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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Kevin Makosy

  • Weight 184
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position 184 lbs.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering
  • Hometown Ijamsville, MD
  • High School Urbana HS
  • Instagram kevin_makosy
  • Opendorse kevin-makosy

Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023 & 2024)
2021-22 (REDSHIRT SENIOR):
  • Finished the season 11-4
  • Competed in two Big Ten duals
  • Majored Drexel's Natty Lapinski in ECM on Senior Night
  • Competed and won 5 matches at 2024 Franklin and Marshall Lehman Open.
  • Went 5-1 at George Mason Patriot Open, taking home fifth place. 

2022-23 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): 
  • Picked up decisions against Bloomsburg and Duke in Maryland's season opening quad meet (11/5).
  • Suffered major elbow injury during bout against American's Colin Shannon in the quad.
  • Came back against Rutgers on 2/4 and competed at the 184-spot for the rest of the season, including the 2023 Big Ten Championships. 

2021-22 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): 

2020-21 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):
  • Wrestled in eight matches, competing in one dual at 197 pounds. 
  • Three wins ranked second on the team.
  • Made his season debut against Michigan (1/10).
  • Wrestled against Michigan State and Minnesota (1/16).
  • Earned his first win of the season with a 15-4 major decision over Northwestern’s Jack Jessen, following it up with a 6-4 decision in his next match against Nebraska’s Brandyn Van Tassell (1/23).
  • Wrestled against Ohio State (1/31).
  • Wrestled against Indiana and picked up a 10-4 decision against Robert Deters (2/14). 
  • Competed at Penn State, losing in sudden victory (2/22)

2019-20 (FRESHMAN): 
  • Posted an 11-13 record while serving a redshirt year.
  • Placed in two open competitions.
  • Earned third and tallied three wins at the Southeast Open to start the season (11/3).
  • Placed fourth and posted two victories at the Mat Town Open (2/23).
  • Earned wins over Campbell’s Taye Ghadiali and Newberry’s Marcus Bisono at the Wolfpack Open (11/17).
  • Beat Franklin & Marshall’s Michael Waszen at the Patriot Open (12/7).
  • Notched a win over Harvard’s Evan Callahan at the F&M Open (1/4).
  • Beat Navy’s Malcolm Wiley II at the Edinboro Open (2/1).
  • Beat Virginia’s Ethan Weatherspoon at both the Mat Town Open (2/23) and the National Collegiate Open (3/1)

Before Maryland:
  • Two-time Maryland State Champion, three-time placer.
  • Three-time regional champion, one-time runner up.
  • Four-time county champion.
  • Three-time NHSCA All-American.
  • Super 32 All-American.

Personal: Son of Douglas and Christina Makosy… studying to become a mechanical engineer… hobbies include anything competitive, backyard games, hiking, and fishing

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    197 lbs.
    197 lbs

  • 2020-21Redshirt Freshman

    197 pounds
    197 lbs

  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    197 pounds
    197 lbs

  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    184 pounds
    184 lbs

  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    184 pounds
    184 lbs