University of Minnesota Athletics
2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Theo Cha
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Anchorage, Alaska
- High School:
- South Anchorage HS
- Position:
- 149 lbs.
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
Italics - Redshirt Season (not counted in career totals)
- 3x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 3x Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2023-25)
- Named Teammate of the Year at both 2025 and 2024 team banquets
- Majored Jon Fongaro, 15-6, in an exhibition dual prior to the dual versus Rutgers
- Went 1-2 in the main bracket of the Soldier Salute before finishing 2-1 on the final day to win bronze in the silver bracket
- Competed at the Daktronics Open (0-3)
- Placed third at the Mountaineer Invite with a 2-1 record
- Named Teammate of the Year at annual team banquet
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Claimed third place at the Don Parker Open with a 4-1 record, winning two matches by tech fall
- Did not place at the Soldier Salute (1-4)
- Won the Jim Koch Open at 149 pounds with a 4-0 record, including a pin and a tech fall
- Finished sixth at the Daktronics Open at 149 pounds with a 1-3 record
- Did not place at the season-opening Bison Open, going 0-2
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Named Teammate of the Year at annual team banquet
- Went 2-2 at the Southern Scuffle in his first competition at 149 pounds this season
- Went 2-2 at the UNI Open to finish fifth
- Earned a fifth-place finish at the Bison Open with a 3-2 record
- Placed 5th at Bison Open with 1-2 record
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-B1G Selection
- Went 3-6 in first season of competition for the Gophers
- Went 1-2 at the UNI Open, including on pin over Missouri's Precious Essien.
- Went 2-2 at Bison Open with one fall
- Did not compete.
- 2020 graduate of South Anchorage High School
- High school coaches were Randy Hanson and Darin PestrikoffÂ
- Four-year letterwinner
- 2019 Alaska state champion
- Two-time all-state selection
- 2020 all-city selection
- Compiled a 79-6 career record.Â
- Son of Chris and Anna Cha
- Has five siblingsÂ
- Born April 18, 2002
- Majoring in business and marketing education
| YEAR | OVERALL W-L | DUAL W-L | BIG TEN W-L | PINS | TFs | MDs | B1G FINISH | NCAA FINISH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | --- | --- |
| 2021-22 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | --- | --- |
| 2022-23 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | --- | --- |
| 2023-24 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | --- | --- |
| 2024-25 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | ||
| CAREER | 27-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 2-4 | --- | --- |
Highlights: Gophers 19, Virginia Tech 17
Saturday, November 15
Coach's Corner with Brandon Eggum
Friday, November 14
Coach's Corner with Brandon Eggum
Friday, November 07
Coach's Corner with Brandon Eggum
Thursday, October 30
