Paola Rodriguez
Paola Rodriguez
Weight: 180
Hometown: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Year: So.
High School: Rosalina C. Martinez

Freshman Season (2024-25): NJCAA All-American... Member of the NJCAA National Championship team... Ranked as the No. 1 180lb wrestler in the NJCAA and The Open Mat national polls throughout the duration of the year... Posted a 15-3 record on the year, including eight falls and three tech falls... Went 4-1 at the NJCAA National Invitational to earn third-place overall in the 180lb bracket... Scored a 11-0 victory in the third-place bout to earn a spot on the podium... Captured the NJCAA Region 11 Championship in the 180lb bracket with a fall and tech fall... Went 2-1 in dual action on the year... Placed third overall at the Grand View Open (2/1), going 4-1 with four tech falls... Named to the 2024 Fall ICCAC Academic All-Region First-Team (3.5-4.0 GPA)... Member of the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year

Before IHCC: Attended Rosalina C. Martinez High School in Amelia, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico... Member of the wrestling program under head coach Franklin Lantigua and Arturo Yanes... U20 National Champion... U23 National Champion... 2024 U20 Pan-American Championship bronze medalist... 2024 U23 Pan-American Championship fifth-place finish... Also a member of Club Sparta... Volunteer in Amizade, Waterkeepers, Light of Life, and Caras Con Causa

Personal: Born August 4, 2006 in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico... Daughter of Myrna Guzmán and Aurelio Rodriguez... One sibling Yariel