Jaden Abas Season 2023-24

Career Accolades

• NCAA All-American (2021)

  • Just the second freshman NCAA All-American in program history
• Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2021)
• Pac-12 champion at 149 pounds (2021)
• Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team at 149 pounds (2021)
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 17, 2023, Feb. 14, 2023)
• Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Redshirt Junior (2022-23)

• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 17, Feb. 14)
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 23-7 overall record and 8-2 in duals at 149 pounds
  • 13 wins by bonus points
  • Nine wins over ranked opponents
• Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships in Tulsa
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (March 5) at Maples Pavilion
• Won the Menlo Open (Nov. 6), placed third at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) and finished sixth at the Mountaineer Invitational (Nov. 12)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2021-22)

• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 19-9 overall record and 6-2 in duals at 149 pounds
  • Tied for second on the team with five falls
  • Notched seven wins against ranked opponents
• Earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships in Detroit
• Placed fourth at the Pac-12 Championships (March 6) in Tempe, Ariz.
• Won the Menlo Open (Nov. 7) and finished fifth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 3-4)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2020-21)

• Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
• NCAA All-American
  • Placed seventh at 149 pounds in St. Louis
• Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team at 149 pounds
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 13-4 overall record, including a 6-2 mark in duals
  • Led the team in overall wins - one of just two Cardinal wrestlers with double-digit wins in a shortened season
• Pac-12 champion at 149 pounds
  • Just the eighth freshman to win a conference title in program history
  • Defeated No. 13 Legend Lamer (Cal Poly), 10-5, in the finals
• Had five wins over ranked opponents

As a Freshman (2019-20)

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm
• 23-4 record wrestling unattached at 149 pounds
  • Finished the year on a 17-match winning streak
• Won the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 15), Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) and California Collegiate Open (Jan. 25)
  • Knocked off No. 18 Andrew Alirez of Northern Colorado at the Scuffle
• Placed fifth at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24)

Prior to Stanford

• A 2019 graduate of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego
• Four-year letterwinner 
• Team finished top 8 in state in 2019
• Two-time California state champion
• Super 32 champion
• Doc Buchanan champion
• 202 career wins
• Top-rated 149-pound prospect in the nation by FloWrestling

Personal

• Son of Gerry Abas and Virginia Cooper
  • Father wrestled at Fresno State and was California's first four-time NCAA Division I All-American
• Has a younger sister, Alyssa
• His uncle, Stephen Abas, also wrestled at Fresno State and won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
• Born in Clovis, Calif.
• Full name is Jaden Daniel Abas

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