2021-22 Loper Wrestling Roster
Biography
CAREER NOTES (AT UNK)
First 5-time All-American in UNK history ... 2019 and 2022 National Champ ... 5-time NWCA All-Academic ... 5-time MIAA Scholar Athlete ... 5-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... 125-25 with 42 tech falls majors, 27 majors and 20 falls ... 2021-22 Ken B. Jones Award winner (MIAA Men's Athlete of the Year) ... 2021-22 UNK Men's A.O.Y.
AS A SUPER SENIOR (2021-22)
National champion at 165 pounds ... went wire-to-wire, going 24-0 vs. D1 competition ... 30-2 with 14 tech falls, six majors and two falls ... beat previously unbeaten Shane Gantz of Wisc.-Parkside, 1-0, in the finals ... outscored NCAA competiton by a 40-2 margin ... ended career on 15-match win streak ... Super Region VI champ ... first-team All-MIAA ... beat wrestlers from Northwestern and Oklahoma at the Cliff Keen Invite ... won match in the UNL dual ... Super Region VI Wrestler of the Year ... D2's most dominant; 4.63 avg. points (vs. D2 competition only) ... second in D2 in tech falls; 13 in 54:14 (vs. D2 competition only)Â
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21)
All-American at 165 pounds with a fifth place finish ... region runner up ... NWCA All-Academic ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... went 15-3 on the season with eight tech falls, four majors and a fall ... second most tech falls on the Lopers ... tied for the team lead in bonus point wins (13) ... ranked No.1 nationally during the winter ... went 3-2 at nationals with a tech fall and major ... two tech falls at regionals ... started the year on a 12-match win streak ... 11 of those wins were of the bonus point variety ... lone pin came at 2:47 vs. Loras College
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019-20)
NWCA All-American at 165 pounds ... Super Region VI runner up to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... NWCA All-Academic ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... MIAA Dual Champion ... ranked first or second nationally during the season ... 30-8 with eight techs, seven majors and six falls ... led UNK in wins and bonus point victories ... winning streaks of seven, eight and 11 matches ... first in two open tournaments ... 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas ... beat wrestlers from Hofstra and Oklahoma
AS A REDSHIRTÂ SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
Went wire-to-wire as D2's best at 157 pounds ... won the 157 national title with a 9-4 decision over Augustana's Colin Ayers ... outscored his NCAA competition 50-7 ... named the MIAA's Most Dominant Wrestler ... tabbed the Super Region IV Region Wrestler of the Year ... finished on a 20-match win streak ... ended 29-5 with eight majors, seven tech falls and six falls ... region champ ... also 4-0 at the NWCA Multi-Division National Duals ... 3-2 at the Cliff Keen Invite in Vgeas, beating D1 wrestlers from Virginia, American and Drexel ... NWCA All-Academic ... third-team Google Cloud At-Large Academic All-American ... Google Cloud Academic All-District ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017-18)
All-American at 157 pounds (fourth place) ... Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic ... MIAAÂ Scholar Athlete ... Academic Honor Roll ... MIAA Freshman of the Year ... MIAA Champion ... went 21-7 with five majors, three falls and two tech falls ... joined UNK second semester ... 4-0 at the Viking-Warrior Open ... 2-2 at National Duals ... won both matches at the MIAAÂ Tourney ... third at NCAA West Regionals ... went 4-2 at the NCAA Championships with all four wins coming in a row ... last win was a 43 second fall
PRIOR TO UNK
Spent a redshirt year at the U. of Iowa in 2016-17 ... went 19-5 in open tournaments ... four falls, four tech falls and four majors ... placed in the top three in four tourneys ... finished first at the Grand View U. and Luther College Opens
HIGH SCHOOL
Left Glenwood with school records for wins, falls and takedowns in a career ... was the 2016 Class 2A state champ at 152 pounds ... placed fifth as a junior ... three-time league champ ... team MVP ... member of the National Honor Society
PERSONAL
Son of Mike and Cori
Historical Player Information
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2017-18Redshirt Freshman
157
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2018-19Redshirt Sophomore
157
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2019-20Redshirt Junior
165
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2020-21Redshirt Senior
165
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2021-22Redshirt Fifth Year
165
