Kysen Terukina

Kysen Terukina vs. North Carolina (2024)

Kysen Terukina - 2024 Big 12 Championship

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Photo by: Brett Rojo/For The Big 12 Conference

Weight:
125
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ewa Beach, Hawaii
High School:
Kamehameha

Awards and Accomplishments
3x NCAA Qualifier (2021, ’22, ‘24)
2024 Big 12 Championship (Fourth Place)
2022 Big 12 Championship (Eighth Place)
2021 Big 12 Championship (Sixth Place)

2024-25
Registered an 11-3 record in a difficult season battling multiple injuries … missed the beginning of the season due to a neck injury but went 11-1 upon his return until suffering a knee injury during the finals of the Cyclone Open ... recorded a 4-1 dual record … posted wins against North Carolina’s No. 23 Spencer Moore and Iowa’s Joey Cruz … suffered a narrow 4-1 loss to West Virginia’s Jett Strickenberger at the buzzer … went 0-2 and did not place at the Big 12 Championship … Cyclone Open Champion … entered the transfer portal following the season.

2023-24
2024 NCAA Qualifier … went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships … defeated Army’s No. 25 Ethan Berginc, 4-2, in the first consolation round … logged best career finish at the Big 12 Championship (fourth place) as the No. 6 seed … wrestled to a 14-10 season record … five bonus-point victories (one fall, two tech falls, two major decisions) on the season … best win of the season was a 14-3 major decision over Wisconsin’s No. 6 Eric Barnett … defeated Northern Colorado’s No. 7 Stevo Poulin, 3-2, at the Big 12 Championship … had nine results decided by a takedown or less, going 5-4 in those matches … finished the year with a 9-4 dual record.

2022-23
Went 3-2 before his season was ended early due to injury … defeated No. 6 Eric Barnett (WIS), 9-7, in sudden victory on the first weekend of the season … accepted an invitation to wrestle at the NWCA All-Star Classic in Austin, Texas … lost by fall to No. 3 Patrick McKee (MINN) in the All-Star match.

2021-22
2022 NCAA Qualifier ... finished eighth at 125-pounds at the Big 12 Championship ... the only 2022 NCAA Qualifier from the state of Hawaii ... compiled a 15-8 overall record, including 8-3 in dual meets ... Finished year with two major decisions and a fall ... Had three wins over top 20 ranked wrestlers, including back-to-back wins over No. 6 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) and No. 5 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) ... Won titles at the Grand View Open and Warren Williamson Daktronics Open ... Started season 11-0 ...

2020-21
2021 NCAA Qualifier… finished sixth at 125-pounds at the Big 12 Championship… the only 2021 NCAA Qualifier from the state of Hawaii… finished his freshman campaign with an 8-7 record… won the starting 125-pound spot early in the season… posted a 4-2 dual record… tallied 11 takedowns in duals on the year… earned three wins by major decision.

High School
Wrestled for Kamenamena High School in Ewa Beach, Hawaii… four-time Hawaii High School State Champion… sixth wrestler in Hawaii high school history to win four state crowns… No. 95 overall recruit in the class of 2020… No. 1 P4P wrestler out of Hawaii in 2020… Reno Worlds champion… Walsh Ironman Classic placewinner.

Personal
Majoring in business.