Jacob Berkowitz

Photo by: Stephen Carrera

Weight:
197
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Scarsdale, N.Y.
High School:
Scarsdale

2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2015-16 Match-by-Match Results
2014-15 Match-by-Match Results
2013-14 Match-by-Match Results
2012-13 Match-by-Match Results

2016-17: Academic All-Big Ten ... NWCA All-Academic Team ... Led the team with 22 wins and twelve dual wins… Ranked No. 25 at 197 lbs. to end the season … Made first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships ... Faced two top-15 wrestlers at the Big Ten Championships ... Also leads the team in dual points with 48 … Recorded three wins by fall … Five wins by major decision trailed only Johnny Sebastian’s seven … Reached as high as No. 15 in the national rankings by TrackWrestling ... Was ranked in four different polls after his 8th place finish at the Midlands … Recorded wins over No. 11 Brett Harner and then-No. 15 Malik McDonald (12/30) ... Won his first six matches of the year ... Placed third at the Keystone Classic (11/20).

2015-16: Academic All-Big Ten ... Posted a 4-14 record ... Won three of his matches by bonus point decisions ... Reversed a 19-18 Illinois lead in the team’s dual meet with a win by fall over Andre Lee in the second to last match with just 25 seconds left (2/7) ... Won a match by major decision at the Midlands (12/29) ... Back in the starting lineup for Northwestern at 197 lbs.

2014-15: Redshirt season ... Put together a 17-8 mark while wrestling unattached ... Honored as a University Nationals All-American after a fifth place finish with a 6-2 record at the event ... Took first at the Eastern Michigan Open with a 4-0 mark ... Wrestled four matches for Northwestern at the 2014 Midlands, winning two ... Scored in double digits each time, including a 16-6 major decision of Jack Carda of Air Force (12/29) ... Was also 2-2 at the Michigan State Open to begin the year with a pair of bonus-point wins over Craig Thomas of Ohio State (11/2) and Bryson Begley of West Virginia (11/2).

2013-14: Competed at Big Ten Championships for NU at 184 lbs ... Posted 12-17 record in first year of varsity competition ... Won one match each by tech fall and fall...Won first four duals of the season, starting 4-0 ... Defeated Tyrece Jones (Appalachian State) by 17-0 tech fall at 6:20 at Keystone Classic ... Won three matches at Wisconsin Open ... Won two matches at Midlands ... Earned dual wins vs. SIUE and Stanford ... Went 0-2 at Big Ten Championships.

2012-13: Posted 7-20 record on the season while wrestling unattached and on the varsity squad ... Made first career start, wrestling at heavyweight, Jan. 13 vs. Nebraska ... Wrestled two matches at heavyweight ... Made 184 lbs. dual debut Jan. 20 ... Captured first dual win, a 7-5 decision, vs. Bryan Loughlin (NIU) on Feb. 8 ... Compiled a 5-10 record while competing unattached before entering the starting lineup (2-10 on varsity) ... Competed at 2013 Big Ten Championships ... Wrestled 96 kg in freestyle at the 2013 ASICS University Nationals.

High School: 2012 New York state runner-up ... 2011 New York state qualifier ... Two-time New York Section I, Division I champion (171 lbs., 182 lbs.) ... Fourth-place finish at the 2012 Eastern States Classic ... Named to the Journal News First Team in 2011 and 2012 (171 lbs., 182 lbs.) ... 2012 All-State, All-League, All-Section ... 2011 All-League and All-Section ... 2010 All-League ... School record for most career wins (135) and single-season wins (51) ... Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain ... Competed in the New York - New Jersey Charity Challenge All-Star Dual Meet ... Member of Iowa Style Wrestling in 2011-2012 ... Also played football for three seasons.

Personal: Born Jacob Daniel Berkowitz ... Son of Clive and Leslie Berkowitz ... Chose Northwestern over Binghamton, Maryland, Franklin & Marshall and New York ... Major is Learning and Organizational Change.

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Meet W-L	Big Ten W-L	Dual Points For-Against	Big Ten Champs.	NCAA Champs	Pins For-Against	Tech Falls For-Against	Major Dec. For-Against
2012-13*	7-20	2-8	0-6	6-29	--	--	1-2	0-1	1-3
2013-14	12-17	6-10	0-10	18-35	--	--	1-2	1-0	0-4
2014-15*	17-8	--	--	--	--	--	0-1	1-0	2-0
2015-16	4-14	1-9	1-8	6-32	--	--	2-1	0-0	1-3
2016-17	22-11	12-3	6-3	48-10	0-2	0-2	3-1	0-0	5-1
Career	44-52	21-30	7-27	78-106	0-2	0-2	6-5	1-1	6-10