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Cameron Caffey
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carbondale, Ill.
- High School:
- Carbondale
Bio
2021-22 (Redshirt Senior) 29-9 Overall, 14-0 Duals: Opened at MSU Open by defeating Ryan Vasbinder in the 5th-place match ... Navy Classic runner-up, winning twice before suffering a defeat to No. 23 Jacob Koser (Navy) ... Had major decision victories in his first four duals, notching a tech. fall in the fifth bout ... 3rd place at the Southern Scuffle, including wins over No. 24 Alan Clothier of Northern Colorado and Tanner Sloan of SD State ... Took down two top-10 foes in one weekend with MD over No. 12 Greg Bulsak (RU/No. 6 Intermat) and decision over No. 2 Max Dean (PSU) ... B1G Wrestler of the Week on 1/26 after Bulsak/Dean wins ... Placed 6th at B1G Championships as the No. 3 seed after reaching semifinal round ... Was on 12-match win streak before B1G semifinal vs. Max Dean ... Seeded No. 9 and went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships, improving to 7-6 all-time at the event.
2020-21 (Redshirt Junior) 11-6 Overall, 5-2 Duals: Named NWCA Scholar All-American for third time in career ... Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors, one of three wrestling with 4.0 GPA ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades for third time ... Recipient of the MSU Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award for having highest cumulative grade point average on team for the second time in career ... Earned Highest Honors of MSU Athletics Honor Roll ... On the mat, earned MSU’s Co-Outstanding Wrestler Award for the 2021 season, sharing the award with teammate Rayvon Foley ... Registered a team-leading 11 wins, and was ranked in the Top 10 for a majority of the season ... Finished with an 11-6 record, with five of his losses coming to opponents ranked in the Top 5 ... Entered the B1G Championships as the No. 4 seed and earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships, becoming a three-time NCAA Qualifier ... Finished with a 5-2 duals record, ranking second on the team, as well as third on the team with 16 dual points ... Also shared the team lead in both falls and major decisions, with two of each ... Opened the season with four-straight wins, commencing the season with a 14-4 major decision over Maryland’s Kevin Makosy in the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet in East Lansing on Jan. 16, then added a 12-5 decision over Minnesota’s Garret Joles later in the day ... Continued win streak edging No. 25 Gavin Hoffman of Ohio State, 3-2, in OSU dual on Jan. 29, then a 4-2 decision over No. 28 Nick Willham of Indiana in first half of action at the Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet on Feb. 6 at Bloomington, Ind., before a thrilling, 6-5 decision loss to No. 2 Eric Schultz of Nebraska later in the day ... Bounced back with 9-7 win over No 12 Thomas Penola of Purdue on Feb. 12 in home dual vs. Purdue ... Was topped by No. 1 Myles Amine of Michigan in hard-fought 11-6 battle in home dual against Michigan on Feb. 19 in regular-season finale ... Entered the B1G Championships as the No. 4 seed and opened the conference meet with a 7-1 decision over Nick Willham of Indiana, then notched a 6-5 decision over fifth-seeded Lucas Davison of Northwestern, before another one-point decision loss to Schultz, this time a 2-1 decision in the semifinals ... Bounced back with a 6-5 win over Michael Beard of Penn State, before being defeated by third-seeded Jacob Warner of Iowa, 8-3, in the consolation final, finishing fourth ... Earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships, becoming a three-time NCAA Qualifier, and opened with a 14-6 major decision over Bryan McLaughlin of Drexel, before getting upset by No. 26 seed Jake Woodley of Oklahoma in a tough, 4-3 decision ... Came back with a vengeance, posting back-to-back falls over No. 24 seed Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) and No. 31 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State), before a hard-fought, 4-1 loss to No. 5 seed Jacob Warner of Iowa.
2019-20  (Redshirt Sophomore) 27-7 Overall, 16-2 Duals, 9-4 Open Tournaments: 2020 NCAA Qualifier ... 2020 Big Ten finalist at 184 pounds ... 2020 NWCA All-American ... 2020 NWCA Scholar All-American ... Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award winner for highest grade point average on team ... 2020 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Selection ... Awarded Outstanding Wrestler of the Year, Collins-Mikles Leadership Award and Most Falls Award at end of the year team banquet ... Led the team with nine falls, three wins by technical fall and four wins by major decision ... Led the team with 67 dual points ... Ranked as high as No. 7 by FloWrestling at 184 pounds ... Ranked as high as No. 7 by NCAA Coaches’ Rankings and No. 14 by NCAA RPI Rankings ... Claimed three top five finishes at open tournaments ... Finished fifth at MSU Open on Nov. 2 ... Finished third at Navy Classic in Annapolis on Nov. 23 ... Claimed a second-place finish at the Cougar Clash on Dec. 7 in Edwardsville, including a major decision over No.  13 Andrew Morgan of Campbell ... Tallied eight wins over top 25 opponents ... Reeled off 12-straight wins from Jan. 17 to March 7 in which he grabbed wins over seven ranked wrestlers ... Compiled a 16-2 dual record and an 8-1 record in Big Ten matches ... Began the dual season 4-0 with wins over Kent State, Oklahoma, Duke and Cornell ... Defeated No. 19 Owen Webster of Minnesota by decision, 9-4, on Jan. 17 in East Lansing ... After trailing 5-1 in the third period to No. 6 Taylor Venz of Nebraska, Caffey battled back win by decision (11-6) ... Defeated No. 13 Zac Braunagel of Illinois (7-6) on Jan. 31 in Champaign and followed with a 3-2 decision in East Lansing over No. 6 Abe Assad of Iowa on Feb. 2 ... Won by fall (2:01) over Ben Cushman of Central Michigan on Feb. 21 ... Earned the No. 2 seed at the Big Ten Championships in Piscataway, N.J. on March 7-8 ... Reached the finals and fell to No. 1-seed Aaron Brooks of Penn State in a close 3-2 decision.
2018-19 (Redshirt Freshman) 32-9 Overall, 13-5 Duals, 19-4 Open Tournaments:Â Won seven bouts by fall, one by technical fall, and five by major decision ... Was third on the team in scoring with 53 team points in duals ... Placed first at the MSU Open, the Navy Classic, and the Reno Tournament of Champions ... Opened the season with a 19-0 record ... Wrestled back to ninth at the Big Ten Championships ... NCAA Qualifier ... Went 2-2 at NCAA's with one win over a ranked opponent ... Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Named an NWCAÂ Scholar All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten for the winter season as one of 22 Big Ten student-athletes with a 4.00 GPA.
2017-18 (Redshirt) 22-6 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 22-6 Open Tournaments: Outstanding Redshirt Award recipient ... Recorded a team-high 22 open tournament wins, also good for second on the team in overall wins ... One of four Spartans to win 20 matches ... Tied for third on the team with seven falls, tied for second with three technical falls and tied for third with three major decisions ... Won the 184 title in the freshman and sophomore division at the MSU Open, his first event as a collegiate wrestler, going 3-0 with a technical fall and major decision ... Placed fourth at the Eastern Michigan Open, with a 2-2 record and a pin at 3:46 ... Finished in first at the Storm Open, posting two falls and a major decision ... Collected a fifth-place finish at the CSU Open, opening with a technical fall in the first round ... Took third at the Purple Raider Open, finishing with a 3-1 record ... Won the Alma Open, tallying two falls, including his quickest pin of the season at 1:50, and a technical fall ... Closed the open tournament season with a fourth-place finish at the Edinboro Open, posting two pins and a technical fall ... Had a season-best eight-match winning streak between the Purple Raider Open and Edinboro Open.
PREP: Four-time letter winner … Elected team captain two years in a row … 2A state champion in 2017 … Went undefeated his senior year with a 41-0 record.
PERSONAL: National Honors Society member … Son of Ronald and Crystal … Computer engineering major.
2020-21 (Redshirt Junior) 11-6 Overall, 5-2 Duals: Named NWCA Scholar All-American for third time in career ... Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors, one of three wrestling with 4.0 GPA ... Collected Academic All-Big Ten accolades for third time ... Recipient of the MSU Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award for having highest cumulative grade point average on team for the second time in career ... Earned Highest Honors of MSU Athletics Honor Roll ... On the mat, earned MSU’s Co-Outstanding Wrestler Award for the 2021 season, sharing the award with teammate Rayvon Foley ... Registered a team-leading 11 wins, and was ranked in the Top 10 for a majority of the season ... Finished with an 11-6 record, with five of his losses coming to opponents ranked in the Top 5 ... Entered the B1G Championships as the No. 4 seed and earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships, becoming a three-time NCAA Qualifier ... Finished with a 5-2 duals record, ranking second on the team, as well as third on the team with 16 dual points ... Also shared the team lead in both falls and major decisions, with two of each ... Opened the season with four-straight wins, commencing the season with a 14-4 major decision over Maryland’s Kevin Makosy in the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet in East Lansing on Jan. 16, then added a 12-5 decision over Minnesota’s Garret Joles later in the day ... Continued win streak edging No. 25 Gavin Hoffman of Ohio State, 3-2, in OSU dual on Jan. 29, then a 4-2 decision over No. 28 Nick Willham of Indiana in first half of action at the Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet on Feb. 6 at Bloomington, Ind., before a thrilling, 6-5 decision loss to No. 2 Eric Schultz of Nebraska later in the day ... Bounced back with 9-7 win over No 12 Thomas Penola of Purdue on Feb. 12 in home dual vs. Purdue ... Was topped by No. 1 Myles Amine of Michigan in hard-fought 11-6 battle in home dual against Michigan on Feb. 19 in regular-season finale ... Entered the B1G Championships as the No. 4 seed and opened the conference meet with a 7-1 decision over Nick Willham of Indiana, then notched a 6-5 decision over fifth-seeded Lucas Davison of Northwestern, before another one-point decision loss to Schultz, this time a 2-1 decision in the semifinals ... Bounced back with a 6-5 win over Michael Beard of Penn State, before being defeated by third-seeded Jacob Warner of Iowa, 8-3, in the consolation final, finishing fourth ... Earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships, becoming a three-time NCAA Qualifier, and opened with a 14-6 major decision over Bryan McLaughlin of Drexel, before getting upset by No. 26 seed Jake Woodley of Oklahoma in a tough, 4-3 decision ... Came back with a vengeance, posting back-to-back falls over No. 24 seed Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State) and No. 31 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State), before a hard-fought, 4-1 loss to No. 5 seed Jacob Warner of Iowa.
2019-20  (Redshirt Sophomore) 27-7 Overall, 16-2 Duals, 9-4 Open Tournaments: 2020 NCAA Qualifier ... 2020 Big Ten finalist at 184 pounds ... 2020 NWCA All-American ... 2020 NWCA Scholar All-American ... Student-Athlete Support Services Scholar-Athlete Award winner for highest grade point average on team ... 2020 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Selection ... Awarded Outstanding Wrestler of the Year, Collins-Mikles Leadership Award and Most Falls Award at end of the year team banquet ... Led the team with nine falls, three wins by technical fall and four wins by major decision ... Led the team with 67 dual points ... Ranked as high as No. 7 by FloWrestling at 184 pounds ... Ranked as high as No. 7 by NCAA Coaches’ Rankings and No. 14 by NCAA RPI Rankings ... Claimed three top five finishes at open tournaments ... Finished fifth at MSU Open on Nov. 2 ... Finished third at Navy Classic in Annapolis on Nov. 23 ... Claimed a second-place finish at the Cougar Clash on Dec. 7 in Edwardsville, including a major decision over No.  13 Andrew Morgan of Campbell ... Tallied eight wins over top 25 opponents ... Reeled off 12-straight wins from Jan. 17 to March 7 in which he grabbed wins over seven ranked wrestlers ... Compiled a 16-2 dual record and an 8-1 record in Big Ten matches ... Began the dual season 4-0 with wins over Kent State, Oklahoma, Duke and Cornell ... Defeated No. 19 Owen Webster of Minnesota by decision, 9-4, on Jan. 17 in East Lansing ... After trailing 5-1 in the third period to No. 6 Taylor Venz of Nebraska, Caffey battled back win by decision (11-6) ... Defeated No. 13 Zac Braunagel of Illinois (7-6) on Jan. 31 in Champaign and followed with a 3-2 decision in East Lansing over No. 6 Abe Assad of Iowa on Feb. 2 ... Won by fall (2:01) over Ben Cushman of Central Michigan on Feb. 21 ... Earned the No. 2 seed at the Big Ten Championships in Piscataway, N.J. on March 7-8 ... Reached the finals and fell to No. 1-seed Aaron Brooks of Penn State in a close 3-2 decision.
2018-19 (Redshirt Freshman) 32-9 Overall, 13-5 Duals, 19-4 Open Tournaments:Â Won seven bouts by fall, one by technical fall, and five by major decision ... Was third on the team in scoring with 53 team points in duals ... Placed first at the MSU Open, the Navy Classic, and the Reno Tournament of Champions ... Opened the season with a 19-0 record ... Wrestled back to ninth at the Big Ten Championships ... NCAA Qualifier ... Went 2-2 at NCAA's with one win over a ranked opponent ... Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Named an NWCAÂ Scholar All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten for the winter season as one of 22 Big Ten student-athletes with a 4.00 GPA.
2017-18 (Redshirt) 22-6 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 22-6 Open Tournaments: Outstanding Redshirt Award recipient ... Recorded a team-high 22 open tournament wins, also good for second on the team in overall wins ... One of four Spartans to win 20 matches ... Tied for third on the team with seven falls, tied for second with three technical falls and tied for third with three major decisions ... Won the 184 title in the freshman and sophomore division at the MSU Open, his first event as a collegiate wrestler, going 3-0 with a technical fall and major decision ... Placed fourth at the Eastern Michigan Open, with a 2-2 record and a pin at 3:46 ... Finished in first at the Storm Open, posting two falls and a major decision ... Collected a fifth-place finish at the CSU Open, opening with a technical fall in the first round ... Took third at the Purple Raider Open, finishing with a 3-1 record ... Won the Alma Open, tallying two falls, including his quickest pin of the season at 1:50, and a technical fall ... Closed the open tournament season with a fourth-place finish at the Edinboro Open, posting two pins and a technical fall ... Had a season-best eight-match winning streak between the Purple Raider Open and Edinboro Open.
PREP: Four-time letter winner … Elected team captain two years in a row … 2A state champion in 2017 … Went undefeated his senior year with a 41-0 record.
PERSONAL: National Honors Society member … Son of Ronald and Crystal … Computer engineering major.
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