2021-22 Wrestling Roster

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Brett Kaliner

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High School Bayard Rustin
  • Major Business & Technology

Biography

2021-22:
  • NCAA DIII National Champion at 149 pounds
  • Earned fifth All-American honor
  • First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American selection
  • National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American
  • Division III Commissioners Association (DIIICA) Region IV Student-Athlete of the Year
  • First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
  • Winter Academic All-MAC selection
  • Posted a 29-0 overall record at 149
  • Totaled 10 pins and led the team with 14 tech falls
  • Took first place at the Ithaca Invitational (11/5-6) to start the season and won with a pin
  • Placed first at the MAC Championships (1/15), winning every bout by pin or tech fall
  • Won by pin at the NCAA Southeast Regionals (2/25-26) in the final round to take first place
  • Defeated Michael Petrella by a score of 4-2 to take first at the NCAA DIII Championships (3/11-12)
  • Named to the MAC Winter Sports Academic Honor Roll
 
2020-21:
  • Became the first CoSIDA Academic All-American in program history, earning Second Team recognition
  • Middle Atlantic Conference Wrestling Senior Scholar-Athlete
  • NWCA All-American at 149 to become the first four-time All-American in program history
  • Finished in third place at 149
  • NWCA Scholar All-American
  • First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Selected to Wrestling Academic All-MAC Team
  • Posted an 11-1 record, totaled five pins and three tech falls and tied for the team lead in victories and pins
  • Pinned Castleton's Keegan Coon in the second period to make season debut (2/10)
  • Pinned TCNJ's Robert Dinger in the first period (2/13)
  • Scored a 7-2 decision win over Loras' Zeke Smith in the third-place bout at the NWCA DIII Championships (3/13)
  • Named to MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll
 
2019-20:
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District for the second straight year
  • NWCA Division III Scholar All-American
  • Selected to Wrestling Academic All-MAC Team
  • NWCA First Team All-American at 149
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler at NCAA Southeast Regionals
  • NCAA Southeast Regional Champion
  • Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Champion
  • Posted a 26-3 mark and led the team with 15 pins and eight tech falls, while also collecting three majors
  • Won all 26 matches with bonus points
  • Made season debut and won his weight class at Washington and Jefferson Invitational (11/9)
  • Captured the crown at the New Standard Corporation Invitational (12/7)
  • Took part in prestigious Ken Kraft Midlands Championship, earning a pair of victories
  • Recorded 100th career win at the regional championship tournament
  • Named to MAC Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll
 
2018-19:
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Third-place finisher at 149 pounds in his first season in the weight class
  • All-American Honoree
  • NCAA Mideast Regional Champion
  • Totaled a 42-6 record
  • Of his 42 wins, 19 came by fall, nine by major decision and 11 via tech fall, leading the team in all three categories
 
2017-18:
  • The program's first-ever national finalist, finishing second at 141 pounds
  • All-American at 141 pounds
  • D3Wrestle.com Rookie of the Year
  • Mideast Regional Champion
  • Centennial Conference Individual Champion
  • Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year
  • Finished with a 35-3 record, finishing fourth on the team in victories
  • Totaled eight pins, nine majors and four technical falls
  • Placed fifth on the team in pins, second in majors and tied for fourth in tech falls
  • Named Outstanding Wrestler after capturing the 141-pound individual title at New Standard Invitational (Dec. 2)
  • Named Centennial Conference Co-Wrestler of the Week (Dec. 4)

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First-Year

    141
    5'6" 150 lbs
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    149
    5'6" 149 lbs
  • 2019-20Junior

    149
    5'7" 149 lbs
  • 2020-21Senior

    149
    5'7" 149 lbs
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    5'7" 0 lbs