Gabriel Townsell Season 2019-20

In the News

• 2/13/20: Stanford Wrestling: Senior Tribute (VIDEO) - Stanford Athletics
• 10/25/19: Seven Minutes with Gabriel Townsell (TrackWrestling)
• 4/5/19: VII Wonders: Gabriel Townsell on Rap, Wrestling and Life (The Stanford Daily)

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 team champion (2019) - first in program history
• Three-time NCAA qualifier (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (2017, 2019)
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-America (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020)
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2019)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team (2018)

As a Senior (2019-20)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 3-4 overall and 2-2 in duals at 125 and 133 pounds
• Injury defaulted out of the Pac-12 Championships (March 7) at 133 pounds 
• 1-1 at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1)
• Earned an overtime fall (7:38) over Arizona State's Josh Kramer (Jan. 31) in Tempe
• Missed the majority of the season due to injury

As a Junior (2018-19) • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 6)
• NWCA Scholar All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• 19-12 overall and 6-4 in duals at 125 pounds
• Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships in Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Placed third at the Pac-12 Championships (March 9) in Tempe, Ariz.
• Finished fifth at the Princeton Open (Nov. 4)
• Took eighth at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Went 3-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Nov. 30-Dec. 1)
• Against Arizona State's Brandon Courtney, hit a six-point move with eight seconds remaining to clinch Stanford dual win over the Sun Devils (Feb. 2)

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

• NWCA Scholar All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
• 20-15 overall record and 9-3 mark in duals, competing at 125 and 133 pounds
• Received an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships at 125 pounds in Cleveland, Ohio
• Went 1-2 at nationals, knocking off No. 20 Christian Moody (Oklahoma)
• Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships at 125 pounds in Corvallis, Ore.
• Was one of four wrestlers on the team to record at least 20 wins
• Tied for second on the team with four falls
• Took fourth at the Hokie Open (Nov. 5) and fifth at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 19) at 133 pounds
• Finished seventh at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) at 125 pounds

As a Freshman (2016-17)

• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 3)
• NWCA Scholar All-America
• 18-11 overall and 7-1 in duals taking over as Stanford's starter at 125 pounds in December
• Earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo.
• Finished 2-2 at NCAAs, including a 9-4 win over 16th-seeded Conor Youtsey (Michigan)
• Took fourth at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 26) in Maples Pavilion
• Knocked-off three top 13 opponents en route to a fifth-place finish at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) in Chattanooga, Tenn.
• Runner-up in Greco at the UWW Junior National Championships at 55 kg

Freestyle and Greco-Roman

• Secured a spot on the U23 World Team by capturing the 57 kg freestyle title at the U23 Nationals in Akron, Ohio (2019)
• Placed fourth at 57 kg in freestyle at the U23 Nationals in Akron, Ohio (2018)
• Runner-up at the UWW Junior Greco-Roman Nationals at 55 kg (2017)
• Runner-up at the Junior Pan Am Championships in freestyle at 55 kg (2017)
• Took fifth at the Junior Pan am Championships in Greco-Roman at 55 kg (2017)

Prior to Stanford

• A 2016 graduate of Oak Park & River Forest High School in Oak Park, Ill.
• Four-year letterwinner, captained the team as a senior
• National champions in 2015
• Three-time state champions (2014-16)
• Four-time regional and sectional champions (2013-16)
• Ranked as high as eighth in the country
• Three-time all-state, placing third in 2015 and 2016, and fourth in 2014
• Three-time All-American (Folkstyle) in 2013 (4th), 2014 (2nd), and 2016 (3rd)
• Two-time Ironman placer, taking 8th in 2014 and 4th in 2015
• Two-time All-American (Greco-Roman), taking fifth at the Cadet World Team Trials, and third at the Junior World Team Trials
• Two-time All-American (Freestyle), finishing third at the Cadet World Team Trials and second at Cadet Nationals
• Four-time Fargo national finalist, placing first in Cadet Greco-Roman and Junior Greco-Roman, and second in Cadet Freestyle and Junior Greco-Roman
• Three-time all-conference (2013-15)
• Academic all-conference (2015-16)

Personal

• Son of Richard and Stephanie Townsell
  • Father wrestled at Northwestern
• Has an older sister, Lena
• Full name is Richard Gabriel Townsell  

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