Andrew Mendel

Class:
Junior
Weight:
165
Hometown:
Mason, Ohio
High School:
Moeller

HONORS AND ACCOLADES

2016-17 NCAA Qualifier

2017-18: Went 18-9 as a senior at 165 pounds … served as team co-captain … was 2-1 in duals … earned eight bonus point wins with a fall, three technical falls and four major decisions … tied for third on the team in technical falls, fourth in major decisions and fifth in bonus point wins … ranked as high as 20th by InterMat … placed in six of seven tournaments … finished third at the Hokie Open on Nov. 6 with a 3-1 record … faced eventual national champion and top-ranked Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) in a dual on Nov. 9 … posted a third-place showing at the Journeyman Classic on Nov. 12 … picked up an 18-3 technical fall over Colin Shannon (Kent State) in his first match for his 20th-career bonus point win … dropped a 4-3 decision to No. 18 Cole Walter (Lehigh) … earned a runner-up finish at the Black Knight Invite on Nov. 19 … went 2-1 with a 19-3 tech. fall over Jake Einbinder (Binghamton) in the first round … fell in the finals to eventual All-American and No. 11 Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) … documented a 10-2 major decision over Garrett Neff (Duke) in the first round of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 1 … withdrew from the tournament due to injury … placed second at the All-Academy Championships on Jan. 27 … pinned John Schultz (Norwich) at 4:21 in his first match … topped Alex Lopouchanski (Air Force) in the semifinals … fell to No. 19 Drew Daniels (Navy) in the championship bout … added a second-place finish at the Edinboro Open on Feb. 3 … went 4-1 with a 15-5 major decision over Kameron Bush (Central Michigan) … dropped a 14-8 decision to Mehki Lewis (Virginia) in the finals … collected a 16-0 technical fall over Joey Schiele (Bucknell) in a dual on Feb. 11 … upset No. 19 Drew Daniels (Navy), 6-3, for his 15th-career dual victory in the annual Star Meet on Feb. 16 … contributed to Army’s second-ever dual victory in Annapolis, Md., and first since 1961 … placed eighth at the EIWA Championships on March 3-4 … opened with a 15-5 major decision over Tyler Tarsi (Harvard) … faced No. 19 May Bethea (Penn) … added a 9-0 major decision over D.J. Hollingshead (Bucknell) … wrestled 33rd-ranked Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) in the seventh-place bout.

2016-17: Wrestled to a 23-14 record as a junior … ranked as high as 32nd in the Coaches’ Poll … earned seven bonus point victories with one fall, three technical falls and three major decisions … went 6-4 in duals … tied for third in dual wins and fourth in wins … opened the season with a sixth-place showing at the Hokie Open (11/6) … went 4-2 … wrestled against eventual national champion No. 8 Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State (11/11) … placed fifth at CSU Bakersfield’s Roadrunner Open (11/20) … competed to a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/3-4) … faced All-American No. 2 Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin … finished second at the All-Academy Championships (1/29) … pinned Christian Willoughby of the Merchant Marine Academy in the first round before taking a 12-4 major decision over VMI’s Cade Kiely … defeated Navy’s Drew Daniels, 7-4, in Army’s 19-14 Star victory (2/19) … placed third at the EIWA Championships … went 5-1 at the tournament with two major decisions … opened with a 16-2 major decision over Hofstra’s Bobby Fehr … captured a 9-0 major decision against Logan Kerin of Bucknell for his 50th-career win … topped No. 22 Cole Walter of Lehigh, 10-8, in the consolation quarterfinals … qualified for the NCAA Championships for his first appearance at the national tournament.

2015-16: Posted a record of 19-16 overall at 165 pounds … went 4-6 in dual meets … one of three Black Knights to compete in all 10 dual meets … recorded seven major decisions, which tied for the team lead … added one technical fall … tied for fourth on the team in wins and fifth in bonus-point wins … finished fourth in dual wins … set single-season personal bests in wins, dual wins, bonus-point wins, major decisions and technical falls … opened the season at Binghamton’s Bearcat Open (11/8) … went 2-2 at the event … placed fourth at the N.Y. State Championships (11/15) … used two major decisions to reach the consolation finals … fell to Binghamton’s Anthony DePrez, 8-5, in the third-place bout … competed at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on (12/4) … posted a 2-2 record at the Southern Scuffle (1/1-2) … defeated DePrez 8-3 in dual meet action (1/10) … won the 165-pound All-Academy Championship (1/30) … aided Army to its first All-Academy Championship in eight years … defeated VMI’s Shabaka Johns in the championship match … wrestled national champion Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State in dual meet (2/12) … earned an 11-3 major decision over Navy’s John Keck in Star Meet (2/20) … placed fifth at the EIWA Championships (3/5-6) … defeated American’s Mitchell Wightman, ranked 25th nationally, twice in the conference tournament … opened with a 3-1 sudden victory … topped the Eagles’ 165-pounder 3-2 in the fifth-place match … took down Navy’s Michael Coleman 6-4 in the consolation quarterfinals.

2014-15: Finished the year 11-10 overall and 3-4 in dual matches … wrestled at 149 pounds … placed second at the season-opening Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational (11/8) … defeated Ohio State’s Jake Donatelli, 4-1, in a dual match against the fourth-ranked Buckeyes (11/15) … finished third at the New York State Championships (11/23) … went 4-1 in the tournament, including a 12-4 major decision over SUNY Cortland’s Matt Barber.

Background: Wrestled at Moeller High School ... captain of wrestling and cross country teams ... two-time Greater Catholic League champion ... won district championship as a senior ... two-time sectional champion ... placed sixth at Ohio State Tournament ... scholar athlete award winner ... given name is Andrew Daniel Mendel ... enjoys running, wakeboarding and frisbee ... majoring in Engineering Management.

Year	Weight	Record	Duals	Bonus Point Wins (F-TF-MD)
2017-18	165	18-9	2-1	8 (1-3-4)
2016-17	165	23-14	6-4	7 (1-3-3)
2015-16	165	19-16	4-6	8 (0-1-7)
2014-15	149	11-10	3-4	4 (0-0-4)
Career	149/165	71-49	15-15	27 (2-7-18)

Army vs Lehigh

Sunday, February 06

Wrestling vs. Navy

Friday, February 12

Wrestling vs. Hofstra

Sunday, January 17

Wrestling vs. Lehigh

Friday, January 31

Clothier Added as Wrestling Assistant Coach

Tuesday, August 19

Wrestling's Farmer, Stoddard to Compete at Junior Pan-American Games in Paraguay, Scott Green to Coach Khosravy at U20 World Championships

Monday, August 18

Troy Nickerson Named Class of 1972 Head Men’s Wrestling Coach

Monday, June 09

Three Wrestlers Collect EIWA Academic Achievement Award

Friday, May 09

Army West Point Athletics

2016-17 Wrestling Roster

Roster

Sean Badua

Gavin Berkley

Jack Buell

Rocco Caywood

Trey Chalifoux

Christian Doyle

Logan Everett

David Farr

Noah Hanau

Austin Harry

Ben Harvey

Luke Hodsden

Alex Hopkins

Jeremiah Imonode

Samson Imonode

Matt Kelly

Jack Lucie

Lincoln Mallinger

Mark Marchetti

Zach Maxwell

Patrick Mayolo

Cael McCormick

Isaac McMillan

Andrew Mendel

Parker Meytrott

C.J. Morgan

Nick Noel

Trevor Parker

Russ Parsons

Graham Ratermann

Tony Risaliti

Nigel Ruiz

Dalton Shoop

Trevor Smith

Noah Stewart

Peter Strassfield

Ethan Tursini

Jack Wedholm

Lucas Weiland

Kyle Wilkins

Sam Williams

Harrison Young

Conner Ziegler

Roster

Sean Badua

Gavin Berkley

Jack Buell

Rocco Caywood

Trey Chalifoux

Christian Doyle

Logan Everett

David Farr

Noah Hanau

Austin Harry

Ben Harvey

Luke Hodsden

Alex Hopkins

Jeremiah Imonode

Samson Imonode

Matt Kelly

Jack Lucie

Lincoln Mallinger

Mark Marchetti

Zach Maxwell

Patrick Mayolo

Cael McCormick

Isaac McMillan

Andrew Mendel

Parker Meytrott

C.J. Morgan

Nick Noel

Trevor Parker

Russ Parsons

Graham Ratermann

Tony Risaliti

Nigel Ruiz

Dalton Shoop