University of Minnesota Athletics
2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Cha, Theo
Theo Cha
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Anchorage, Alaska
- High School:
- South Anchorage HS
- Position:
- 149 lbs.
Bio
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
Italics - Redshirt Season (not counted in career totals)
- 3x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 3x Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2023-25)
- Named Teammate of the Year at both 2025 and 2024 team banquets
- Majored Jon Fongaro, 15-6, in an exhibition dual prior to the dual versus Rutgers
- Went 1-2 in the main bracket of the Soldier Salute before finishing 2-1 on the final day to win bronze in the silver bracket
- Competed at the Daktronics Open (0-3)
- Placed third at the Mountaineer Invite with a 2-1 record
- Named Teammate of the Year at annual team banquet
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Claimed third place at the Don Parker Open with a 4-1 record, winning two matches by tech fall
- Did not place at the Soldier Salute (1-4)
- Won the Jim Koch Open at 149 pounds with a 4-0 record, including a pin and a tech fall
- Finished sixth at the Daktronics Open at 149 pounds with a 1-3 record
- Did not place at the season-opening Bison Open, going 0-2
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Named Teammate of the Year at annual team banquet
- Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle in his first competition at 149 pounds this season
- Went 2-2 at the UNI Open to finish fifth
- Earned a fifth-place finish at the Bison Open with a 3-2 record
- Placed 5th at Bison Open with 1-2 record
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-B1G Selection
- Went 3-6 in first season of competition for the Gophers
- Went 1-2 at the UNI Open, including on pin over Missouri's Precious Essien.
- Went 2-2 at Bison Open with one fall
- Did not compete.
- 2020 graduate of South Anchorage High School
- High school coaches were Randy Hanson and Darin Pestrikoff
- Four-year letterwinner
- 2019 Alaska state champion
- Two-time all-state selection
- 2020 all-city selection
- Compiled a 79-6 career record.
- Son of Chris and Anna Cha
- Has five siblings
- Born April 18, 2002
- Majoring in business and marketing education
| YEAR | OVERALL W-L | DUAL W-L | BIG TEN W-L | PINS | TFs | MDs | B1G FINISH | NCAA FINISH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | --- | --- |
| 2021-22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | --- | --- |
| 2022-23 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | --- | --- |
| 2023-24 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | --- | --- |
| 2024-25 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | ||
| CAREER | 27-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 2-4 | --- | --- |
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Friday, March 21
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Friday, March 21
Gable Steveson: NCAA Pin
Thursday, March 20
