2024-25 Wrestling Roster
Danny Braunagel
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Belleville, Ill.
- High School:
- Althoff Catholic
- Major:
- Financial Management
- Position:
- 174
 3x NCAA Championships Qualifier |
2024-25
- NCAA Championships qualifier at 174 pounds
- Placed third at the Big Ten Championships at 174 pounds
- Went 13-11 overall, 7-6 in duals and 4-4 in Big Ten duals
- Scored 29 dual points, sixth most on the team
- A perfect 4-0 in matches decided via tech. fall, led the team
- Recorded a pin and three major decisions
2023-24
- Olympic redshirt year, went 4-0 in his matches.
2022-23
- NCAA Championships qualifier at 165 pounds
- Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships
- Went 20-13 overall and scored 30 dual points
- Led all starters with 5 falls, fastest fall (4:02) in the Purdue dual
- Recorded a team high 6 major decisions
- Academic All-Big Ten
2021-22
- Went 12-9 overall and recorded 2 falls
- Fastest fall, 1:50 at Michigan State 11/6/21
- Academic All-Big Ten
2020-21
- Qualified for NCAA Championships at 165 pounds
- Went 8-4 on the season, finishing second on the team in dual points scored with 18
- Started the season 6-0, all against Big Ten opponents
2019-20
- 2020 NWCA Honorable Mention All-American at 165-pounds
- Qualified for NCAA Championships at 165-pounds; NCAA Championships canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
- Went 23-9 on the season, finishing second on the team in wins
- Finished second on the team in dual points with 36
- Went 10-3 in dual bouts, including 6-2 in Big Ten matches
- Led the team in tech. falls with four
- Finished sixth at his first Big Ten Championships, earning an automatic bid to nationals at 165-pounds
- Placed fourth at 165-pounds at Midlands, going 5-2 which including ranked wins over No. 15 Shayne Oster (Northwestern), No. 18 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) and No. 20 Kennedy Monday (North Carolina) at the tournament
- Team Captain
- Illinois Freshman of the Year Nominee
- NWCA Scholar All-American
- Academic All-Big Ten
2018-19
- Made his Midlands debut, going 2-2 competing unattached
- Placed first at 165-pounds at the Maryville Open, going 4-0 with two tech falls
- Won his first seven matches of his redshirt season
- Placed second at the Lindenwood Open
- Tallied four tech falls and two major decisions in his redshirt campaign
Career Record
| Year | Overall | Dual | Conference | Falls | TF | MD | Big Ten | NCAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19* | 9-3 | -- | -- | 0 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019-20 | 23-9 | 10-3 | 6-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6th | Canceled |
| 2020-21 | 8-4 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -- | DNP |
| 2021-22 | 12-9 | 7-3 | 5-3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2022-23 | 20-13 | 7-5 | 3-5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8th | DNP |
| 2023-24* | 4-0 | -- | -- | 0 | 4 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2024-25 | 13-11 | 7-6 | 4-4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3rd | DNP |
| Total | 76-46 | 36-15 | 15-14 | 9 | 11 | 18 |
*Redshirt Season
High School
- 2018 IHSA Class 1A 160 Pound Champion
- 2017 IHSA Class 1A 152 Pound Champion
- 2016 IHSA Class 1A 152 Pound Runner-Up
- Ranked the No. 1 152-pounder in the state of Illinois
- Undefeated (47-0) junior season
- Two-time NHSCA All American
- Super 32 All-American
- Coached by Josh Harper
Personal
- Born on July 15, 2000
- Son of Joe and Elaine Braunagel
- Has an older brother, Jarrid, twin brother and Illini wrestler, Zac, and his younger brother, Joey, is an Illini wrestler too.
- Member of the National Honor Society
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