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Rocco Caywood
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 197
- Hometown:
- Toledo, Ohio
- High School:
- Perrysburg (USMAPS)
Bio
HONORS AND ACCOLADES
2018-19: Wrestled to his first 25-win season at 197 pounds as a senior … team co-captain … one of four Cadets with at least 25 victories … posted a 25-8 overall record, while going 8-1 in duals … added eight bonus point wins with a pin, two technical falls and five major decisions … tied for the team lead with five wins over ranked opponents … was 5-5 in such matches … also tied for second in dual wins, fourth in technical falls and fifth in major decisions … placed in all five tournaments prior to NCAAs … ranked as high as fourth in the NWCA Coaches’ Panel … contributed a career-long 13-match winning streak from Nov. 4 through Dec. 29 … notched a fifth-place finish at the Princeton Open on Nov. 4 … dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision to 10th-ranked and eventual All-American Patrick Brucki (Princeton) … claimed individual titles at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 11) and SIUE Cougar Clash (Dec. 2) … topped 11th-ranked Chris Weiler (Lehigh) in the opening match of the Journeymen Classic … pinned Shane Mast (Kent State) at 2:05 in his first bout of the SIUE Cougar Clash … added a sudden-victory decision over 19th-ranked Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) … finished fourth at the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 … faced third-ranked Patrick Brucki (Princeton) at the tournament … collected a 5-3 decision over fourth-ranked and eventual All-American Jacob Warner (Iowa) … tallied an 8-7 decision over 32nd-ranked Noah Adams (West Virginia) in a dual on Feb. 1 … closed out his dual career with an 8-1 decision over 30th-ranked Joshua Roetman (Navy) to clinch Army’s third-straight Star Meet victory on Feb. 23 … recorded a seventh-place finish at the EIWA Championships on March 8-9 … went 3-2 with two major decisions … opened the conference championships with a 9-0 major decision over Abraham Correa-Medina (American) for his 75th career victory … competed in the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season … wrestled No. 24 Thomas Lane (Cal Poly) and No. 27 Drew Phipps (Bucknell) at nationals.
2017-18: Posted a 20-14 record at 197 and 285 pounds as a junior … was 19-14 at 197 pounds and 1-0 as a heavyweight … qualified for the NCAA Championships at 197 pounds for the first time in his career ... one of five Army wrestlers with at least 20 wins on the year … went 2-4 in duals … added six bonus point victories with a fall, technical fall and four major decisions … tied for fourth on the team in major decisions … totaled the fifth-most wins … ranked as high as 28th in the NWCA Coaches’ Panel … placed in five of seven tournaments … opened the season with a third-place finish at the Hokie Open on Nov. 6 … etched a 4-1 record with a pair of major decisions … won the Journeyman classic with a 3-0 record and two bonus point wins on Nov. 12 … placed fourth at the Black Knight Invite on Nov. 19 … defeated 17th-ranked Danny Chaid (North Carolina) in the opening match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 1 … placed second at the All-Academy Championships on Jan. 27 … pinned Satchel Stauffer (Norwich) at 2:48 in the opening match … topped Sawyer Root (The Citadel), 2-1, before dropping a 5-3 decision to #23 Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) in the finals … made his career debut at 285 pounds with a 10-3 decision over Brandon Stokes (Bucknell) in the dual on Feb. 11 … tied the annual Star Meet versus Navy at 15-15 with a 2-1 decision over Steban Cervantes on Feb. 16 … set up Army’s second-ever Star Victory in Annapolis, Md., and first since 1961 … collected a seventh-place finish at the EIWA Championships on March 3-4 … earned a 3-2 record with a major decision … notched another 2-1 victory over Cervantes in the consolation bracket for his 50th-career win … defeated Tucker Ziegler (Brown), 7-5, in the seventh-place bout … went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships on March 15-16 from Cleveland, Ohio … topped No. 10 Scottie Boykin (UT-Chattanooga), 4-1, for his first win at the tournament … the victory was his first over a top-10 foe and clinched his first 20-win season.
2016-17: Battled to a 15-13 record as a sophomore at 197 pounds … ranked as high as 11th by InterMat … wrestled in 10 of Army’s 12 duals, going 4-6 … earned seven bonus point victories with one fall, three technical falls and three major decisions … placed second at the Hokie Open (11/6) … went 4-1 at the tournament with a pin and two technical falls … defeated No. 10 Scottie Boykin from UT-Chattanooga, 5-2, in the quarterfinals … earned runner-up honors at CSU Bakersfield’s Roadrunner Open (11/20) … went 3-1 with a tech. fall and a major decision … documented his 25th career victory in the semifinals with a 10-0 major decision over San Francisco State’s Johnny Costa … topped Navy’s Steban Cervantes in a 19-14 victory over the Mids (2/19) … finished sixth at the EIWA Championships … opened the tournament with one-point victories over 26th-ranked Cervantes and 31st-ranked Ben Honis of Cornell.
2015-16: Went 17-3 overall at 197 pounds as a freshman … was fourth on the team nine bonus-point wins … finished tied for third on the team with four major decisions … ended the season tied for sixth on the team in wins … opened the season at Binghamton’s Bearcat Open (11/8) … won his first collegiate match over Cortland’s Joe Giaramita by major decision, 11-2 … won 12-straight bouts from Nov. 15-Dec. 4 … won the East Stroudsburg Open on (11/15) … earned his first-career technical fall against Evan Goodridge of Middlesex Community College, 19-2, in the opening round … notched his first-career pin over Limestone’s Matt Rudy at 2:21 … defeated teammate Nathan Dow in the championship bout … emerged victorious at the N.Y. State Championships on (11/22) … defeated teammate Bryce Barnes in the finals … placed second at the Nittany Lion Open (12/4) … fell to national runner-up Morgan McIntosh of Penn State, 15-6, in the championship bout … defeated North Carolina’s Chip Ness, 7-5,in his only dual meet action at Poly Prep (12/12).
Background: Two-sport athlete at Perrysburg High School … also played quarterback in football … placed second at the Ironman tournament … finished fourth at the Super 32 … Ohio state D1 champion in 2014 … voted team captain as a senior … wrestled at USMAPS … given name is Rocco Caywood … enjoys hunting … majoring in Engineering Management.
- 2x NCAA Qualifier (2017-18 & 18-19)
- 2x EIWA Championships 7th Place (2017-18 & 18-19)
- 2016-17 EIWA Championships 6th Place
2018-19: Wrestled to his first 25-win season at 197 pounds as a senior … team co-captain … one of four Cadets with at least 25 victories … posted a 25-8 overall record, while going 8-1 in duals … added eight bonus point wins with a pin, two technical falls and five major decisions … tied for the team lead with five wins over ranked opponents … was 5-5 in such matches … also tied for second in dual wins, fourth in technical falls and fifth in major decisions … placed in all five tournaments prior to NCAAs … ranked as high as fourth in the NWCA Coaches’ Panel … contributed a career-long 13-match winning streak from Nov. 4 through Dec. 29 … notched a fifth-place finish at the Princeton Open on Nov. 4 … dropped a hard-fought 5-2 decision to 10th-ranked and eventual All-American Patrick Brucki (Princeton) … claimed individual titles at the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 11) and SIUE Cougar Clash (Dec. 2) … topped 11th-ranked Chris Weiler (Lehigh) in the opening match of the Journeymen Classic … pinned Shane Mast (Kent State) at 2:05 in his first bout of the SIUE Cougar Clash … added a sudden-victory decision over 19th-ranked Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) … finished fourth at the Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30 … faced third-ranked Patrick Brucki (Princeton) at the tournament … collected a 5-3 decision over fourth-ranked and eventual All-American Jacob Warner (Iowa) … tallied an 8-7 decision over 32nd-ranked Noah Adams (West Virginia) in a dual on Feb. 1 … closed out his dual career with an 8-1 decision over 30th-ranked Joshua Roetman (Navy) to clinch Army’s third-straight Star Meet victory on Feb. 23 … recorded a seventh-place finish at the EIWA Championships on March 8-9 … went 3-2 with two major decisions … opened the conference championships with a 9-0 major decision over Abraham Correa-Medina (American) for his 75th career victory … competed in the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season … wrestled No. 24 Thomas Lane (Cal Poly) and No. 27 Drew Phipps (Bucknell) at nationals.
2017-18: Posted a 20-14 record at 197 and 285 pounds as a junior … was 19-14 at 197 pounds and 1-0 as a heavyweight … qualified for the NCAA Championships at 197 pounds for the first time in his career ... one of five Army wrestlers with at least 20 wins on the year … went 2-4 in duals … added six bonus point victories with a fall, technical fall and four major decisions … tied for fourth on the team in major decisions … totaled the fifth-most wins … ranked as high as 28th in the NWCA Coaches’ Panel … placed in five of seven tournaments … opened the season with a third-place finish at the Hokie Open on Nov. 6 … etched a 4-1 record with a pair of major decisions … won the Journeyman classic with a 3-0 record and two bonus point wins on Nov. 12 … placed fourth at the Black Knight Invite on Nov. 19 … defeated 17th-ranked Danny Chaid (North Carolina) in the opening match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 1 … placed second at the All-Academy Championships on Jan. 27 … pinned Satchel Stauffer (Norwich) at 2:48 in the opening match … topped Sawyer Root (The Citadel), 2-1, before dropping a 5-3 decision to #23 Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) in the finals … made his career debut at 285 pounds with a 10-3 decision over Brandon Stokes (Bucknell) in the dual on Feb. 11 … tied the annual Star Meet versus Navy at 15-15 with a 2-1 decision over Steban Cervantes on Feb. 16 … set up Army’s second-ever Star Victory in Annapolis, Md., and first since 1961 … collected a seventh-place finish at the EIWA Championships on March 3-4 … earned a 3-2 record with a major decision … notched another 2-1 victory over Cervantes in the consolation bracket for his 50th-career win … defeated Tucker Ziegler (Brown), 7-5, in the seventh-place bout … went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships on March 15-16 from Cleveland, Ohio … topped No. 10 Scottie Boykin (UT-Chattanooga), 4-1, for his first win at the tournament … the victory was his first over a top-10 foe and clinched his first 20-win season.
2016-17: Battled to a 15-13 record as a sophomore at 197 pounds … ranked as high as 11th by InterMat … wrestled in 10 of Army’s 12 duals, going 4-6 … earned seven bonus point victories with one fall, three technical falls and three major decisions … placed second at the Hokie Open (11/6) … went 4-1 at the tournament with a pin and two technical falls … defeated No. 10 Scottie Boykin from UT-Chattanooga, 5-2, in the quarterfinals … earned runner-up honors at CSU Bakersfield’s Roadrunner Open (11/20) … went 3-1 with a tech. fall and a major decision … documented his 25th career victory in the semifinals with a 10-0 major decision over San Francisco State’s Johnny Costa … topped Navy’s Steban Cervantes in a 19-14 victory over the Mids (2/19) … finished sixth at the EIWA Championships … opened the tournament with one-point victories over 26th-ranked Cervantes and 31st-ranked Ben Honis of Cornell.
2015-16: Went 17-3 overall at 197 pounds as a freshman … was fourth on the team nine bonus-point wins … finished tied for third on the team with four major decisions … ended the season tied for sixth on the team in wins … opened the season at Binghamton’s Bearcat Open (11/8) … won his first collegiate match over Cortland’s Joe Giaramita by major decision, 11-2 … won 12-straight bouts from Nov. 15-Dec. 4 … won the East Stroudsburg Open on (11/15) … earned his first-career technical fall against Evan Goodridge of Middlesex Community College, 19-2, in the opening round … notched his first-career pin over Limestone’s Matt Rudy at 2:21 … defeated teammate Nathan Dow in the championship bout … emerged victorious at the N.Y. State Championships on (11/22) … defeated teammate Bryce Barnes in the finals … placed second at the Nittany Lion Open (12/4) … fell to national runner-up Morgan McIntosh of Penn State, 15-6, in the championship bout … defeated North Carolina’s Chip Ness, 7-5,in his only dual meet action at Poly Prep (12/12).
Background: Two-sport athlete at Perrysburg High School … also played quarterback in football … placed second at the Ironman tournament … finished fourth at the Super 32 … Ohio state D1 champion in 2014 … voted team captain as a senior … wrestled at USMAPS … given name is Rocco Caywood … enjoys hunting … majoring in Engineering Management.
| Year | Weight | Record | Duals | Bonus Point Wins (F-TF-MD) |
| 2018-19 | 197 | 25-8 | 8-1 | 8 (1-2-5) |
| 2017-18 | 197/285 | 20-14 | 2-4 | 6 (1-1-4) |
| 2016-17 | 197 | 15-13 | 4-6 | 7 (1-3-3) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 17-3 | 1-0 | 9 (2-3-4) |
| Career | 197/285 | 77-38 | 15-11 | 30 (5-9-16) |
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