Rider Wrestling

05/28/2026

Another project complete, here is a look at all 22 All-Americans in our programs history!

Looking to fill this wall up, who will be next?

l

05/27/2026

Our wrestling room recently got an upgrade! Check out our brand new All-American wall!

l

05/23/2026

Just over one week left of the Raise Your Game Challenge and we are SO close to our $75,000 goal. Help us finish the job by donating today! Thank you for your continued support of our program! ❤️

🔗 https://give.rider.edu/campaigns/wrestling-2030

l

Congratulations to Tyler Klinsky for earning All American honors by placing 8th at 125 pounds becoming our programs 22nd AA and 24th AA including Covid.Rider Wrestling has now produced 11 All Americans in the past twelve seasons, five in the past six years and one each of the last four years in a ro...

05/16/2026

Congratulations to our graduates!

05/16/2026

This year's Gary Taylor Most Outstanding Wrestler award AND the Fred Henson Memorial award both go to Tyler Klinsky. Through his constant, hard work and dedication Tyler earned all American Honors cementing himself as one of the best in our programs history. We will miss watching him compete as a bronc but are excited to have him back next year as an assistant coach.

l

05/14/2026

The Mario Ianni memorial Award was created to honor a member of the team who goes above and beyond for his teammates. This year's recipient is Alex Esposito! Alex can always be found motivating his teammates in the room, cheering them on mat side, and putting in the extra work when he or his teammates need it.

In addition to a current team member, we also select an alumni who went above and beyond for his teammates. This year we honored Barry Burtnett with the award.

l

05/13/2026

This year's Most Outstanding Freshman is Gianni Maldonado. In his first year of collegiate wrestling Gianni became our starter at 157 before facing a season ending injury in March. Exciting things to come in the future from our outstanding freshman!

l

05/12/2026

This year our Most Improved Wrestler is 133 pounder Will Betancourt. Over the past three seasons Will has jumped levels. In 2024 Will had a record of 2-11, in 2025 Will had a record of 8-10, and in 2026 improved to 23-10 AND was a National Qualifier.

l

05/11/2026

This year's Program Contributor Award goes to ! Lisa was our team manager from 2015-2019 and continues to help our team yearly. We are grateful for her continued contributions to our program.

l

05/10/2026

There is no mom like a wrestling mom! Wishing all the moms a wonderful Mother's Day today!

05/08/2026

Last weekend we got to honor our seniors at the end of the year banquet. One of our favorite traditions, for our seniors is having them come up and give a speech about their wrestling career, both in college and before. It's always nice to hear how wrestling has changed them and shaped them into the men they have become. We are wishing all of our seniors the best of luck in their next endeavors. Thank you for being a Bronc 🐴

l