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Colin Realbuto
- Position:
- Wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Somers, N. Y.
- High School:
- Iona Preparatory School
Bio
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HONORS:
2025: NCAA qualifier (149) | Big 12 Runner-Up
2023: NCAA qualifier (149) | 5th at Big 12 Championships |Â Big 12 All-Academic First Team | NWCA Scholar All-American
2022: NCAA qualifier (149) |Â 3rd at Big 12 Championships | First Team Academic All-Big 12
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024-25): Posted a 24-7 record with five pins, four major decisions and two technical falls and an 11-1 dual record (6-0 in Big 12 duals) ... NCAA qualifier with a first round win as the 10-seed ... Big 12 runner-up ... Notched nine wins over ranked opponents, including a top-ten win over No. 6 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) in the regular season ... Rattled off a career-best 14-match winning streak from early January through the Big 12 Championships ... Placed third at the Soldier Salute and seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
SENIOR (2023-24): Olympic Redshirt.
JUNIOR (2022-23): Qualified for his second NCAA Championships as the 15-seed ... Entered the Big 12 Championships seeded second and ranked No.14 in the nation, placing fifth ... Earned three wins at the Collegiate Duals, including a 9-7 decision over eventual NCAA runner-up No. 3 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) and 5-4 decision over No. 19 Jackson Arrington (North Carolina State) ... Defeated No. 22/23 Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) twice during the season, once in dual competition and at the Big 12 Championships, as well as No. 25 Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) ... Won the Daktronics Open ... Eighth place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite ... Finished the season with a 20-8 record and a pair of falls ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team... NWCA Scholar All-American.
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Earned an automatic bid to NCAA championships ... No. 20 seed at the NCAA championships ... Ended the season with a record of 2-2 ... Earned a 2:16 fall against No. 29 seed John Arceri (Buffalo) ... Defeated No. 14 seed Josh Finesilver (Duke) 8-4 for the upset win in his third match ... Earned a third-place finish at Big 12 Championships ... Was seeded fifth and and unranked heading into the Big 12 Championships ... Won the UNI Open at 149 pounds ... Took fifth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... Competed in two different weights in extra bouts on same day, beating Jarron Jensen (Wyoming) at 149 pounds, then Kenny O'Neil (South Dakota State) at 157 pounds ... First Team Academic All-Big 12.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21 COVID): Transferred to UNI from Brown University ... Went 6-1 at 157 pounds ... Competed for Italy at the Senior World Championships in Oslo, Norway.Â
2019-20 (BROWN): Redshirted... finished 4-3 at 157 pounds ... Won two bouts by major decision ... Went 4-1 at the CUW Open for a third place finish.
2018-19 (BROWN): Finished 10-17 on the season … Went 2-7 in duals and 1-5 in EIWA duals … Posted one major decision on the year … Tallied four wins at the F&M Open (Jan. 5) … Posted three wins at the Bearcat Open (Nov. 11).
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HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third at the New York state championships in 2018 … Won titles at the Danbury Invitational, Westchester County Championships, CHSAA NYC divisional championships, and CHSAA Catholic state championships  ... Posted a 126-37 career record  ... Went 34-6 as a junior and 47-3 as a senior for a combined mark of 81-9 over his final two years ... Wrestled for coaches Thomas Straehle and John Degl ... Competed on the club level for Empire Wrestling Academy ... Honor roll student.
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PERSONAL: Son of Katherine and Steve Realbuto … Has four older brothers, Sean, Brian, Dylan, and the late Michael Realbuto; Brian wrestled at Cornell from 2013-17 and Dylan wrestled at Cornell from 2014-18 ... Engaged to his fiance, Meredith ... Has a daughter, Georgia ... Majoring in management: business administration.
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# competed at Brown University
HONORS:
2025: NCAA qualifier (149) | Big 12 Runner-Up
2023: NCAA qualifier (149) | 5th at Big 12 Championships |Â Big 12 All-Academic First Team | NWCA Scholar All-American
2022: NCAA qualifier (149) |Â 3rd at Big 12 Championships | First Team Academic All-Big 12
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024-25): Posted a 24-7 record with five pins, four major decisions and two technical falls and an 11-1 dual record (6-0 in Big 12 duals) ... NCAA qualifier with a first round win as the 10-seed ... Big 12 runner-up ... Notched nine wins over ranked opponents, including a top-ten win over No. 6 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) in the regular season ... Rattled off a career-best 14-match winning streak from early January through the Big 12 Championships ... Placed third at the Soldier Salute and seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
SENIOR (2023-24): Olympic Redshirt.
JUNIOR (2022-23): Qualified for his second NCAA Championships as the 15-seed ... Entered the Big 12 Championships seeded second and ranked No.14 in the nation, placing fifth ... Earned three wins at the Collegiate Duals, including a 9-7 decision over eventual NCAA runner-up No. 3 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) and 5-4 decision over No. 19 Jackson Arrington (North Carolina State) ... Defeated No. 22/23 Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) twice during the season, once in dual competition and at the Big 12 Championships, as well as No. 25 Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) ... Won the Daktronics Open ... Eighth place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite ... Finished the season with a 20-8 record and a pair of falls ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team... NWCA Scholar All-American.
SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Earned an automatic bid to NCAA championships ... No. 20 seed at the NCAA championships ... Ended the season with a record of 2-2 ... Earned a 2:16 fall against No. 29 seed John Arceri (Buffalo) ... Defeated No. 14 seed Josh Finesilver (Duke) 8-4 for the upset win in his third match ... Earned a third-place finish at Big 12 Championships ... Was seeded fifth and and unranked heading into the Big 12 Championships ... Won the UNI Open at 149 pounds ... Took fifth at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... Competed in two different weights in extra bouts on same day, beating Jarron Jensen (Wyoming) at 149 pounds, then Kenny O'Neil (South Dakota State) at 157 pounds ... First Team Academic All-Big 12.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21 COVID): Transferred to UNI from Brown University ... Went 6-1 at 157 pounds ... Competed for Italy at the Senior World Championships in Oslo, Norway.Â
2019-20 (BROWN): Redshirted... finished 4-3 at 157 pounds ... Won two bouts by major decision ... Went 4-1 at the CUW Open for a third place finish.
2018-19 (BROWN): Finished 10-17 on the season … Went 2-7 in duals and 1-5 in EIWA duals … Posted one major decision on the year … Tallied four wins at the F&M Open (Jan. 5) … Posted three wins at the Bearcat Open (Nov. 11).
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HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third at the New York state championships in 2018 … Won titles at the Danbury Invitational, Westchester County Championships, CHSAA NYC divisional championships, and CHSAA Catholic state championships  ... Posted a 126-37 career record  ... Went 34-6 as a junior and 47-3 as a senior for a combined mark of 81-9 over his final two years ... Wrestled for coaches Thomas Straehle and John Degl ... Competed on the club level for Empire Wrestling Academy ... Honor roll student.
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PERSONAL: Son of Katherine and Steve Realbuto … Has four older brothers, Sean, Brian, Dylan, and the late Michael Realbuto; Brian wrestled at Cornell from 2013-17 and Dylan wrestled at Cornell from 2014-18 ... Engaged to his fiance, Meredith ... Has a daughter, Georgia ... Majoring in management: business administration.
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| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK FALL |
| 2018-19 # | 10-18 | 2-7 | NA | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-3 | |
| 2019-20 *# | 4-3 | 0-0 | NA | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | |
| 2020-21 ^ | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
| 2021-22 | 18-12 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0:46 |
| 2022-23 | 20-8 | 9-1 | 6-1 | 4-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2:55 |
| 2023-24 % | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |
| 2024-25 | 24-7 | 11-1 | 6-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1:25 |
| CAREER | 78-46 | 27-16 | 16-5 | 11-6 | 2-3 | 11-4 | 0:46 |
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# competed at Brown University
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