Army West Point Athletics
2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Ethan Berginc
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Jeannette, Pa.
- High School:
- Jeannette-Senior (USMAPS)
- Major:
- Engineering Management
2025-26 Second Place Finish at EIWA Championships (133 lbs)
2025-26 NCAA Qualifier (133 lbs)
2025-26: November 2: Went 4-1 at the Princeton Open and finished second at 133 lbs, with two wins by fall…November 7: Was dispatched by Nebraska’s Jacob Van Gee by decision in season-opening dual…November 16: Beat teammate Jake Crapps to win the 133 lb Black Knight Open title…November 23: Came in second at Black Knight Invite with a loss to Penn State’s Marcus Blaze in the final…December 6: Overcame a late deficit in third period to Wisconsin’s Zan Fugitt in dual bout, and defeated him by sudden victory decision with a decisive takedown…January 9: Competed at the David Lehman F&M Open…January 16: Dropped dual bout to Cornell’s Tyler Ferrara by tiebreaker…January 24: Won by technical fall over Bucknell’s Bryce Manera, 19-4…February 1: Defeated Mason Ziegler by major decision in dual vs. Lehigh, 11-1…February 7: Defeated LIU’s Christopher Betacourt by technical fall…February 20: Defeated Navy’s Brendan Ferretti by decision in the Star Dual…March 6-7: Finished second at the EIWA Championships, dropping the final to American’s Maximillian Leete in sudden victory after previously defeating Navy’s Brandan Ferretti and Drexel’s Kyle Waterman in his opening two bouts.2025-26: November 2: Went 4-1 at the Princeton Open and finished second at 133 lbs, with two wins by fall…November 7: Was dispatched by Nebraska’s Jacob Van Gee by decision in season-opening dual…November 16: Beat teammate Jake Crapps to win the 133 lb Black Knight Open title…November 23: Came in second at Black Knight Invite with a loss to Penn State’s Marcus Blaze in the final…December 6: Overcame a late deficit in third period to Wisconsin’s Zan Fugitt in dual bout, and defeated him by sudden victory decision with a decisive takedown…January 9: Competed at the David Lehman F&M Open…January 16: Dropped dual bout to Cornell’s Tyler Ferrara by tiebreaker…January 24: Won by technical fall over Bucknell’s Bryce Manera, 19-4…February 1: Defeated Mason Ziegler by major decision in dual vs. Lehigh, 11-1…February 7: Defeated LIU’s Christopher Betacourt by technical fall…February 20: Defeated Navy’s Brendan Ferretti by decision in the Star Dual.
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.
