Chase Saldate

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
157
Hometown:
Gilroy, Calif.
High School:
Gilroy

Graduate Student (2024-25)
• NCAA Qualifier, 157 Pounds
• Posted a 3-2 record at the NCAA Championships (March 20-22); fell to Oklahoma State's #12 Caleb Fish, 7-4 SV, in the blood round
• Pinned two higher-seeded opponents at NCAAs -- Maryland's #10 Ethen Miller at 6:50 in the opening round and George Mason's #17 DJ Mcgee at 1:49 in the Round of 16
• Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships (March 8-9) with a 1-3 mark; avenged his dual loss to Northwestern's #9 Trevor Chumbley with a 6-3 wrestleback decision
• Captured third place at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 9) with a 4-1 mark; pinned (2:32) Northern Illinois' Landen Johnson in U-M debut
• Earned a ranked dual win over Ohio State's #17 Sammy Sasso by major decision, 8-0 (Feb. 1)
• Also competed in the CKLV Invitational (Dec. 6-7)

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Michigan State University (2024)
• Four-time NCAA qualifier at 157 pounds; reached the NCAA Round of 12 in 2023
• Posted an 85-33 record over four seasons; went 25-8 in 2023-24 with 11 falls
• Scored bonus points in more than 60 percent of wins at MSU (28 falls, two technical falls, 21 major decisions)
• Placed at every regular-season tournament over four years, including Midlands (2023), Southern Scuffle (2022) and Reno Tournament of Champions (2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree

Prep
• Graduated from Gilroy High School (2020)
• Captured the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state title at 152 pounds as a senior (2020)
• Three-time CIF state placewinner, also placing second at 138 pounds as a junior (2019) and 126 pounds as a sophomore (2018)
• Three-time Central Coast Section Championships champion (2018, '19, '20)
• Posted a career prep record of 149-14, a perfect 53-0 senior season
• Helped Gilroy claim four Central Coast Section titles (2017-20)
• Claimed the 152-pound title at the 2019 Super 32 tournament
• Captured two titles at the Doc Buchanan tournament (2019, '20); Reno Tournament of Champions champ in 2010
• Fargo All-American, placing fourth in junior freestyle at 152 pounds in 2019
• Two-time Gilroy team captain; named Gilroy High School's Junior Athlete of the Year (2018-19)
• Ranked as the No. 9 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 1-ranked 152-pound wrestler

Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a graduate certificate in real estate development
• Earned a bachelor's degree in advertising management (2024) from Michigan State University
• Born on May 16, 2001
• Son of Jimmy and Amy Saldate
• Has two siblings, Macie and Logan; Logan is a freshman on the Notre Dame football team

Year	Overall	Dual	Tourney	Falls	TF	MD	Big Ten	NCAA
2020-21	8-7	4-3	4-4	2	0	2	4th	dnp
2021-22	26-10	10-3	16-7	7	0	8	8th	dnp
2022-23	28-8	15-1	13-7	8	1	5	5th	dnp
2023-24	25-8	14-1	11-7	11	0	6	7th	dnp
2024-25	13-11	4-3	9-8	4	1	2	8th	dnp
Totals	100-44	47-11	53-33	32	2	23