Brett Velasquez

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Russ Jacobson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Bella Rose Photography

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Position:
125
Weight:
125
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bennington, Neb.
High School:
Bennington

2017-18: Team Captain in 2017-18...30-4 record...14-2 dual record...four falls...placed first at Dakota Wesleyan and Husky Opens in 2017-18...also placed first at NCAA DII Super 3 Regional at 125-pounds...2018 NCAA DII national qualifier...placed fourth at NCAA DII championships at 125-pounds...2018 NCAA II All-American...All-NSIC First Team...All-NSIC Academic Team...NWCA DII All-Academic Award winner...SCSU Wrestling's Scholar of the Year...SCSU Iron Man of the Year Award...2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America At-Large...2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large First Team.

2016-17: NCAA All-American in 2017...placed third at NCAA DII championships at 125...1st place finish at 2017 NCAA regional...also added a first place finish at 2016 Husky Open...25-3 record in 2016-17...2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American...2017 All-NSIC...2017 All-NSIC Academic team...2017 NWCA All-Academic award...three falls.

2015-16: NCAA champion at 125-pounds in 2016...25-2 record with four falls...first place finish at the 125-pounds at the 2016 NCAA DII Regional...All-NSIC selection...NSIC All-Academic...NWCA All-Academic award...NCAA All-American...Dean Weisman Wrestler of the Year award...placed second at the Concordia, Husky and Midland Opens...will serve as a team captain in 2016-17.

2014-15: A redshirt athlete at SCSU...20-6 record as an unattached wrestler...10 pins...placed first (125 pounds) at RCTC, Dragon and North Country Opens...placed third at Cobber anf Husky Opens and second at RCC and Worthington Opens.

Before SCSU: A 2014 graduate of Bennington H.S., where he wrestled for coach Alan Pokorny...a 4X Nebraska state champion in high school...3X District Champion and 4X conference champion...4X Academic All-Star award winner...charted a 171-4 career record in high school...went 49-0 as a senior...set school record for career wins....99 career falls...set school records with 312 team points in a season and 1093 career team points...also a 4X letterwinner in baseball...All-Conference Second Team and All-State Honorable Mention in baseball..Academic All-State and Academic All-Conference in baseball.

Personal: The son of David and Dawn Velasquez of Bennington, Neb...a Biomedical Science major at SCSU...was valedictorian of his high school class...enjoys Athletes in Action, ping pong, golfing, hunting and fishing...attended same high school as SCSU head coach Steve Costanzo and Andy Pokorny.