University of Maryland Athletics

In His Own Words: Kyle Cochran

2021-22 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): 2022 Southern Scuffle Champion...Third-place at 2021 Clarion Open...Sixth-Place at 2022 Big ten Championships...Went 1-2 at the 2022 NCAA Championships with a victory over Rutgers' John Poznanski...Won two decisions in Terps' two wins against Drexel and Duke (12/4)...Victorious in Maryland's victory over Navy (12/11)...Wont four consecutive duals to close the season between February 6 and February 19...Finished dual season ranked 8th in the nation by InterMat, the highest ranking of his college career...

2020-21 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Team captain … competed in all eight duals … wrestled at 184 pounds … ranked first on the team in wins (6), major decisions (3), dual wins (3), and falls (1) ... represented Maryland at the Big Ten Championships … made his season debut and earned his first win of the year vs. Michigan’s Joseph Walker with a 3-2 decision (1/10) … wrestled vs. Michigan State and Minnesota (1/16) … earned a 8-0 major decision over Northwestern’s Jon Halvorsen (1/23) … wrestled in the lineup vs. Ohio State and earned a win by fall over Gavin Bell in the extra countable matches (1/31) … won his second consecutive match with a 10-0 major decision over Indiana’s Drayton Harris (2/14) … competed against Penn State (2/22) … wrestled at the Big Ten Championships, earning two wins, a 4-0 decision against Indiana’s Santos Cantu III and a 10-1 major decision over Cantu in wrestle-backs (3/6)

2019-20 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Served as Maryland’s primary starter at 165 pounds, wrestling in all 19 dual matches...finished his redshirt sophomore campaign with a 13-12 record...ranked first on the team in dual wins (10) and Big Ten dual wins (4)...ranked second on the team with eight major decisions...won his first match of the season over Southern Virginia’s Morgan Peterson (11/2)...posted three consecutive major decision victories at the American Round Robin to earn first place (11/9)...beat Rutgers’ Brett Donner in Maryland’s Big Ten Opener (12/7)...went 4-0 at the Virginia Duals and didn’t give up a single point in all four matches (1/10-1/11)...posted back-to-back major decision victories in Big Ten competition over Purdue’s Tanner Webster and Indiana’s Dillon Hoey (1/24, 1/26)...earned a win over Illinois’ Danny Braunagel (2/9)...beat Rider’s Joe Casey (2/22)...represented Maryland at the Big Ten Championships (3/7)

2018-19 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Did not wrestle and served a redshirt year due to injury. 

2017-18 (FRESHMAN): Wrestled for Maryland at 157 pounds throughout the season...won his first-career collegiate match over Austin Kraisser of Campbell, 6-1 by decision (11/12)...defeated Creed Lumpp of George Mason with a 14-8 decision (11/12)...bested Ryerson Dempsey of Stanford via an 11-4 decision (11/18)...went 2-2 at the Road Runner Open, with wins coming over Mason Boutain (SF State) and Jacob Thalin (CSU-Bakersfield) (11/19)...knocked off Shayne Oster in Maryland's dual at Northwestern with a 9-3 decision (12/2)...won five matches at the F&M Open, including his first-career fall over Tyler Tarsi of Harvard (1/6)...topped Aaron Kruk of Harvard with an 18-2 tech. fall (1/14). 

Before Maryland: 2016 New Jersey State Champion...2017 New Jersey State runner-up…three-time NJ State Placer (8th, 1st & 2nd)...finished high school career with record of 143-30…went 40-2 his senior season…2017 regional and district champion…2017 Cliff Kean All-American…NHSCA Junior National Champion...2016 Super 32 Champion...2016 Journeymen Fall Classic Finalist...2x Beast of the East Placewinner (2016 – 4th, 2017 – 3rd)...Greco/Freestyle Fargo All-American...ranked 5th in the county at 160 pounds via InterMat Wrestling High School rankings.

Personal: Son of Kerry and Dina Cochran…brother Justin wrestles for Roger Williams University…also has a sister Danielle…lists most interesting accomplishment as Super 32 National Championship….lists sports hero as Nate Diaz…chose Maryland for the coaches and wrestling program…hobbies include traveling, UFC, music and playing guitar…majoring in letters and sciences.