University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

CAREER NOTES
Two-time NCAA qualifer (2010/Division 1; 2011/Division II) ... 65 career wins ... 2011 All-American (2nd/149 lbs.)

AS A JUNIOR (2010-11)
Was the Lopers starter at 141 lbs. ... 30-5 (17-3 duals) ... led team in falls (10) and tech falls (three) ... also two majors ... win percentage (85.7) ranks 15th in school history ... runner-up at the NCAA Championships ... reached the finals with a 17 second fall of defending national champ Jay Sherer (Augustana) ... Lopers quickest fall of the season ... first at the RMAC Championships/West Regional ... runner up at the Loper Open ... had win streaks of 11 and 15 matches ... shared team's Outstanding Junior Award with T.J. Hepburn

PRIOR TO UNK
Spent three years at Iowa State ... took a redshirt season in 2007-08 .. .went 21-7 as a freshman in 2008-09 ... competed at 141 and 149 lbs. ... won the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award at UNO's Glen Brand Open ... competing unattached, placed sixth at the Midlands Championships in December ... started at 149 lbs. in duals vs. Arizona State and Wisconsin ... in 2009-10, posted a 14-15 mark at 141 lbs. ... three major decisions, two technical falls and six pins ... finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships ... went 1-2 in his NCAA tournament debut ... win came against Nebraska's Mike Koehnline ... pinned former All-American Alex Krom of Maryland at the Cliff Keen National Duals

HIGH SCHOOL
Career record of 180-14 with 126 wins by fall (fourth all-time in Iowa prep history) ... four-time state qualifier and two-time champion (2005 – 103 lbs.; 2007 – 125 lbs.) ... won a gold medal in the 130-lbs. Greco-Roman bracket and finished fourth in freestyle at the 2007 Junior National Tournament in Fargo, N.D. ... 2006 Brute Adidas National 125-lbs. champion ... two-time member of the Iowa Gold team that participated at Junior National Duals, winning the 2005 championship

PERSONAL
Son of Tom & Jan ... has two siblings in Keefer & Jeremy