2019-20 Wrestling Roster
Austin Assad
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- 133
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Northfield, Ohio
- High School:
- Brecksville
Fifth-Year Senior (2019-20)
• Competed in eight dual meets and two tournaments at 133 pounds
• Rolled to a 10-0 major decision against Northwestern's Dylan Utterback (Jan. 24); also earned a dual win in the season finale at Edinboro (Feb. 21)
• Dropped close decisions against Illinois' No. 7 Travis Piotrowski (9-7, Jan. 16) and Rutgers' No. 10 Sammy Alvarez (4-3, Feb. 1)
• Claimed second place at the Black Knight Invite (Nov. 17) with a 2-1 record
• Also competed at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 2)
Senior/Junior (2018-19)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Wrestled in three dual meets and competed in two open tournaments at 125 pounds
• Captured the 125-pound at the Cleveland State Open (Dec. 15) with a 5-0 mark; defeated Indiana's Liam Cronin, 10-7, in the final
• Took third at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 3) with a 3-1 mark; defeated Central Michigan’s Drew Hildebrandt, 7-4, in the third-place bout
Junior/Sophomore (2017-18)
• Missed all of 2017-18 season with injury
Sophomore/Freshman (2016-17)
• Michigan starter at 125 pounds until suffering a season-ending injury in mid-January
• Posted a 1-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 2-3)
• Earned back-to-back bonus wins against Oklahoma's Dalton Duffield (fall, 4:25, Nov. 18) and Oregon State's Kegan Calkins (12-2, Nov. 20)
• Narrowly fell to Virginia's Jack Mueller, 7-4, in dual-meet debut (Nov. 11)
• Captured the 125-pound title at the season-opening EMU Open (Nov. 5) with a 5-0 record; defeated Central Michigan's Brent Fleetwood, 5-3, in the championship match
Freshman (2015-16)
• Redshirted season; competed unattached in four tournaments
• Took sixth place at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) with a 4-3 record
• Captured the 125-pound title in the freshman/sophomore division at the MSU Open (Nov. 15) with a 5-0 record; defeated Ohio's Shakur Laney, 8-7, in the championship match
• Also captured the 125-pound titles at the Purple Raider Open (Jan. 17) and Cleveland State Open (Dec. 12); beat Gardner-Webb's Landon LoAlbo, 12-5, in the CSU final
• Earned a 10-2 major decision against Indiana Tech's Ngun Uk in collegiate debut
Prep
• Graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School (2015)
• Named the 2014 Lee Kemp Award Winner as the best wrestler in North East Ohio
• Four-time OHSAA placewinner, claiming second place at 126 pounds (2015) and 106 pounds (2012, '13) and third place at 120 pounds (2014)
• Career prep record of 166-13
• Two-time Fargo freestyle champion, winning at 120 pounds (2014) and 126 pounds (2015); four-time Fargo freestyle All-American, also claiming cadet runner-up honors in 2012
• Three-time Walsh Ironman placewinner (2013, '14, '15); three-time placewinner at the Beast of the East (2013, '14, '15)
• Two-time freestyle placewinner at Fila Cadet Nationals
• Named Breckville HS team MVP and team captain as a senior
• Ranked as the nation's No. 56 overall recruit by InterMat and No. 10-ranked 126-pound wrestler
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in sport management
• Born on August 29, 1996
• Son of Todd and Carmen Assad
• Has one brother, Aaron, who wrestled at Missouri
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tourney | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
| 2015-16 (RS) | 18-3 | 0-0 | 18-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2016-17 | 8-5 | 2-3 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2017-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2018-19 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 8-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019-20 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Totals | 37-21 | 4-12 | 34-9 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
