2019 NCAA finalist and two-time All-American, Max Dean, has entered the transfer portal. 

Watch Dean beat 2021 NCAA finalist, Nino Bonaccorsi, in the 2019 NCAA Championships quarterfinals.

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Including a grey shirt and an Olympic redshirt year, Dean is 91-18 on the collegiate level. His first year in the lineup, Dean finished eighth at the 2018 NCAA Championships and picked up a win over his eventual NCAA finals opponent Drew Foster on his way to the podium. 

At the 2019 NCAA Championships on his way to the finals, Dean beat Cash Wilcke, Nino Bonaccorsi, and avenged earlier losses to NCAA champion Myles Martin in the semifinals. 

On the freestyle scene, Dean made a U23 World Team in 2019, and earlier this year picked up a win over Nate Jackson. However, Jackson would avenge that loss at the Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier. Dean would also fall at Last Chance to fellow Cornell teammate, Chris Foca. 

Since he took an Olympic redshirt in 2020 when the NCAA Championships were canceled, and this year did not count towards athletes eligibility, Dean will have at least two years of eligibility remaining at his new school. Dean is a native of Michigan where he won two state titles for Lowell High School.