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Dean Hamiti Jr.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Joliet, Ill.
- High School:
- Joliet Catholic Academy
Bio
2024-25: Won the 174-pound national championship with back-to-back wins over former national champions in No. 2 Levi Haines (Penn State) and No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) … One of the country’s most dominant wrestlers with a 27-1 record, 17 ranked wins and 19 bonus-point wins … Finished second at the Big 12 Championships where he lost to O’Toole in the finals before later avenging that loss on the biggest stage … Had a takedown ratio of 90:6 and led the team in dual wins, wins by technical fall, takedowns, and reversals … Was the only Cowboy to record a win in all 14 duals … 100th career win came over Iowa’s Nelson Brandsin … Won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with four bonus-point wins over ranked foes.Â
2023-24 (Wisconsin): Had another outstanding season with a 28-4 record … Made it three consecutive seasons with a top-five national seed after slotting in at No. 5 at the NCAA Championships … Reached the quarterfinals, but fell one win short of the national podium … Runner-up at the Big Ten Championships following a wild 13-11 defeat to No. 5 Mitchell Mesenbrink of Penn State … Beat three top-10 wrestlers as part of his 16-4 record against ranked opponents … Won 15 of his 16 dual matches … Racked up 10 pins and eight technical falls, both career-highs, along with six major decisions for a 75% bonus rate … Ranked top-six in every poll by InterMat throughout the year … Had a combined deficit of 12 points in his four losses, three of which came to the two national finalists at his weight … Faced Oklahoma State’s Izzak Olejnik in his second appearance at the NWCA All-Star Classic … Champion at both the Michigan State Open and Midlands Championships … Competed mainly at 165 pounds, but made three dual starts at 174 … Selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team.
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2022-23 (Wisconsin): Became a two-time All-American with another sixth-place national finish at 165 pounds … Posted a 25-6 record and earned the No. 3 seed at the NCAA Championships … Won three matches and beat a pair of top-10 opponents to win the 165-pound Big Ten title … Pulled out a tight 9-6 decision over Iowa’s No. 4 Patrick Kennedy in the finals, matching the highest-ranked win in his career … Had an impressive 15-5 record against ranked wresters, beat five top-10 opponents and went 14-2 in dual competition … Scored bonus points in 61% of his matches with five pins, three technical falls and career-best 11 major decisions … Ranked inside the top-seven all season long by InterMat … Invited to the NWCA All-Star Classic, where he faced Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole … Garnered NWCA Scholar All-America and Academic All-Big Ten honors.
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2021-22 (Wisconsin): Emerged as one of the best true freshmen in the country after going 28-4 and earning the No. 4 national seed at 165 pounds … Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year … Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at his first NCAA Championships … Went 4-2 at the event with wins over Pittsburgh’s No. 10 Jake Wentzel and West Virginia’s No. 9 Peyton Hall in consolations … Won four of five matches at the Big Ten Championships to take third … Defeated No. 4 Carson Kharchla of Ohio State in the third-place match, tied for the highest-ranked win of his career … Rated seventh in the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Award thanks to his 67% bonus rate, a mark that included eight pins, six technical falls and eight major decisions … Defeated nine ranked wrestlers on the season, four of which were in the top-10, and went 13-1 in dual bouts … Won the first 17 matches of his career to become a consensus top-eight wrestler at his weight … Captured first at the Cougar Clash and Illinois Matmen Open … Named a NWCA Scholar All-American.
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High School: Won three Illinois state championships while competing for Joliet Catholic Academy … Was heavily favored for a fourth title prior to its cancellation due to COVID-19 … Received the Illinois chapter’s Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award as a senior … Champion at Fargo Juniors Nationals in 2019 and the Super 32 Challenge the following year.
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Personal: Is the son of Dean Sr. and Mary Hamiti … Has two brothers named Luke and Jake, who is also entering his first season on the Cowboy wrestling team … Currently pursuing a degree in Public Health: Exercise and Health at OSU.
2023-24 (Wisconsin): Had another outstanding season with a 28-4 record … Made it three consecutive seasons with a top-five national seed after slotting in at No. 5 at the NCAA Championships … Reached the quarterfinals, but fell one win short of the national podium … Runner-up at the Big Ten Championships following a wild 13-11 defeat to No. 5 Mitchell Mesenbrink of Penn State … Beat three top-10 wrestlers as part of his 16-4 record against ranked opponents … Won 15 of his 16 dual matches … Racked up 10 pins and eight technical falls, both career-highs, along with six major decisions for a 75% bonus rate … Ranked top-six in every poll by InterMat throughout the year … Had a combined deficit of 12 points in his four losses, three of which came to the two national finalists at his weight … Faced Oklahoma State’s Izzak Olejnik in his second appearance at the NWCA All-Star Classic … Champion at both the Michigan State Open and Midlands Championships … Competed mainly at 165 pounds, but made three dual starts at 174 … Selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team.
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2022-23 (Wisconsin): Became a two-time All-American with another sixth-place national finish at 165 pounds … Posted a 25-6 record and earned the No. 3 seed at the NCAA Championships … Won three matches and beat a pair of top-10 opponents to win the 165-pound Big Ten title … Pulled out a tight 9-6 decision over Iowa’s No. 4 Patrick Kennedy in the finals, matching the highest-ranked win in his career … Had an impressive 15-5 record against ranked wresters, beat five top-10 opponents and went 14-2 in dual competition … Scored bonus points in 61% of his matches with five pins, three technical falls and career-best 11 major decisions … Ranked inside the top-seven all season long by InterMat … Invited to the NWCA All-Star Classic, where he faced Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole … Garnered NWCA Scholar All-America and Academic All-Big Ten honors.
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2021-22 (Wisconsin): Emerged as one of the best true freshmen in the country after going 28-4 and earning the No. 4 national seed at 165 pounds … Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year … Earned All-America honors with a sixth-place finish at his first NCAA Championships … Went 4-2 at the event with wins over Pittsburgh’s No. 10 Jake Wentzel and West Virginia’s No. 9 Peyton Hall in consolations … Won four of five matches at the Big Ten Championships to take third … Defeated No. 4 Carson Kharchla of Ohio State in the third-place match, tied for the highest-ranked win of his career … Rated seventh in the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Award thanks to his 67% bonus rate, a mark that included eight pins, six technical falls and eight major decisions … Defeated nine ranked wrestlers on the season, four of which were in the top-10, and went 13-1 in dual bouts … Won the first 17 matches of his career to become a consensus top-eight wrestler at his weight … Captured first at the Cougar Clash and Illinois Matmen Open … Named a NWCA Scholar All-American.
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High School: Won three Illinois state championships while competing for Joliet Catholic Academy … Was heavily favored for a fourth title prior to its cancellation due to COVID-19 … Received the Illinois chapter’s Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award as a senior … Champion at Fargo Juniors Nationals in 2019 and the Super 32 Challenge the following year.
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Personal: Is the son of Dean Sr. and Mary Hamiti … Has two brothers named Luke and Jake, who is also entering his first season on the Cowboy wrestling team … Currently pursuing a degree in Public Health: Exercise and Health at OSU.
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