2019-20

• Qualified for NCAA Championships for the third time; NCAA Championships canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Led team at B1G Championships with fourth-place finish at 157-pounds, going 3-2
• Upset national No. 6 Kaleb Young of Iowa (D, 3-1) and No. 8 Will Lewan of Michigan (D, 4-1) at B1G Championships
• Ended his senior season winning seven of his last nine matches, including his last four dual bouts
• Started in every dual this season for the Illini at 157-pounds
• Academic All-Big Ten

2018-19

• Earned an at-large bid to NCAA Championships at 157-pounds
• Competed at Big Ten Championships
• Tied for third on the team and set a new season-high in wins with 20
• Defeated No. 5 ranked wrestlers Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State, at Cliff Keen) and Kaleb Young (vs. Iowa)
• Started every dual meet for the Illini at 157-pounds
• Placed fifth at Midlands, going 4-2
• Went 4-2 at the Cliff Keen Invite to finish seventh 
• Academic All-Big Ten

2017-18

• Competed at Big Ten Championships, finishing 1-3
• Won Big Ten duals against Alejandro Raya (Indiana) and Nick Santos (Rutgers)
• Earned his first collegiate pin at Indiana against Alejandro Raya (6:32)
• Finished 2-2 at Midlands
• Went 4-1 at the Roadrunner open to place runner-up at 149 pounds

2016-17

• Qualified for NCAA Championships at 149-pounds
• Placed 8th at Big Ten Championships 
• Won 3-1 in sudden victory against Nick Trimble (MSU)
• Won his first dual match with a 5-3 decision over Anthony Giraldo 
• Academic All-Big Ten 

2015-16

• Red-shirt season
• Competed at Midlands
• Compiled a 5-4 record 
• Placed fifth at the Joe Parisi Open with a 5-2 record

High School

• A member of the Illinois National Scholastic Dual Team
• Two-time Team Illinois member
• 2014 FVC Conference, sectional and regional champ at 145 pounds
• Finished fifth in the 145-pound weight class at the 2014 state meet
• 2013 FVC Conference champion at 132 pounds
• Placed second at his team’s sectional and regional en route to qualifying for the Illinois State at 132 pounds in 2013
• Finished second in the Central Regional at 132 pounds as a sophomore
• Placed fourth at the state meet at 152 pounds as a sophomore
• Regional, sectional, state and national AAU champion at 132 pounds as a freshman
• Finished second in Illinois Class 3A freestyle at 132 pounds as a freshman
• Was second in the FVC Conference and in the regional at 132 pounds as a freshman

Personal

• Lettered all four years in the Fox Valley Conference
• 2015 State Champion at 145 pounds
• Four-time All-Conference member
• Two-time IHSA All-State
• Placed fifth at state in 2014
• Coached by Ross Ryan

Career Record

*redshirt season

Updated June 2020