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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2021-22 Loper Wrestling Roster

Sam Turner

  • Hometown Colorado Springs, CO
  • Highschool Discovery Canyon
  • Prev School U. of Wyoming
  • Class Redshirt Fifth Year
  • Major Graduate-Public Communications

Biography

CAREER NOTES (AT UNK)
3-time NCAA Division II Championships qualifier ... 2-time All-American ... 1-time Region Champion ... 39-11 with five falls, four majors and a three tech falls

AS A SUPER SENIOR (2021-22)
National runner up at 149 pounds ... Super Region VI runner up ... second-team All-MIAA ... 19-5 overall with three tech falls, two falls and two majors ... three wins at the NCAA's, each by two points or less and two in sudden victory ... won three times at the Clif Keen Invite in Las Vegas 

AS A SENIOR (2020-21)

All-American at 149 pounds with a fourth place finish ... went 4-2 at nationals with three first period falls ... region runner up ... went 12-5 on the season with three falls and a major ... had a five-match win streak

AS A JUNIOR (2019-20)

Joined UNK second semester ... NWCA All-American at 149 pounds ... qualified for the national meet by placing first at the Super Region VI Championships ... MIAA Co-Dual Champion ... overall 8-1 with a tech fall and a major ... both bonus point wins came at regionals ... 3-0 at the Midwest Duals ... ranked ninth in final national poll

PRIOR TO UNK
Spent three years at Wyoming ... took a redshirt season in 2016-17 ... two-time NCAA Division I qualifier (141 and 149 lbs.) ... a combined 58-31 over the 2018 and 2019 seasons ... nine falls, nine tech falls and four majors in his Cowboy career ... 2018 qualifier at 149 pounds ... fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a 4-2 mark ...  defeated No. 17 Geordan Martinez of Oklahoma State in the dual ... as a redshirt sophomore bumped down to 141 pounds ... recorded six ranked wins on the season ... seventh at the Big 12 Championships ... eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time state champion (120, 132 and 138 lbs.) ... was the 100th wrestler from Colorado to accomplish that feat ... ranked 16th at 138 pounds by Intermat Wrestlling .. posted a 41-2 mark as a senior ... named the Colorado Springs Gazette Lower Weights Wrestler of the Year ... went 33-1 as a junior

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Junior

    149
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    149
  • 2021-22Redshirt Fifth Year

    149