2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Garrett Bakarich

  • Weight 184
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Troy, Ill.
  • Highschool Triad
  • Major Mining Engineering

Biography

2024-25: Received a B.S. in mining engineering in May 2025 … Went 7-4 at 174 and 184 pounds … Was 2-0 in RMAC duals and 4-2 in duals overall … Five of his seven wins came by fall … Finished his career sixth all-time at Mines with 25 falls, and had a 30-23 overall record.

2023-24: Went 8-4 overall at 184 pounds … Champion at the Western Colorado Open … Finished fifth at the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open … Was second on the team in falls with seven of his eight wins coming by pin, the fastest in :30 … Went 8-1 vs. D-II.

2022-23: Went 7-9 wrestling at 184 pounds … Had two dual starts, going 0-2 … Had six of his seven wins come by fall, including the team’s second-fastest pin of the season in 28 seconds … Was the runner-up at the Mines Rookie Open … Also placed fifth at the Western Colorado Open.

2021-22: Went 8-5 at 174 pounds … Won seven of his eight matches by fall to rank third on the team in pins overall … Fastest came in only 35 seconds … Placed sixth in the UNK Open Amateur division tournament.

2020-21: Was 0-2 as a true freshman at 165.

HIGH SCHOOL: Wrestled for Triad HS (Ill.) ... Racked up a career record of 155-33 with 102 falls ... Four-time Illinois 2A state qualifier and two-time medalist, finishing third in 2020 and fifth in 2019 ... Wrestled at 152, 160, and 170 and projects as a collegiate 165-pounder ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Earned four varsity letters ... President of the National Honor Society ... Graduated magna cum laude ... Academic All-Conference ... St. Louis Dispatch 2020 "A" Student.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    165 lbs

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    174 lbs

  • 2022-23Junior

    184 lbs

  • 2023-24Senior

    184 lbs

  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    184 lbs