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2023-24 Wrestling Roster

Philip Hinds
Philip Hinds

Dylan Ryder

Dylan Ryder

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Weight:
    125
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Dix Hills, NY
  • High School:
    Half Hollow Hills West

Summary

Biography

Returns to the Hofstra roster after sitting out the past two seasons. 

2020-21: NWCA Scholar All-American…EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient…
Compiled a 5-2 overall record as the 125-pound starter…Went 2-2 and finished fifth at the 2021 EIWA Championships…Went 3-0 in dual meets and 2-0 against EIWA opponents…Won two matches by fall and major decision, and one by decision.

2019-20: EIWA Academic Achievemen Award recipient...Fall 2019 Hofstra Dean's List selection...Member of the Fall 2019 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll member...Hofstra's Most Resilient Award...Compiled a 15-7 record at 125 pounds...Was 13-2 in dual matches including a 7-0 mark in EIWA dual matches...Placed eighth at the EIWA Championships...Put together a nine-match win streak...Posted five wins by fall, four by decision, four by major decision, and two technical falls...Went 2-3 at the EIWA Championships.

2018-19: EIWA Academic Achievement Award recipient...Hofstra Dean's List honoree in both semesters...Hofstra's Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll member...Led the team with a 23-13 overall record and a 14-4 mark in dual matches at 125 pounds...Posted a 6-2 recorded in EIWA dual matches...Tallied eight wins by decision, five wins by fall, three tech fall wins and five major decision victories...Posted 3-2 marks in both the Princeton Open and the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational...Notched a 2-1 slate in the Journeymen/My House Collegiate Classic...Tallied a 1-2 slate in the EIWA Championships...Posted an 11-match winning streak in January and February.
 
High School: Came to Hofstra after wrestling for five years with the Colts of Half Hollow Hills West High School in Dix Hills, New York…2017 High School National Champion…Three-time New York State High School Championship finalist and won the 106-pound state title in 2017…Lost to Hilton High School’s Greg Diakomihalis in 2016 and 2018…. Became just the second Colt wrestler to win a state title… Captured the championship at the 2017 High School Nationals to cap off a great 41-1 junior year… Became Hills West's first national wrestling champion…Posted a 41-3 record as a senior and 43-2 marrk as a sophomore... Two-time Suffolk County champion and three-time finalist, winning in 2016 and 2017 and losing in the finals in 2018… Fargo All-American in 2016.

Personal: Has three sisters…His sister Paris was a four-year gymnast at the University of Arkansas…Enjoys hunting and fishing in his free time…Enjoys listening to country music and lists Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church and Thomas Rhett among his favorites…Aspires to a career in business…Management major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    125
    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    125
    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    125
    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    125
    5'4" 125 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    125
    5'4" 125 lbs