2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Diego Sotelo
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- 125
- Hometown:
- Plainfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Marmion Academy
Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Harvard University (2025)
• Two-time NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds (2023, '24)
• Reached the NCAA Round of 16 in 2024; defeated Wyoming's No. 5-seeded Jore Volk in the opening round
• Placed third at 125 pounds at the 2024 EIWA Championships
• Earned All-Ivy second team (2023) and honorable mention (2024) recognition
• Accumulated a 55-34 record over four seasons at Harvard, including a 25-9 mark as a junior (2024)
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American; three-time EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient
Prep
• Graduated from Marmion Academy (2021)
• Captured an Illinois state championship at 106 pounds as a sophomore (2019)
• Three-time Illinois state finalist, taking second at 106 pounds (2018) and 113 pounds (2020)
• Posted a 125-14 career prep record over three seasons
• Helped Marmion Academy claim third place at the 2019 IHSA 3A State Dual Tournament
• Set state record for fastest technical fall at 3A state championships for 106 pounds
• Member of National Honor Society
• Ranked as the No. 85 overall recruit by FloWrestling and No. 16-ranked 120-pound wrestler
Personal
• Currently enrolled in the Ross School of Business, pursuing a Master of Management degree
• Earned a bachelor's degree in human development and regenerative biology from Harvard in spring 2025
• Born on November 27, 2002
• Son of Rafael and Monica Sotelo
• Has a younger sister, Alejandra
