2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Jake Tucker
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Wt.:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Lowell, Ind.
- High School:
- Mt. Carmel (Ill.)
Career Notes: Two-time NCAA Qualifier ... Two-time All-Big Ten honoree ... Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors.
2020-21 (Redshirt Senior) 6-9 Overall, 2-4 Duals, 1-0 Extras: Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors, one of three wrestling with 4.0 GPA ... Earned MSU Athletics Honor Roll accolades ... Finished with a 6-9 record at 165, including 2-4 in dual, logging one fall, one tech fall and one major decision ... Commenced season with a 6-3 decision over Jonathan Spadafora of Maryland in the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet on Jan. 16 in East Lansing, before a narrow, hard-fought 8-7 decision to No. 16 Andrew Sparks of Minnesota later in the day ... Suffered a defeat at the hands of No. 6 Ethan Smith of Ohio State in OSU dual at Columbus, Ohio on Jan. 29, then a 4-0 decision to No. 24 Nick South of Indiana in the Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet on Feb. 6 at Bloomington, Ind., for third loss to ranked opponent ... Bounced back later that day with 23-4 tech fall at 7:00 over Isiah Alford of Nebraska in extras of the Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet ... Continued winning ways with 3-1 decision over Gerrit Nijenhuis of Purdue in home dual against the Boilermakers on Feb. 12, before ending regular-season action with a tough, 4-3, loss to No. 14 Cameron Amine of Michigan in home dual against Michigan on Feb. 19 ... Was the No. 8 seed at the B1G Championships ... Opened with a tough, 3-2, loss to No. 9 seed and 21st-ranked Nijenhuis, but bounced back with a pin at 6:35 over No. 2 seed and seventh-ranked Dan Braunagel of Illinois, then posted a 14-4 major decision over 12th-seeded David Ferrante of Northwestern to advance to consolation semifinals, but was defeated by fourth-seeded Amine, and was defeated by Nijenhuis in the fifth-place match in a 10-3 decision, finishing sixth ... Was the No. 25 seed for the NCAA Championships, opening with a 5-2 decision at the hands of No. 8 Shane Griffith of Stanford, but came back with a 5-2 decision win of his own over No. 24 Andrew Sparks of Minnesota, avenging opening weekend loss, before being defeated by No. 10 Travis Wittlake of Oklahoma State.
2019-20 (Redshirt Junior) 27-9 Overall, 12-6 Duals, 12-2 Open Tournaments: 2020 NCAA Qualifier ... Finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships ... 2019 Navy Classic Champion at 157 Pounds ... Two wins over top 25 opponents ... Winner of the Perseverance Award at the end of the year team banquet after battling back from a knee injury last season before the Big Ten Championships to reach the NCAA Championships this season ... Ranked as high as No. 21 in NCAA Coaches’ Rankings and No. 14 in RPI Rankings ... Ranked as high as No. 20 by FloWrestling at 157 pounds ... Tied for the team-lead with 27 wins on the season ... Led the team with nine major decisions ... Two wins by technical fall and one pin by fall ... Finished 5-1 at the MSU Open in East Lansing on Nov. 2 on his way to a fourth place finish ... Secured a second place outing at the Cougar Clash on Dec. 7 in Edwardsvillle ... Was the only Spartan to claim a title at the Navy Classic after a 5-0 performance and wins over Air Force, American, The Citadel, Ohio and Lock Haven ... Defeated No. 23 Justin Ruffin of SIUE at the Cougar Clash in SV-2 (5-3) ... Finished the South Beach Duals with a perfect 4-0 record ... Went 5-4 in Big Ten action ... Defeated Mike Van Brill of Rutgers by defensive fall on Jan. 12 in East Lansing ... Secured four-straight wins from Jan. 19 to Jan. 31 ... During that span, defeated Lucas Cordio of Maryland (TF 18-3), Avery Shay of Clarion (MD, 16-3), No. 13 Peyton Robb of Nebraska in sudden victory (7-5) and Eric Barone of Illinois on Jan. 31 (3-0) ... Helped MSU secure a upset over No. 4 Wisconsin on Feb. 9 with a 12-8 decision over Garrett Model in Madison ... Claimed the six seed at the Big Ten Championships ... After dropping his first round match to Elijah Cleary of Ohio State, he battled back to win three-straight to secure a spot at the NCAA Championships ... Had to medical forfeit on day two of the Big Ten Championships, still finishing in sixth place at 157 pounds.
2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore) 21-13 Overall, 9-9 Duals, 12-4 Tournaments: Earned 23 dual match points ... Won three matches by fall an two by major decision ... Was third at the MSU Open ... Fourth at the Navy Classic ... Fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions ... Ended regular season on a high note with a 5-3 decision over No. 11-ranked Griffin Parriott of Purdue ... Postseason was cut short due to injury ... Academic All-Big Ten during the winter season.
2017-18 (Redshirt Freshman) 20-18 Overall, 8-9 Duals, 12-9 Tournaments: Team leader in technical falls with four and major decisions with six ... Second on the team in dual wins with eight and dual points with 35 ... One of four Spartans to win 20 matches ... Placed sixth at the MSU Open, finishing 3-3, including a fall at 2:19 in the opening round ... Claimed second place at the EMU Open, going 4-1 with two major decisions ... Started first collegiate dual against No. 17 Central Michigan ... Went 3-2 at the Cliff Keen Invite, picking up a major decision and a pin ... Went on a four-match win streak in duals, collecting bonus points in all four with three major decisions and a technical fall ... Won first Big Ten dual match of his career by knocking off No. 12 Jake Short of Minnesota, 7-6 ... Helped the Spartans to an 18-15 win over Indiana with a technical fall over Austin Holmes ... Finished the regular season 2-0 in duals with technical falls against Clarion and Eastern Michigan ... Made first appearance at the Big Ten Championships, going 2-3.
2016-17 (Redshirt) 11-8 Overall (8-6 at 149, 3-2 at 157), 0-0 Duals, 11-8 Open Tournaments: Logged four falls, two tech. falls and two major decisions ... won the Alma Open and was sixth at the EMU Open ... went 3-0 in winning the Alma Open with all three wins being bonus points victories with a fall, major decision and tech. fall ... was 3-2 at the EMU Open ... posted a 2-2 mark at the MSU Open with both wins coming on falls, including his quickest pin of the season at 1:13 over Max Fisher of Northern Illinois.
PREP: Was a state champion as part of a two-time All-State IHSA 2A honoree at Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago ... accumulated a 140-24 record during his four-year career ... was a two-time team captain ... was a three-time IHSA Regional champion and a three-time Chicago Catholic League champion.
PERSONAL:Â Â Born March 3, 1997...son of Shane and Kim Tucker.. Communications major
Meet the Spartans: Jake Tucker
