Michael Petrella
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Reynoldsburg
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- High School:
- Bishop Hartley
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- Major:
- Accounting
2021-22
- NCAA Division III 149-pound National Runner-Up
- Earned All-American honors
- All-Ohio Athletic Conference first-team selection
- NCAA Division III National Tournament qualifier at 149 pounds
- NCAA Division III Central Regional Champion at 149 pounds
- Earned All-Central Region honors
- 149-pound champion at 35th John Summa Invitational
- D3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week on December 16
- 149-pound champion at North Central (Ill.) College Invitational on December 11
- 149-pound champion at BW Invitational on December 20
- Led the team with 37 victories
- Compiled a 37-3 record
- Fifth on the team with 11 pinfalls
- Recorded four major decisions and three technical falls
- Tallied 49 takedowns, 45 escapes, 16 near falls and five reversals
- Earned second varsity letter
2021
- National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American
- Compiled a 2-1 record
- Recorde five escapes, three takedowns, one fall and one major deicison
- Earned first varsity letter
High School
- Wrestled four years
- Compiled a 167-29 career record in wrestling
- Placed seventh at Ohio High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championships as sophomore and junior
- Played one season of football
- Ran one season of cross country
- Ohio Athletic Association Sportsmanship Award recipient
Personal
- Son of Paul ' 79 and Barbara Petrella
- His father, Paul, was a football and wrestling two-time All-American, BW first-ever wrestling national champion in 1978 at 177 pounds and is a 1990 Athletics Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee