Career: Finished ranked eighth on ASU career wins list (84).

2011-12: Finished 32-13, posting the ninth-most wins in a season by any ASU wrestler … won Southern Conference Tournament title (2-0) … named to all-Southern Conference team … went 6-0 in SoCon duals … posted 14-3 dual meet record for team's third-most dual victories … led team with 23 wins by decision … won nine-straight matches early in season … captured third place at Hokie Open (6-1) … took fourth place at Keystone Classic (4-2) … finished sixth at Southern Scuffle (4-3).

2010-11: Had 27-17 record on the year … finished runner-up at SoCon tournament … his 12 dual-meet wins were third-most on team … beginning in January, went 14-6 to close out the season … posted three wins in conference duals, including The Citadel (11-5), UNCG (7-2) and VMI (12-3, MD) … tied for fifth-most falls on team with four.

2009-10: Posted an 8-7 record on the year after suffering an injury in late November … went 3-2 at the Michigan State Open to take fifth place in the open division … went 3-2 at the Keystone Classic to finish fourth.

2008-09: Finished fifth on the team with 17 wins while wrestling at 141-pounds … earned Southern Conference all-freshman honors … earned his first win by pinning Spartanburg Methodist’s Michael Mew … picked three-straight victories with wins over Duke, Davidson and VMI … went 3-1 at the SoCon tournament, earning third-place.

2007-08: Redshirted.

Western: Three-time all-state honoree and four-time conference champion.

Personal: Son of Mark and Karen Kessler … has two siblings; Jason and Janelle … majoring in exercise science with minors in biology and psychology.