Michigan State All-American Rayvon Foley (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com)Welcome to a new, regular feature for InterMat! Every day, for the next few months, we'll look into the recent history of a DI wrestling program with our "Ten Years of…" feature. Even if you're a die-hard supporter of a particular school, there will be good information you may have forgotten. For others, it's a quick way to learn about a program you may not be familiar with. We're going in alphabetical order for this one, so next up is...Michigan State!
For past teams:
Air Force
American
Appalachian State
Arizona State
Army West Point
Binghamton
Bloomsburg
Brown
Bucknell
Buffalo
Cal Poly
Campbell
Central Michigan
Chattanooga
Clarion
Cleveland State
Columbia
Cornell
CSU Bakersfield
Davidson
Drexel
Duke
Edinboro
Franklin & Marshall
Gardner-Webb
George Mason
Harvard
Hofstra
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State
Kent State
Lehigh
Lock Haven
Maryland
Michigan
NCAA Qualifiers (34)
2022
133 - Rayvon Foley (#8); 157 - Chase Saldate (#21); 165 - Caleb Fish (#31); 184 - Layne Malczewski (#22); 197 - Cameron Caffey (#9)
2021
125 - Rayvon Foley (#8); 133 - Jordan Hamdan (#30); 149 - Peyton Omania (#28); 157 - Chase Saldate (#15); 165 - Jake Tucker (#25); 174 - Drew Hughes (#32); 184 - Layne Malczewski (#15); 197 - Cameron Caffey (#10)
2020
125 - Logan Griffin (#30); 149 - Alex Hrisopoulos (#31); 157 - Jake Tucker (#20); 165 - Drew Hughes (#26); 174 - Layne Malczewski (#25); 184 - Cameron Caffey (#6)
2019
125 - Rayvon Foley (#9); 174 - Drew Hughes (#26); 184 - Cameron Caffey (#19)
2018
125 - Rayvon Foley
2017
133 - Austin Eicher; 141 - Javier Gasca (#13); 165 - Drew Hughes (#15)
2016
141 - Javier Gasca
2015
184 - John Rizqallah
2014
184 - John Rizqallah (#14); 285 - Mike McClure (#7)
2013
149 - Dan Osterman; 157 - Ryan Watts; 184 - John Rizqallah; 285 - Mike McClure (#8)
National Champions
None
NCAA All-Americans
2019: Rayvon Foley (125 - 7th)
2014: Mike McClure (285 - 5th)
NWCA All-Americans
Cameron Caffey (184 - First Team)
Round of 12 Finishers
Cameron Caffey (2021 - 197)
Drew Hughes (2017 - 165)
Big Ten Champions
None
Big Ten Runner's Up
2020: Cameron Caffey (184)
2017: Javier Gasca (141)
Dual Record
2021-22: 10-4
2021: 2-5
2019-20: 8-10
2018-19: 10-8
2017-18: 6-11
2016-17: 5-11
2015-16: 2-14
2014-15: 5-13
2013-14: 8-10
2012-13: 4-14
Big Ten Tournament Placement
2021-22: 12th
2021: 8th
2019-20: 10th
2018-19: 8th-tie
2017-18: 14th
2016-17: 10th
2015-16: 13th
2014-15: 13th
2013-14: 12th
2012-13: 12th
NCAA Tournament Team Placement
2021-22: 40th
2021: 30th
2019-20: No Tournament
2018-19: 33rd
2017-18: 65th-tie
2016-17: 41st
2015-16: 69th-tie
2014-15: 69th
2013-14: 32nd
2012-13: 51st-tie
Head Coaching History
Roger Chandler (2016-Present)
Tom Minkel (1991-2016)
Best Lineup (comprised of wrestlers from 2013-22)
125 - Rayvon Foley: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#8 x2 and #9 seeds); 2019 NCAA All-American (7th); 2021 Big Ten 3rd Place
133 - Austin Eicher: 2017 NCAA Qualifier; 2016 NCAA Qualifier and MAC Champion for Northern Illinois
141 - Javier Gasca: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#13 seed); 2017 Big Ten Runner-Up
149 - Dan Osterman: 3x NCAA Qualifier
157 - Chase Saldate: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed)
165 - Jake Tucker: 2x NCAA Qualifier
174 - Drew Hughes: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#15 seed); 2017 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher
184 - John Rizqallah: 3x NCAA Qualifier (#14 seed)
197 - Cameron Caffey: 4x NCAA Qualifier (#6, #9, #10 seeds); 2020 NWCA First Team All-American; 2021 NCAA Round of 12 Finisher; 2020 Big Ten Runner-Up
285 - Mike McClure: 2x NCAA Qualifier (#7 and #8 seeds); 2014 NCAA All-American (5th)
Recruiting
Number of Big Boarder's Per Year
2022: #160 Caesar Garza (CA)
2020: #8 Chase Saldate (CA); #50 Tristan Lujan (CA); #148 Caleb Fish (MI); #194 Eddie Homrock (MI)
2019: #89 Jordan Crace (OH)
2018: #72 Peyton Omania (CA)
2017: #90 Jaden Enriquez (CA)
2016: #31 Drew Hughes (IN); #81 Jake Tucker (IL)
2013: #47 Christian Pagdilao (CA); #64 Javier Gasca (CA)
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