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University of Illinois Athletics

2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Ryan Boersma

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Channahon, Ill.
  • High School Mount Carmel
  • Major Community Health
  • Position 285

Biography

2024-25 (AT TRITON COLLEGE)

  • Went 18-3 overall and 3-0 in dual action
  • Recorded nine falls, three tech. falls and one major decision

2023-24 (AT MIZZOU)

  • Did not compete.

2022-23 (AT MIZZOU)

  • Competed at 285 pounds, finishing his first year of collegiate action with a 10-7 overall record and an 8-6 mark against DI opponents
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Lindenwood Open (Nov. 19), finishing the tournament in fourth with a 4-2 record
  • Won his first match in a Mizzou singlet with a victory by fall over Lindenwood’s David Hernandez (0:26)
  • Placed third in his weight class at the UNI Open (Dec. 10)
  • Wrestled once in dual competition, facing off against Wyoming’s Terren Swartz at the Mizzou-Wyoming match (Jan. 14)

Career Record

Year Overall Dual Conference Falls TF MD Big Ten NCAA
2022-23* 14-8 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 -- --
2023-24 -- -- -- 0 0 0 -- --
2024-25 18-3 3-0 3-0 9 3 1 -- --
Total 18-3 3-0 3-0 9 3 1

*Redshirt Season

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Four-year letterwinner at Mount Carmel
  • Finished his senior year 44-2 with 28 pins
  • Tied for the fastest pin in school history, eight seconds
  • Tony Lawless Award winner, given to the most valuable wrestler in the Chicago Catholic League
  • Dave Schultz Excellence Award winner at the state and regional level
  • Two-time Illinois State Champion
  • IHSA Dual Team State Champion
  • Two-time Illinois Greco-Roman State Champion
  • Three-time Chicago Catholic League Champion 
  • Three-time Al Dvorak Invite Champion
  • Donnybrook Invite Champion
  • 2022 UWW U20 Freestyle Nationals Runner-up
  • 2021 USAW Junior Greco Roman National Champion
  • Placed third at the 2021 USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals
  • Finished fourth at the 2020 Super 32
  • 2019 UWW Cadet Double All-American
  • Played football for two years in high school and was named to the all-conference and area teams, as well as being named the most valuable offensive lineman