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: Joseph Posledni
Vice President: Seth Konynenbelt
Financial Officer: Kameron Kempker
Public Relations: Dylan Lorincz
Risk Manager: Ryan Farris

Club E-Mail: [email protected]

Team Schedule

Date	Location	Tournament Name	Individual Competing	Results
10/30	Grand Valley State University	Grand Valley State Wrestling Alumni Tailgate	N/A	N/A
11/5	Muskeegon Community College	Stenburg Dual	N/A	Cancelled
11/6	Muskeegon Community College	Ben Mcmullen Open	N/A	Cancelled
11/20	Olivet College	Comet Duals	N/A	Olivet-25 GVSU-23 GVSU-26 Alma-18 GVSU-41 Ohio Northern-12 GVSU-28 Trine-9
12/5	Henry Ford Community College	Hawks Invite	125-Kameron Kempker 125-Michael Merrit 133-Dylan Lorincz 133-Ryan Farris 141-Gabriel Martinez 141-Andrew Kakoos 149-Joey Murphy 149-Caden Jacobs 165-Trevor Dusty 184-Seth Konynenbelt 184-Kurtis Smith 285-Zac Foote	Kameron Kempker-1st Dylan Lorincz-2nd Gabriel Martinez-3rd Joey Murphy-2nd Seth Konynenbelt-1st Kurtis Smith-2nd GVSU-3rd
12/17	Cornerstone University	Cornerstone Tri	N/A	GVSU-34 Cornerstone-9 Indiana Tech-41 GVSU-9
1/8	Cornerstone University	Cornerstone Open	133-Ryan Farris 141-Gabe Martinez, Andrew Kakoos 149- Joey Murphy, Caden Jacobs, Brandon Troy 157-Austin Holbrook 165-Trevor Dusty 184-Seth Konynenbelt 197-Joseph Posledni 285-Zac Foote	Ryan Farris-3rd Gabe Martinez-1st Joey Murphy-1st Caden Jacobs-1st Brandon Troy-2nd Austin Holbrook-1st Trevor Dusty-1st Seth Konynenbelt-1st Joseph Posledni-1st Zac Foote-1st GVSU-1st
1/8	Muskegon Community College	Jayhawk Duals	N/A	Cancelled
1/21-22	Liberty University	Team National Championship	N/A	GVSU-54 James Madison-12 Apprentice-32 GVSU-22 Liberty-32 GVSU-17 GVSU-3rd
2/5	Henry Ford Community College	Whizzer Open	125-Micheal Merrit 125-Ryan Farris 133-Cody Castelline 141-Andrew Kakoos 149-Gustavo De Lima 149-Joey Murphy 149-Brandon Troy 157-Trevor Dusty 174-Seth Dominguez 184-Seth Konynenbelt 285-Zac Foote	Brandon Troy-4th Seth Dominguez-3rd Seth Konynenbelt-2nd GVSU-DNP
2/6	Muskegon Community College	MCC Open	133-Cody Castelline 133-Dylan Lorincz 141-Caden Jacobs 141-Andrew Kakoos 149-Gustavo De Lima 197-Joseph Posledni 285-Andre Irving	Cody Castelline-1st Dylan Lorincz-4th Caden Jacobs-2nd Andrew Kakoos-3rd Gustavo De Lima-4th Joseph Posledni-2nd Andre Irving-3rd
2/12	University of Michigan	Michigan Club Open
2/13	John Carroll College	John Carroll Open
2/25	University of Akron	Great Lakes Conference Tournament
3/10-12	Allen, Texas	NCWA Individual National Championship

2021-2022 Roster

Head Coach Mitch Hrnyak

First Name	Last Name	Class	Hometown	Weight Class
Kameron	Kempker	Sr.	Hudsonville, MI	125
Michael	Merrit	Fr.	Romeo, MI	125
Dylan	Lorincz	Soph.	Dexter, MI	133
Ryan	Farris	Jr.	Novi, MI	133
Gabriel	Martinez	Jr.	MI	141
Andrew	Kakoos	Jr.	MI	141
Nikolas	Andaverde	Jr.	MI	141
Joey	Murphy	Jr.	IL	149
Caden	Jacobs	Fr.	MI	149
Brandon	Troy	Soph.	MI	149
Austin	Holbrook	Jr.	MI	157
Mark	Crossen	Fr.	MI	157
Trevor	Dusty	Sr.	MI	165
Cody	Carlisle	Jr.	MI	165
Seth	Dominguez	Jr.	MI	174
Seth	Konynenbelt	Jr.	Hudsonville, MI	184
Kurtis	Smith	Soph.	IL	184
Joseph	Posledni	Sr.	Batavia, IL	197
Kendall	Leach	Sr.	MI	197
Andre	Irving	Fr.	Grand Rapids, MI	235
Zach	Foote	Jr.	MI	285
Cody	Castelline	Sr.	TX	133