Press Release: Kemerer having season-ending surgery

[Blair Sanderson]

Michael Kemerer to Have Season-Ending Surgery

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa junior Michael Kemerer is scheduled to have surgery this week and will miss the 2018-19 NCAA wrestling season. The announcement came Tuesday from head coach Tom Brands.

“We always do what’s best for our athletes and this is what is best for Kemerer,” Brands said. “He is as good a wrestler as there is in the country, and that is a credit to him doing things the right way. I know he is driven to come back even stronger and we will do everything we can to help him along the way.”

“I’m disappointed I won’t be on the mat with my teammates this season, but I am 100 percent committed to my rehab and recovery so I can return to the mat in 2019,” Kemerer said. “I have complete faith in my teammates, coaches, and medical staff, and they have faith in me. I will continue to give them all the very best that I have, on and off the mat.”

Kemerer is a two-time All-American from Murrysville, Pennsylvania. He placed third as a redshirt freshman and fourth as a sophomore at the NCAA Championships. He has a career record of 60-6, competing at 157 pounds in 2017 and 2018. He was projected to be Iowa’s starting 174-pounder in 2019.

Kemerer has not competed this season. He will seek a medical hardship waiver at the end of the season.

Iowa hosts Iowa State on Saturday at 2 p.m. (CT) in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

 

[rustynailhawk]

Shit

 

[IAChief32]

F*ck.

 

[Exo]

Damn... Is it a sure thing he'll get the medical redshirt?

 

[HIWILLE]

Crap

 

[rustynailhawk]

Bowman? Daryl Weber style

 

[edquinn06]

big bummer. Heal up kemdawg. i guess i'll be the first to ask the question, can he get a 6th year?

 

[WEH8ST8HAWK]

Well, we weren't going to win it this year anyway, in my opinion. Power up and start making runs for 2020 and beyond.

 

[edquinn06]

big bummer. Heal up kemdawg. i guess i'll be the first to ask the question, can he get a 6th year?

anyone think Bowman gives 74 a try? if he certified there that is.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

That blows. The kid is a great wrestler and is a credit to the sport for how he competes fairly.

Hopefully he’s ready to rock and roll next year

 

[rustynailhawk]

big bummer. Heal up kemdawg. i guess i'll be the first to ask the question, can he get a 6th year?

anyone think Bowman gives 74 a try? if he certified there that is.

Was just talking to someone about this

 

[IAChief32]

Mitch Bowman is on the treadmill as we speak...going to pull a Grothus

 

[CaliHawkFan]

I don’t see any reason he wouldn’t get the medical hardship waiver. Didn’t wrestle this year. Season ending surgery. Lay-up.

Looking forward to seeing Kem at 74 in 2019-20

 

[edquinn06]

Mitch Bowman is on the treadmill as we speak...going to pull a Grothus

he did wrestle 74 a few years ago so who know. All moot if he didn't certify there.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Damn.

 

[93hawkeye]

The weight where we have the least depth. too.

 

[JohnBasedow]

Sucks for Kemerer.

I posted regarding Bowman to 174 in the ISU thread earlier but deleted because I didn’t want start a rumor. it was far from reliable info. He is on the way down. Weighed in at 182.5 last week and will likely be down to weight by Midlands if everything goes well.

 

[SASHmoney]

Eat up Nelson, stop eating Mitch.

 

[edquinn06]

Sucks for Kemerer.

I posted regarding Bowman to 174 in the ISU thread earlier but deleted because I didn’t want start a rumor. it was far from reliable info. He is on the way down. Weighed in at 182.5 last week and will likely be down to weight by Midlands if everything goes well.

so he did certify at 74, damn he was 182.5 and beat Brunner at 197. Nice job him. Guess that probably means we will see more of Corbin til Warner is ready

 

[A Fist Full of Hawkeyes]

Is there an exact weight certification anymore? In the official rules and weight regulations the only thing that I saw was the 1.5lbs weight cut per week. Depending on what he's been hitting the scales at he could. if his body allows it that is

Am I right on this or no?

 

[Gobblin]

Silver lining.... Kem is almost a shoe in for a medical. He comes back bigger and stronger than ever and is in the line up an extra year with Lee and Co.

I have zero doubt that he will thrive from this. Mike will attack this like he does everything else in life and come back better than ever.

 

[tabenn]

wish him the best! great kid and a great talent!

 

[akaoni]

Saw Kemmerer on the 2nd floor of UIHC yesterday and thought something not so great might be happening. I'm sad to see that my instincts were correct...

 

[grapplefann]

I wish the best for Kemerer's recovery. Doing what's right for the guys is what's doing right for the team.
God bless Tom Brands for doing what's right for the guys.

 

[edquinn06]

so he did certify at 74, damn he was 182.5 and beat Brunner at 197. Nice job him. Guess that probably means we will see more of Corbin til Warner is ready

if i did my math right and i probably didn't, Bowman could wrestle 174 after the new year. That is if his body allows it.

 

[cmfiowa]

S***balls......Hate that it happened, but glad to see everyone is on the same page to heal him fully before putting him out there. I think Bowman would be a nice fill-in (he is listed as 174 on the webpage, but Kem is listed as 157 as well), but anyone else? Myles Wilson? Jeremiah Moody? Brody Grothus? I think his chances of a Medical should be good, given the precedents that have come before him.

 

[JohnBasedow]

if i did my math right and i probably didn't, Bowman could wrestle 174 after the new year. That is if his body allows it.

It’s 1.5% per week.
Dec 1: 179.76
Dec 8: 177.07
Dec 15: 174.42
Dec 22: on weight

Like you said, assuming his body can handle it.

 

[edquinn06]

It’s 1.5% per week
Dec 1: 179.76
Dec 8: 177.07
Dec 15: 174.42
Dec 22: on weight

oh i didn't know if was %. Thought it was just 1.5 lbs a week. Is he really going for it?

 

[choosenuetral]

Was it this bad last year and tried to fight through it or is this a fresh injury?

 

[BanjoSaysWoof]

Saw this. Sorry guys. Sucks having one of your horses sidelined.

 

[HIWILLE]

What's his injury?

 

[MARION_HAWK]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

 

[YoungGun07]

I wonder if all the new people I have on ignore are still mad that he didn't wrestle last weekend...

 

[redbirdhawk]

What is the nature of his injury?

 

[JohnBasedow]

FWIW Willie and others on Twitter feel strongly he will get a medical redshirt.

 

[just_somebody]

S***balls......Hate that it happened, but glad to see everyone is on the same page to heal him fully before putting him out there. I think Bowman would be a nice fill-in (he is listed as 174 on the webpage, but Kem is listed as 157 as well), but anyone else? Myles Wilson? Jeremiah Moody? Brody Grothus? I think his chances of a Medical should be good, given the precedents that have come before him.

I know you weren't the only one, but the casual Grothus drop in here made me chuckle. thanks for the laugh!

 

[Hawk170]

Definitely sucks but could be good in the long run. Winning it all this year was a tall order. I'm more concerned about some of the other guys.

 

[winwithhumility]

Hope he heals up and comes back stronger than ever. Great young man as well as wrestler!

 

[IAChief32]

Anybody know how many matches one can wrestle in a season and still get a medical?

 

[west2east]

Kem will for sure get a medical for this.The NCAA is handing out medicals like Halloween candy these days. Kem situation is the same as Ashnault he missed the whole year because of surgery and got the year back

 

[just_somebody]

This creates a little more logjam in the upper weights (whoda thunk it!), or at least 174, in 2021