Northern State University Athletics

Zeke Andrade begins his seventh season with the Northern State wrestling program in the fall of 2025. Andrade spent four seasons as an assistant coach, before being promoted to Associate Head Coach in May of 2023.  He opened his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Dakota Wesleyan before joining the Wolves. 

In his five seasons on staff, Northern has qualified 11 for the NCAA National Championships with Cole Huss, Wyatt Turnquist, Devin Bahr, and Seth Brossard earning All-American accolades. In addition, ten student-athletes have landed on the NSIC All-Conference teams and numerous have held NWCA national rankings. The Wolves have also seen success in the classroom, with 61 student-athletes honored by the NWCA as Scholar All-Americans.
 
Andrade has played a vital role in developing the successful Northern State summer wrestling camps, as well as the Wolves Wrestling Club and Northern State Alpha Pack.
 
The Wolves tallied back-to-back top-25 finishes nationally in 2022 and 2023 and placed top-4 at the 2022 NCAA Super Region V Tournament.  Northern won their first NSIC Championship since 2002, going a perfect 5-0 in league action in the shortened 2021 season.
 
He competed collegiately for South Dakota State University at 125, 141, and 149-pounds from 2013-18. A 3-year starter for the Jacks, Andrade earned Western Wrestling Conference wrestler of the week honors in 2014. Andrade was a member of the 2018 squad that finished the year ranked 12th in the nation, and was named to the Big 12 All-Academic first team.
 
The Sacramento, California native is a 2018 graduate of South Dakota State University with a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. In addition, Andrade earned a masters degree in Education from Dakota Wesleyan University in 2020.
 
Andrade resides in Aberdeen with his wife Angela and son, Clayton.