Tommy Askey

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Pine Bush, N.Y.
High School:
Pine Bush HS
Position:
157 lbs.

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

3x national qualifier for the NCAA Championships (2023, '24, '25)
2x SoCon champion and automatic NCAA qualifier at 157 pounds at Appalachian State (2023, '24)
2025 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
Named Most Dedicated at 2025 team banquet
2025 NWCA Scholar All-American

2024-25: REDSHIRT SENIOR (157 LBS) - Match List

As the No. 9 seed, reached the Blood Round for the second straight year at the NCAA Championships
- Beat No. 24 Dylan Evans of Pitt in th opening round before a tiebreaker loss to No. 8 Joey Blaze (Purdue), the eventual national runner-up
- Followed with consolation wins over No. 10 Ethen Miller (Maryland) and No. 16 Cody Chittum (Iowa State) before a tiebreaker loss to No. 11 Matty Bianchi of Little Rock in the Blood Round
Finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships; defeated No. 3 Jacori Teemer of Iowa in overtime in the quarterfinals and beat Maryland's No. 5 Ethen Miller, the top seed at the tournament, in the fifth-place match
Recorded a 21-2 tech fall over Purdue's Wyatt Krejsa at the 4:56 mark
Majored Ohio State's Brandon Cannon, 11-2
Posted a 1-0 shutout of No. 30 Conner Harer in the Rutgers dual
Down 2-0 with just over 30 seconds left, picked No. 9 Trevor Chumbley's right leg and rode him out for a dramatic, 3-2, victory at Northwestern
Placed third at the Soldier Salute; lone loss was a 2-2 draw to No. 19 Jared Hill of Wyoming in the semis where Hill advanced via riding time advantage (snapped 12-match win streak to open the season)
Won the Cougar Clash with a 4-0 record; posted major decision victories in the quarters and finals
Majored Seth Larson in the Campbell dual, 13-1
Made Gopher dual debut with a 7-1 win over Bucknell's Cade Wirnsberger
Won the 157-pound title at his former school (Appalachian State), finishing the Mountaineer Invite with a 3-0 record, including one win by major decision
Tied for the team lead in overall wins (26) and matches wrestled (33)
Tied for second on the squad in wins by major decision (6)
Tied for third on Minnesota in Big Ten dual wins (6) and Big Ten dual win percentage (.750, 6-2)
Tied for fourth on the team in dual wins (9) and wins over ranked opponents (7)
Finished fifth on the roster in Big Ten dual team points scored (21) and tied for fifth in overall win percentage (.788, 26-7)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
Named Most Dedicated at team banquet
NWCA Scholar All-American

2023-24: REDSHIRT JUNIOR (157 LBS AT APPALACHIAN STATE)

All-SoCon and SoCon champion at 157 pounds
Opened NCAAs in Kansas City with 17-6 major decision against 14th-seeded Cody Chittum of Iowa State before losing by tech fall to Cornell’s Meyer Shapiro; had a 4-1 decision against Cal Poly’s Legend Lamar and a 4-2 decision over No. 11 Brayton Lee of Indiana before losing a 9-4 decision to Nebraska’s Peyton Robb with an All-America berth at stake
Went 3-0 at SoCon Championship with 9-2 decision in 157 final
Reached Keystone Classic final with a ranked win and won twice in Las Vegas in December
Overcame early 6-0 deficit to tie match at 9-all by the end of the third period and win 12-9 on a Sudden Victory takedown against The Citadel
Won by major decision against Campbell
Won by tech fall against Davidson in rematch of 2023 SoCon final and preview of 2024 final, one of eight tech falls and 15 bonus-point wins prior to the NCAAs.

2022-23: REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (157 LBS AT APPALACHIAN STATE)

SoCon champion and All-SoCon at 157
Went 0-2 at the NCAAs with a 3-2 loss to All-American Will Lewman from Michigan
Won 6-2 in the SoCon final against Davidson’s Tanner Peake
Entered NCAAs with 14 straight victories, In the last 10 matches before the NCAAs, won by a combined score of 136-39 (scores before a pin vs. Duke) with no takedowns allowed and eight bonus point victories
Placed eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with three wins — including a ranked win against Northern Iowa’s Derek Holschlag — and placed seventh at the Southern Scuffle with four wins
Only dual loss was a 9-4 decision against 2021 national champion Austin O’Connor of UNC — and had an 18-2 record in the next 20 matches after that loss in his first career dual start
Had five major decisions and two tech falls in his eight SoCon dual wins
Went 5-1 and placed third at the Keystone Classic; Only loss was a 5-4 decision — decided by a riding time point — against 12th-ranked Anthony Artalona of Penn.

2021-22: REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (157 LBS AT APPALACHIAN STATE)

Placed fourth at the Appalachian Open, sixth at the Mountaineer Invitational and eighth at the Keystone Classic
Went 4-1 at the Southeast Open to place fifth and also competed at the Southern Scuffle
Won by tech fall in a dual extra against Presbyterian.

2020-21: FRESHMAN (157 LBS AT APPALACHIAN STATE, DIDN'T COUNT AGAINST ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE OF COVID)

Went 7-5 at 157 pounds with two major decisions
After SoCon duals, won extra matches against Bellarmine, Davidson and Gardner-Webb
Won an 8-4 decision against Grant Speer, The Citadel’s starter, at the App State Individual Quad
Went 2-0 with a fall and major decision at the Edinboro Round Robin Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL

Won a New York Division I state title at 152 pounds as a senior, claiming an 8-5 decision against highly ranked reigning state champ A.J. Kovacs, to produce Pine Bush High School’s first state champion in 30 years and cap a 41-0 senior season
Also the lone Section 9 champion at the Eastern States Classic as a senior, was named the Varsity 845 wrestler of the year
Was taken down only two times as a senior
Listed at No. 17 on Intermat’s final 152-pound national ranking
Competed at 145 pounds as a junior and placed fourth in the state with a 42-6 record
Sectional finalist as a sophomore

PERSONAL

Earned his BS in business administration and accounting; currently working toward his masters in human resource development

YEAR	OVERALL W-L	DUAL W-L	CONF. W-L	PINS	TFs	MDs	CONF. FINISH	NCAA FINISH
2020-21^	7-5	0-0	0-0	2-3	0-0	2-0	---	---
2021-22^	12-10	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-1	2-1	---	---
2022-23^	30-13	11-1	8-0	1-1	5-1	10-1	1st	DNP
2023-24^	25-7	10-2	7-0	2-1	8-2	6-0	1st	DNP
2024-25	26-7	9-2	6-2	0-0	1-0	6-0	5th	DNP
CAREER	93-37	30-5	21-2	3-2	15-4	24-2	---	3x NQ