Army West Point Athletics
2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Ethan Berginc
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- 125
- Hometown:
- Jeannette, Pa.
- High School:
- Jeannette-Senior (USMAPS)
- Major:
- Engineering Management
2024-25 NCAA Qualifier (133 pounds)
2024-25 Third Place Finish at EIWA Championships (133 pounds)
2024-25: Finished 25-8 on the season while moving up to 133 lbs, with three falls, three technical falls and four major decisions…Was 8-2 in duals and 5-1 in EIWA duals…November 3: Was Princeton Open Champion at 133 lbs, going 4-0 with a trio of bonus point wins, including a win by fall over Hofstra's Gauge Shipp in the semifinals…November 8: Defeated Gardner-Webb’s TK Davis by fall at Throwdown on the Yorktown…November 17: Went 2-0 in tri-meet vs. Purdue and Buffalo with a technical fall in the Buffalo dual…November 24: Went 4-0 at Black Knight Invitational to win the 133 lb championship, with a rematch against GWU’s Davis in the final…December 13: Defeated Morgan State’s Shawn Ryncarz by fall…January 4-5: Registered major decision win over Davidson’s John Hager at the Southern Scuffle…January 10: Took second place at the F&M Open, with 5-1 record and two bonus point wins…January 19: Dispatched American’s Raymond Lopez by decision in dual at American… February 1: Won by decision over Matty Lopes in dual at Lehigh, holding off a late attempted escape and riding out the final period for a decisive riding time point…February 16: Won by decision over Navy’s Brendan Ferretti in dual match win over the Mids…February 23: Knocked off Micah Roes of Binghamton by decision…March 7-8: Went 3-1 at EIWA Championships to claim third place at 133 lbs, defeating Lehigh’s Matthew Lopes in the medal match…March 20-21: Competed at NCAA Championships in Philadelphia as an at-large.
2023-24 NCAA Qualifier (125 pounds)
2023-24 Third Place Finish at EIWA Championships (125 pounds)
2023-24: Went 24-11 as a sophomore, competing in 125lb class…Went 4-2 in EIWA Dual matches…Finished third at EIWA Championships to qualify for NCAA Championships…Wrestled two matches at the NCAA Championships in Kansas City…November 1: Wrestled to a 6-1 decision win in season opener against Campbell’s Zander Phaturos at Fort Liberty…November 19: Was 3-1 at Black Knight Invitational…December 2: Was 2-0 with a fall and major decision at the Cougar Clash in Edwardsville, Ill…December 9: Was 4-1 at Cleveland State Open, with a third place finish in individual bracket as Army won the team title…January 14: Opened the league dual season with a decision win over Drexel’s Desmond Pleasant and a fall over Nick Babin from Columbia…January 21: Won 8-2 by decision in dual against Binghamton, over Carson Wagner…February 16: won by technical fall at Navy over Dayton DelViscio as Army defeated its rival in Annapolis.
2022-23 NCAA Qualifier (125 pounds)
2022-23 Fourth Place Finish at EIWA Championships (125 pounds)
2022-23: Wrestled to a 27-8 record as a plebe, competing at 125 lbs. … Was 11-2 in dual matches... November 11: went 3-0 in the Black Knight Scramble... Tallied a sudden victory against Oregon States #7 Brandon Kaylor...tallied a decision against Robbie Sagaris of LIU and a tech fall against Queens’ Griffen Gonzales…November 17: Earned a fall (2:42) against Iowa’s Aidan Harris...November 20: Went 5-0 in the Black Knight Invite, winning the 125 weight class...December 3: Defeated American's Maximillian Leete with a 4-3 decision...December 29: Went 3-2 in the Soldier Salute...January 13: Bested NC State's Troy Hohman by a decision (3-1)...January 15: Earned his fastest fall of the season (1:51) against Queens’ Griffen Gonzales...January 29: Picked up his second major decision (13-3) of the season against Bucknell's Grayson McLellan...February 4: Bested Lehigh's Carter Bailey with a 3-1 sudden victory...February 11: Defeated Drexel's Gabe Giampietro with a 9-1 major decision...February 19: Bested Grant Treaster (Navy) with a 12-4 major decision...March 5: Finished fourth at the EIWA Championship as the #6 seed to qualify for the NCAA Championships…March 16: Represented the Black Knights in the NCAA Championships, received a 17 seed … went 0-2 in competition … tallied two falls this season…Was ranked by Flo and Intermat throughout the season.
Prior to West Point: Attended Jeannette-Senior High...Spent 2022-23 at USMAPS...Honor Roll...At Jeannette-Senior High, he had 125 wins and was a PIAA State Champion as well as finished third in the PIAA...Majoring in Engineering Management...Member of Company F2.
