Beat the Streets alumni to compete in 2024-25 college wrestling season

Twenty-plus alumni are continuing their wrestling careers in college.

Beat the Streets will be well represented by 20-plus alumni during the 2024-25 college wrestling season.

Returning national qualifier Alessandra Elliott of D'Youville University leads the BTS group of seven women. Ariel Ofri-Akman (East Stroudsburg University) and Angelina Caban (Elmira College) return for their sophomore and junior seasons, respectively. Isabella Burmaster, Emily Nunez and Lanxi Xu (East Stroudsburg), and Gabrielle Heffez (Sacred Heart University) will begin their college careers.

At the Division 1 level, Sulayman Bah (Columbia) returns as a sophomore. Four freshmen join the Division 1 ranks: Timur Berksultan (Binghamton), Amir Avazov (Long Island), Xavier Giles (Princeton) and Denzel Perez (Pennsylvania).

Ten BTS alums will compete in Division 3, led by junior returning All-American Isaias Torres. Fellow juniors Francisco Muriel and Aslan Sharipov and freshman Christian Cruz join him at Ithaca. Hunter College also boasts four BTS alums with sophomores Botensky Bauzile, Nicholas D'Erasmo and Michael Douglas, and freshman Abdulrahman Khaldi.

Women

D'Youville: Alessandra Elliott (Tottenville)

East Stroudsburg: Isabella Burmaster (Petrides), Emily Nunez (Harry S. Truman), Ariel Ofri-Akman (Bronx Science) and Lanxi Xu (Francis Lewis)

Elmira: Angelina Caban (Bathgate)

Sacred Heart: Gabrielle Heffez (Brooklyn Tech)

Division 1

Binghamton: Timur Berksultan (Brooklyn Tech)

Columbia: Sulayman Bah (Kiski Prep via The Bronx) Long Island: Amir Avazov (James Madison)

Princeton: Xavier Giles (Eagle Academy) Pennsylvania: Denzel Perez (Eagle Academy)

Division 3

Brockport: Marquis Larmond (Grand Street Campus)

Hunter: Botensky Bauzile (Thomas Edison), Nicholas D'Erasmo (Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy), Michael Douglas (Lehman), Abdulrahman Khaldi (New Utrecht)

Ithaca: Christian Cruz (New Utrecht), Francisco Muriel and Aslan Sharipov (Franklin D. Roosevelt), Isaias Torres (Grand Street Campus)

Oswego State: Anthony Cascen (Harry S. Truman)

Since being founded in 2005, Beat the Streets has pioneered a movement that now includes 150 individual wrestling programs, a youth league and the first girls high school league.

BTS works to develop the full human and athletic potential of New York City urban youth and strengthen the city's wrestling culture. BTS aims to make a lifelong impact on student-athletes through the lessons learned on the wrestling mat -- discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic. Discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to BTS' work at btsny.org/donate.