Jacob Kasper

Position:
184
Weight:
0
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lexington, Ohio
High School:
Lexington

Career Statistics

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2016-17: Duke’s starter at heavyweight … NCAA All-American … Finished sixth at the NCAA Championships … Became Duke’s third All-American in program history with a win over Nick Nevills of Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals … Posted a 30-6 overall record … Five of the six losses came against top 20 opponents … One of just 13 Blue Devils to win 30 matches in a season … Started the season unranked before earning the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championships … Captured the Southern Scuffle title – the first in Duke wrestling history … Upset No. 8 Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State, No. 11 Austin Schafer of Oklahoma State and No. 6 Michael Kroells from Minnesota en route to the prestigious title … Finished the season 9-8 against ranked opponents … Went 11-2 in dual matches and 4-1 in ACC action … Upset then No. 3 Ty Walz of Virginia Tech during his 20-match win streak … Also won the Southeast Open and Wolfpack Open … Took second at the ACC Championship with a loss to Walz … Led the team with six falls and scored a team-high 50 points in his 11 dual victories … NWCA Scholar All-America … All-ACC Academic Team.

2015-16: Redshirt season … Went 3-1 in four matches … Trained in Colorado at the Olympic Training Center in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2014-15: Duke’s starter at 184 pounds … NCAA qualifier after taking runner-up honors at the ACC Championship to earn All-ACC recognition … Finished third at the Wolfpack Open and fifth at the Hokie Open … Compiled a 24-12 overall record and 10-5 mark in duals … Put together a 3-2 record against ACC foes … Defeated Nicky Hall of NC State to help Duke upend the Wolfpack 18-17 … Also garnered wins over ACC foes Virginia and Virginia Tech … Defeated Big Ten foe Anthony Gardner of Maryland at the Grapple at the Garden … Defeated No. 3 seed Hall of NC State in the ACC Semifinal to land in the ACC title match and earn an automatic bid to NCAA Championships … NWCA All-Academic … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2013-14: Duke’s starter at 184 pounds … Posted a 15-16 record as a true freshman … Went 8-12 in duals … Won the Hokie Open to kick off the season … Registered a fall in the Hokie Open final over Rider’s Ryan Wolfe … Captured a 9-6 decision over Michael Macchiavello of NC State for an ACC victory … Upset No. 18 Nolan Boyd of Oklahoma State at the Southern Scuffle … Pinned Kacee Hutchinson from Appalachian State to help Duke in a come-from-behind victory over the Mountaineers … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: A four-year letterwinner for Brent Rastetter at Lexington High School … A two-time state tournament qualifier … Took third at the Ohio High School State Championships as a senior at 182 pounds and finished fourth his junior season in the 170-pound division … Compiled a 147-44 scholastic record, including a 102-11 mark his final two seasons … Went 53-2 as a senior en route to take home the conference title … Also earned top honors in the conference at 170 pounds as a junior … Garnered all-conference third team honors as a freshman and sophomore … Broke the Lexington takedown record previously held by Duke redshirt freshman Jake Faust … Team captain as a senior … Voted into the Lexington High School Hall of Fame … A four-time national team member and was a two-time state runner-up in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling for his club program … AAU all-american and earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors at the Clyde Invite.

Personal: Born Jacob Andrew Kasper on October 3, 1994 in Wheeling, W.Va. … Son of Brad and Angie Kasper … Has two brothers, Gregory and Drew.

Year	Weight	Tournament	Dual	ACC	Overall
2013-14	184	7-4	8-12	1-4	15-16
2014-15	184	13-7	10-5	3-2	24-12
2016-17	HWT	19-4	11-2	4-1	30-6
Total	184/HWT	39-15	29-19	8-7	69-34