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Michael Merrick '17 Recruiting Profile
Height5'5"
Weight120lbs
Age24
Primary Position125 lb
Secondary Position133 lb
Dominant HandLeft
Bench Press145
Squat195
Overall Record43-34
Best PositionNeutral
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2017 Match Highli...Personal Statement
Some of my goals and aspirations in college is to get my degree and hopefully work for a doctorate. I have been really interested wrestling since I was little, me and my dad would watch the olympics every four years specifically for wrestling. Throughout wrestling so far, I have learned that you have to work extremely hard day in and day out to be successful. One of the biggest things that I have learned about myself, would be that I have a strong passion for wrestling that pushes me to test my limits and I am a great team leader. My goals for high school, are to graduate distinguished, in the top 10 percentile, and to learn more and more about myself while I am here. My goals for college is to get find my calling in life and see where I really belong in this strange world.
I have overcome countless obstacles in life. For starters, as I mentioned in the above paragraph, me and my dad were very close until he left my mom and my she got married to a man that abused me daily, I finally fought back when I was around 9 years old. That lead me to getting kicked out of my house and that just ended up being moved from house to house and finally moved back in with my mom when I was around 12 years old. My Freshman year my father passed away and I have used that as a motivator in wrestling because we would always wrestle around in the good old days. Some unique skills that I obtain are that I am a dancer and I am selfless.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 3 years
- 2017 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Captain
- 2015 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Captain
Team Awards
- Regional 3rd Place, Placed at many tournaments
- 2014 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- , Rookie of the Year
Team Awards
- Regional 3rd Place
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Chad Taylor
- High School Assistant Coach
- Michael Maldanado
- High School Assistant Coach
- Kaitan Hutton
- High School Head Coach
- Roy Cash
Events
- Camp/Event
- Hereford Rumble
- 1/12/17 to 1/14/17
- Placed 8th out of 15. I had 1 pin and one tech fall
- Camp/Event
- Rattler Invatational
- 12/20/16 to 12/20/16
- 4th out of 14 wrestlers. Faced off against a 2x state champion of new mexico and held my own.
Additional Sports
- Basketball
- 1 year
- Varsity Team
Statistics
| Statistic | 2017 Varsity Team | 2015 Varsity Team | 2014 Varsity Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 18-12 | 18-10 | 8-12 |
| Pins | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Takedowns | 42 | 23 | 29 |
| Reversals | 8 | 38 | 5 |
| Escapes | 14 | 46 | 12 |
| Technical Falls | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Near Falls | 19 | 6 | 12 |
| Disqualifications | 0 |
Academics
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Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Alg 2 Honors, Spanish 3, Pre-Cal, Chemistry honors, Physics honors, Calculus, english 2 and 3,Are you in AP/IB classes?
NoRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsAB honor roll A honor roll District Champion in Mathematics UIL 3rd place in Science UIL 3rd place in Headline UIL I received the biology outstanding student award my freshman year.
- ActivitiesTheatre Choir Math UIL Science UIL Headline UIL National Honors Society Student Council Yearbook Assistant Editor
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