2022-23 UNK Wrestling Roster
Biography
CAREER NOTES (AT UNK)
70-13 with 41 tech falls ... 3-time All-American ... 1-time National Champ ... 2-time region champ
AS A GRADUATE/SUPER SENIOR(2022-23)
National champion at 174 pounds ... upset top-seed and previously unbeaten Abner Romero of St. Cloud State, 12-4, in the finals ... went 28-4 overall with 14 tech falls, six majors and two tech falls ... NWCA All-Academic ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... first-team All-MIAA ... finished the year on an 11-match win streak ... NCAA Regional Champ ... first at the Younes Hospitality Open ... won once at Cliff Keen in Las Vegas ... only one loss all year vs. D2 competition
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021-22)
All-American at 174 pounds with a fourth place finish ... competed at 184 pounds first semester ... 26-6 overall including a 16-2 mark at 174 ... 17 tech falls ... had 11 tech falls in a row at one point late in the season ... Super Region VI champ ... first-team All-MIAA ... reached the NCAA semifinals before a sudden victory setback ... won twice at the Cliff Keen Invite in Vegas ... runner up at the Younes Hospitality Open in November ... ranked 14th in D2 in most dominant category; 3.56 avg. points (vs. D2 competition only) ... also D2 leader in tech falls; 16 in 51:49 (vs. D2 competition only)
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21)
All-American at 184 pounds for a fourth place finish ... went 3-2 at nationals, recording a tech fall and scoring 41 points ... 16-3 overall with a team-best 10 tech falls ... two majors and one fall ... region runner up ... began year on 13-match win streak ... each of those wins were of the bonus point variety ... shut out six opponents during this stretch
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Didn't compete in any tournaments
PRIOR TO UNK
Spent two years at Cloud County C.C. (Concordia, Kan.) ... took a redshirt in 2017-18 and earned All-American honors in 2018-19 ... fourth place finish at the NJCAA National Championships (149 lbs.)
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner at MHS ... won a 2017 Class 4A state title (145 lbs.) ... set a new state record for technical falls (50) in a career
PERSONAL
Son of Todd & Melinda
Historical Player Information
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2019-20Redshirt Sophomore
149
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2020-21Redshirt Junior
184
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2021-22Redshirt Junior
184
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2022-23Redshirt Senior
174
