Jared Keslar

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Weight:
157
Hometown:
Indian Head, PA
High School:
Connellsville

NCAA Qualifier (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2025)
ACC Wrestler of the Week (12/17/24)

2024-25 (165): Took over as Pitt’s 165-pound starter after suffering a hand injury early in the season … Won one match by major decision at the Clarion Open before having to medically forfeit two matches … Returned to action in Pitt’s dual against Ohio State and picked up a win over No. 8 Sammy Sasso … Named the ACC Wrestler of the Week for performance against Ohio State … Finished in fifth place at the ACC Championships to automatically qualify for hist first NCAA Championship … won by major decision over Charlie Darracott of North Carolina in the fifth-place match at ACC Championships.

2023-24 (157): Settled into Pitt's lineup as the starter at 157 pounds ... went 14-16 overall with five dual wins against one of the toughest schedules in the country ... posted a 2-2 mark in ACC duals ... competed at the ACC Championship and pinned Virginia's Nick Sanko for an early upset ... eight of his wins came with bonus points, including two major decisions, three technical falls and three pins ... won four bouts at the Franklin & Marshall Open and three matches at the Clarion Open ... beat Lehigh's Luca Frinzi in the dual to help the Panthers knock off the Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem ... also pinned Sanko in Pitt's dual win over Virginia ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

2022-23 (157/165): Posted an 11-4 record during his redshirt campaign ... competed in three open tournaments at 165 pounds ... won the 2023 Bobby Kaufman Memorial Open ... went 1-2 in three dual appearances at 157 pounds for the Panthers, including a debut victory at Brown ... faced eventual national champion Austin O'Connor in the dual against North Carolina ... also took on another ranked opponent, Jason Kraisser, in the epic dual against Iowa State ... won two bouts by fall with five bonus-point victories on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Pennsylvania state champion from just outside of Pittsburgh ... competing for Connellsville, won the 2022 PIAA 3A title at 160 pounds ... also placed fourth at states in 2020 and '21 ... four-time section champion and 2022 WPIAL champion ... finished with a 129-27 record for the Falcons ... selected for the 2022 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic and was named the WPIAL All-Star Team Outstanding Wrestler at the event.

PERSONAL: Son of Jeremy and Liz Keslar

By the Numbers
2024-25 (Pitt): 10-13 – 5th at ACC, 0-2 at NCAA
2023-24 (Pitt): 14-16
2022-23 (Redshirt): 11-4
Career Record: 35-33
Career Record for Pitt: 25-31