The University of Mount Union Women’s Wrestling team is making their mark as the first women’s wrestling team in school history. Standout freshman Emma Hanrahan is off to a successful start as a Raider. At the school’s first tournament at Adrian College, Hanrahan won the tournament in the 138 weight class. “My expectations when coming to Mount Union were to make history in our new program and have a team that supports me on the way. I have goals set for myself for college and I want to accomplish them. I want to be a national champion,” said Hanrahan. She has goals set and she is ready to put in the work to achieve them; “My individual goals for this season are to get on the national podium and become a scholar all-American.”
Hanrahan, a Tippecanoe High School graduate, was a 2024 OHSAA State Champion. With a successful high school career, she was eager to begin her college journey and continue to grow her success, “I think being a state champion has helped my college career because in high school I wrestled on an all boys wrestling team and being the only girl made me pave the way for girls wrestling in my high school which is helping me pave the way for our first year program in college,” stated Hanrahan. In recent matches, Hanrahan has gone undefeated at the John Carroll Duals and Kalahari Duals as well as finishing third at the York Invitational. The success of Hanrahan does not happen without all of the work she puts in behind the scenes. The hours of training and preparation contribute to all of the wins she produces; “Seeing my hard work pay off is a good feeling to have because it means that all my time and effort that I spend training is not going to waste. I think that future commits that are coming to Mount and my current teammates see that the effort that I put into the sport and the effort my coaches put into our training is helping us achieve our goals,” expressed Hanrahan.
The Raiders’ first ever home wrestling match will be on Sunday, January 19th where they will host the Mount Union Invitational. “I want to see our team place within the top 15 teams at nationals and for our team to have at least 5 national qualifiers. I think that Raider fans can expect our team to be aggressive and ready to compete because we all have the drive to win, and to show people that we can compete just like men can,” said Hanrahan regarding Raider fans’ expectations for the remainder of the season. Be sure to come support the Raider Women’s Wrestling team and watch Hanrahan and the other Raiders’ continue to make history!
