Beast of the East and Escape the Rock championships...Was world Silver Medalist and the U.S. Open Champion...Son of Janeice and Joel Kasak...Has two siblings, brother Nate and sister Angelina...Considering an agriculture major.
KASAK MATCH-BY-MATCH
2023-24
Date Wt. Result Opponent Place Rec
11/19 141 W, 11-1 Logan Brown, Army (major) BK 1-0
11/19 141 W, 2-1 (tb) David Evans, Penn State BK 2-0
11/19 141 W, 8-0 Todd Carter, Gardner Webb (major) BK 3-0
11/19 141 L, 1-4 #2 Beau Bartlett, Penn State BK (2nd) 3-1
12/3 149 W, 7-5 Drew Munch, Lehigh dual 4-1
1/5 149 W, 4-1 #12 Nash Singleton, Oregon State dual 5-1
1/14 149 W, 15-0 #14 Graham Rooks, Indiana (TF; 6:59) dual 6-1
1/28 149 WBF Cameron McKay, George Mason (1:00) MT2 7-1
1/28 149 W, 6-2 Owen Reinsel, Lehigh MT2 8-1
1/28 149 W, 11-3 Matt Repos, Lehigh (major) MT2 9-1
1/28 149 W, 4-2 David Evans, Penn State MT2 (1st) 10-1
2/2 149 W, 7-2 #9 Dylan D’Emilio, Ohio State dual 11-1
2/9 149 L, 8-11 (sv) #12 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa dual 11-2
2/12 149 W, 7-5 #26 Michael Cetta, Rutgers dual 12-2
2/18 149 L, 3-7 #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska dual 12-3
2/25 149 WBF Colin Roberts, Edinboro (3:20) dual 13-3
3/9 149 WBF Aiden Vandenbush, Northwestern (2:48) B1G 14-3
3/9 149 W, 3-2 #10 Dylan D’Emilio, Ohio State B1G 15-3
3/9 149 L, 0-4 #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska B1G 15-4
3/10 149 W, 8-1 #8 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa B1G 16-4
3/10 149 WBF #12 Ethen Miller, Maryland (2:36) B1G (3rd) 17-4
3/21 149 L, 2-4 #26 Jaden Abas, Stanford NCAA 17-5
3/21 149 W, 14-5 #23 Drew Roberts, Minnesota (major) NCAA 18-5
3/22 149 WBF #9 Ethan Fernandez, Cornell (0:36) NCAA 19-5
3/22 149 W, 13-1 #17 Graham Rooks, Indiana (major) NCAA 20-5
3/22 149 W, 5-4 #3 Jackson Ranger, North Carolina St. NCAA 21-5
3/22 149 W, 10-2 #11 Quinn Kinner, Rider (major) NCAA 22-5
3/23 149 W, 10-1 #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska (major) NCAA 23-5
3/23 149 W, 3-2 #5 Ty Watters, West Virginia NCAA (3rd) 24-5
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Overall Duals (B1G) TRN (B1G/NCAA) F TF M PTS
2023-24 24-5 6-2 (3-2) 18-3 (4-1/7-1) 5-0 1-0 7-0 23
Career 24-5 6-2 (3-2) 18-3 (4-1/7-1) 5-0 1-0 7-0 23