2018-19 Wrestling Roster

Walker Dempsey

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 149
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.
  • High School Blair Academy (NJ)
  • Major Science, Technology & Society

Biography

As a Redshirt Senior (2018-19) • Pac-12 Champions

  • 9-2 overall at 157 pounds
  • Won the UVU Open (Jan. 19)
  • Placed fifth at the California Collegiate Open (Jan. 26)

As a Redshirt Junior (2017-18)

  • 8-4 overall record and a 1-2 mark in duals at 157 pounds
  • Won the Menlo Open (Nov. 4)
  • Recorded three of his four falls to start the Menlo Open
  • 3-2 at the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 19)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2016-17)

  • 6-8 overall record and 1-1 mark in duals at 149 pounds
  • Finished fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in Maples Pavilion (Feb. 26)
  • 1-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
  • 2-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 18)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2015-16)

  • Posted a 5-9 record at 149 and 157 pounds
  • Went 4-5 in duals
  • Picked up an 8-4 decision over Cleveland State's John Vaugh at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1) for his first career win
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team

As a Freshman (2014-15)

  • Did not compete during his first season on The Farm

High School

  • A 2014 graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.
  • Captained his team as a senior in 2013-14
  • Team won three national championships
  • Two-time New Jersey Prep state champion
  • Two-time NHSCA All-American
  • Prep Nationals silver medalist

Personal

  • Born in San Francisco
  • Son of Burke and Elizabeth Dempsey
  • Has an older brother, Colton, who was a member of the Stanford wrestling team (2012-13)
  • Burke wrestled at Stanford ('84)
  • Major is science, technology and society
  • Full name is Ryerson Walker Dempsey
 
Career Numbers
Year Record Dual Record Dual Points Falls Technical Falls
2015-16 5-9 4-5 13 0 0
2016-17 6-8 1-1 3 0 0
2017-18 8-4 1-2 3 4 0
2018-19 9-2 0-0 0 2 1
Totals 28-23 6-8 19 6 1

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'9" 149 lbs

  • 2015-16Redshirt Freshman

    5'9" 149 lbs

  • 2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

    5'9" 149 lbs

  • 2017-18Redshirt Junior

    5'9" 149 lbs

  • 2018-19Redshirt Senior

    5'9" 149 lbs