Army West Point Athletics
2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Samson Imonode
- Class:
- Junior
- Weight:
- 184
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Horizon (USMAPS)
2016-17: Wrestled to a 24-12 record as a senior … ranked as high as 23rd in the Coaches’ Poll … finished second on the team with an 8-2 record in duals … documented seven bonus point victories with one fall, one technical fall and five major decisions … opened the season with a 3-2 showing at the Hokie Open (11/6) … pinned VMI’s Jake Koch at 4:59 in the first match … competed against eventual national champion and No. 3 Bo Nickal of Penn State … earned his 50th-career victory with an 8-3 decision over Drexel’s Alex DeCiantis (11/13) … placed sixth at CSU Bakersfield’s Roadrunner Open (11/20) … posted a 3-1 showing before having to bow out due to injury … earned major decisions over Elias Rosales and Morris Wilner of San Francisco State … finished eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/3-4) … went 4-3 at the tournament with a major decision … scored a record of 8-1 in the month of January, including winning eight-straight matches … topped No. 11 Steven Schneider of Binghamton, 4-3 (1/22) … placed second at the All-Academy Championships ... went 2-1 at the tournament with a tech. fall and major decision … earned a third-place finish at the EIWA Championships (3/3-4) … went 4-1 at the conference championships … only loss came against top-ranked and eventual national runner-up Gabe Dean of Cornell … defeated 15th-ranked Schneider 5-3 in the third-place bout … qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row.
r2015-16: Posted a record of 15-19 overall, including going 1-8 in dual matches at 184 pounds … notched three major decisions and two technical falls … competed at Binghamton’s Bearcat Open (11/8) … went 2-1 at the event … earned a runner-up finish at the N.Y. State Championships (11/22) … fell to national champion Gabe Dean of Cornell in the championship bout … competed to a 2-2 record at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (12/4) … wrestled at the Southern Scuffle (1/1) … placed second at the All-Academy Championships on Jan. 30 … fell to Mathew Miller of Navy in the finals … finished fifth at the EIWA Championships (3/5-6) to earn a berth into the NCAA tournament … upset No. 21 Abraham Ayala of Princeton in sudden victory, 9-7 … defeated Binghamton’s Steven Schneider, ranked 19th nationally at the time, in the second tiebreaker, 9-6, in the fifth-place match … lost to No. 11 Pete Renda of N.C. State and 19th-ranked Jeffrey Koepke of Illinois at the national tournament by a combined three points … one of five NCAA Qualifiers for Army.
2014-15: Finished 16-16 overall and 2-3 in dual matches at 184 pounds … placed in the season-opening Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational (11/8) and in the New York State Championships (11/23), with finishes of sixth and seventh, respectively … turned in a runner-up finish at the All-Academy Championships (2/7) … pinned Norwich’s Nick Smith in his opening match at the All-Academy Championships … earned a 4-1 decision over Sacred Heart’s Elliot Antler during the EIWA Championships (3/6).
2013-14: Had a strong freshman campaign going 15-7 overall ... recorded three pins ... competed in six tournaments ... took first at the All-Academy Championships in the 184-pound class ... was named the Athlete of the Week by the Army Athletic Association ... collected a technical fall and a 13-5 major decision win while earning first place at the Brockport Invitational ... placed second at the National Collegiate Open ... won four-straight bouts at the Franklin and Marshall Open.
Background: Wrestled at Horizon High School before competing at USMAPS ... placed fifth at the Virginia Beach Senior Nationals ... took seventh in freestyle competition at Fargo Nationals ... member of the Junior National Honor Society ... given name is Samson Imonode ... enjoys watching movies and lifting weights ... majoring in Law and Legal Studies.
| Year | Weight | Record | Duals | Bonus Point Wins (F-TF-MD) |
| 2016-17 | 184 | 24-12 | 8-2 | 7 (1-1-5) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 15-19 | 1-8 | 5 (0-3-2) |
| 2014-15 | 184 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 2 (2-0-0) |
| 2013-14 | 174/174 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 5 (3-1-1) |
| Career | 174/184 | 70-54 | 11-13 | 19 (6-5-8) |
