Cory Crooks

Biography

Cory Crooks finished his third season in Corvallis as a part of the coaching staff, helping lead the Beavers to their second Pac-12 title in three seasons, the 23rd and 25th in program history. During the season, three student-athletes - Maximo Renteria (125), Nash Singleton (141) and TJ McDonnell (184) - ran the table and won individual conference titles and advanced to their first NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. Trey Munoz (184) capped the 2023-24 season with his third-place finish at the 2024 NCAAs after his individual Pac-12 championship. It not only was Munoz's second consecutive top-six finish but also marked the second student-athlete in the Pendleton era to finish top-four at the NCAAs. Gill Coliseum saw a wrestling-crowd record (8,540) against top-ranked Penn State to open the home slate for 2024-25. A former student-athlete for the Beavers, Crooks transferred from Arizona State for the 2021-22 season an NCAA Tournament appearance. In his lone season at OSU, he went 17-11 at 149 lbs. and went 2-2 in Detroit. At the Pac-12 Championships, he finished third behind a 3-1 record as the fourth seed. Prior to joining the Beavers, Crooks competed for fellow Pac-12 foe, Arizona State. In his final season in Tempe, he earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament following a third place finish at the Pac-12 Championships and a personal-best nine wins in the regular season. He won six consecutive matches to take fifth place in the U23 Nationals in Omaha, Nebraska. In his fi