Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

SENIOR ~ (2015-16): 18-9 overall record (10-1 duals) at 125 pounds ... NCAA qualifier for the second time in his career ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Championships ... went 1-2 at the 2016 NCAA Championships with a 6-1 decision over Old Dominion's Brandon Jeske and a pair of setbacks to No. 3 Nico Megaludis of Penn State and NC State's Sean Fausz ... placed sixth at his first trip to the Big 12 Championship after going 1-3 while wrestling through an injury ... won his first seven matches of the season ... named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 2 after holding Boise State's Rami Hadadin scoreless en route to a 14-0 major decision ... nationally ranked for the majority of the season and ranked as high as eighth in the nation at 125 pounds ... placed sixth at the Reno Tournament of Champions with a 3-2 record ... also made a deep run at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational after going 3-1 at the event before taking a medical forfeit in his final bout ... knocked off No. 10 Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State (Dec. 4-3) and No. 13 Zeke Moisey of West Virginia (Inj. Default) ... tied atop the team in dual wins with 10, second on the squad in victories with 18 and third in dual points with 36 ... recorded one win on the season by fall, one by tech fall, five by major decision and 10 by decision ... will leave UVU in the top-10 in all-time victories as posted a 65-36 record for his career. 

JUNIOR ~ (2014-15): 18-8 overall record (9-2 duals) at 125 pounds ... NCAA qualifier ... named Third Team All-WWC after taking third in his weight class at the NCAA West Regional/WWC Championships with a 3-1 record to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... entered his first trip at the NCAA Championships as the No. 15 seed in his weight class ... finished his 2015 NCAA Championship run with an 0-2 record with losses to West Virginia's Zeke Moisey (14-6) and Nebraska's Tim Lambert (9-1) ... named the WWC Wrestler of the Week on Feb. 9 after knocking off the 13th-ranked Josh Rodriguez of North Dakota State (5-3) as well as South Dakota State's Isaac Andrade (10-3) ... also recorded upset wins over No. 8 David Terao of American (4-1), No. 14 Josh Martinez of Air Force (7-4) and No. 15 Evan Silver of Stanford (3-0) to enter the national rankings ... was ranked as high as 15th by InterMat, 12th on the RPI and 17th on the Coaches' Panel ranking ... led hte team in dual wins with nine, dual points with 33 and the quickest pin as he pinned Air Force's Evan Ulinski in 27 seconds on the season ... won three bouts by fall, one by technical fall, two by major decision and 12 by decision on the year.

SOPHOMORE ~ (2013-14): 16-10 overall record (8-3 duals) ... named Third Team All-WWC after taking third at the NCAA West Regional/WWC Championships on March 8 ... went 2-2 at both the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and the Cowboy Open ... went 4-1 in WWC duals ... picked up dual wins over Nebraska's Ben Morgan (16-13), Grand Canyon's Lino Estrada (fall, 2:24), Arizona State's Kalin Goodsite (6-4), Boise State's Ben Demuelle (fall, 0:49), SDSU's Brance Simms (9-4), NDSU's Justin LaValle (10-4), Northern Colorado's Michael Espinoza (11-1) and Wyoming's Gunnar Woodburn (7-1) ... second on the team in pins with five ... posted five wins by fall, three by major decision and eight by decision.

FRESHMAN ~ (2012-13): 13-9 overall record (4-3 duals) ... named Third Team All-WWC after placing third at the NCAA West Regional/WWC Championships in Laramie, Wyo. on March 9 ... took third at the UVU Open on Jan. 5 with a 4-1 record ... went 2-2 at the Cowboy Open on Nov. 3 and 1-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 30 ... picked up his four dual wins over Northern Colorado's Sam Bauer, Stanford's Alex Manley, NDSU's Josh Rodriguez and Boise State's Manuel Ybarra ... won four bouts by major decision, three by fall and five by decision.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Delta High School ... was a two-time State Champion and an All-American ... helped his team to the State Championship in 2009 ... a two-time All-Star Dual Wrestler.

Other College ...
Redshirted the 2009-10 season for Colorado Mesa ... went 11-5 while competing unattached at 125 pounds that year.

Personal ...
Graduated from Delta HS in 2009 ... majoring in Kinesiology at UVU ... served an LDS Church mission in Lubbock, Texas, from Sept. 2010-Sept. 2012 ... son of Jason and Charlie ... brother of Kohl and Shania ... aspires to become an Athletic Trainer ... enjoys wake boarding and jet skiing.