Zeke Escalera biography: 13 things about Campbellsville University alum from Moore, Oklahoma

Charles Ezekiel “Zeke” Escalera is an American wrestler originally from Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States and currently based in Norman, Cleveland County. He previously lived in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, USA and in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.

From Union County High School in Morganfield, Escalera transferred to Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School in Kingston. He later went to Moore High School in Moore.

From 2021 to 2022, Escalera wrestled for Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky. He later went to the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

When Escalera was a senior at Moore High School, he had 26 wins and 1 loss in wrestling. He was 3 years older than his fellow wrestler Josiah Malachi Kilman.

Escalera is 5’7″ tall and he weighs 128 pounds. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2011, he was introduced to wrestling through the Union County elementary program.
2. On February 18, 2017, he won the 106lbs division at the 2017 Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) State Wrestling Tournament at the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
3. On July 20, 2017, he won the 1056lbs division in the Cadet Nationals in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA, making him the first wrestler from Kentucky to win a Cadet National title.
4. On December 29, 2017, he finished third in the 120lbs division at the 51st Annual POWERade Christmas Wrestling Tournament at Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
5. On January 6, 2018, he finished first in the 120lbs division at the 38th Annual Niagara Frontier Wrestling Officials Classic at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, Niagara County, New York, USA.
6. On February 23, 2018, he won his first National Prep Championship by beating Michael Colaiocco in the 120lbs division at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School. After the win, he was named the Adidas High School Wrestler of the Week.
7. On November 27, 2019, he finished third in the high school division in the Tuttle Pre-Turkey wrestling tournament in Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma.
8. On December 19, 2020, he finished first in the 132lbs division at the 2020 Norman High School Wrestling Invitational in Norman.
9. On February 27, 2021, he finished second in the 132lbs division in wrestling at the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) State Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
10. On January 22, 2022, he finished first in the 133lbs division in the Missouri Valley College Invitational wrestling tournament in Marshall, Missouri, USA.
11. In August 2022, he entered the Michael F. Price College of Business.
12. In May 2023, he turned 21.
13. On February 24, 2024, he allegedly killed Kilman inside Kilman’s dorm room at Campbellsville University. That day, he was arrested and booked into the Taylor County Detention Center in Campbellsville.