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2024-25 Wrestling Roster

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Taye Ghadiali

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 285
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Warren, Mich.
  • Highschool Warren Fitzgerald HS

Biography

2024-25: Had a 5-2 record before a December injury sidelined him for the rest of the season ... His two losses came against the No. 1 and No. 10 ranked wrestlers ... Ranked the Number 7 heavyweight while he was competing ... Defeated No. 3 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) by an 8-3 decision at the NWCA All-Star Classic ... Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week on 11/20.

2023-24: Finished eighth at the NCAA Championships to become the program's second-ever NCAA All-American ... Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Conference ... Named to the SoCon All-Conference team ... Named SoCon Wrestler of the Year and won the SoCon Championships for the third consecutive season ... Named SoCon Wrestler of the Month for November and February ... Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week on 11/22 ... Had an overall record of 36-6, tied for third-most wins in program history ... 13 pins on the year, second-most in school history ... Led the country in wins, fifth in the country in pins (13) and sixth in tech falls (11) ... Had a 16-1 dual record and was a perfect 8-0 in conference matches ... Won every match against a conference opponent with either a tech fall or fall ... Finished in third place at the Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invitational ... Began the year with 10 consecutive victories ... Was the No. 7 seed at NCAA Championships ... Defeated No. 5 seed Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) 8-5 SV1 in the blood round to clinch All-American status ... Finished first at the Southeast Open and second at the Franklin & Marshall Open ... Was named preseason All-SoCon.

2022-23: Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll … Named to the SoCon All-Conference team … SoCon Wrestler of the Month in December ... Had an overall record of 27-5 … Went 1-2 at NCAA Championships as the No. 17 seed … Defeated Tate Orndorff of Ohio State in the first round of NCAA Championships … Went 3-0 at the SoCon Championships to claim the heavyweight title … Won all three matches at the conference championships by Fall (0:56, 4:06, 1:42) … Went 7-0 against conference opponents … Recorded six major decision victories, most on the team … Defeated Purdue’s Tristan Ruhlman by major decision (14-4) to help the Camels to their first-ever victory over a Big 10 opponent … Went 4-0 at the Army Black Knight Invitational on 11/20 with one major decision victory and one Fall victory (1:22) … Was named preseason All-SoCon. 

2021-22: An NCAA qualifier for the second straight season…Named All-SoCon…Claimed the SoCon Championship at heavyweight…Went 20-4 overall on the year with a 9-1 dual mark, going a perfect 5-0 against SoCon opponents…Added five pins, two major decisions and a tech fall…Went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships, including a 10-8 overtime win over Hofstra’s No. 31 Zachary Knighton-Ward…Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week (1/26) after taking down a pair of ranked opponents, first defeating The Citadel's No. 30 Michael McAleavey, the 2021 SoCon champion, 6-1, and closing out the day with a 9-6 victory over No. 23 Tyrie Houghton from NC State…Collected two first period pins on the way to his first SoCon championship, defeating PC's Airin Spell (0:37) and Davidson's Mitchell Trigg (1:16) to punch his ticket to his second consecutive finals appearance, downing The Citadel's Michael McAleavey 3-1 extra time…Won the heavyweight division at the Wolfpack Open that included wins over 2021 ACC champ Deonte Wilson from NC State in a 2-1 decision, and the 2021 ACC runner-up, Virginia Tech's Hunter Catka, 3-2, for his first collegiate tournament title…Also helped Campbell top Virginia with a 3-2 decision over No. 18 Quinn Miller…Closed the regular season with a15-5 major decision over App State’s Michael Burchell…

2020-21: An NCAA Championships qualifier at heavyweight…Seeded No. 33, went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis…Posted a 7-7 overall record, including a 5-2 mark in SoCon matches…Reached the finals of the SoCon Championships as the No. 3 seed, defeating Anthony Perrine of Gardner-Webb 3-1 in the semifinals, and qualifying for the NCAA Championships with the head to head win (true place)…Started the SoCon Championships with a 20-5 tech fall (7:00) win over Presbyterian’s Airin Spell…Defeated Appalachian State’s Michael Burchell 8-2 to clinch the 21-17 dual win for the Camels…Clinched another dual win for CU at Chattanooga, topping Grayson Walthall with a 4-1 decision…Pinned Bellarmine’s Charlie Cadell (2:02)…

2019-20: Named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll…Went 8-4 on the season, with six bonus point victories…Posted three pins, two major decisions and a tech fall…Placed at both the Southeast Open and the Wolfpack Open…Placed fifth in the freshman/sophomore division at 197 pounds at the SE Open, going 2-2 with 12 second fall over Maryland’s Bryan Bowes, and a 22-8 major decision over Davidson’s Evan Clark…Overcame an opening round loss to win five straight at the Wolfpack Open, taking fifth place, including four bonus point wins…Went 1-1 at the Southern Scuffle, opening with a 6-3 decision over Old Dominion’s River Henry…

Prep/Personal: A state champion as a senior, going undefeated…Took third in the state as a junior…A team captain…Placed sixth at the Senior Nationals…Collected a 140-16 career record…Named to the Macomb County Dream Team, First Team…Nominated for Detroit Free Press Wrestler of the year…Graduated with high honors…Earned the athletic association scholarship, and the Macomb County Wrestling Scholarship…Coached by Andrew Ackerman, Stephen Orlando and Gary Skop…Also lettered in football and baseball, earning team’s defensive player of the year honor as a senior…Full name is Taye Anthony Ghadiali…Born July 24, 2001…Son of Brad and Teresa Comer…Has three siblings, Jonathan, Jordan and Malia…

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'2" 197 lbs
  • 2020-21Redshirt Freshman

    6'2" 197 lbs
  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    6'2" 285 lbs
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    6'2" 285 lbs
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    6'2" 285 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    6'2" 285 lbs