Essie McCleish
Essie McCleish
  • Year:
    Soph.
  • Hometown:
    Monticello, Minn.
  • High School:
    Monticello High School
Bio

2023-24 season: Was a second-team ICCAC academic all-region selection for the 2023 fall semester.

Simpson College Luther Hill Open (freshman/sophomore division, 143 pounds)

Kammie Schanz (Iowa Central) pinned McCleish, 1:44; Florida Nikokusenga (Quincy University) pinned McCleish, :58.

Iowa Central dual (136 pounds)

Alexis Ross pinned McCleish, 2:48.

Luther College Open (136 pounds)

Kara Rohlf (Augustana) pinned McCleish, 1:41; Jasmine Hopkins (Quincy) pinned McCleish, 3:45.

Ellsworth dual (136 pounds)

Adess Leibfried pinned McCleish, 1:00.

Iowa Western dual (136 pounds)

Alexis Gaitan pinned McCleish, 5:01.

Iowa Lakes dual (136 pounds)

McCleish pinned Isabel Jues, 4:32.

Indian Hills dual (136 pounds)

McCleish won by forfeit.

Iowa Central dual (136 pounds)

Hadlie Hood pinned McCleish, 4:27.

Grand View Open (136 pounds - silver division)

Jasmine Hopkins (Quincy University) pinned McCleish, 4:40; Hallie Carter (Snow College) pinned McCleish, 4:09.

NJCAA national invitational (136 pounds)

Annabel Garcia (Umpqua) pinned McCleish, :43; McCleish dec. Yvette Vargas (Southeast), 6-2; Alondra Valles (Carl Albert State) dec. McCleish, 5-0.

2023-24 record: 3-12 with 1 fall.

Career record: 3-24 with 1 fall.

2022-23 season: Was a second-team ICCAC academic all-region selection for the 2023 spring semester.

Luther Hill Open (unattached, 143 pounds)

Ashleigh Denny (William Penn) tech. fall McCleish, 12-0; Melany Vry (Grand View) pinned McCleish, 2:46.

Luther College Open (143 pounds)

Isabel Ihde (Cornell) pinned McCleish, 4:35; Patience Smith (Iowa Central) pinned McCleish, 2:39; Eva Todd (Cornell) pinned McCleish, 2:57.

Ellsworth dual

Shaylee Van Den Berg pinned McCleish, 2:20.

Iowa Western dual (136 pounds)

Bri Membreno tech. fall McCleish, 10-0.

Indian Hills dual (136 pounds)

Alondra Martinez pinned McCleish, 2:29.

Grand View Open (Silver division, 136 pounds)

Princess Altsisi (Iowa Central) pinned McCleish, 1:43; Kylie Hulse (Carl Albert State College), 1:21.

NJCAA national invitational (136 pounds)

Sophia Miller (Snow) pinned McCleish, 2:27; Hadlie Hood (Iowa Central) tech. fall McCleish, 10-0.

2022-23 record: 0-12.

News mentions
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NIACC women set to compete at NJCAA women's wrestling invitational
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NIACC women fall to Iowa Central
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NIACC women fall to top-ranked Warriors
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NIACC women stop Lakers, 30-10
NIACC women fall to Iowa Western
NIACC women fall to Iowa Western
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NIACC women falls to Ellsworth, 34-12
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