Amar Dhesi

Position:
Heavyweight
Height:
6-2
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Surrey, B.C., Canada
High School:
Burnaby Central HS

2019 Pac-12 5th Place (HWT)
2019 Pac-12 Champion (HWT)
2018 NCAA 3rd-Place Finisher (HWT)
2018 Pac-12 Champion (HWT)
2018 Most Outstanding Wrestler, Pac-12 Championships
2016 NCAA Participant (HWT)
2016 All-American
2016 NCAA 5th-Place Finisher
2016 Pac-12 Champion
2016 Most Outstanding Wrestler, Pac-12 Championships
2014 NCAA Participant (HWT)

OREGON STATE

2018-19
Dhesi earned his third All-American honor at Oregon State going 15-3 during his final collegiate season… Pac-12 Champion at heavyweight for the third time in his career… Placed fifth at the NCAA Championships… Ends his career at Oregon State with a record of 99-22… Joined the program late after competing for Canada at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary… Entered the NCAA Championships on a nine-match win streak… Defeated No. 20 AJ Nevills at Fresno State on Jan. 31… Dhesi ranks No. 26 at OSU for career wins (99), No. 25 for career pins (25), and No. 24 in career win percentage (.818).

2017-18
Took third place at the NCAA Championships in the heavyweight division, earning All-American honors for the second time in his career… Finished the season 25-4 improving his career record to 84-19… Pac-12 Champion at heavyweight and Most Outstanding Wrestler recipient… Was a perfect 9-0 in dual meets scoring 33 team points… First place finisher at the Reno Tournament of Champions and a sixth place finish at the Midlands Championships… Ranked as high as No. 5 throughout the season… Finished with seven major decisions, two tech falls and six pins… Awarded the Robin Reed Award and Bill Brickey Award… Named Oregon State’s Male Athlete of the Year at the Benny’s.

2016-17
Redshirted while recovering from a preseason knee injury that prevented him from competing.

2015-16
Placed fifth at NCAA Championships in heavyweight division, earned All-American honors ... Had 32-5 record, improving OSU career mark to 59-15 ... Pac-12 Champion and Most Outstanding Wrestler at championships ... Named Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year ... Went 16-1 in duals and scored team-leading 69 team points ... Had team-best 12 pins ... Had winning streaks of 15 and 14 matches in a row ... Took first place at Pac-12 Championships and at Mike Clock Open ... Took second place at Canadian Olympic Trials.

2014-15
Redshirted while recovering from an offseason knee injury that prevented him from competing.

2013-14
Competed all year at heavyweight, went 27-10 overall ... Tallied 17 decisions, seven major decisions, and three falls ... Placed second at the Reno Tournament of Champions ... Earned crucial wins against Wyoming, Stanford, Cal State Bakersfield, Air Force, North Dakota State, Lehigh, Oklahoma, and Arizona State ... Collected two wins at the National Duals over Virginia Tech and North Dakota State ... Was ranked in the top-20 for most of the season, ranking as high as No. 14, after defeating Michigan State's (then) No. 12 Mike McClure ... Placed second at the Pac-12 Championships, his first runner-up title, and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and No. 16 seed ... Wrestled Bucknell's Joe Stolfi, Minnesota's Anthony Nelson, UVU's Adam Fager, and Boise State's JT Felix at his first NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City, earning wins over Stolfi and Fager ... In offseason, placed second at FILA Junior World Championships; placed second at Canada Cup, and won the Pan American Junior championship.

BURNABY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Wrestled for Burnaby … School has won 11 provincial championships … Won the FILA junior national title in 2013, taking down his top-ranked heavyweight competitor.

CLUB

Wrestled 16 years with Khalsa Wrestling Club under father and head coach Balbir Dhesi … Team won a national championship … Two-time BC champion … Three-time national champion … Member of Team Canada.

PERSONAL

Son of Gurbax and Balbir Dhesi … Has two siblings, Gulshan and Parm … Biggest athletic thrill to date is winning the junior FILA championship … Major is undecided … Came to Oregon State because “It’s close to home and the wrestling team has great coaches.”