Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

SOPHOMORE ~ (2019-20): NCAA qualifier ... tabbed an NCAA Division I First Team All-American by the NWCA after having the NCAA Championships canceled due to COVID-19 ... 18-4 overall record (9-1 in duals) at heavyweight ... earned both NWCA Scholar All-American and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... went 12-2 against Big 12 Conference foes on the season ... earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships after placing fifth at the Big 12 Championships ... picked an an impressive tally of 10 wins over fellow nationally ranked foes on the year (10-4) ... ranked as high as third in the nation at heavyweight during the season to become UVU's highest ranked wrestler in program history ... entered the 2020 Big 12 Championships as the No. 1 seed in his weight class and was set to enter the 2020 NCAA Championships as the No. 8 seed, the second highest national seed in program history ... finished the season ranked 10th on the final NCAA Coaches' Panel ranking and 6th on the final national RPI ... earned USA Wrestling, The Open Mat and Big 12 Conference Wrestler of the Week honors on Nov. 12 after going a perfect 5-0 at the opening weekend at the Journeymen Northeast Duals and the Journeymen Collegiate Classic that included wins over No. 2 Tanner Hall of Arizona State and No. 3 Jordan Wood of Lehigh on his way to winning the Journeymen Collegiate Classic ... also placed third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite after going 4-1 at the renowned tournament with a pair of wins over No. 14 Gannon Gremmel of Iowa State and No. 17 Carter Isley of UNI ... also knocked off No. 12 Josh Hokit (Fresno State), No. 14 Carter Isley (UNI), No. 15 Dalton Robertson (Northern Colo.), No. 20 Brandon Metz (NDSU) and No. 32 Jordan Earnest (Ohio) on the season ... led the team in wins (18) and tied for first in pins (3) and also finished second in dual wins (9) and third in dual points (34) ... won three bouts by fall, four by major decision and 11 by decision ... a member of the U23 Team USA World Team in Greco-Roman ... tallied a 1-1 record at the U23 World Championships in Greco in Budapest, Hungary in the fall. 

FRESHMAN ~ (2018-19): NCAA qualifier ... 26-9 overall record (14-4 in duals) at heavyweight ... earned NWCA Scholar All-American and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... earned an automatic bid to his first trip to the NCAA Championships after placing third in his weight class at the Big 12 Championship with a 3-1 clip ... entered his first trip to nationals as the No. 15 seed an posted a 2-2 outing with wins over No. 17 David Jensen of Nebraska and No. 18 Joey Goodhart of Drexel ... posted UVU's second-best finish in program history at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite by placing second in his weight class with a 5-1 outing ... also placed second at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic with a 2-1 clip ... finished the season ranked 13th on the final RPI and 16th on the NCAA Coaches' Panel ranking ... ranked as high as ninth during his freshman season by InterMat and the Coaches' Panel ranking ... posted an 8-4 record against Big 12 foes ... defeated a total of seven ranked opponents on the season in No. 8 Thomas Haines of Lock Haven, No. 17 David Jensen of Nebraska, No. 18 Joey Goodhart of Drexel, No. 25 Brian Andrews of Wyoming (twice), No. 30 Brandon Ngati of West Virginia and No. 32 Brandon Ngati of West Virginia ... finished second on the team with 26 wins ... led the team in both falls (6) and dual points (56) ... won 18 bouts by decision, six by fall and two by major decision ... won the U23 Greco World Team Trials to earn a spot at the 2019 UWW World Greco Championships.

REDSHIRT ~ (2017-18): Redshirted the 2017-18 season for the Wolverines ... compiled a 15-6 record while competing unattached at heavyweight ... posted a second-place finish at both the Wolfpack Open and the Clarion Open with respective 3-1 and 4-1 outings ... also placed fourth at the Reno Tournament of Champions after going 4-2 at the event and won a Colorado Mesa Open title after wrestling his way to a perfect 3-0 record ... picked up five wins by fall, one by tech fall, three by major decision and six by decision. 

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at University High School in Spokane Valley, Wash. ... a two-time Washington State Champion ... also won four district championships and three regional titles ... went 142-15 with 103 pins during her prep career ... helped his team win the 2013 State Championship ... named a First Team USA Wrestling Senior All-American in 2015 and won the Dave Schultz High School National Wrestling Hall of Fame Award for the state of Washington in 2015 ... tabbed the 2015 Greater Spokane League Scholar Athlete of the Year and the Spokane Youth Sports Male Athlete of the Year ... crowned the 2014 Fila Cadet Greco National Champion, a 2015 USA Junior Greco National Champion, a runner-up at Fargo National Cadet Freestyle in 2013 and a third-place finisher at both Fargo National Junior Freestyle and Fargo National Junior Greco in 2014 ... also played football and golf in high school. 

Personal ...
Graduated from University HS in 2015 with a 3.98 GPA ... birthday is April 3 ... earned the Central Valley School District Superintendent Award ... served a LDS Church Mission from 2015-17 ... his brother Tanner also wrestles at UVU ... his father, David, was an All-American wrestler at Oregon State ... enjoys camping, fishing, hiking, backpacking and skiing ... has three brothers, Tanner, Tegan and Tyson ... son of David and Amy Orndorff.