Aaron Olmos

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Imperial Beach, Calif.
High School:
Mater Dei Catholic HS
Opendorse:
Mateo Olmos

2023 NCAA Qualifier (174)
2023 Pac-12 Champion (174)
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2020 Pac-12 5th Place (165)
2019 Pac-12 4th Place (165)
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

2022-23
• Finished season with a 15-9 record, including four wins over ranked opponents.
• Won six of final seven to cap regular season.
• Seeded second in the 174 lb. division at the Pac-12 Championship, he won the title behind a second win over Stanford's Tyler Eischens for the automatic bid to the NCAAs.
• Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships, where he was seeded 12th.
• Selected as the Pac-12's Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 10) after his 9-4 win by decision over fourth-ranked Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State that saw nearly 7,000 fans inside Gill Coliseum.

2021-22
• Finished season with a 16-9 record, including a win by major decision.
• Won seven of final eight to complete regular season, including two ranked wins.
• Completed Pac-12 Championship in fifth place.
• Tabbed as Pac-12's Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 9) following 2-0 week, which included a ranked win.
• Frances Darcy Hooks Award recipient for influence in the campus community.
• Named runner-up for Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year - which is the highest finish for an OSU student-athlete.
• Selected as a Scholar All-American by the NWCA.

2020-21
• Went 4-3 during the season and 2-2 in duals.
• Started at 165 in four duals.
• All four wins were by decision.

2019-20
• A consistent starter at 165 pounds with a 12-15 record with an 8-7 mark in dual meets.
• Took fifth place at the Pac-12 Championships.
• 8-7 in dual meets.
• Ended the season with eight decisions.

2018-19
• Olmos jumped into the starting lineup at 165 pounds wrestling to a 9-15 overall record, with a 3-9 record in dual meets.
• Took 4th place at 165 pounds during the 2019 Pac-12 Championships in his first attempt.
• 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection.
• 2019 Oregon State Scholar Athlete of the Month – April.
• Placed runner-up at the Mike Clock Open in November at 165 pounds.
• Ended the season with four major decisions and one technical fall.

2017-18
• Redshirted.
• Finished 14-5 in open tournaments.
• First place finisher at the California Collegiate Open going 4-0 with three decisions and a major.
• Had three major decisions, two tech falls and three pins.

MATER DEI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
• Wrestled four years, and ran track for four years.
• Earned Metro All-Conference honors, All-Region and All-State honor, Metro Conference Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2017.
• Was his high school’s first Masters Champion and wrestler to place at the state tournament, Flo-Nationals All-American and California Greco State Champion.
• Graduated with 3.9 GPA.
• Member of the national honor society, honor roll, and Academic Team Captain of San Diego County.

PERSONAL
• Son of Mario and Aliceia Olmos; has younger sisters Christina and Summer.
• Public health major.
• Enjoys watching anime, writing, and reading poetry.
• Volunteered with Next Generation, a program that helps feed the homeless, and Unleash the Beast Wrestling Club, a youth wrestling club.
• Chose OSU because “It is an amazing environment.”