Michael Avelar

#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 147 - VT Preview & Will Denny

Tuesday, January 27

#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 146 - Midseason Report for Start of ACC Duals

Wednesday, January 07

#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 145 - Transfer Patrick Brophy

Monday, January 05

#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 144 - Season Shifts into Second Semester Action

Tuesday, December 16

#8 Wrestling Inches Past Cornell in Final Dual of the Season

Friday, February 20

#8 NC State Hosts Cornell for Regular Season Finale

Thursday, February 19

#8 Wrestling Downs Duke 32-7 in Durham

Friday, February 13

#8 Wrestling Makes Last Dual Road Trip to Duke on Friday

Thursday, February 12

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Brother Rice HS
Weight:
141

2012-13: Saw action at 141 pounds in three fall tournaments ... Posted a 4-5 record ... Best showing was going 3-2 at the Keystone Classic with a pair of pins ... Went 0-1 at Penn State Open and 1-2 at Southern Scuffle.

2011-12: Redshirted the season

Prep: A four-time state championship qualifier who posted a career record of 112-20 ... was ranked 15th nationally at 130 pounds by USA Wrestling ... Finished third in the state as a junior in 2010 and fifth as a senior in 2011 ... Placed three times at the Chicago Catholic League championships, winning the championship as a junior in 2010 ... Defeated three-time state champion Edwin Cooper from Providence, and Ben Whitford from Marmion Academy who was ranked No. 2 in the nation.