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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

Edmond Ruth

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Harrisburg, Pa.
  • High School Susquehanna Township
  • Major Media & Cinema Studies
  • Position 184
  • Instagram edmond_ruth
  • NIL edmond-ruth

Biography

NIL Opportunities 

USA Button 2024 All-American at 174 pounds
Big Ten Logo white 2024 Big Ten Champion at 174 pounds
NCAA Badge 3x NCAA Championships Qualifier
Big Ten Logo white First-Team All-Big Ten (2024)

2024-25

  • NCAA Championships qualifier at 184 pounds
  • Went 16-9 overall, 8-5 in duals and 5-3 in Big Ten duals
  • Placed third at the Big Ten Championships
  • Recorded one tech. fall and two major decisions
  • Went a perfect 6-0 in matches decided via sudden victory
    • His six overtime wins led the team
  • Scored 26 dual points

2023-24

  • All-American at 174 pounds
  • First-Team All-Big Ten at 174 pounds
  • Big Ten Champion at 174 pounds
  • Placed seventh in the NCAA Championships at 174 pounds
  • NCAA Championships qualifier at 174 pounds
  • Went 26-4 overall, 12-2 in duals and 7-1 in Big Ten duals with 42 points
  • His 42 dual points and 86.7% win percentage led the team for 2023-24
  • First Big Ten Champion for Illinois since Isaiah Martinez won at 165 pounds in 2018
  • First All-American for Illinois at 174 pounds since Zac Brunson in 2017
  • Midlands Champion at 174 pounds
  • Went a perfect 9-0 in matches decided by major decision, did not surrender a bonus point all season
  • Led the team in overtime victories with a 3-1 record and recorded one tech. fall

2022-23

  • NCAA Championships qualifier at 174 pounds
  • Went 30-8 overall, 11-2 in duals and 6-2 in Big Ten duals
  • Placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships
  • Midlands Champion at 174 pounds
  • Scored a team high 36 dual points
  • Recorded four major decisions and three tech. falls
  • Went 6-1 in overtime matches

Competed Unattached

2021-22

  • Went 8-0 overall
  • Illinois Matmen Open Champion

At Lehigh

2020-21

  • Did not wrestle

2019-20

  • Went 17-7 as a redshirt and recorded one fall (:51)
  • Won all four matches at the Mat-Town Open II

Career Record

Year Overall Dual Conference Falls TF MD Big Ten NCAA
2019-20* 17-7 -- -- 1 3 4 -- --
2020-21* -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021-22 8-0 -- -- 0 0 1 -- --
2022-23 30-8 11-2 6-2 0 2 4 6th DNP
2023-24 26-4 12-2 7-1 0 1 9 1st 7th
2024-25 16-9 8-5 5-3 0 1 2 3rd DNP
Total 80-21 31-9 18-6 0 4 16

*Redshirt Season

High School

  • 100 straight wins, 105-1 overall
  • 4x All-American
  • 2x State Champion
  • 3x State Finalist
  • Won Outstanding Wrestler award at the Disney Duals
  • He also ran track. In 2019 he was a state qualifier for the outdoor 4x400. 

Personal

Son of Eddie and Thanayi Ruth... His brother, Edward (Ed) Ruth, was a 3x NCAA Champion at Penn State and is now in his second year as an assistant coach at Illinois... He enjoys making and watching videos. His parents pushed him hard to do the things he hates to make him better... For over a year he was training with high schoolers for a college tournament and he ended up winning the tourney... Chose Illinois because "I wanted to be a part of the big school and also they had the A good film program which is something I want to do in the future."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    174

  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    174

  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    184