2013-14

• Qualified for NCAA Championships, going 1-1
• Placed 4th at Big Ten Championships
• Finished 3-0 in Big Ten play after returning from injury
• Two wins over ranked opponents
• Was ranked No. 1 by W.I.N. Magazine to start the season

2013-14

• Became Illinois' first back-to-back national champion in 56 years after winning the 125-pound NCAA title for the second straight year
• Earned his third-career All-America honors
• Defeated top-seeded Nico Megaludis (PSU) to win his second straight Big Ten title
• Named Outstanding Wrestler at the Grapple at the Garden
• Placed third at the Midlands Championships
• Finished the season with a 30-2 record, the seventh-best single-season win percentage (.938) in school history
• Recorded a 6-1 Big Ten record
• Scored the most dual points on the team this season with 80
• Was ranked No. 1 by W.I.N. Magazine for 10 consecutive weeks during the season

2012-13

• NCAA Champion at 125, defeating No. 4 Nico Megaludis 7-4 in the finals of the 2013 NCAA Championships
• Became Illinois' first ever national champion at 125 and first on top the podium since Matt Lackey in 2003
• Also earned his second career All-America honor
• Finished season with a 27-3 record
• Defeated top-seeded Matt McDonough (Iowa) to win the Big Ten 125 title, becoming the first Illini to win an NCAA/Big Ten title in the same year since 2003
• Was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Championships
• Owned a 6-1 Big Ten dual record and scored 35 dual points for the Illini, the second most on the team this season
• Finished a career-best second place at the Midlands Championship
• Placed runner-up at the Northern Iowa Open

2011-12

• Earned his first career All-America honor by placing seventh at the 2012 NCAA Championships
• Went 4-1 at the NCAA Championships, including a win over No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri)
• Finished third at the Big Ten Championships to qualify automatically for the NCAA Championships
• Went 6-2 during the Big Ten dual season and was the only wrestler this season to defeat No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa)
• Placed third at Midlands
• Won the Loras Open

High School

• Placed first in the 2011 NWCA National Collegiate Open
• Placed first in the FILA Junior Nationals Freestyle Championships in 2011
• Placed third in the California State championships in 2007 and 2008
• Won a California state title in 2009
• Placed fourth in the California State Championships in 2010
• Won the NHSCA Senior National title in 2010 and Sophomore title in 2008
• Earned four varsity letters in wrestling

Personal

• Born Aug 26, 1992
• Parents are Jesus Delgado and Elizabeth Lopez
• Has a younger brother, Joseph
• Major is undecided
• Plans to become a coach or teacher following graduation

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