2025-26 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Shannon, DJ

DJ Shannon
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Wt.:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Madison, Ill.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers
Bio
2024-25 (Graduate Student) 3-3 Overall, 2-2 Open Tournaments, 1-1 Duals: Earned dual victory over Ohio's Jack Lledo by major decision ... Went 2-2 at the Black Knight Invite on November 24 defeating James Johnston (LIU) and Tyler Brignola (Gardner-Webb) by major decision.
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior) 13-19 Overall, 9-10 Open Tournaments, 4-9 Duals: Had a career-high 13 victories and two falls … Began the season going 4-4, went 2-2 at the Clarion Open and MSU Open … Placed third at the Black Knight Invite going 2-1 with a 4-1 victory over Brown’s Johnathan Conrad in the third-place match … Started the dual season going 2-2 with a blazing first period fall against Bloomsburg’s Josh Bonomo at the 1:15 mark, then defeated Buffalo’s Jay Nivison in a low-scoring affair in a 3-2 tiebreaker bout … Pulled off a B1G upset over Indiana’s No. 12-ranked DJ Washington, with the match knotted up at 1-1 late in the third period, Shannon lifted Washington to a single leg before converting a takedown on the edge of the mat as time expired to earn the upset victory, 4-1 … Finished the regular season defeating Central Michigan’s Chandler Amaker in a narrow, 8-5, match … Entered his third B1G Championships as the No. 13-seed and went 2-3 overall on the weekend, highlighted by a 18-2 tech. fall victory over Northwestern’s David Ferrante.
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior) 0-1 Overall, 0-1 Open Tournaments: Dropped his lone match of the season against Illinois’ Caden Ernd in a tightly contested sudden victory match, 8-6.
Prior to MSU: Spent three seasons at Illinois going 12-21 ... Competed at the B1G Championships twice for the Illini.
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior) 13-19 Overall, 9-10 Open Tournaments, 4-9 Duals: Had a career-high 13 victories and two falls … Began the season going 4-4, went 2-2 at the Clarion Open and MSU Open … Placed third at the Black Knight Invite going 2-1 with a 4-1 victory over Brown’s Johnathan Conrad in the third-place match … Started the dual season going 2-2 with a blazing first period fall against Bloomsburg’s Josh Bonomo at the 1:15 mark, then defeated Buffalo’s Jay Nivison in a low-scoring affair in a 3-2 tiebreaker bout … Pulled off a B1G upset over Indiana’s No. 12-ranked DJ Washington, with the match knotted up at 1-1 late in the third period, Shannon lifted Washington to a single leg before converting a takedown on the edge of the mat as time expired to earn the upset victory, 4-1 … Finished the regular season defeating Central Michigan’s Chandler Amaker in a narrow, 8-5, match … Entered his third B1G Championships as the No. 13-seed and went 2-3 overall on the weekend, highlighted by a 18-2 tech. fall victory over Northwestern’s David Ferrante.
2022-23 (Redshirt Junior) 0-1 Overall, 0-1 Open Tournaments: Dropped his lone match of the season against Illinois’ Caden Ernd in a tightly contested sudden victory match, 8-6.
Prior to MSU: Spent three seasons at Illinois going 12-21 ... Competed at the B1G Championships twice for the Illini.
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