2016-17 UNK Wrestling Roster
Biography
CAREER NOTES
89-24 (61-13 vs. D2 competition) ... 34 falls ... 2016 national champion ... 2017 national runner up ... one of UNK's 11 3-time All-Americans ... 3-time region champ ... 2016 MIAA champ
AS A SENIOR (2016-17)
National runner up at 157 pounds ... ranked number for a time during the year ... 34-7 with 12 falls, two tech falls and two majors ... team-highs in wins and falls ... region champ and MIAA runner up ... two winning streaks of eight and another one of seven ... five falls in less than a minute ... quickest came in 26 seconds ... two wins at the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas ... four losses to D2 individuals and three to D1 wrestlers ... five wins against D1 competition
AS A JUNIOR (2015-16)
National champ at 149 pounds ... defeated Notre Dame's Isaac Dulgarian, 9-4, in the closing seconds of the title match ... capped a 22-5 season ... ended on a 14-match win streak ... also region and MIAA champ ... lost to only one D2 individual all season ... 19-4 in tournaments and 3-1 in duals ... eight falls, three majors and a tech fall ... quickest fall came in 24 seconds ... first at the UNK Loper Open in December ... won team's Junior Scholar Award ... shared UNK's Most Outstanding Wrestler Award with fellow national champ Romero Cotton ... took home the Lopers Kamikaze (Most Dedicated) Award ... shared Outstanding Junior award with fellow All-American Calvin Ochs
AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
All-American for third place finish at nationals ... also first at regionals and second at the MIAA Championships ... wrestled unattached first semester ... overall mark of 27-8 with 11 falls, three majors and two tech falls ... won second round NCAA match over Maryville's Keegan Hagerty, 3-1 (SV-1) ... got past Findlay's Nick Goebel, 3-2, in the third place bout ... lone loss at nationals was by a single point ... 4-0 to win the UNK Holiday Inn Open ... beat Shawn Graves of UT-Chattanooga, 14-7, at the Virginia Duals
AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Joined UNK second semester ... won his first four matches (three falls and a major) ... finished 6-4 at 149 lbs. with one match coming at 157 lbs. ... UNK's starter in duals vs. Ft. Hays and Lindenwood ... also competed at MIAA's and NCAA Regionals
PRIOR TO UNK
Spent the 2013 fall semester at Nebraska ... wrestling unattached, went 2-1 (157 lbs.) at the 2013 Midlands Championships ... spent two years at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs ... at Apple Valley in Minnesota, won five state titles and was a six-time state finalist ... helped the Eagles be the No. 1 ranked prep team in the nation in 2011 and 2010 ... Junior World Team member ... won a Junior National Freestyle title ... at the 2012 FILA Junior Nationals, defeated five opponents, including two-time All-American Hunter Stieber of Ohio State in the title match
PERSONAL
Son of Todd & Brandy
Historical Player Information
