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Joshua Ogunsanya
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- River Forest, Ill.
- Previous School:
- Oak Park and River Forest
- College:
- CC
- Major:
- Political Science/History
2022-23 (Junior): Compiled a 21-8 overall record at 165 pounds … Went 7-3 in dual matches with a 2-1 record in Ivy League duals and a 5-1 mark in EIWA duals … Earned three wins via major decision … Totaled four falls with the fastest coming at 4:03 against American’s Caleb Campos (1/13) … Garnered a No. 14 ranking in the NWCA’s final poll of the regular season … Finished third at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championships … Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships … Earned EIWA All-Academic honors … Named a NWCA Scholar All-American … Recipient of the Ron Russo Dedicated Wrestler Award presented by the Columbia coaching staff … Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Posted a 21-8 overall record at 165 pounds … Totaled three wins by fall, with a season best 1:11 against Sacred Heart’s Ryan Bolletino … Earned six wins via major decision … Finished 10-3 in dual matches … Earned a second-place finish at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2022 NCAA Championships … 2022 EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient … NWCA Scholar All-American … Ron Russo Most Dedicated Wrestler Award recipient.
2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Three-time letterwinner in Wrestling at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois … Posted a career 140-21 record in high school … 2020 IHSA Class 3A State Champion (145) … 2019 US Marine Corps Nationals All-American … 2019 Illinois Greco State Champion … 2018 Preseason National All-American … 2017 US Marine Corps All-American … 2016 IL USAW Greco State Champion … Three-time Fargo All-American (2016-19) … Member of the Cum Laude Society.
Personal: Born, Joshua Ogunsanya, on Oct. 20, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois … Son of Demoda and Peter Ogunsanya … Has three siblings, Peter Jr. (21); Tiara (17) and David (12) … Brother, Peter Jr., is currently a junior wrestling at Army … Family is originally from Nigeria and father, Peter, is the first generation born in the United States … Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs Harvard and Princeton, along with Chicago, George Mason and Navy … Went with Columbia because “it offers a unique combination of academic and athletic excellence, enabling improvement in multiple aspects” … Will enroll in Columbia College … Plans on majoring in Political Science/History.
Career Records:
2022-23: 21-8, 5-1 EIWA, 2-1 Ivy
2021-22: 21-8, 6-2 EIWA; 2-1 Ivy
Overall: 42-16, 11-3 EIWA; 4-2 Ivy
2021-22 (Sophomore): Posted a 21-8 overall record at 165 pounds … Totaled three wins by fall, with a season best 1:11 against Sacred Heart’s Ryan Bolletino … Earned six wins via major decision … Finished 10-3 in dual matches … Earned a second-place finish at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2022 NCAA Championships … 2022 EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient … NWCA Scholar All-American … Ron Russo Most Dedicated Wrestler Award recipient.
2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Three-time letterwinner in Wrestling at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois … Posted a career 140-21 record in high school … 2020 IHSA Class 3A State Champion (145) … 2019 US Marine Corps Nationals All-American … 2019 Illinois Greco State Champion … 2018 Preseason National All-American … 2017 US Marine Corps All-American … 2016 IL USAW Greco State Champion … Three-time Fargo All-American (2016-19) … Member of the Cum Laude Society.
Personal: Born, Joshua Ogunsanya, on Oct. 20, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois … Son of Demoda and Peter Ogunsanya … Has three siblings, Peter Jr. (21); Tiara (17) and David (12) … Brother, Peter Jr., is currently a junior wrestling at Army … Family is originally from Nigeria and father, Peter, is the first generation born in the United States … Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs Harvard and Princeton, along with Chicago, George Mason and Navy … Went with Columbia because “it offers a unique combination of academic and athletic excellence, enabling improvement in multiple aspects” … Will enroll in Columbia College … Plans on majoring in Political Science/History.
Career Records:
2022-23: 21-8, 5-1 EIWA, 2-1 Ivy
2021-22: 21-8, 6-2 EIWA; 2-1 Ivy
Overall: 42-16, 11-3 EIWA; 4-2 Ivy
Highlights: WR | Columbia 27, Brown 17
Sunday, February 16
Highlights: WR | Columbia 32, Harvard 8
Saturday, February 15
Highlights: WR | Columbia 20, Penn 24
Friday, January 24
Highlights: WR | Columbia 19, Maryland 18
Sunday, January 05
