Career Accolades
- 2021-22 NCAA Division II National Qualifier
- 2021-22 Super Region 1 champion (174 pounds)
- 2021-22 All-PSAC Second Team
- (2021-22, 2022-23) D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner
- 2021-22 NWCA Scholar All-American
- PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023)
2021-22: Compiled 25-6 record while wrestling predominantly at 174 pounds ... compiled 6 pins, 1 technical fall, and 3 major decisions ... has 26-7 career record ... had separate winning streaks of 7 wins and 11 wins ... won the NCAA Division II Super Region 1 title with 4 consecutive victories. His final two wins were a 9-4 decision over No. 9-ranked Brock Biddle of Pitt-Johnstown in the semifinals and a 3-1 sudden-victory decision over No. 8-ranked Dillon Walker of Mercyhurst in the title match ... opened the NCAA Division II tourney with a 3-2 tiebreaker win over Josh Jones of McKendree before finishing the tournament with a 1-2 record. ... was named All-PSAC Second Team ... was honored as PSAC Scholar-Athlete for the 2nd consecutive year ... was selected as an NWCA Scholar All-American and a D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award winner.
2020-21: Posted a 1-1 record while competing one match at 197 lbs. and the second at 184 lbs… won a 4-3 decision in a tiebreaker vs. Kent State’s Ryan Boyle at the Kent State Extra, and a week later dropped a 3-1 decision to Edinboro’s Ethan Ducca.
HIGH SCHOOL: Finished with a 142-38 record while competing at Bishop Hartley High School, qualifying for the OHSAA State Championships … the tournament was canceled due to the pandemic … as a senior in 2020, won the 182 lb. Division II Licking Valley Sectional title and would go on to win the district crown, as well … finished with a 41-4 record … as a junior in 2019, finished second at 160 lbs. at the Division II Licking Valley Regional Championship to qualify for District championships … would go 2-2 at districts to finish with a 34-7 record … in 2018 as a sophomore, won the sectional championship at 152 lbs. and placed sixth at district tournament to end the year at 35-15 … qualified for the district championships as a freshman after placing third at the sectional tournament while competing at 132 lbs… would end his freshman year at 32-12.
PERSONAL: Born February 28, 2002 … son of Barbara and Paul Petrella … Applied Exercise Science major … has four brothers (Tony, Vinnie. Michael, and Kevin) and one sister (Kristen) … comes from an athletic family … father played football and wrestled at Baldwin Wallace, while brother Tony wrestled at Gannon, brother Vinnie played football at Ohio State, brother Kevin was a wrestler at Ohio State, and brother Michael is a sophomore on the wrestling team at Baldwin Wallace.
