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Jordan Hamdan
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Wt.:
- 141
- Hometown:
- Hudson, Mich.
- High School:
- Hudson
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Earned USA Wrestling UWW Junior Division All-American honors by finishing fifth at 60 kg at the 2020 championships at Omaha, Nebraska.
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior) 21-14 Overall, 10-9 Open Tournaments, 11-5 Duals: Boasted a career-high 21 victories, 11 dual victories and 43 dual points … His 20 second pin over Bloomsburg’s Kevin Riedinger was the second quickest pin on the team … Started the season going 2-2 at the Black Knight Invite, had a dominant 22-1 victory over LIU’s Bo DiJulius … Started the dual season 7-0, logged three major decisions, two tech. falls, one fall and decision during that span … Placed fifth at the Midlands Championships going 6-2 overall, recorded back-to-back major decision victories over Mac Church from Virginia Tech, 10-2, and Dylan Layton from Cleveland State, 14-2 … Went 3-5 in Big Ten duals, two of the three wins came over nationally ranked opponents. Defeated Rutgers No. 11-ranked Mitch Moore, 5-1, and Maryland’s No. 21-ranked Kal Miller, 6-1 … Went 2-3 at the Big Ten Championships as the No. 8-seed, his 6-3 victory over Kal Miller clinched an automatic berth to the NCAA National Championships … Entering his second national tournament as the No. 28-seed, Hamdan dropped two matches to eventual All-American Lachlan McNeil from North Carolina and former All-American CJ Composto.
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior) 20-14 Overall, 13-7 Open Tournaments, 7-7 Duals: Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Recorded a pair of falls and major decisions … Began the season going 5-2 and placing fourth at the MSU Open in the Open division … Won a career-high 11-straight matches, during that span 10 matches were decided by decision and one 9-1 major decision over Lock Havens Zackery Zeamer at the Navy Classic … Placed first at the Reno Tournament of Champions going 6-0, winning all six matches by decision … Defeated Maryland’s Kal Miller in a low scoring bout, 2-1 … Entered the Big Ten Championships as the No. 12-seed … Finished the season 0-3 at the B1G Championships, all three matches were decided by decision.
2021-22 (Redshirt-Sophomore) 9-9 Overall, 2-3 Duals, 6-6 Open Tournaments, 1-0 Extras: Won one match by fall … Wrestled at 133 at the MSU Open going 2-2 … Won season-opening match by fall over Oklahoma’s Gabe Vidlak … Won by a 6-3 decision over Davenport’s Manuel Leija … Went 2-2 in the Navy Classic, winning by decision over American’s Ethan Szerencsits and Bucknell’s Christopher Lanciano … Earned first dual win with a 6-4 decision in sudden victory over Olivet’s Reese Wallis … Went 2-2 in the Southern Scuffle with wins by decision over Cornell’s Josh Saunders and Duke’s Patrick Rowland … Went 1-2 in Big Ten duals with lone win coming by way of a 5-2 decision over Ohio State’s Klay Reeves … Won last match of season in extras with a 6-4 decision in sudden victory over Northwestern’s Justin Benjamin.Â
2020-21 (Redshirt-Freshman) 7-8 Overall, 2-4 Duals, 0-1 Extras: Earned All-Big Ten accolades after finishing seventh at the B1G Championships ... Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Collected MSU Athletics Honor Roll accolades ... Earned MSU’s Tom Muir Most Improved Award ... Made a smashing debut in the Spartan lineup, qualifying for the NCAA Championships at 133 pounds ... Earned All-Big Ten accolades after finishing seventh at the B1G Championships ... Posted a 7-8 overall record, registering a 2-4 duals record, along with tallying one tech. fall and one major decision ... Made dramatic debut in first Spartan action with a wild, 13-12 decision over Jackson Cockrell of Maryland in the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet in East Lansing on Jan. 16 ... Lost a 5-0 decision to No. 24 Jordan Decatur of Ohio State in OSU dual on Jan. 29 at Columbus, Ohio, but bounced back with a 4-2 decision over Buckeye Brady Koontz in extras later that day ... Split action week later at Bloomington, Ind. on Feb. 6 in Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet, knocking off Kyle Luigs of Indiana, 13-7, before getting topped by Tucker Sjomeling of Nebraska, 10-4 ... Was dealt a 5-1 defeat to Jacob Rundell of Purdue, 5-1, in home dual vs. Purdue on Feb. 12, and a loss to No. 16 Dylan Ragusin of Michigan in home dual against Michigan on Feb. 19 in regular-season finale ... Was the No. 11 seed for the B1G Championships, going 3-2 at the conference meet, defeating sixth-seeded Boo Dryden of Minnesota, 9-2, in the seventh-place bout, avenging a 3-2 decision to Dryden in the opening match ... In second match, posting 8-0 major decision over 14th-seeded Shane Metzler of Rutgers, before a 9-3 win over 12th-seeded Kyle Luigs of Indiana, then suffered a 6-1 loss to eighth-seeded Jacob Rundell of Purdue, before bouncing back with win over Dryden ... At first NCAA Championships, was seeded No. 30, and went 1-2, losing to No. 3 seed Korbin Myers of Virginia Tech, but bounced back to defeat No. 33 seed Bryce West of Northern Illinois in a 19-3 tech fall, before getting knocked off by No. 19 seed Chance Rich of Cal. State-Bakersfield.
2019-20Â (Redshirt) 18-5 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 18-5 Open Tournaments: Led all true freshmen with 18 wins, all in open tournaments ... Had six wins by fall, three wins by technical fall and two wins by major decision ... Competed in five open tournaments with three top five finishes ... Finished first (4-0) in the freshman/sophomore division at the MSU Open on Nov. 2 ... Went 3-1 at the Cleveland State Open on his way to a second place finish ... Collected a 5-1 record and fifth place finish at the Findlay Open on Nov. 16 with two tech falls and a fall.
PREP: Attending Hudson High School in Hudson, Mich...Became first four-time individual state champion in school history...Named 2019 Mr. Wrestler in Michigan...Elected team captain his sophomore through senior year...Led Hudson to three team state championships...Went 207-8 in high school with 101 pins...Was a USAW Cadet Greco-Roman National Champion in 2016, and took home a 3rd place finish in 2018... Added a fifth place Super 32 medal in 2018, and an All-American finish at Flonationals..
PERSONAL: Born March 8, 2001...Son of Rod and Norma Hamdan...Undecided on major
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior) 21-14 Overall, 10-9 Open Tournaments, 11-5 Duals: Boasted a career-high 21 victories, 11 dual victories and 43 dual points … His 20 second pin over Bloomsburg’s Kevin Riedinger was the second quickest pin on the team … Started the season going 2-2 at the Black Knight Invite, had a dominant 22-1 victory over LIU’s Bo DiJulius … Started the dual season 7-0, logged three major decisions, two tech. falls, one fall and decision during that span … Placed fifth at the Midlands Championships going 6-2 overall, recorded back-to-back major decision victories over Mac Church from Virginia Tech, 10-2, and Dylan Layton from Cleveland State, 14-2 … Went 3-5 in Big Ten duals, two of the three wins came over nationally ranked opponents. Defeated Rutgers No. 11-ranked Mitch Moore, 5-1, and Maryland’s No. 21-ranked Kal Miller, 6-1 … Went 2-3 at the Big Ten Championships as the No. 8-seed, his 6-3 victory over Kal Miller clinched an automatic berth to the NCAA National Championships … Entering his second national tournament as the No. 28-seed, Hamdan dropped two matches to eventual All-American Lachlan McNeil from North Carolina and former All-American CJ Composto.
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior) 20-14 Overall, 13-7 Open Tournaments, 7-7 Duals: Academic All-Big Ten honoree … Recorded a pair of falls and major decisions … Began the season going 5-2 and placing fourth at the MSU Open in the Open division … Won a career-high 11-straight matches, during that span 10 matches were decided by decision and one 9-1 major decision over Lock Havens Zackery Zeamer at the Navy Classic … Placed first at the Reno Tournament of Champions going 6-0, winning all six matches by decision … Defeated Maryland’s Kal Miller in a low scoring bout, 2-1 … Entered the Big Ten Championships as the No. 12-seed … Finished the season 0-3 at the B1G Championships, all three matches were decided by decision.
2021-22 (Redshirt-Sophomore) 9-9 Overall, 2-3 Duals, 6-6 Open Tournaments, 1-0 Extras: Won one match by fall … Wrestled at 133 at the MSU Open going 2-2 … Won season-opening match by fall over Oklahoma’s Gabe Vidlak … Won by a 6-3 decision over Davenport’s Manuel Leija … Went 2-2 in the Navy Classic, winning by decision over American’s Ethan Szerencsits and Bucknell’s Christopher Lanciano … Earned first dual win with a 6-4 decision in sudden victory over Olivet’s Reese Wallis … Went 2-2 in the Southern Scuffle with wins by decision over Cornell’s Josh Saunders and Duke’s Patrick Rowland … Went 1-2 in Big Ten duals with lone win coming by way of a 5-2 decision over Ohio State’s Klay Reeves … Won last match of season in extras with a 6-4 decision in sudden victory over Northwestern’s Justin Benjamin.Â
2020-21 (Redshirt-Freshman) 7-8 Overall, 2-4 Duals, 0-1 Extras: Earned All-Big Ten accolades after finishing seventh at the B1G Championships ... Garnered Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Collected MSU Athletics Honor Roll accolades ... Earned MSU’s Tom Muir Most Improved Award ... Made a smashing debut in the Spartan lineup, qualifying for the NCAA Championships at 133 pounds ... Earned All-Big Ten accolades after finishing seventh at the B1G Championships ... Posted a 7-8 overall record, registering a 2-4 duals record, along with tallying one tech. fall and one major decision ... Made dramatic debut in first Spartan action with a wild, 13-12 decision over Jackson Cockrell of Maryland in the Maryland/Minnesota tri-meet in East Lansing on Jan. 16 ... Lost a 5-0 decision to No. 24 Jordan Decatur of Ohio State in OSU dual on Jan. 29 at Columbus, Ohio, but bounced back with a 4-2 decision over Buckeye Brady Koontz in extras later that day ... Split action week later at Bloomington, Ind. on Feb. 6 in Indiana/Nebraska tri-meet, knocking off Kyle Luigs of Indiana, 13-7, before getting topped by Tucker Sjomeling of Nebraska, 10-4 ... Was dealt a 5-1 defeat to Jacob Rundell of Purdue, 5-1, in home dual vs. Purdue on Feb. 12, and a loss to No. 16 Dylan Ragusin of Michigan in home dual against Michigan on Feb. 19 in regular-season finale ... Was the No. 11 seed for the B1G Championships, going 3-2 at the conference meet, defeating sixth-seeded Boo Dryden of Minnesota, 9-2, in the seventh-place bout, avenging a 3-2 decision to Dryden in the opening match ... In second match, posting 8-0 major decision over 14th-seeded Shane Metzler of Rutgers, before a 9-3 win over 12th-seeded Kyle Luigs of Indiana, then suffered a 6-1 loss to eighth-seeded Jacob Rundell of Purdue, before bouncing back with win over Dryden ... At first NCAA Championships, was seeded No. 30, and went 1-2, losing to No. 3 seed Korbin Myers of Virginia Tech, but bounced back to defeat No. 33 seed Bryce West of Northern Illinois in a 19-3 tech fall, before getting knocked off by No. 19 seed Chance Rich of Cal. State-Bakersfield.
2019-20Â (Redshirt) 18-5 Overall, 0-0 Duals, 18-5 Open Tournaments: Led all true freshmen with 18 wins, all in open tournaments ... Had six wins by fall, three wins by technical fall and two wins by major decision ... Competed in five open tournaments with three top five finishes ... Finished first (4-0) in the freshman/sophomore division at the MSU Open on Nov. 2 ... Went 3-1 at the Cleveland State Open on his way to a second place finish ... Collected a 5-1 record and fifth place finish at the Findlay Open on Nov. 16 with two tech falls and a fall.
PREP: Attending Hudson High School in Hudson, Mich...Became first four-time individual state champion in school history...Named 2019 Mr. Wrestler in Michigan...Elected team captain his sophomore through senior year...Led Hudson to three team state championships...Went 207-8 in high school with 101 pins...Was a USAW Cadet Greco-Roman National Champion in 2016, and took home a 3rd place finish in 2018... Added a fifth place Super 32 medal in 2018, and an All-American finish at Flonationals..
PERSONAL: Born March 8, 2001...Son of Rod and Norma Hamdan...Undecided on major
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