Nick Babin

Class:
Graduate Student
Weight:
125
Hometown:
Emerson, NJ
High School:
Emerson
Prev School:
Columbia

NCAA Qualifier (2023, 2025)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2025)

2024-25 (125): Settled into the lineup as the 125-pound starter … Spent most of the season ranked in the top 25 of the national polls … Went 13-11 overall in his lone season with the Panthers … Finished fourth at the ACC Championships to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia … Opened the season with a pin over Nick Treaster of Navy … Went 2-1 in the Journeymen Classic, including getting a win over No. 7 Jakob Camacho of NC State … Missed time in December due to illness … Earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

2023-24 (125): Finished fourth at the Clarion Open … earned the No. 13 seed at 125 pounds at the Cliff Keen Invitational … started the day with a 10-0 major decision … dropped a narrow decision to Nebraska's No. 4 Caleb Smith, 8-6 … opened the West Virginia dual in an explosive way as he pinned Jace Schafer with just seconds remaining in the second period of the 125 bout … defeated No. 29 Max Gallagher (Penn) in a 4-0 decision … put Columbia back in control against Bucknell with a dominating 18-0 tech fall victory in the 125 bout against Kade Davidheiser … earned a pin in just 2:19 over Isaiah Adams to put Columbia in front of Harvard, 6-0 … kicked off the dual with a win via fall over American's No. 28 Jack Maida

2022-23 (125): Finished with a 23-14 overall record at 125 pounds … Posted an 8-5 record in dual meets with a 2-3 record in Ivy duals and a 5-3 mark in EIWA duals … Totaled five major decisions, two tech falls and five falls for the season … Fastest fall was 0:25 against Franklin and Marshall’s Mason Leiphart in the EIWA Championships … Garnered a No. 22 ranking in the NWCA’s final poll of the regular season … Recorded a fifth-place finish at the EIWA Championships … Qualified for the 2023 NCAA Championships … Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships … Earned EIWA All-Academic honors … Named a NWCA Scholar All-American … A recipient of the Nick Szerlip Academic Excellence Award and the Nat Pendelton Most Outstanding Wrestler Award presented by the Columbia coaching staff.

2021-22 (125): Wrestled at 125 pounds, going 11-7 overall ... Led the team with six wins via fall ... Went 2-0 in dual bouts ... Snagged a pair of dual meet EIWA wins and one Ivy League win ... Recorded first career-collegiate win at the Southeast Open (Nov. 7), knocking off Virginia Tech's Trey Lane via fall (2:17) ... Got first-career dual bout victory in Columbia's win over LIU (Jan. 9), beating Kaelan Francois via technical fall (15-0) ... Won an Ivy League dual bout against Brown's (Feb. 11) Resse Fry, snagging a victory via fall (3:14).

2020-21 (125): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letterwinner in Wrestling (125) at Emerson High School in Emerson, New Jersey ... Finished career with a school record 156 wins ... Compiled a 156-14 career record ... Two-time New Jersey State Placewinner ... Finished second (125) at the 2019 New Jersey State Championships ... Four-time New Jersey State Qualifier ... Three-time District Champion ... Two-time Region Champion ... Three-time Bergen Country Champion ... Member of four straight (2017-20) NJIC League Championship squads and a pair of North 1 Group 1 State Sectional Championships (2018, 2020) squads ... Finished first at the 2019 NHSCA Virginia Beach ... Wrestled with the Bitetto Trained Wrestling Club.

PERSONAL: Son of Lisa and Matthew Babin ... Has one sibling, Michael (16).

By the Numbers
2024-25 (Pitt): 13-11, 4th at ACC, 0-2 at NCAA
2023-24 (Columbia): 16-11, 2-1 EIWA, 3-2 Ivy
2022-23 (Columbia): 23-14, 5-3 EIWA, 2-3 Ivy
2021-22 (Columbia): 11-7, 2-0 EIWA; 1-0 Ivy
Overall: 63-43, 7-3 EIWA; 3-3 Ivy