He started high school at Line Mountain, where he won a state title as a freshman and took third place as a sophomore. Retherford posted a perfect 47-0 mark at Benton High School, closing out his high school career with a 130-3 career record, including two state titles. Zain Retherford will have to wait another year to win a second state individual wrestling title. There he would face off with 2017 World Team member Zain Retherford. 7 overall wrestling recruit, commits to Penn State Updated Sep 11, 2019; Posted Sep 10, 2012 Top wrestling recruits continue to flock to Penn State … 3 ranked overall recruit by Intermat coming out of high school. The second match ended with a lot on controversy; Retherford was down 4-6 when he got a takedown for two points, Diakomihalis ended up earning two more to apparently win the match 8–6, however, there were problems with the scoring and that led to the match being scored 6–6 with an advantage on criteria to Retherford, winning the match and the Final X series. Retherford projects at 141 for Penn State. He was named the year's NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler, Penn State Male Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Wrestler of the Year.[9]. Find below his USA Wrestling bio: ZAIN RETHERFORD Years on Team USA: 3 (2016-19) Residence: Benton, Pa. Club: Nittany Lion WC College: Penn State High School: Benton (Pa.) Born: May 21, 1995 Height: 5’8” Career … He was expecting a large contingent from his hometown because … Be was also named NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler for the third straight time and Big Ten Wrestler of the Year for the second time. [23] He was then scheduled to compete at the Pan American Games, however, he was forced to pull out a week before the event and was replaced by Jaydin Eierman. State wrestling champion Zain Retherford says he transferred to Benton Area High School this year because he was bullied by classmates at Line Mountain. Zain Allen Retherford (born May 21, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler. Diakomihalis earned the first point on a failed Retherford challenge. Updated Jun 08, 2019; Posted Jun 08, 2019 . NCAA Championships (5-0, Champion, All-American): Concluded unbeaten sophomore season by winning 2016 NCAA 149-pound crown with 5-0 run in Madison Square Garden...had three pins and a tech fall to get to the finals where he rolled to a 10-1 major over #2 Brandon Sorensen of Iowa. Retherford's high school career was bookended by PIAA titles his freshman and senior years and had just 3 scholastic losses along the way. Retherford took him down early, however, Destribats was able to adjust and worked his way to the victory by fall, being the first wrestler to get the win in that fashion against Retherford in freestyle competition. In 2017 and 2018, he was awarded the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most outstanding folkstyle wrestler in the nation. He lost the match by points (9-5). In his next two matches he won by decision (10-4 and 6-2), claiming his third-straight NCAA title. 2-ranked wrestler; Penn State wrestlers dominate NLWC Live Event 4", United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zain_Retherford&oldid=1006258931, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using Infobox sportsperson with unknown parameters, Articles using sports links with data from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, 2017 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, 2014 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, This page was last edited on 11 February 2021, at 22:38.