University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Awards & Honors

• Career
  • Two-time national champion (first in program history)
  • Three-time All-American
  • Four-time NCAA Championships qualifier
  • Three-time NCAA regional champion
  • Four-time WIAC champion
  • Three-time Wheaton Invitational champion
  • Career record of 169-16, including a 71-match win streak to cap his career
    • Believed to rank in (or near) the top five in Division III history for career victories at the time of his graduation
  • 75 career pins, 17 technical falls, 25 major decisions
    • 44% of career wins came via pin, 69% of wins were bonus-point victories
  • Graduates as school's all-time leader in wins and pins, as well as the WIAC's all-time leader in wins
• 2024-25
  • National champion (174 pounds)
  • All-American
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Championships
  • Division III's leader in victories (43)
  • NCAA Championships qualifier (174 pounds)
  • NCAA Regional VII champion (174 pounds)
  • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
  • Wheaton Invitational champion (174 pounds)
  • Reno Tournament of Champions champion (174 pounds)
  • 8-Man Battles champion (174 pounds)
  • NWCA Scholar All-American
  • UW-Eau Claire Co-Male Athlete of the Year
  • Two-time WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week
    • Dec. 18-Jan. 5, Jan. 13-19
• 2023-24
  • National champion (174 pounds)
  • All-American
  • NCAA Upper Midwest Regional champion (174 pounds)
  • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
  • Wheaton Invitational champion (174 pounds)
  • 8-Man Battles champion (174 pounds)
  • WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week (Jan. 8-14)
  • Broke program's all-time career wins record and single-season pins record
  • UW-Eau Claire's Male Athlete of the Year
• 2022-23
  • Runner-up at NCAA Championships (174 pounds)
  • All-American
  • NCAA Upper Midwest Regional champion (174 pounds)
  • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
  • 8-Man Battles and Wheaton Invitational champion (174 pounds)
  • Jack Swartz Award winner at Wheaton Invitational
  • WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week (Jan. 9-15)
• 2021-22
  • WIAC champion (174 pounds)
  • WIAC Newcomer of the Year
  • NCAA Championships qualifier
  • D3wrestle.com All-Freshman team
  • Spartan Mat Classic, Central Under Armour Invitational and Messiah Invite champion (174 pounds)
  • Rookie of the Year

2024-25
Capped off the most successful career in Blugold wrestling history by becoming the program's first two-time national champion...Successfully defended his 2024 national championship by running rampant over the competition as a senior, posting a 43-0 record en route to his second national championship...Clinched the crown with a 7-1 decision over Alvernia's Nathan Lackman in the 174-pound national finals...Named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Championships...His 43 wins were the most by a Division III wrestler that season...Won the third NCAA regional title of his career...Became the WIAC's all-time leader in victories toward the end of the season...Became the second wrestler in Blugold history to win four WIAC championships...Also won titles at the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational, Reno Tournament of Champions and 8-Man Battles...Earned WIAC Kwik Trip Athlete of the Week honors twice...Named an NWCA Scholar All-American...Finished his career with a 169-16 record and a 71-match win streak.

2023-24
Became the second national champion in program history when he won the 174-pound championship to cap perhaps the greatest season in UW-Eau Claire history...Won the Blugolds' first national title since 2006 when he defeated Wartburg's Zane Mulder by 10-3 decision in the national finals, avenging a loss to Mulder in the 2023 national championship match...Concluded the season with a 42-2 record and never lost to a Division III wrestler all year...Only two losses were to Division I wrestlers at the Midlands Championships...Became UW-Eau Claire's all-time wins leader when he earned the 123rd victory of his career in the first round of the NCAA Championships on March 15...Set a new single-season pins record with 21 falls during the campaign...Won a second straight 174-pound title at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional...Ran his streak to three straight WIAC championships at 174 pounds...Repeated as the 174-pound champion at the prestigious Wheaton Invitational...Helped the Blugolds clinch a share of the WIAC team championship for the first time in school history...Had six technical falls and five major decisions.

2022-23
National runner-up at 174 pounds, NCAA Upper Midwest Regional champion and WIAC champion in one of the greatest individual seasons in UW-Eau Claire's history...Earned All-America status with his second-place finish at the NCAA Championships...Became only the third Blugold wrestler ever to reach a national championship match, where he fell to Wartburg's Zane Mulder by a narrow 7-5 decision...Became the second national runner-up in program history...Finished season with a 41-3 record...Earned 16 wins by fall. Won individual titles at the 8 Man Battles and Wheaton Invitational...Named Jack Swartz Award winner at the Wheaton Invitational, given to the wrestler who earned the most falls in the least amount of time...Successfully defended his WIAC title to become the sixth wrestler in program history to win multiple conference championships.

2021-22
WIAC champion at 174 pounds and WIAC Newcomer of the Year...Won conference championship bout with an 8-1 decision...Finished third at NCAA Upper Midwest Regional to advance to the national championships, where he went 2-2...Finished 43-11 overall...Eighteen victories came via fall...Named to D3Wrestle.com's All-Freshman team...Won three tournament titles during the regular season and also secured a third- and fourth-place finish.

High School
Attended Ashland High School...Wrestling: Three-time state tournament qualifier...Division 2 state champion at 170 pounds as a senior...Fourth place at state in Division 2 at 145 pounds as a junior...Fifth place at state in Division 2 at 106 pounds as a freshman.