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Riley Smucker

Riley Smucker

  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Smithville, Ohio
  • High School:
    Smithville (Appalachian State)
  • Position:
    165

2021-22 – REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Qualified for the NCAA Championships at 165-pounds...Placed third at the MAC Championships…Entered the championship as the third seed…Had a team-best 21 overall wins…Went 13-3 in dual matches and 8-2 in conference matches…Had two major decisions and two falls…The fastest pin came in 41 seconds.

2020-21 – REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Posted a 6-4 overall record with a 1-1 mark in MAC matches…Wrestled in the 165 weight class…Had five decisions and one major decision...Named to the Mid-American Conference All-Academic Team.

2019-20 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Placed fifth at 165 pounds at debut Mid-American Conference Championships (3/8) … Had not been seeded entering event … Was team’s primary starter at 165 … Went 23-16 in his first season with CSU, including six dual wins and four MAC dual wins … Won eight matches via bonus points, including four by technical fall … Won four bouts at MAC Championships, twice upsetting higher-seeded foes … Placed third at Ohio Intercollegiate Open after posting tech fall against Ohio State foe in third-place bout (11/10) … Tallied pin and major in placing third at Clarion Open (11/3) … Went 3-0 at VMI quad dual, including a win via tech fall, to notch first dual wins of collegiate career (1/10) … Added MAC dual wins over foes from Ohio (1/18), SIUE (1/24) and Bloomsburg (2/14) … Also placed at Cleveland State Open (12/14) … Did not lose via fall or technical fall all season.

Pre-CSU
Transferred to CSU prior to fall 2019 … Redshirted as a true freshman at Appalachian State in 2018-19 … Won the Hokie Open Freshman/Sophomore Division at 165 pounds in his first collegiate competition … Was a four-time state qualifier and three-time state placer … Finished as state runner-up as a senior … Fourth-place finisher (152 pounds) at the state championships as a junior and fifth-place finisher (138 pounds) as a sophomore … County wrestling MVP … Also lettered three years in football.