Army West Point Athletics
2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Ben Pasiuk
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 184
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Ohio
- High School:
- Carrollton
- Major:
- Business Engineering
2023-24 NCAA All-American (174 pounds)
2023-24 Second Place Finish at EIWA Championships (174 pounds)
2023-24: Went 24-8 in 174 weight flight, capping All-American season with an eighth place finish at NCAA Championships…Wrestled in all 11 dual matches, with 8-3 record in duals and 6-1 EIWA dual record…November 11: Had first win of season over James Rowley in Purdue dual, knocked off Lock Haven’s Cael Black by major decision same day…January 14: Defeated Jack Janda by fall in Drexel duel…January 21: Took down Binghamton’s Dimitri Gamkrelidze by decision…January 27: In Bucknell dual, won over Myles Takats…February 4…Defeated Connor Herceg of Lehigh by major decision…February 16: Defeated Danny Wask of Navy as Army captured Star in Annapolis…February 25: Beat Lucus White of American on Senior Night…March 8: Went 3-1 in EIWA Championships to finish second, which included a win over Navy’s Danny Wask by sudden victory in rematch of regular season bout…March 20: Won three matches in a row to clinch All-American status, including blood round decision over Penn’s Nick Incontrera...won the program's Mike Natvig Award at the team's annual banquet, as the most outstanding wrestler, and was also co-winner of the Pierce Currier Foster Memorial Award.
2022-23 NCAA Qualifier
2022-23 EIWA Championship Runner-Up (174 pounds)
2022-23 EIWA Academic Achievement Award
2022-23: Posted a 23-7 record...9-3 in duals...November 6: Went 3-0 in the Black Knight Scramble...Tallied his first fall of the season (0:31) against Sacred Heart’s Ryan Bolletino...November 17: Defeated Iowa’s Carson Martinson with a 16-6 major decision...November 20: Went 3-1 in the Black Knight Invite...December 3: Bested American’s Lucas White by a major decision (16-8)...December 29: Went 4-0 in the Soldier Salute...Picked up his first tech fall of the season against North Dakota State’s Brock Fettig (18-2, 4:16)...January 13: Bested Alex Faison of NC State by a decision (11-4)...January 15: Tallied his fastest fall of the season against Gardner-Webb's Andrew Wilson (0:30)...January 29: Defeated Sam Barnes of Bucknell by a 6-2 decision...February 4: Picked up a dual match point with a victory against Jake Logan (Lehigh)... February 11: Upset #5 Mickey O’Malley (Drexel) by a decision (5-3)...February 19: Defeated Navy’s Sammy Starr with an 8-5 decision in the annual Star Match...March 4: Went 3-1 in the EIWA Championships...Reached the finals round where he fell to Cornell’s Chris Foca (10-5 decision), automatically qualifying for the NCAA Tournament...March 16: Went 1-2 in the NCAA Tournament...Defeated Jackson Turley (Rutgers) by a 12-9 decision...Was nationally ranked throughout the season...Received the EIWA Academic Achievement Award.
2021-22 NCAA Qualifier (174 pounds)
2021-22 Third Place Finish at the EIWA Championships (174 pounds)
2021-22 EIWA Academic Achievement Award
2021-22: Wrestled to a 20-7 record as a sophomore, competing at 174 lbs. … Was 4-1 in dual action … Finished third at the EIWA Championship as the six seed to secure his NCAA Championship spot (March 6) … Represented Army at the NCAA Championship and received a 28 seed … Went 1-2 at the competition with a 7-1 decision over Minnesota’s Bailee O’Reilly (March 17) … Tallied a team-high six falls throughout the year, one of which was recorded at the 4:38 mark during the dual at No. 21 Pitt (Jan. 9) … Quickest pin was at the 1:17 mark during the David Lehman Open (Jan. 7) … Totaled nine bonus point victories on the year with the addition of two technical falls and one major decision … Was ranked by InterMat throughout the season … Received the EIWA Academic Achievement Award.
2020-21 EIWA Champion (174 pounds)
2020-21 NCAA Qualifier
2020-21 Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team
2020-21 EIWA Academic Achievement Award
2020-21: Posted a 15-4 record at 174 pounds for Army ... Finished with a 2-0 record in dual matches ... Earned three victories over Sam Williams (Army), Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) and Luca Pontone (Princeton) at the Princeton Invitational (Nov. 3) ... Picked up four wins at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 10) ... Earned his first dual-match point with a 20-11 victory over Jake Logan (Lehigh) ... Defeated Dean Caravela (Navy) 12-3 at the Army-Navy dual-match ... Finished in first place at 174 pounds at the EIWA Championships ... Defeated Vincent Andreano (Sacred Heart) and Tim Fitzpatrick (American) before knocking off No. 14 Michael O'Malley (Drexel) in the finals and qualifying for the NCAA Championships ... Upset No. 10 Clay Lautt (North Carolina) in his first NCAA Championship appearance ... Fell to the No. 1 seed and eventual National Runner-Up Michael Kemerer (Iowa) in the second round of the NCAA's ... Earned another win over Logan (Lehigh) at the NCAA's ... Finished the season ranked 17th in the country.
Prior to West Point: graduated from Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Ohio ... was a 4x state finalist, a state and national champ in his senior season, a 3x All-American and a 2x conference wrestler of the year ... Majoring in Business Engineering ... Company C4.
