Anthony Echemendia

Weight:
149
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cabaiguan, Cuba
High School:
Sunnyside (Ariz.)

YEAR	WEIGHT	RECORD	DUAL RECORD	FALLS	TECH FALLS	MAJOR DECISIONS	TAKEDOWNS FOR (AGAINST)	CONF. FINISH	NCAA FINISH
*2020-21	141	4-1	3-1	0	0	0	N/A	-	-
*2021-22	141	2-0	0-0	0	0	0	N/A	-	-
2023-24	141/149	24-6	12-2	1	9	7	96 (12)	1st	5th
2024-25	149	6-3	2-1	0	1	1	19 (2)	-	-
2025-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CAREER	-	36-10	17-4	1	10	8	115 (14)	-	-

*at Ohio State

Awards and Accomplishments
NCAA All-American (2024)
2024 Big 12 Champion
NWCA Scholar All-American (2024)
OSU Scholar-Athlete (2021)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23, F24, S25)

2024-25
Wrestled to a 6-3 record before suffering a season-ending ankle injury at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Open … posted a 2-1 mark in dual action … defeated Stanford’s No. 10 Jaden Abas, 11-5, in the season opener … placed fourth at the CKLV … beat No. 15 Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) and No. 20 Carter Young (Oklahoma State) in the tournament.

2023-24
NCAA All-American and Big 12 Champion at 141 pounds … placed fifth at the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 seed to become ISU’s first 141-pound All-American since 2009 … scored 13.5 points at the national tournament … advanced to the NCAA semifinals but dropped a tough 6-4 decision to top-seeded Jesse Mendez … was in on a leg with 10 seconds remaining but just ran out of time before he could finish … won by medical forfeit over No. 5 Lachlan McNeil in the fifth-place match … defeated three ranked wrestlers en route to winning a Big 12 title … knocked off UNI’s Cael Happel, 4-2, in the title match thanks to a first-period takedown … finished the year with a 24-6 record and won 18 of his last 21 matches … registered 17 bonus-point victories (one fall, nine tech falls and seven major decisions) … tallied 96 takedowns, the second-most on the team, while only allowing 12 … recorded 13 victories over top-25 opponents and four top-10 wins … wrestled the first two duals of the season at 149 pounds before moving to 141 pounds to strengthen ISU’s lineup … posted a 12-2 record in dual action … placed seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

2021-22 (at Ohio State)
Preseason No. 24 at 133 by InterMat

2020-21 (at Ohio State)
Wrestled in a total of five matches as a true freshman before suffering a knee injury ... posted a 4-1 overall record in those five matches and was 3-1 for the Buckeyes in dual matches ... made his collegiate debut with an 11-7 win over Wisconsin’s Trey Escobar ... also had wins over Michigan State’s Jake Spiess and Maryland’s Danny Bertoni.

High School/International Competition
Posted a 52-0 record en route to an Arizona high school state title for Sunnyside High School ... double dip champion at the 2019 Junior Fargo tournament, winning both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman titles ... had never wrestled a Greco-Roman match prior to the Fargo championship run ... 2019 ‘Who’s #1’ Champion ... two-time Senior Freestyle medalist in the Cuba Nationals (silver ’18, bronze ’17) ... U23 Cuba Freestyle National Champion (2017) ... back-to-back Cuba Junior Freestyle National Champion (2016, 2017) after a runner-up finish in 2015 ... three-straight Cadet Freestyle Cuban national titles (2012-14).