Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Junior): Finished with a 23-14 overall record at 125 pounds … Posted an 8-5 record in dual meets with a 2-3 record in Ivy duals and a 5-3 mark in EIWA duals … Totaled five major decisions, two tech falls and five falls for the season … Fastest fall was 0:25 against Franklin and Marshall’s Mason Leiphart in the EIWA Championships … Garnered a No. 22 ranking in the NWCA’s final poll of the regular season … Recorded a fifth-place finish at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championships … Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships … Earned EIWA All-Academic honors … Named a NWCA Scholar All-American … A recipient of the Nick Szerlip Academic Excellence Award and the Nat Pendelton Most Outstanding Wrestler Award presented by the Columbia coaching staff.
 
2021-22 (Sophomore): Wrestled at 125 pounds, going 11-7 overall ... Led the team with six wins via fall ... Went 2-0 in dual bouts ... Snagged a pair of dual meet EIWA wins and one Ivy League win ... Recorded first career-collegiate win at the Southeast Open (Nov. 7), knocking off Virginia Tech's Trey Lane via fall (2:17) ... Got first-career dual bout victory in Columbia's win over LIU (Jan. 9), beating Kaelan Francois via technical fall (15-0) ... Won an Ivy League dual bout against Brown's (Feb. 11) Resse Fry, snagging a victory via fall (3:14).

2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in Wrestling (125) at Emerson High School in Emerson, New Jersey ... Finished career with a school record 156 wins ... Compiled a 156-14 career record ... Two-time New Jersey State Placewinner ... Finished second (125) at the 2019 New Jersey State Championships ... Four-time New Jersey State Qualifier ... Three-time District Champion ... Two-time Region Champion ... Three-time Bergen Country Champion ... Member of four straight (2017-20) NJIC League Championship squads and a pair of North 1 Group 1 State Sectional Championships (2018, 2020) squads ... Finished first at the 2019 NHSCA Virginia Beach ... Wrestled with the Bitetto Trained Wrestling Club.

Personal: Born, Nicholas Babin, on June 16, 2002 in Westwood, New Jersey ... Son of Lisa and Matthew Babin ... Has one sibling, Michael (16) ... Received recruiting attention from other Ivy League programs ... Went with Columbia "because I feel that coaches can help me accomplish my goals in wrestling" ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

Career Records:
2022-23: 23-14, 5-3 EIWA, 2-3 Ivy
2021-22: 11-7, 2-0 EIWA; 1-0 Ivy
Overall: 34-21, 7-3 EIWA; 3-3 Ivy