Austin Kraisser

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Weight:
165
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Ellicott City, Md.
High School:
Centennial
Prev School:
Campbell

Awards & Honors
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S22)

2021-22
Compiled an 18-6 overall record, while going 4-1 in duals ... Opened season with a fourth-place finish at the Warren Williamson Daktronics Open ... Finished third at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open, with only loss coming to No. 25 Austin Yant of Northern Iowa ... Was runner-up at the David H. Lehman F&M Open and the Edinboro Open ...Had three major decisions ... Finished career with an 88-43 record, including 30-15 in dual matches.

2020-21 (Campbell)
Named Preseason All-SoCon at 165 pounds…Went 1-5 in limited action during the 2021 season, including a 0-2 SoCon mark…Seeded fifth at the SoCon Championships…Ranked as high as No. 27 individually in the national polls…Collected an 8-6 decision over Virginia Tech’s Jordan Florence…

2019-20 (Campbell)
Tabbed Academic All-SoCon…Earned the SoCon Pinnacle Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship winning team…Seeded third at the SoCon Championships at 174 pounds…Took third at the SoCon Championships, clinching his third career podium finish, going 3-1 in the tournament, with his lone loss coming to No. 18 Neal Richards of VMI, 3-1 in extra time…Fell to Appalachian State’s Thomas Flitz in an 8-5 decision in the SoCon’s 174 true place match…Opened the SoCon Championships by pinning Davidson's Steven Newell (4:34), and bouncing back with another fall, topping Gardner-Webb's Evan Schenk (4:51), defeating Chattanooga's Hunter Fortner 6-5 with riding time in the third place bout…Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Posted a 27-8 overall record with a 7-1 dual mark and a 6-1 SoCon ledger…Added six wins by fall and two major decisions…Placed in three regular season tournaments, earning fifth place finishes at the Wolfpack Open, the Reno Tournament of Champions and the Franklin & Marshall Open…Went 5-1 in his season debut at the Wolfpack Open…Also went 5-1 at the Reno TOC and the Franklin & Marshall Open, wrestling at 165 pounds…Posted a 2-2 mark at Midlands…Closed the regular season with a pin over Davidson’s Steven Newell (2:24)…

2018-19 (Campbell)
Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Redshirted the 2018-19 season after suffering an offseason injury…

2017-18 (Campbell)
Named to the NWCA Division I All-Academic team for the second straight season…Named to the Academic All-SoCon team…Also named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Went 21-13 overall with a 5-2 SoCon mark on the season…Tallied three falls, a tech fall and three major decisions on the season…Placed third at 157 pounds in the SoCon Championships, advancing to the consolation final with a 10-2 major decision over Chattanooga's Jake Adcock…In the third place match, held off Davidson's Tony Palumbo, 2-0, to reach the podium…Started the day with a 2-0 decision over Palumbo before Gardner-Webb's Tyler Marinelli registered a 9-3 win in the semifinals...Finished sixth at the Navy Classic…

2016-17 (Campbell)
Finished the season with a 21-11 overall record, 10-5 in dual contest, and a perfect 6-0 in SoCon action… He won the 2016-17 SoCon Freshman of the Year and was one of three Camels on the 2016-17 SoCon All-Freshman Team… He picked up three wins by fall, two tech falls, and two major decisions on the year... His fastest fall came at 2:07 against Dayton Garrett (WVU, 11/6)… He also picked up a fall at 2:47 over Jake Peura (Clarion, 11/13) and a fall at 3:29 over Joey Abbate (Duke, 1/1)… In his first round matchup at the SoCon Championships, he picked up a 17-0 tech fall over Tony Palumbo (Davidson, 3/4)… He also picked up an 18-1 tech fall over Dalton Clark (Chattanooga, 1/28)… Kraisser finished second at the 2017 SoCon Championships, falling in the championship match, 3-2, to Ryan Mosley (Gardner-Webb, 3/4)… Kraisser was named to the NWCA All-Academic Individual list…

High School
Completed his HS career with a 154-8 overall record ...He set the school record for most wins ... During his senior season, he finished with a perfect 40-0 record ... younger brother, Jason, also wrestles for Iowa State…