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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

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Elijah Lusk

Elijah Lusk

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Merritt Island, Fla.

Summary

Biography

2025-26: NCAA NATIONAL RUNNER-UP...ALL-AMERICAN...FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE...NCAA SUPER REGION II CHAMPION...Went 18-4 overall and 13-1 in dual competition...Finished second at the NCAA Championships to earn his third career All-American honor...Won his third NCAA Super Region II title, becoming the first three-time regional champion at his weight in program history...Won Conference Carolinas Lower Weight Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference championship...Recorded 11 bonus-point victories.

2024-25: FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE...NCAA QUALIFIER...Went 15-8 overall and 11-4 in duals...Recorded seven bonus-point victories...Placed second at the Midwest Classic...Qualified for his third NCAA Championship after winning the Super Region II title...Helped Lander capture its fourth straight Super Region II Championship and fifth straight conference championship.

2023-24: NCAA All-American at 133 lbs (6th)...Super Region II Finalist...First Team All-Conference...placed fifth at Midwest Classic...15-11 overall...9-2 in duals, 2-1 in conference...four TFs...three MDs...one pin

2022-23: NCAA All-American at 133 lbs (8th)... National Qualifier... Super Region II Champion at 133... named to the All-SACC First Team... finished fourth at the Midwest Classic... went 30-8 overall... went 16-2 in duals... went 7-0 in the SACC... recorded 13 wins by decision, six wins by major decisions, seven wins by tech fall and four by pins...

2021-22: Named the 2022 SACC Freshman of The Year...named to the All-SACC Second Team...named SACC Wrestler of The Week (Jan.25)...Went 25-7 overall...went 12-1 in duals...finished third at the Pembroke Open (Nov.7)...finished first at the Georgia Open (Nov.14)...went 3-1 at the Carolina Clash (Dec.4)...finished second at the NCAA Super Region II Championships...went 0-2 at the NCAA Div. II National Championships...

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

  • 2025-26Graduate Student

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