2018-19 Wrestling Roster
Sean Fausz
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Alexandria, Ky.
- High School:
- Campbell County HS
- Weight:
- 125
Three-time NCAA Qualifier (125 pounds): 2016, 2017, 2018
ACC Champion (125 pounds): 2018
Three-time All-ACC (125 pounds): 2016, 2017, 2018
2017-18: NCAA Qualifier for the third straight season at 125 pounds … Entered as the No. 5 seed … Went 1-2 … 2018 ACC Champion, winning both of his bouts … Started with a 9-3 win over #31 Norstrem of Virginia Tech, then 4-0 over #12 Hayes of Virginia in the finals … Only saw action in four duals, went 3-1 … First dual was a 9-5 win over #3 Piccininni of Oklahoma State in Italy … Scored ACC dual wins over North Carolina (16-2) and Virginia Tech (15-0) … Went a perfect 5-0 in the Wolfpack Open for first place … Had four bonus point wins to reach the finals, then scored an 8-3 win over #18 LaMont of Utah Valley … Took second at the Reno Tournament of Champions … Went 4-1, with three tech falls and a major decision … Finished the season ranked #13 in FloWrestling’s final rankings … Earned All-American honors at the U23 World Team Trials with a fourth place finish at 61 kg … Went 3-0, outscoring his foes 43-19, before falling in the quarterfinals … Named to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Team … Named to 2017-18 ACC Academic Honor Roll … Also named to the NWCA’s All-Academic Team.
2016-17: NCAA Qualifier for the second straight season at 125 pounds … Also earned All-ACC honors by reaching the ACC Championship finals for the second straight year and earned an NCAA automatic bid … Started the season at 133 pounds, moved down to 125 in late January … 27-8 overall on the season - 11-4 at 125 pounds and 16-4 at 133 … Was 7-2 overall in duals, only losses to top-five foes … Earned the No. 12 seed at the 2017 NCAA Championships, and was one win away from All-American honors going 2-2 … After a first round pin, defeated No. 5 seed Tim Lambert of Nebraska 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals … After a first round major decision at the ACC Championship, then defeated #8 Jack Mueller of Virginia 8-5 to reach the finals … Defeated two-time All-American Conor Youtsey of Michigan 5-3 in the National Duals … Won the 133-pound weight class at the Wolfpack Open, going 5-0 and outscoring his foes 58-8 … Won the Appalachian State Open at 125 pounds going 4-0 … Finished the season ranked #9 nationally at 125 pounds by FloWrestling.com … Named 2017 NWCA Division I All-Academic.
2015-16: NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds as a redshirt freshman … Finished the season 17-10, including 9-7 in duals … Ranked in all four Coaches’ Panel Rankings, a season-best #17 in the final poll … Went 3-1 in ACC action … Went 4-7 against ranked foes … Was 10-1 in bonus point matches, including four pins … Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships … Earned All-ACC honors with a second place finish at the ACC Championship … Entering as the No. 2 seed, reached the finals with a 4-2 win over #25 Bentley of Pittsburgh … Started the season 3-0 in duals at the Northeast Duals, including an 8-6 win over #19 Petry of Minnesota … Top win of the season was a 5-4 win over #9 Lambert of Nebraska in a road dual … His final eight opponents before the NCAA Championships were all ranked, he picked up three wins … Placed fifth at the Wolfpack Open, going 6-1 … Finished the season ranked #20 nationally at 125 pounds by FloWrestling.com … Named to 2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2014-15: Redshirted the season … Competed in six open tournaments, wrestling at both 125 and 133 pounds …Went 15-7, 10-3 at 125 and 5-4 at 133 … Won the Appalachian State Open, at 125 pounds going 3-0 with all three wins by major decision and outscoring his opponents a combined 34-6 … Took third at the Newberry Open going 6-1.
Prep: State champion at 138 pounds as a senior, two-time champion … NHSCA Senior National runner-up at 132 pounds (three-time NHSCA All-American) … Posted a high school record of 234-24 with 115 pins … Ranked as a top-100 recruit by flowrestling.org and d1collegewrestling.net … Placed fifth at the NHSCA High School Nationals at 126 pounds as a junior … Kentucky state champion at 132 pounds with a perfect 62-0 record … A FILA Cadet National Champion at 58kg … Finished ninth in the FILA Cadet World Championships at 58kg, and eighth at Fargo Junior Freestyle Nationals at 126 pounds as a junior … Took second at NHSCA Sophomore Nationals at 120 pounds … Placed third at state championships at 126 pounds as a sophomore and third at FILA Cadet Nationals at 58kg … Took second at state championships at 119 pounds as a freshman … As an eight-grader, placed third at high school state championships at 112 pounds.
Majoring in Electrical Engineering.