Army West Point Athletics
2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Trae McDaniel
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 149
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, Tenn.
- High School:
- Cleveland (USMAPS)
- Major:
- Engineering Management
2024-25 NCAA Qualifier (149 pounds)
2024-25 First Place Finish at EIWA Championships (149 pounds)
2024-25: Finished 26-10 on the year, with five falls, two technical falls and three major decisions…Was 6-2 in duals and 3-1 in EIWA duals…Led the team in both matches wrestled and in overall wins…November 3: Started Princeton Open in pigtails and would go 6-1 on his way to a fifth place finish…November 8: Won over Gardner-Webb’s Joseph Giordano in Throwdown on the Yorktown dual…November 17: Was 2-0 in tri-meet vs. Purdue and Buffalo, with fall over Isaac Ruble of Purdue being decisive in Army’s dual win…November 24: Went 5-1 in Black Knight Invitational on his way to a fifth place finish…December 13: Defeated Yannis Charles of Morgan State by fall…January 4-5: Had a 2-2 record at the Southern Scuffle, featuring a win by technical fall over Chattanooga’s Tavian Camper…January 10: Finished in fourth at F&M Open, with 4-2 record, a pin over Juston Soriano of Drexel and a technical fall over Harvard’s Nolan Liess…January 26: Recorded win over Bucknell’s Braden Bower by major decision in dual…February 16: Defeated Navy’s Kaemen Smith in dual win over Navy, scoring winning points in closing moments of the bout…March 7-8: Became the 31st EIWA Champion in program history, winning the conference tournament at 149 lbs. The No. 1 seed recorded a 1-0 win over Drexel’s Dominic Findora and a 16-2 major decision win over Navy’s Kaemen Smith Friday, setting up a showdown with second-seeded Malyke Hines of Lehigh Saturday, which McDaniel won 7-5…March 20-21: Competed at NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.
2023-24: Wrestled in three matches in 149lb weight class… went 2-1 in dual matches…November 1: Won 7-0 in match as Army faced off against Campbell at Fort Liberty…November 11: Earned major decision win over Purdue’s Marcos Polanco.
2022-23 Fourth Place Finish at the EIWA Championships (149 pounds)
2022-23: Wrestled to a 32-11 record at 149 lbs. ...5-1 in duals...November 6: Posted a win in the Black Knight Scramble against Oregon State’s Graham Gambrall (10-0 major decision)…November 13: Tallied his first fall of the season against NC State’s Luke Ahrberg (2:40)...November 20: Went 3-2 in the Black Knight Invite with wins against Bloomsburg’s Cade Balestrini and Indiana’s Derek Gilcher and Zack Rotkvich...December 29: Went 3-3 in the Soldier Salute...Defeated Navy’s James Latona with a fall (6:46)...Bested teammate Logan Brown with a major decision (9-2)...January 6: Went 5-1 in the F&M Open...January 15: Earned his first dual match point with a fall against Nico D’Amico (Queens)...January 15: Defeated Corbin Corbin Dion (Queens) with a 14-2 major decision...January 21: Went 4-0 in the NYS Intercollegiate Open...January 28: Picked up his first home dual match win with a 7-1 decision against Cornell’s JJ Wilson...January 29: Went 5-1 in the Mat-Town Open II...February 11: Defeated Drexel’s Luke Nichter with a 3-0 decision...February 19: Earned his fifth dual match point with a 9-4 victory over Kaemen Smith (Navy)...March 4: Went 4-2 in the EIWA Championships, placing fourth at 149 lbs.
Prior to West Point: Graduated from Cleveland High School...Attended USMAPS...Is a four-time Fargo All-American...Three-time State Champion and four-time State finalist...Wrestled with the Higher Calling Wrestling Club...Majoring in Engineering Management...Member of Company H3.
