Blake Ilges joins the staff for the 2024-25 season as our Graduate Assistant Coach after a tremendously successful career both academically and athletically as a student-athlete at Alfred State.
On the mats for the Pioneers Ilges earned many accolades including becoming a 2X Individual and Team AMCC Champion, earning NCAA All-Region honors finishing in 4th place, and winning additional individual titles at the John Summa Invite and Jamestown Open. His 83 career wins and 26 career pins both rank top 5 in program history. Off the mats Ilges was a 4X NWCA Scholar All-American, the only in our programs history to date. He was also a part of both of our Scholar All-American Team's that finished top 30 in the country.Â
Ilges earned his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering Technology in the spring of 2023 from Alfred State and is working full time as an Engineer for Koike Aronson, Inc. in Arcade, NY. Ilges resides in Canisteo, NY.Â
