2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Pete Renda
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Topton, Pa.
- High School:
- Brandywine Heights HS
- Weight:
- 184
All-American (184 pounds): 2016
Three-time NCAA Qualifier (174 pounds): 2014, 2015 - (184 pounds): 2016
All-ACC (184 pounds): 2016
2016-17: Redshirted the season … Wrestled in three open tournaments, two at 184 pounds and one at 197 … Went 13-2 overall … Finished second at the Midlands Championships at 184 pounds … Went 4-2, including a 9-2 win over 2016 NCAA Champion and #4 Myles Martin of Ohio State … Placed first in the Wolfpack Open at 197 pounds, going 5-0 with one ranked win … Also first at the National Collegiate Open with a 4-0 mark, outscoring his foes 47-8.
2015-16: 2016 All-American at 184 pounds, after wrestling his first two seasons at 174 … Enterted the NCAAs at the No. 13 seed, and went 5-1 to finish third … Upset four top-10 seeds, including two in the top-five … In the third place bout, scored an 18-3 technical fall win over No. 8 seed Boyd of Oklahoma State … After a 4-2 in opening round, upset No. 4 seed Abounader of Michigan 4-2 (SV-1) and then No. 5 seed Zavatsky of Virginia Tech 4-3 to reach the semifinals … Lone loss was to No. 1 seed an eventual national champion Dean of Cornell … Downed No. 9 seed Miller of Navy 5-4 to reach the third place match … Posted a record of 26-8 overall, including 15-4 in duals … Went 7-7 versus ranked foes, was 2-19 against ranked opponents his first two years … Perfect 17-0 in bonus point wins, with five pins and six technical falls and six major decisions … Ranked in all four Coaches’ Panel Rankings, a season-high #13 in the final one … Also #15 in the final RPI … Earned All-ACC honors and an automatic NCAA bid with a second place finish at the ACC Championship … Defeated No. 19 Utley of North Carolina by 12-0 major decision to reach the finals … Went 4-1 in ACC duals … Placed fifth at the Midlands Championships, going 5-2 … Closed with a 3-2 over #17 Ayala of Princeton … In the final two duals of the season, defeated #11 Miklus of Missouri by 11-0 major decision and #9 Brooks of Iowa on the road, 7-3 … Finished the season ranked #3 nationally at 184 pounds by FloWrestling.com … Named to the 2016 ACC All-Academic Team, for the third straight year … Named to 2015-16 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2014-15: Pack’s starter at 174 pounds … 2014 NCAA Qualifier … Posted a record of 20-16, facing 13 ranked opponents … Was 9-9 in duals … Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships, only losing to seeded wrestlers … Earned an NCAA automatic bid with a fifth place finish at the ACC Championship … In the decisive match, beat Duke 6-0 … Placed eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … Scored an 11-0 major decision over #15 ranked wrestler from Cornell … Placed first in the Wolfpack Open to open the season, winning championship bout 8-1 … … 2014-15 NWCA All-Academic Team selection … Named to 2015 All-ACC Academic Team.
2013-14: Pack’s started at 174 pounds as a freshman … 2014 NCAA Qualifier … Named the No. 2 rookie nationally at 174 pounds by Amateur Wrestling News … Finished the year 27-11, including 16-3 in duals … 27 wins are the third-most for a freshman in NC State history … One of two NCSU wrestlers to be ranked majority of season … Finished third on the Pack with 27 wins, 16 dual wins were second-best and six pins were also second-best … Went 12-1 in bonus point matches … Earned one of the three ACC automatic bids at 174 pounds, entered as the third seed and went 3-1 to finish third … Had to win final two bouts to earn NCAA bid, won 4-0 in the consolation semifinals and then 5-0 in third place match … Placed seconds in the Wolfpack Open … Earned medalist honors at the FILA Junior Championships at 79 KG … Went a perfect 5-0 en route to title … Outscored opponents 54-2 in tournament, including a 13-2 decision in championship bout … Named to the 2014 All-ACC Academic Team … Named to the 2013-14 ACC Honor Roll … Named to NWCA True Freshman All-Academic Team.
Prep: No. 43 overall recruit in the country by flowrestling.org … Ranked No. 5 nationally at 170 pounds by flowrestling.org … No. 8 at 170 pounds by intermatwrestle.com … Also ranked No. 11 nationally at 160 pounds by Wrestling USA Magazine … Finished with a 162-22 career high school record, including 42-0 as a senior … Was the Pennsylvania 2A state champion at 170 pounds as a senior … Was the 2013 FloNationals champion at 170 pounds … 2012 Pennsylvania state finalist at 152 pounds … Finished fifth at state championships at 135 pounds in 2011, and seventh at 119 pounds in 2010 … 2012 Fargo Junior Freestyle All-American, 8th place at 160 pounds … Was third at the 2012 Super 32 … 2012 Journeyman Classic champion.
Earned a B.S. degree in Finance from NC State in the Spring of 2017. Pusuing a Masters in Economics.