Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

RS JUNIOR (2023-2024): finished 2-5 on the year … competed at the Southeast Open going 1-2 … finished 0-2 at the Penn Keystone Open and 0-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions … defeated Oregon State’s Murphy Menke by decision 7-6, and Corban’s David Rubio by a 4-3 decision.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE - (2022-23): Finished the year 9-12 overall (0-6 in Big 12 duals) … went 0-2 at the 2023 Big 12 Championships … won the Snow College Winter Classic, going 4-0 with three victories via fall … started the year with a 2-2 record at the Michigan State Open with victories over Wisconsin’s Aiden Medora and Jake Harrier of Illinois … took NCAA qualifier Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) to sudden victory during the Big 12 dual.

REDSHIRT ~ (2021-22): Redshirted the season for the Wolverines and posted an 11-6 record while competing unattached at 141 pounds ... also went 1-2 on the season vs. Big 12 opponents ... capped the season by taking second at the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open with a 3-1 outing at the event ... won six bouts by fall, three by decision, and two by major decision. 

FRESHMAN/COVID YEAR ~ (2020-21): 3-2 overall record (0-0 in duals) at 133 pounds ... also went 1-2 against Big 12 Conference foes ... went a perfect 2-0 at the Oregon State Tri-Meet with wins over Kyle Rowan of Stanford (4-0) and Jason Shaner of Oregon State (7-6) ... also went 1-0 at the SDSU Tri-Meet with a 7-6 decision over South Dakota State's Trayton Anderson ... his lone two losses came to No. 21 Job Greenwood of Wyoming and Jake Svihel of Wyoming ... won all three bouts on the year by decision.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Layton High School in Layton, Utah ... a four-time Utah State Champion (the 24th four-time state champion in Utah high school history) ... a two-time high school All-American ... also posted a sixth-place finish at NHSCA Nationals ... helped Layton win the State title in 2017 as well as a trio of runner-up finishes at State ... coached by former UVU heavyweight wrestler and two-time NCAA qualifier Adam Fager ... wrestled club at Sanderson Academy ... also played football in high school.  

Personal ...
Graduated from Layton HS in 2020 ... born in Layton, Utah ... birthday is Nov. 26 ... enjoys both snow and water skiing as well as hunting and fishing ... is the third sibling from his family to be a student-athlete at Utah Valley, as his older brother, Brayden, also wrestled at UVU and his older sister, McKenzie (Van Dyke), played soccer for the Wolverines ... his father, Chris, also wrestled in college and was a conference champion wrestler for the BYU Cougars in 1985 ... has four siblings; Taylor, Brayden, Kaleis and McKenzie ... parents are Chris and Melanie Humpherys.