CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Mohamed Abdelatty (285 pounds) solidified his junior season by earning All-American honors with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships on Saturday.
 
He becomes Director of Wrestling Joe Jamison's second All-American, matching Max Borton's eighth-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships.
 
"We wrestled well this weekend, and obviously it's great when you come away with an All-American," Jamison said. "Mo was awesome; he rose to the occasion and achieved his goal. Now Mo has his sights set on a national title, and he knows what he needs to do to get there."
 
Abdelatty finished 0-2 on the second day of competition to conclude the tournament with a 2-3 overall mark. He fell by an 8-1 decision in his opening match against Baldwin Wallace's Andrew Vanscoy before dropping his seventh-place bout against Wabash's Titus Waters by a 7-4 score.
 
Against Vanscoy, Abdelatty initiated the first two shots and nearly converted takedowns, but a stalemate was issued each time and the wrestlers entered the second period tied at zero. After choosing bottom, Abdelatty recorded an escape with 1:30 remaining in the period, but takedowns in the second and third by Vanscoy resulted in the 8-1 setback.
 
In the seventh-place match against Waters, Abdelatty shot in first and nearly converted on a high single leg, but stellar defense resulted in a stalemate. The contest entered the second period tied at zero before Waters tallied a pair of takedowns to grab a 7-1 lead entering the final stanza. Abdelatty scored three points in the final period but was unable to overcome the deficit, falling 7-4.
 
Abdelatty closes out a sensational season with a 29-5 record, earning his first Centennial Conference championship and finishing second at the Region III Championships.
 
The Bears wrap up an incredible season that saw the program win the Centennial Conference championship, finish fourth at the Region III Championships and send three wrestlers to the national championship tournament.