Kevin Beazley

Photo by: LON HORWEDEL

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
197
Weight:
null
Hometown:
Highland, Mich.
High School:
Detroit Catholic Central

Graduate Student (2017-18)
• NWCA All-Academic; U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• NCAA Qualifier, 197 pounds; forced to withdraw before the NCAA Championships due to injury
• Took fourth place at the Big Ten Championships (March 3-4) with a 3-2 record
• Earned wins against Wisconsin's Hunter Ritter (fall, 6:29) and Iowa's #8 Cashe Wilcke (3-1) before suffering an elbow injury in the third-place contest
• Scored to second-period takedowns to rally to a 6-5 decision against Iowa's #5 Cash Wilcke and help U-M defeat the Hawkeyes in Iowa City
• Pinned Oregon State's #11 Corey Griego (2:39) in first home at Michigan (Dec. 10)
• Posted a 3-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 1-2)
• Captured the 197-pound title at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 5) with a 4-0 record; pinned Wisconsin's #17 Hunter Ritter (1:37) in the championship bout
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Old Dominion University (2017)
• NCAA All-American (197 pounds); two-time NCAA qualifier (2015, '17)
• Claimed eighth place at the 2017 NCAA Championships with a 3-3 record
• Defeated Iowa's Cash Wilcke, 7-6, in the NCAA Round 12; also pinned Nebraska's #6 Aaron Studebaker (6:11) in the second round
• Mid-American Conference runner-up (2017); finished top four in all three MAC tournament appearances
• Posted a 103-52 record over four seasons with 53 bonus wins, including 30 falls
• Took an Olympic redshirt in 2015-16
• Two-time Junior World Championships Greco-Roman team member at 96kg/211 pounds; competed in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2013 and Zagreb, Croatia in 2014
• Two-time NWCA All-Academic Team, Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team and MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honoree (2015, '17)

Prep
• Graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School (2012)
• Captured a Michigan state title at 189 pounds as a senior (2012); two-time state finalist (2011, '12)
• Career prep record of 190-22
• Two-time Fargo finalist (2011, '12); four-time Fargo All-American (2010, '11, '12)
• Two-time FloNationals finalist (2011, '12)

Personal
• Enrolled in Rackham Graduate School, pursuing a master's degree in sport management
• Earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Old Dominion in 2017
• Born on March 17, 1994
• Son of David and Dacia Beazley and Barb and Cory Gildersleeve; father was named the 2012 USA Wrestling Junior Greco-Roman Coach of the Year
• Sister, Kennedy, currently runs track at Michigan State

Year	Overall	Dual	Tourney	Falls	TF	MD	Conf.	NCAA
2012-13 (RS)*	33-13	0-0	33-13	15	1	4	--	--
2013-14*	18-14	6-10	12-4	5	2	1	4th	--
2014-15*	27-17	10-8	17-9	6	1	5	3rd	dnp
2015-16 (Olympic RS)*	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	--	--
2016-17*	25-8	12-4	13-4	4	2	7	2nd	8th
2017-18	16-9	6-5	10-4	7	0	1	4th	--
Totals	119-61	34-27	85-34	37	6	18