Men's Wrestling Club

Club Information & Plans

The Grand Valley State University Wrestling Team has been a staple of success in small college wrestling. The team has won eight National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Championships (5 Traditional Format and 3 Dual Format) since joining in the 2000-2001 season. In addition, 73 student-athletes have combined to earn 133 All-American awards including 17 wrestlers who won 23 Individual National Championships. The wrestling team competes not only against other club teams but varsity programs as well. Each year the team travels to DI wrestling opens hosted by Eastern Michigan University and Michigan State University. The Lakers fill their schedule with teams from NCAA D3 and NJCAA, such as Olivet College, Alma College, and Muskegon Community College.

President: Seth Konynenbelt
Vice President: Ryan Farris
Financial Officer: Zac Foote
Public Relations: Dylan Lorincz
Risk Manager: Gabe Martinie

Club E-Mail: [email protected]

Team Schedule

Date	Location	Tournament Name	Individual Competing	Results
10/30	Mott Community College	Fall Brawl Open	N/A	N/A
11/4	Muskegon Community College	Stenburg Dual	N/A	Cancelled
11/5	Muskegon Community College	Ben Mcmullen Open	N/A	Cancelled
11/19	Toledo, Ohio	Toledo Thanksgiving Duals and Scramble	N/A	N/A
12/3	Henry Ford Community College	Hawks Invite	N/A	GVSU wrestling club beat Apprentice and Regional Team. Toledo Wrestling beat GVSU wrestling in a close 21-28 dual.
1/6-7	Louisville, Kentucky	National Duals	N/A	N/A
1/15	Mount Union, Ohio	Purple Raider Open
TBD	Muskegon Community College	MCC Open
1/21-22	Liberty University	Team National Championship
2/4	Henry Ford Community College	Whizzer Open
2/13	John Carrol University	JCU Open
2/12	University of Michigan	Michigan Club Open
2/25	Toledo, Ohio	Great Lakes Conference Championships
3/9-3/11	Puerto Rico	NCWA National Championships

2022-2023 Roster

Head Coach Mitch Hrnyak

First Name	Last Name	Class	Hometown	Weight Class
Preston	Sokolowski	Soph.		125
Logan	Klinge	Fr.	Sparta	133
Ryan	Farris	Jr.	Novi, MI	133
Gabriel	Martinez	Jr.	MI	141
Andrew	Kakoos	Jr.	MI	141
Dylan	Lorinz	Jr.	Dexter, MI	141
Joey	Murphy	Jr.	IL	149
Caden	Jacobs	Fr.	MI	149
Trevor	Dusty	Sr.	MI	165
Seth	Konynenbelt	Jr.	Hudsonville, MI	184
Kurtis	Smith	Soph.	IL	184
Kendall	Leach	Sr.	MI	184
Andre	Irving	Fr.	Grand Rapids, MI	235
Zach	Foote	Jr.	MI	215
Brett	Boudreau	Fr.		285
Miles	Curtis	Fr.
Matthew	Morris	Fr.
Logan	Arche