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2014-15 Wrestling Roster

Ryan Ponte

  • Class Senior
  • Weight 141
  • Hometown Pepperell, Mass.
  • Previous School Northfield Mt. Hermon

Biography

2014-15: Earned four wins in his final season on the mats for Columbia, competing at 141 pounds.

2013-14: Put together a 14-10 season with a 5-4 mark in dual bouts at 141 pounds … Posted a 5-2 record at the Wilkes Open (12/28) … Recorded back-to-back pins versus Matt Herbert (Sacred Heart) and Mattheos Lozier (Virginia Tech), while also earning a 12-0 major decision over Gerard Mistretta (Buffalo) at Wilkes … Took down Gardner-Webb’s Tyler Ziegler with an 8-0 major decision (1/19) … Edged Harvard’s Nick Stager, 3-2 (2/21) … Went 2-2 at the EIWA Championships with shutout decisions against Mark Marchetti (Army) and Stager.

2012-2013: At 141 Pounds: Went 3-2 at the Michigan State Open, posting decisions over Olivet's Kenny Richmond, Kent State's Andy Candiello and Northwestern's Colin Shober ... Finished the NY State Wrestling Championships third after going 4-1 ...  Notched a major decision against Joshua Brabon (Brockport) at the NYSWC. At 149 Pounds: Defeated Brian Samuels (UMBC) via major decision, 12-0, at the F&M Open.

2011-12: Went 9-6 and 0-1 in the Ivy League as a first-year at 141 pounds … totaled four pins and one major decision … placed fifth in the Freshman/Sophomore Division at the Michigan State Open … won the B Tournament Division 141 title at he New York State Collegiate Wrestling Championships … went 5-1 at the Michigan State Open … pinned Trey Weliver (Indianapolis) in 1:03 in his collegiate debut … pinned Brandt Welcher (Wisconsin-Parkside) in 1:41 … pinned Kurtis Becker (Bloomsburg) in 2:12 at the Body Bar Systems Invitational … went 3-0 at the New York State Collegiate Wrestling Championships … pinned Austin Berube (Oswego) in 5:26 … took an 8-0 major decision over Connor David (TC3).

At Northfield Mt. Hermon: Earned four letters in wrestling ... served as team captain as a junior and senior ... four-time National Prep All-American (4th, 3rd, 4th, 5th) ... four-time New England Prep finalist, and two-time champion ... won the Class A Prep title all four years ... as a senior named the Class A Most Outstanding Wrestler and had the most pins in the least amount of time ... holds school record for most career wins and most career pins ... finished high school career with a 159-21 record and 102 pins ... team was New England Champions three years and finished fifth at National Preps in 2011.

Personal: Liberal arts student ... Born in Lowell, Massachusetts ... Younger brother, Tyler, joined the Columbia wrestling team in 2014.

Career Record
2011-12: 9-6, 0-1 Ivy League
2012-13: 8-9, 0-1 Ivy League 
2013-14: 14-10, 1-3 Ivy League
2014-15: 4-6, 0-0 Ivy League

Total: 35-31, 1-5 Ivy League

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    133 lbs
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    141 lbs
  • 2013-14Junior

    141 lbs
  • 2014-15Senior

    141 lbs