Sophomore wrestler Versii Kavajecz crushed this year’s season with a final record of 36-10. 

At the beginning of each day, Kavajecz starts off by taking an ice cold shower in order to wake himself up. In addition, he also does not eat until weigh-ins to make sure he makes weight. Weigh-ins are when they check all the wrestler’s weight to make sure it correlates with the weight class they were assigned. He also reviews a variety of moves in order to refresh himself. His mentality at competitions is that he is there to wrestle, not only to win. 

 Kavajecz does a lot to improve his skills during the season, including practicing five hours each day throughout the week and practicing with his team for two hours. Every Sunday, he attends camp to practice for another two additional hours of practice. During the off season, he participates in baseball and mixed martial arts.

“I do love the sport by itself but I do love the sport because it’s more of an individual kind of sport and at the end of the day there’s no one else to blame if you lose or mess up except yourself and it just makes you work harder towards achieving your goals,” Kavajecz shared.

Varsity wrestling coach Nicholas Long shared that Kavajecz has always been a hard worker, and that he does all the small things to help him improve and refine the skills taught to him over the course of the season.

“Coach Long, coach Hennessey, and coach Getty have inspired me to move forward and keep working hard throughout my career. My parents were really big supporters, my dad was coming to every meet and my mom always supported me, making lunches and stuff like that. They are my biggest inspirations for continuing to wrestle,” Kavajecz stated

In the future, Kavajecz hopes to attend a D-1 college for wrestling and to enlist in the Air Force. Overall, Kavajecz is hopeful to see how his future turns out.