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Cade King

  • Height
    5-11
  • Weight
    184
  • Position
    184 Weight Class
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Waseca, Minn.
  • High School
    Owatonna H.S.
  • Major
    Business Economics

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
  • NCAA Qualifier (2022-23)
  • NWCA Scholar All-American (2021-22, 2022-23)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022-23)
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2022-23)
  • Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling First Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23: Qualified for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for the first time ... finished the season with a career-high 16 victories against 11 losses while wrestling at 184 pounds ... made season debut at Daktronics Open and recorded a runner-up finish (11/20) ... placed fifth individually at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational after posting a 5-2 record that included wins over nationally ranked David Key (Navy) and Anthony Montalvo (Arizona State) (12/2-3)... put together a nine-match winning streak in dual competition during the month of January, highlighted by a 4-0 showing at the Virginia Duals (1/13-14) ... placed seventh at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship (3/4) ... dropped both of his matches to ranked opponents at the NCAA Championships (3/16) ... awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship during the summer of 2023

2021-22: Moved up to 184 pounds and broke through with a 14-9 overall record, including an 11-4 mark in duals ... tied for fifth place in first action of the season at UNI Open (12/11) ... helped propel the Jackrabbits to dual victory at ninth-ranked Missouri with upset win (6-4, SV-1) over Jeremiah Kent (1/22) ... ran winning streak to season-best five matches with hard-fought 5-3 decision over West Virginia's Anthony Carman in home dual (1/28) ... rallied for 5-4 victory over North Dakota State's D.J. Parker to close out dual slate (2/20) ... dropped both of his matches at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship (3/5)

2020-21: Showed steady improvement, compiling a 10-10 overall record with a 5-6 mark in duals ... recorded an 8-6 sudden victory over Colton Beisley in dual against Oregon State for first win of the season (1/3) ... went 3-0 in dual competition at Little Rock Quad (1/31), including knocking off a pair of ranked wrestlers in Oklahoma's Anthony Mantanona (7-5) and Tyler Eischens of Stanford (10-8) ... tallied a 6-3 decision in dual upset of Iowa State's Julien Broderson (2/7) ... lone victory at Big 12 Championship was a 20-3 technical fall over Zack Gonzalez of Fresno State (3/6)

2019-20: Earned a spot in the starting lineup as a true freshman ... posted a 9-19 overall record, including a 2-12 mark in duals, while wrestling at 174 pounds ... recorded back-to-back third-place finishes at the Bison Open (11/9) and Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11/17) ... both of his wins in round-robin competition at Daktronics Open were by fall ... picked up first collegiate dual win with 8-4 decision over Alec Cramer of Old Dominion at South Beach Duals (12/30) ... won by technical fall (18-2) over Tristan Tadeo in shutout victory at Little Rock (2/2) 

BEFORE SDSU: Won more than 200 matches during an outstanding prep career ... Minnesota Class AAA state champion at 182 pounds for Owatonna High School as a junior and was runner-up as a senior ... went undefeated as a junior and was 43-5 as a senior ... also was state runner-up at 152 pounds as a sophomore ... recorded third-place finish in the 132-pound weight class for Waseca High School as an eighth-grader ... was selected to represent Team USA at USA vs. Illinois Cliff Keen/Wrestling USA Dream Team Classic in April 2019 ... majoring in business economics

CAREER STATISTICS
 
Season Overall Record Dual Record
2019-20 9-19 2-12
2020-21 10-10 5-6
2021-22 14-9 11-4
2022-23 16-11 9-4
Totals 49-49 27-26

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    174/184 Weight Class
    5'11" 174 lbs

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    174/184 Weight Class
    5'11" 174 lbs

  • 2021-22Junior

    184 Weight Class
    5'11" 184 lbs

  • 2022-23Senior

    184 Weight Class
    5'11" 184 lbs
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