2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Declan Ward-Newbrough
Brinda Malik
Brinda Malik
Kurt DeVoe
Kurt DeVoe

Grayston DiBlasi

  • Weight 141
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Thornton, Colo.
  • Highschool Horizon
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2024-25: Received a B.S. in mechanical engineering in May 2025 … Captain … College Sports Communicators First-Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... RMAC Academic Wrestler of the Year … First-Team Academic All-RMAC …  Second-Team All-RMAC … NWCA Scholar All-America …Recipient of team’s Academic Excellence Award … Went 22-6 as a senior starter at 141 pounds … Was 12-1 in duals and 5-1 vs. the RMAC … Had three wins over NWCA-ranked opponents … Had three pins … Finished his career with a 95-28 record, ranking third all-time at Mines in wins … His 27 career falls ranks fifth in Mines history … Spent nearly the entire season in the national rankings peaking at #4 in both the NWCA and OpenMat polls … Was the Younes Hospitality Open Elite 141 runner-up … Finished fourth at the Midwest Classic and NCAA Super Region VI Championship.

2023-24: Captain ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... NWCA Scholar All-America ... Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Went 19-8 overall … Finished fifth at Elite 141 at the Younes Hospitality Open and was seventh at the Midwest Classic … Won fifth place at the NCAA Super Region VI Championships … Peaked at #8 in the NWCA and #9 in the OpenMat 141-pound rankings … Tied for second on the team in wins at 19 … Went 7-2 in duals producing 34 team points, and 5-2 vs. the RMAC … Had three wins by fall, the fastest coming in :34 … Also had three tech falls and three major decisions.

2022-23: NCAA Elite 90 winner … CSC First-Team Academic All-America ... RMAC Academic Wrestler of the Year … CSC Academic All-District ... First-Team All-RMAC … First-Team Academic All-RMAC … RMAC Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 8) … NCAA Championships qualifier … NCAA Super Region VI runner-up at 141 pounds … Led Mines going 28-7 overall … Was a perfect 12-0 in duals including 7-0 vs. the RMAC … Had 11 pins to co-lead the team with his brother Weston … Owned Mines’ fastest pin of the season at just 15 seconds … Was nationally ranked five times by the NWCA, peaking at #7, and spent 12 weeks in the Open Mat rankings peaking also at #7 … Won the Mines Rookie Open championship … Placed seventh at the Midwest Classic.

2021-22: NCAA qualifier at 141 pounds … Blaster Awards recipient as Mines Athletics’ top male rookie … NWCA Scholar All-America … First-Team All-RMAC … RMAC Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 1) … Made an instant impact on the lineup to lead Mines in wins going 26-7 … Was a perfect 7-0 in duals scoring 30 team points, including 5-0 in RMAC meets … Was 19-4 vs. D-II … Had 15 bonus-point wins overall including a team-leading 10 falls … Added three majors and two tech falls … Fastest pin came in 38 seconds … Won the Doug Moses Open, was second at the Mines Rookie Open, and second at the UNK Open in the Amateur bracket … Battled back to place third at NCAA Super Region VI Championships to secure his nationals qualification … Became the first Mines true freshman since 2013 to make NCAAs, and went 2-2 at the national meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for three years at Park Hill HS (Missouri) before attending Horizon HS (Colo.) as a senior ... At Park Hill, was a two-time state finalist and 2019 fourth-place finisher ... At Horizon in 2021, was the Colorado state 152-5A runner-up going 12-2 ... Had a combined 110-23 record through including 37-7 as a junior ... Two-time team captain ... Led Park Hill to three straight state podium team finishes including two seconds ... 2018 KC Stampede All-America ... 2019 NHSCA All-American ... 2020 Winnetonka Invitational champion ... Finished as the Missouri District 4 Class 4 champion in 2020 ... Wrestled club for Greater Heights where he was a four-time Missouri National Team member and four-time freestyle and Greco state champ ... National Honor Society member ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Principal's Honor Roll student.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    141 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    141 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    141 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    141 lbs