Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

SENIOR - (2023-2024): 12-8 overall record and 3-2 in duals … finished 3-5 against Big 12 opponents … became the first Wolverine to win the Reno of Tournament of Champions … finished 1-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational with a victory over No. 24 Zayne Lahman (Ohio) … earned dual victories over Adam Cherne (NDSU) and Andrew Donahue (UNC) … recorded two pins, four tech falls, and two major decisions.

JUNIOR - (2022-23): Did not compete. 

SOPHOMORE - (2021-22): 11-7 overall record (8-1 in duals) at 184 pounds ... also posted a 3-6 record vs. Big 12 opponents ... entered the national rankings for the first time after knocking off a trio of 2021 NCAA qualifiers at the CKLV Invite in December ... ranked as high as 24th nationally by InterMat ... tied for the team lead in dual victories with eight wins (8-1) ... finished seventh in wins with 11 (11-7) ... placed eighth at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 3-3 record ... knocked off a trio of 2021 NCAA qualifiers at the event, which included an 8-5 win over David Key of Navy ... opened the season with a perfect 6-0 record after going 4-0 at the UNC Duals on Nov. 7 and 2-0 against CBU and CSUB on Nov. 19 ... posted an 0-2 showing at the 2022 Big 12 Championship ... won six matches by decision, three by major decision, and one by tech fall ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. 

SOPHOMORE/COVID YEAR - (2020-21): 3-9 overall record (0-6 in duals) at 184 and 197 pounds ... competed primarily at 197 but dropped down to 184 for the 2021 Big 12 Championships ... went 1-6 on the year against Big 12 Conference foes ... opened his 2020-21 campaign with a first-place finish at the Cal Poly Round Robin by going a perfect 2-0 in his weight class with wins over Cal Poly's Trevor Tinker (8-3) and Cal Poly's Josh Harkey (5-2) ... also defeated Wyoming's Tucker Tomlinson via a first-period fall in 55 seconds en route to going 1-1 at the UVU Round Robin ... ended his season with an 0-2 outing at the Big 12 Championships at 184 pounds ... six of his nine losses on the year came to ranked opponents ... won one bout by fall and two by decision ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.  

FRESHMAN - (2019-20): 5-4 overall record (1-2 in duals) at 184 pounds before having his season cut short due to an injury ... in his first official collegiate action, earned a sixth-place finish at the Reno Tournament of Champions by going 4-2 ... picked up his first dual victory at home over Stanford's Nick Addison (7-2) ... recorded one win by fall, two by major decision and two by decision ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.  

REDSHIRT - (2015-16): Redshirted the 2015-16 season for the Wolverines ... recorded an 8-2 record while competing unattached on the year at 174 pounds ... won titles at both the National Collegiate Open and the UVU Open ... went 5-0 at the National Collegiate Open with wins over Cal Poly's Andrew Morgan (Dec. 4-3), Binghampton's Jake Kocsis (Fall, 4:02), Edinboro's Fritz Hoehn (SV-1, 10-8), Michigan State's Roger Wildmo (Dec. 11-4) and MAPS' Ben Harvey (Dec. 3-1) ... also went 3-0 at the UVU Open with victories over GCU's Steven Maisel (Fall 1:42), Western State Colorado's Taylor Bergquist (MD 12-4) and Western State Colorado's Connor Schmidt (Dec. 6-4). 

Before Utah Valley ...
Armstrong, a three-time state champion, ranked No. 8 at 182 pounds in InterMat’s poll ... the Fargo All-American completed the Utah Triple Crown when he won the Greco and Freestyle titles, with all of his victories by either technical fall or pin ... Armstrong finished third at the 2014 USA Wrestling Junior Greco Nationals, fourth at the 2014 USA Wrestling Junior Men’s Freestyle Nationals and second at the 2013 Reno Tournament of Champions ... three-time Utah 4A State Champion, 2013 at 145 lbs. 2014 at 160 lbs. and 2015 at 182 lbs. ... 2015 Daily Herald's Valley Wrestler of the Year ... 2015 Rockwell Rumble Champion ... 2015 Super State Champion ... three-time winner in the Simplii All-Star Dual ... 2015 National All-American ... helped lead Salem Hills HS to a 5th-place finish in 2014.

Personal ...
Son of Trent and Sidney Armstrong ... born in Provo, Utah ... exercise science major ... relative is first man to walk on the moon, Astronaut Neil Armstrong ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2017-19 in Paraguay ... married to Amber Southwick Armstrong.