Ryan Bertin

Class:
Fifth Year
Weight Class:
157 Pounds
Hometown:
Broadview Heights, Ohio
High School:
St. Edward

At Michigan... Two-time NCAA 157-pound champion (2003, '05) ... Four-time NCAA All-American ... 2005 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year ... Ranks fifth on U-M's all-time wins list with 142-21 career mark ... Three-time NWCA All-Academic ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten ... Two-time team captain.

5th Year/Senior (2004-05)... NWCA All-Academic ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... Big Ten Medal of Honor ... Selected as team co-captain ... Captured second NCAA 157-pound title, defeating Iowa's Joe Johnston 8-5 in the final at the NCAA Championships (March 17-19) ... Earned fourth All-America citation with a perfect 5-0 record ... Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Year ... Runner-up at the Big Ten Championships (March 5-6), recording a 2-1 mark ... Fell to Illinois' Alex Tirapelle 4-3 in the final ... Opened the season with a 26-match winning streak ... Recorded an 18-0 dual meet mark and was 8-0 in Big Ten Conference duals ... Earned a 16-1 technical fall over Purdue's Colton Salazar (Feb. 20) ... Pinned Michigan State's Matt McCarty (1:19, Feb. 18) ... Earned back-to-back victories over Ohio State's Keegan Mueller (20-6, Feb. 11) and Iowa's Joe Johnston (14-8, Feb. 13) ... Tallied a 3-2 decision over Illinois' second-ranked Alex Tirapelle (Feb. 6) ... Earned back-to-back wins over Wisconsin's Tyler Turner (12-5) and Minnesota's C.P. Schlatter (13-2) (Jan. 28-30) ... Registered a perfect 5-0 mark at the National Duals (Jan. 23-23), including major decisions against Minnesota's Nik Lentz (14-3) and Hofstra's James Strouse (11-1) ... Defeated Penn State's Jarrad Turner 15-7 in the Big Ten opener (Jan. 14) ... Earned a pair of wins at the Lone Star Duals (Jan. 8), including a fall against Army's Brandon Benson at 5:32 ... Tallied 16-6 major decision over Central Michigan's Eric Neil (Jan. 2) ... Earned a 14-4 major decision against Cleveland State's Marcus Effner (Dec. 10) ... Captured the 157-pound title at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 3-4) with a 6-0 mark ... Represented Michigan at the NWCA All-Star Classic (Nov. 22), dropping a 11-7 decision to Ohio's Jake Percival at 157 pounds ... Defeated Lehigh's Derek Zinck 7-4 in the season opener (Nov. 18).

Senior/Junior (2003-04)... Recipient of the Loganberry Men's Athletic Scholarship ... Selected as team tri-captain ... NCAA All-American ... Finished third at the NCAA Championships (March 18-20) with a 5-1 record ... Defeated Illinois' Alex Tirapelle 3-1 in the third-place match ... Runner-up at the Big Ten Championships (March 6-7) ... Recorded a 17-1 dual meet record and was 7-0 in Big Ten duals ... Ranked fifth in final InterMat poll and second by Amateur Wrestling News ... Notched back-to-back major decisions over Indiana Matt Cooper (12-4, Jan. 13) and Wisconsin's Tyler Turner (20-7, Jan. 15) ... Earned 100th career win with a 23-8 technical fall over Ohio State's Ryan Rhodes (Feb. 6) ... Posted a 4-1 record at the National Duals (Jan. 17-18) ... Posted a 3-0 record at the Lonestar Duals (Jan. 3)... Posted back-to-back wins in season-opening tri-meet (Nov. 23).

Junior/Sophomore (2002-03)... Verizon University Division Men's At-Large Academic All-District IV second team … NWCA All-Academic first team … Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Claimed the 157-pound NCAA title, defeating Illinois' Alex Tirapelle 7-3 in the championship bout ... Collected All-America honors for the second time with a 5-0 record at NCAA Championships (March 20-22) ... Finished third at the Big Ten Championships (March 8-9) with a 4-1 record ... Ranked sixth in final polls by both InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News ... Recorded a 9-4 dual meet mark and was 4-4 in Big Ten duals ... Named Big Ten co-Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 3) after earning a 22-7 technical over Indiana's Isaac Knable and a fall at 3:24 against Northwestern's Mike Kimberlin ... Posted a 4-0 mark at the National Duals (Dec. 18-19) ... Finished sixth at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 6-7) after suffering an injury in the semifinal bout and forfeiting his remaining matches.

Sophomore/Freshman (2001-02)... NCAA All-American ... Finished sixth at NCAA Championships (March 21-23) with a 4-3 record ... Runner-up at the Big Ten Conference Championships (March 9-10) with a 2-1 record ... Ranked fifth in final polls by both InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News ... Posted a 17-2 dual meet record and was 7-1 in Big Ten dual meets ... Recorded career highs in wins (37), falls (4), technical falls (4) and major decisions (10) ... Reached the sixth spot on Michigan's list of wins by a freshman ... Won 10 consecutive matches from Nov. 30 to Jan. 19 ... Finished third at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) with a 5-1 record ... Runner-up at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 17-18) with a 3-1 record ... Posted a 5-0 mark and a first-place finish at the Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 3).

Freshman (2000-01)... Redshirt ... Finished first at the Cleveland State Open (Jan. 27) with a record of 5-0 ... Fourth at the Michigan State Open (Nov. 18), posting a 5-2 record ... Recorded three consecutive falls from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11 ... Finished first at the Ashland Open (Nov. 11) with two falls and a 5-0 record and first at the Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 4) with three falls and a 4-0 record.

Prep... St. Edward High School (2000) ... National Honor Society ... Graduated with a 4.1 GPA ... 2000 Asics Tiger High School First Team All-American ... 2000 USA Wrestling Dream Team ... National High School 152 pound champion ... 152 pound Ohio state champion (2000) ... Junior National Freestyle All-American ... 44-0 record his senior season ... Named Most Outstanding Wrestler at both the Ironman Tournament and the Beast of the East Tournament ... State runner-up at 145 (1999) ... Three-time Medina Tournament Champion (1998, '99, '00) ... Competed on the Tour De Monde Team in Bulgaria (1999) ... Third place at the state championships (1998) ... 140-18 career record ... Earned varsity letters in soccer (1997, '98).

Personal... Enrolled in the School of Business Administration, majoring in business administration ... Born on November 13, 1981 ... Son of Chris and Laurie Bertin ... Father wrestled for the University of Cincinnati (1973-74).

Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tourney	Falls	TF	MD	Big Ten	NCAA
2000-01 (RS)	25-2	0-0	25-2	5	2	2	--	--
2001-02	37-8	17-2	20-6	4	4	11	2nd	6th
2002-03	21-6	9-4	12-2	4	1	5	3rd	1st
2003-04	28-4	17-1	11-3	1	4	7	2nd	3rd
2004-05	31-1	18-0	13-1	3	3	10	2nd	1st
Totals	142-21	63-7	81-13	17	14	35