2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Nathan Jimenez
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Wt.:
- 174
- Hometown:
- Elburn, Ill.
- High School:
- Marmion Academy
2020-21 (Redshirt Sophomore) 1-2 Overall, 0-1 Duals, 1-1 Extras: Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Earned MSU Athletics Honor Roll accolades ... Tallied a 1-2 record, going 1-1 in extras and 0-1 in dual action ... Opened season with a loss to Dominic Solis of Maryland in extras of the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet on Jan. 16 in East Lansing ... Won a close, 7-5 SV-1 win over Robert Deters of Indiana in extras of the Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet in Bloomington, Ind. on Feb. 6 ... Made debut in lineup later that same day in Nebraska dual of the Nebraska/Indiana tri-meet, losing to No. 3 Mikey Labriola of Nebraska.
2019-20 (Redshirt Freshman) 7-8 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 7-8 Open Tournaments: Winter Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Competed in four open tournaments during the 2019-20 season ... Claimed five wins by decision over the course of the season ... Opened the season with a 4-2 record at the MSU Open on Nov. 2 ... Secured decision wins at both the Navy Classic and Cougar Clash.
2018-19 (Redshirt) 8-5 Overall, 0-0 Dual, 8-5 Open Tournaments: Finished season with one win by fall, one by tech fall, and one by major decision ... Placed third at the Ohio Open and sixth at the Cleveland State Open.
Prior to MSU: Coached by Dan Reynolds at Marmion Academy ... Ranked No. 18 by InterMat ... collected a 109-23 record in three seasons ... three-time All-Conference selection ... two-time All-District and All-State selection ... earned Impact Award in 2016 ... named team MVP in 2017 ... 2017 Fargo Freestyle All-American as a member of Team Illinois ... led Marmion to the Elite Eight twice and the State runner-up once.
Personal: Son of Walter and Sandra Jimenez ... brother, Nico, wrestled at Illinois ... brother, Johnny, currently wrestles at Wisconsin ... sister, Lauren, played soccer at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Northwood ... plans to major in food industry management at MSU ... has career ambitions to work in the food industry and ultimately own his own business ... involved in Junior ROTC, Spanish club and Life Group at Marmion.
