2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Deakin, Ryan
Ryan Deakin
- Weight:
- 157
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Broomfield, Colo.
- High School:
- Legacy
Bio
2021-22: Graduate student ... NCAA Champion at 157 pounds ... Fourth-straight All-American honors ... No. 2 seed at NCAA Championships, where he went 5-0 to win the title ... Won his third-consecutive Big Ten Championship, becoming the third wrestler in program history with three Big Ten titles ... Went 5-0 in Big Ten duals ... Won the CKLV Invitational after going 5-0, including a pin on #19 Kendall Coleman of Purdue and a 8-3 decision over #7 Quincy Monday of Princeton (12/3) ... Took a commanding 8-3 decision over Wisconsin's #33 Garrett Model (1/7) ... Earned a top-five victory with a 4-2 decision over #5 Peyton Robb of Nebraska (1/23) ... Pinned #16 Chase Saldate of Michigan St. in 4:33 (2/11) ... Pinned Purdue's #19 Kendall Coleman in 2:33 (2/19) ... Clinched Big Ten title with 7-2 decision over Will Lewan of Michigan (3/6).
2021: Redshirt senior ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Captured his second-straight Big Ten Championship while securing his third-straight All-American accolades at 157 pounds, putting him in rare company as one of just four Wildcat wrestlers ever to accomplish both feats ... Made his first appearance of the season vs. Wisconsin and earned a 21-4 tech fall vs. Garrett Model (2/14) ... Earned a 12-0 major decision while accumulating over three minutes of riding time vs. #6 Brayton Lee in a dual at Minnesota (2/21) ... Defended his Big Ten crown, winning his three matches by a combined 28 to 1 margin–including an 8-0 major decision over Elijah Cleary (Ohio State), a 14-1 major decision over #7 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) and a 6-0 decision over #8 Kaleb Young ... At the 2021 NCAA Championships, Deakin secured the highest national finish of his career with a third place showing and was one of three Wildcat wrestlers to be named an All-American on the program’s way to a Top-Ten national finish.
2019-20: Redshirt junior ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Finalist for the prestigious Hodge Trophy ... Big Ten Champion ... Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year Nominee for Northwestern ... Put together one of the most dominant single seasons in Northwestern history, going undefeated at 157 lbs with a perfect 21-0 record while finishing the season as the consensus No. 1 ranked wrestler heading into the 2020 NCAA Championships ... Earned bonus points in 13 of his 21 victories, securing eight major decisions and five falls while posting 55 team points in just 13 duals ... Picked up a commanding victory in his first win of the season by major decision over #15 B.C. LaPrade (Virginia Tech) (11/10) ... Earned his first fall of the season against Keaton Geerts (Northern Iowa) (11/17) ... Won the 157 lb division of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational for the second-consecutive year, including convincing wins over #1 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) and #2 David Carr (Iowa State) on the same day in the finals and semifinals, respectively (12/7) … In his first match ranked No. 1, earned a 14-0 major decision over #6 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) in his Big Ten opener (1/10) … Won by decision against #9 Will Lewan (Michigan) for his 12th-straight win (1/24) ... Pinned Eric Barone (Illinois) in 5:38 to pick up his second fall of the season (2/2) ... Earned a major decision victory over over #24 Jake Tucker of Michigan State for his 14th win of the season (2/7) ... Capped off an undefeated regular season with a 3-2 deicision over #14 Justin Ruffin (SIUE) ... Strung together three decisive victories en route to his first-career Big Ten title, becoming the Wildcats' first Big Ten champion at 157 lbs since 2013 ... Earned the No. 1 seed in the 2020 NCAA Championships and was named an NWCA All-American for the second-straight season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19: Redshirt sophomore ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second-straight campaign ... Placed in his weight class with a career-best finish of sixth ... Won four matches at the tournament, including three over ranked wrestlers (3/21-3/23) ... Took fifth place at the Big Ten Championships for a new career-best finish (3/9) ... Won three matches, including two by major decision ... Recorded a major decision over No. 6 seed Steve Bleise in the fifth-place bout (3/9) ... Finished the season with a victory by major decision over Justin Ruffin in the dual win against SIUE (2/23) ... Ranked as high as #2 in the nation ... Eased past #13 Eric Barone with a 6-1 decision in the conference finale victory over No. 24 Illinois (2/15) ... Defeated #5 Alec Pantaleo with three third-period takedowns in the dual against #4 Michigan (2/10) ... Recorded yet another top-ten win with an 8-0, shutout major decision over #6 Ke-Shawn Hayes in the dual against #6 Ohio State (2/3) ... Defeated #7 Steve Bleise in the dual against Minnesota for his fourth top-ten win of the season (1/20) ... Recorded a win by tech fall in the upset win at #11 Wisconsin (1/18) ... Went undefeated to win the title at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) ... Defeated both #13 Eric Barone (Illinois) and #8 Kaleb Young (Iowa) in the process ... Beat #3 Larry Early by a dominant, 6-1 decision in the dual against Old Dominion (12/7) ... Won every match to take first at the CKLV Invitational (11/30-12/1) ... His five wins included two over ranked wrestlers, #19 Hunter Willits (Oklahoma State) and #6 Kennedy Monday (North Carolina), both by major decision ... Won by major decision in the first dual of the season at North Dakota State (11/4) ... Ranked #6 nationally in the preseason ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Won US Senior Nationals and placed 2nd @ FinalX.
2017-18: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 149 lbs ... Academic All-Big Ten ... First Team All-Freshman by The Open Mat ... Combined with Sebastian Rivera (125) to notch 63 combined wins, the most for a rookie pair in NU history since Jack Griffin and Mike Funk combined for 70 wins in the 1986-87 season ... Was the only Wildcat to go the entire season without surrendering a back point ... Logged 64 team points in dual competitions ... Led the team with 32 wins and nine falls ... Wrestled at 149 lbs. ... Logged two wins at his first NCAA Championships (3/15-16) ... Placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships in his debut campaign ... Recorded a major decision win over #12 Eleazar DeLuca of Rutgers at Big Tens (3/3) ... Made the semifinals at 149 but then medical forfeited his final two matches (3/4) ... Picked up his team-leading eighth win by fall on the year in the regular season finale against SIUE (2/18) ... Pinned A.J. Raya of Indiana in just 1:21 in NU's final Big Ten match of the campaign (2/11) ... Won by technical fall in the 'Cats' win against #22 Purdue (2/9) ... Topped Rutgers' Eleazar DeLuca in a 9-3 decision in NU's home finale (2/2) ... Pinned Benjamin Brancale in the last bout of the match to give Northwestern a 20-18 team victory over #14 Minnesota (1/28) ... Dominated #10 Colton McCrystal with an 11-2 win by major decision in the dual against #18 Nebraska (1/19) ... Posted a 19-7 major decision of Wisconsin's Cole Martin in NU's upset over the 16th-ranked Badgers (1/12) ... Dominated Eric Barone of Illinois with a 13-0 major decision (1/7) ... Has won 21 of 24 bouts on the season ... Finished in third place for the second-straight season at Midlands (12/29-30) ... Only loss came to No. 7 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) ... Posted a 5-3 decision over former Wildcat Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State) in the consolation semifinals ... Recorded a major decision in a dual win against Northern Colorado (12/10) held at Legacy High School, his alma mater ... Pinned Maryland's Adam Whitesell (12/2) in 3:56 in the Big Ten lidlifter at historic Patten Gym ... Finished in second place at the Keystone Classic (11/19), falling only to top-ranked Zain Retherford (Penn State) ... Recorded a win by fall in the first dual match of the season against Gardner-Webb (11/12) ... Won his first three matches at the Michigan State Open (11/5) to make it to the finals ... Dropped a close, 4-3 decision to No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) in the championship bout.
2016-17: First-year ... Competed unattached at 149 lbs ... Registered 19 wins and just four losses … Second on the team in total wins … Finished third at Midlands, where he notched wins over No. 13 Davion Jeffries, No. 15 Alfred Bannister, No. 17 Jordan Laster, No. 19 Andrew Crone, and then-No. 18 Joey Delgado (12/29-12/30) … Took third place at the Michigan State Open (11/20) ... Won four of his first five career bouts … Finished on an eight match winning streak ... Wrestled unattached in his freshman year ... In offseason competition, Deakin won the Junior Freestyle National Title at 66kg ... He earned a bye to the finals of the UWW World Team Trials in Lincoln, Nebraska, and won, which qualified him for a trip to Junior Worlds in Tampere, Finland ... In his first-ever international tournament, he won silver.
High School: 2014 Colorado state champion at 113 lbs. with a perfect 45-0 record … 129-12 in first three years … 2015 state runner-up at 126 lbs. … Finished third in Colorado at 106 lbs. in 2013 … Four-year captain … Three-time team MVP … First Team All-State, Conference and Region … Two-time Fargo Junior Greco All-American … Fargo Junior Freestyle All-American … NHSCA All-American … Two-Time "Top of Rockies" champion … Three-Time Big Horn champion … Placed third at the 2015 Super 32 competition … Ranked 15th in the country by InterMat and FloWrestling … Holds school records in winning percentage, record, career wins, career pins, season wins and season pins … Competed for the Boltz, Colorado Elite and Mile High wrestling clubs … 2015 Male Student-Athlete of the Year … 4.0 GPA every year.
Personal: Son of Paul and Emily Deakin … Major is economics, minor is business institutions.
2021: Redshirt senior ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Captured his second-straight Big Ten Championship while securing his third-straight All-American accolades at 157 pounds, putting him in rare company as one of just four Wildcat wrestlers ever to accomplish both feats ... Made his first appearance of the season vs. Wisconsin and earned a 21-4 tech fall vs. Garrett Model (2/14) ... Earned a 12-0 major decision while accumulating over three minutes of riding time vs. #6 Brayton Lee in a dual at Minnesota (2/21) ... Defended his Big Ten crown, winning his three matches by a combined 28 to 1 margin–including an 8-0 major decision over Elijah Cleary (Ohio State), a 14-1 major decision over #7 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) and a 6-0 decision over #8 Kaleb Young ... At the 2021 NCAA Championships, Deakin secured the highest national finish of his career with a third place showing and was one of three Wildcat wrestlers to be named an All-American on the program’s way to a Top-Ten national finish.
2019-20: Redshirt junior ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Finalist for the prestigious Hodge Trophy ... Big Ten Champion ... Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year Nominee for Northwestern ... Put together one of the most dominant single seasons in Northwestern history, going undefeated at 157 lbs with a perfect 21-0 record while finishing the season as the consensus No. 1 ranked wrestler heading into the 2020 NCAA Championships ... Earned bonus points in 13 of his 21 victories, securing eight major decisions and five falls while posting 55 team points in just 13 duals ... Picked up a commanding victory in his first win of the season by major decision over #15 B.C. LaPrade (Virginia Tech) (11/10) ... Earned his first fall of the season against Keaton Geerts (Northern Iowa) (11/17) ... Won the 157 lb division of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational for the second-consecutive year, including convincing wins over #1 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) and #2 David Carr (Iowa State) on the same day in the finals and semifinals, respectively (12/7) … In his first match ranked No. 1, earned a 14-0 major decision over #6 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) in his Big Ten opener (1/10) … Won by decision against #9 Will Lewan (Michigan) for his 12th-straight win (1/24) ... Pinned Eric Barone (Illinois) in 5:38 to pick up his second fall of the season (2/2) ... Earned a major decision victory over over #24 Jake Tucker of Michigan State for his 14th win of the season (2/7) ... Capped off an undefeated regular season with a 3-2 deicision over #14 Justin Ruffin (SIUE) ... Strung together three decisive victories en route to his first-career Big Ten title, becoming the Wildcats' first Big Ten champion at 157 lbs since 2013 ... Earned the No. 1 seed in the 2020 NCAA Championships and was named an NWCA All-American for the second-straight season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018-19: Redshirt sophomore ... Competed at 157 lbs ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second-straight campaign ... Placed in his weight class with a career-best finish of sixth ... Won four matches at the tournament, including three over ranked wrestlers (3/21-3/23) ... Took fifth place at the Big Ten Championships for a new career-best finish (3/9) ... Won three matches, including two by major decision ... Recorded a major decision over No. 6 seed Steve Bleise in the fifth-place bout (3/9) ... Finished the season with a victory by major decision over Justin Ruffin in the dual win against SIUE (2/23) ... Ranked as high as #2 in the nation ... Eased past #13 Eric Barone with a 6-1 decision in the conference finale victory over No. 24 Illinois (2/15) ... Defeated #5 Alec Pantaleo with three third-period takedowns in the dual against #4 Michigan (2/10) ... Recorded yet another top-ten win with an 8-0, shutout major decision over #6 Ke-Shawn Hayes in the dual against #6 Ohio State (2/3) ... Defeated #7 Steve Bleise in the dual against Minnesota for his fourth top-ten win of the season (1/20) ... Recorded a win by tech fall in the upset win at #11 Wisconsin (1/18) ... Went undefeated to win the title at the Midlands Championships (12/29-30) ... Defeated both #13 Eric Barone (Illinois) and #8 Kaleb Young (Iowa) in the process ... Beat #3 Larry Early by a dominant, 6-1 decision in the dual against Old Dominion (12/7) ... Won every match to take first at the CKLV Invitational (11/30-12/1) ... His five wins included two over ranked wrestlers, #19 Hunter Willits (Oklahoma State) and #6 Kennedy Monday (North Carolina), both by major decision ... Won by major decision in the first dual of the season at North Dakota State (11/4) ... Ranked #6 nationally in the preseason ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Won US Senior Nationals and placed 2nd @ FinalX.
2017-18: Redshirt first-year ... Competed at 149 lbs ... Academic All-Big Ten ... First Team All-Freshman by The Open Mat ... Combined with Sebastian Rivera (125) to notch 63 combined wins, the most for a rookie pair in NU history since Jack Griffin and Mike Funk combined for 70 wins in the 1986-87 season ... Was the only Wildcat to go the entire season without surrendering a back point ... Logged 64 team points in dual competitions ... Led the team with 32 wins and nine falls ... Wrestled at 149 lbs. ... Logged two wins at his first NCAA Championships (3/15-16) ... Placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships in his debut campaign ... Recorded a major decision win over #12 Eleazar DeLuca of Rutgers at Big Tens (3/3) ... Made the semifinals at 149 but then medical forfeited his final two matches (3/4) ... Picked up his team-leading eighth win by fall on the year in the regular season finale against SIUE (2/18) ... Pinned A.J. Raya of Indiana in just 1:21 in NU's final Big Ten match of the campaign (2/11) ... Won by technical fall in the 'Cats' win against #22 Purdue (2/9) ... Topped Rutgers' Eleazar DeLuca in a 9-3 decision in NU's home finale (2/2) ... Pinned Benjamin Brancale in the last bout of the match to give Northwestern a 20-18 team victory over #14 Minnesota (1/28) ... Dominated #10 Colton McCrystal with an 11-2 win by major decision in the dual against #18 Nebraska (1/19) ... Posted a 19-7 major decision of Wisconsin's Cole Martin in NU's upset over the 16th-ranked Badgers (1/12) ... Dominated Eric Barone of Illinois with a 13-0 major decision (1/7) ... Has won 21 of 24 bouts on the season ... Finished in third place for the second-straight season at Midlands (12/29-30) ... Only loss came to No. 7 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) ... Posted a 5-3 decision over former Wildcat Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State) in the consolation semifinals ... Recorded a major decision in a dual win against Northern Colorado (12/10) held at Legacy High School, his alma mater ... Pinned Maryland's Adam Whitesell (12/2) in 3:56 in the Big Ten lidlifter at historic Patten Gym ... Finished in second place at the Keystone Classic (11/19), falling only to top-ranked Zain Retherford (Penn State) ... Recorded a win by fall in the first dual match of the season against Gardner-Webb (11/12) ... Won his first three matches at the Michigan State Open (11/5) to make it to the finals ... Dropped a close, 4-3 decision to No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) in the championship bout.
2016-17: First-year ... Competed unattached at 149 lbs ... Registered 19 wins and just four losses … Second on the team in total wins … Finished third at Midlands, where he notched wins over No. 13 Davion Jeffries, No. 15 Alfred Bannister, No. 17 Jordan Laster, No. 19 Andrew Crone, and then-No. 18 Joey Delgado (12/29-12/30) … Took third place at the Michigan State Open (11/20) ... Won four of his first five career bouts … Finished on an eight match winning streak ... Wrestled unattached in his freshman year ... In offseason competition, Deakin won the Junior Freestyle National Title at 66kg ... He earned a bye to the finals of the UWW World Team Trials in Lincoln, Nebraska, and won, which qualified him for a trip to Junior Worlds in Tampere, Finland ... In his first-ever international tournament, he won silver.
High School: 2014 Colorado state champion at 113 lbs. with a perfect 45-0 record … 129-12 in first three years … 2015 state runner-up at 126 lbs. … Finished third in Colorado at 106 lbs. in 2013 … Four-year captain … Three-time team MVP … First Team All-State, Conference and Region … Two-time Fargo Junior Greco All-American … Fargo Junior Freestyle All-American … NHSCA All-American … Two-Time "Top of Rockies" champion … Three-Time Big Horn champion … Placed third at the 2015 Super 32 competition … Ranked 15th in the country by InterMat and FloWrestling … Holds school records in winning percentage, record, career wins, career pins, season wins and season pins … Competed for the Boltz, Colorado Elite and Mile High wrestling clubs … 2015 Male Student-Athlete of the Year … 4.0 GPA every year.
Personal: Son of Paul and Emily Deakin … Major is economics, minor is business institutions.
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Meet W-L | Big Ten W-L |
Dual Points For-Against | Big Ten Champs. W-L |
NCAA Champs |
Pins For-Against | Tech Falls For-Against | Major Dec. For-Against |
| 2016-17* | 19-4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4-0 | -- | 4-1 |
| 2017-18 | 32-7 | 14-1 | 8-1 | 64-3 | 2-3 | -- | 9-0 | 4-0 | 10-1 |
| 2018-19 | 32-7 | 13-2 | 7-2 | 46-7 | 4-2 | 6th | 3-0 | 2-0 | 10-1 |
| 2019-20 | 21-0 | 13-0 | 9-0 | 55-0 | 3-0 | Qualified | 5-0 | 0-0 | 8-0 |
| 2020-21 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 9-0 | 3-0 | Qualified | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| 2021-22 | 18-0 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 23-0 | 3-0 | 1st | 6-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Career | 128-18 | 47-3 | 35-3 | 197-10 | 15-5 | -- | 27-0 | 8-0 | 35-3 |
* Wrestling unattached
Wrestling - 'Cats Take Down Wisconsin, 27-11, on Senior Night (2/14/25)
Saturday, February 15
Wrestling - Seven 'Cats Claim Victory in 27-12 Win Over Michigan State (2/8/25)
Saturday, February 08
Wrestling - 'Cats Tame Mustangs, Take Down Cal Poly 29-14 (12/19/24)
Friday, December 20
Michael DeAugustino and Yahya Thomas Join 'Big Ten Wrestling & Beyond' (2/20/23)
Tuesday, February 21
