Ricky Cabanillas

Position:
149 lbs
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Concentration:
BEO Economics
Hometown:
Whippany, N.J.
High School:
DePaul Catholic

2022-23: Named Academic All-Ivy ... Finished the 2022-23 season with 15 victories at 149 pounds, including three EIWA wins, four major decisions and one pin.

2021-22: Named a Scholar All-American ... Earned the EIWA Academic Achievement Award ... Co-Winner of the team's Michael T. Wallace MVP Award ... Competed at the EIWA Championships ... Finished the season with 11 victories ... Posted a perfect 3-0 mark in major decisions.

2020-21: Earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: Placed seventh at the EIWA Championships (Mar. 6-7) … Earned the team’s Michael T. Wallace Most Valuable Performer Award and Artemis Joukowsky Award for Most Promising Freshman … Won weight class at the F&M Open (Jan. 4) … Ranked first on the team in wins (25), first in dual wins (eight), first in EIWA dual wins (eight), third in dual points (27), and third in major decisions (four) … Tallied a 25-14 overall record, 8-5 dual mark, and 8-4 EIWA dual record … Notched 27 dual points, four major decisions, a technical fall, and a pin on the year … Earned Ivy wins over Princeton (Feb. 1), Columbia (Feb. 15), and Harvard (Feb. 22); added additional EIWA wins over F&M (Jan. 19), Binghamton (Jan. 25), LIU (Feb. 16), Hofstra (Feb. 16), and Sacred Heart (Feb. 23) … Won six straight duals from Feb. 1-23 to close the regular season … Earned three wins at EIWAs … Tallied five wins at the F&M Open … Compiled three wins apiece at the Northeast Collegiate Classic (Nov. 10) and Navy Classic (Nov. 23).

Before Brown: Won a state championship as a junior … Placed second at the state championships as a senior and sophomore … Captured county, district, and region titles in 2017-18 and 2018-19 … Won the Freak Show as a senior, sophomore, and freshman … Took home a Beast of the East title as a junior; came in second as a senior … Competed on the club level for Scorpions Wrestling Club and the New Jersey Cadet Team … Wrestled for coaches Keith Karsen, Trevor Melde, and AJ Mott.

Personal: Ricky is the son of Theresa and Juan Carlos Cabanillas … Has three siblings, Toni-Marie, Gina-Marie, and Nicky; twin brother Nicky is a fellow member of the Brown wrestling Class of 2023 … Born on July 24, 2000 … Builds gaming computers … Plans to concentrate in Computer Science.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because the opportunities there were like no other. The area is very beautiful, the team is close, and I am looking forward to getting a first-class education that will set me up for the rest of my life.”