CLEVELAND, Ohio – Head coach Josh Moore of the Cleveland State University wrestling team announced Monday that redshirt senior Justin Patrick has been cleared to compete in the upcoming 2020-21 season.

Patrick, who transferred to CSU prior to the 2019-20 season, was granted a sixth season of eligibility and will get the chance to compete for the Vikings for a second campaign.

Patrick placed seventh at the Mid-American Conference Championships at 133 pounds this past spring. He posted a 19-13 mark on the year, including a 9-6 record in dual action. He was one four Vikings to win at least five MAC duals during the season and tallied seven bonus-point victories overall. He demonstrated he could compete with, and defeat, the league's best as he knocked off eventual MAC champion Tim Rooney, a top-20 national foe, in CSU's dual at Kent State in February. His win over Rooney came courtesy of a takedown in the final five seconds and was instrumental in helping the Vikings earn a big team victory.

Patrick, who won three MAC dual bouts by scoring in the final seconds, won the Ohio Intercollegiate Open and also placed at the Clarion Open. He was one of two Vikings to start every dual on the season.

Patrick spent his first four NCAA seasons at Buffalo, including a 2018-19 campaign which he lost completely due to injury.

Patrick was one of seven Vikings to place at the 2020 MAC Championships overall, and one of five who outpaced their seed. As a result, Cleveland State finished in the top half of the team standings at the event after being tabbed to finish last in the final pre-championship coaches' rankings.

Six of the seven Vikings that placed return for the 2020-21 season, while the addition of transfer Marcus Robinson gives CSU seven 2020 MAC placers on its roster.