University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

CAREER NOTES
50-10 (44-3 vs. D2 competition) ... 15 falls and six majors ... 3-time All-American ... 2014 and 2015 national champ ... 2-time region champ ... 2014 and 2015 MIAA champ

AS A JUNIOR (2014-15)
Repeated as national champion at 197 lbs. ... ranked No. 1 for most of the year ... 18-5 with eight falls and two majors ... after another all-conference football season, didn't compete on the mats until January ... first action was Viking-Warrior Open ... went 3-0 with three falls ... then took part in the Division I Virginia Duals ... lost to Old Dominion's Kevin Beazley, 6-4, in sudden victory ... suffered only one loss after Virginia, a 4-2 (SV-2) decision to Western State's Sam Mangum in the regional finals ... at the NCAA's, won his semifinal (McKendree's Julian Smith) and finals (Newberry's Huston Evans) matches by identical 3-1 scores ... both came in the first sudden victory period

AS A SOPHOMORE (2013-14)
National Champion at 197 lbs. ... was ranked No. 1 all season ... went 23-3 (21-0 vs. D2 competition) ... five falls and four majors ... ended the year on a 19-match win streak ... got a late start due to playing football in the fall ... repeated as regional champ ... placed first at the MIAA Championships ... at the NCAA's, won two matches in sudden victory ... in the finals, rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the last 1:18 to win 8-7 ... all three of his losses came at the Virginia Duals against D1 competition

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2012-13)
Joined the Lopers second semester ... 197 lbs. national runner up ... first action was February 10th ... finished 9-2 with two falls ... MIAA runner up ... region champ thanks to a 3-1 decision (SV) in the finals ... both losses came by a single point

PRIOR TO UNK
Wrestled at Nebraska-Lincoln and played football at Hutchinson CC ... for the Huskers in 2008-09, went 3-1 to place runner up at the Kaufman-Brand Open ... two majors among three wins ... injuries sidelined him for the rest of the year ... in six games for the HCC Blue Dragons in 2009, ran 33 times for 243 yards (7.2 ypc) and two TD's ... long run of 76 yards

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a 10-time state champion for Class 6A Hutchinson ... four state titles with a 137-11 career record ... 72-0 over his final two seasons ... added four more championships from his running back position in football and was a two-time power lifting state champion ... as a running back in 2007, galloped for 1,361 yards (7.56 ypg) and 29 TD's ... all-state four times in wrestling and twice in football ... also the 2006 Cadet national champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman and earned a No. 7 national ranking at 189 lbs. according to InterMat

PERSONAL
Son of James & Cindy