Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley... 

RS JUNIOR (2023-2024): went 19-9 overall and 8-1 in duals … finished 9-5 against Big 12 competition … earned a large bid to his third NCAA Championships … finished 1-2 at NCAA’s … went 2-2 at the 2024 Big 12 Championships … won the Southeast Open at 197 with a 4-0 record … recorded victories over NCAA qualifiers John Crawford and Levi Hopkins … finished 3-2 at the Penn Keystone Open and 2-2 at the Cliff Keen … defeated three ranked foes in Big 12 duals … only dual loss came to No. 5 Tanner Sloan (SDSU) … led UVU in wins (19) and dual points with 33.

JUNIOR - (2022-23): NCAA Qualifier … 21-9 overall record (6-1 in duals) at 197 pounds … finished 3-1 against Big 12 opponents … earned his second trip to the NCAA Championships after earning an automatic berth with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … went 3-2 at this year’s Big 12 Championship …  entered the 2023 NCAA Championships as the No. 20 seed … finished 1-2 with a victory over No. 29 seeded Trey Rogers of Hofstra … finished sixth at the Michigan State Open … and notched a third-place finish at the Roadrunner Open … went 6-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational with victories over four NCAA qualifiers (Andy Smith, Jacob Koser, Gavin Hoffman, and Andrew Davison) … led UVU wins season victories with 21 … he won on two pins, four major decisions, and 13 decisions.

SOPHOMORE ~ (2021-22): NCAA Qualifier ... 14-11 overall record (5-3 in duals) at 197 pounds ... also went 6-6 vs. Big 12 Conference opponents ... earned a trip to compete at his first NCAA Championships after earning an automatic bid by placing seventh at the Big 12 Championship ... entered the national rankings for the first time after knocking off a pair of ranked foes to earn a podium finish at the CKLV Invitational ... ranked as high as 20th in his weight class nationally by InterMat ... entered the 2022 NCAA Championships as the No. 24 national seed at 197 pounds ...  went 0-2 at his first trip to nationals ... went 2-2 at the Big 12 Championships to place seventh at the event with wins over No. 24 Alan Clothier of UNC and Kayne Hutchison of Air Force ... placed eighth at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite with a 4-3 record, which included wins over ranked foes No. 19 Jacob Koser of Navy and No. 22 Alan Clothier of UNC ... posted a second place finish at the Cowboy Open with a 2-1 record ... had three wins on the year over ranked opponents (3-11) ... finished third on the team in wins with 14 (14-11) and fourth in dual wins with five (5-3) ... won eight bouts by decision, three by major decision, two by fall, and one by tech fall ... earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors.  

Before Utah Valley ...
Graduated from Grace Christian School, located in Anchorage, Alaska in 2018... captained the Grizzlies during his senior season... Was a three-time Alaska State champion... named Fargo Greco All-American in 2018 (placed sixth) ... reached Folkstyle National finals in 2018 (finished second) ... went 43-0 as a senior.

Other College ...
Attended and wrestled at California Baptist University from 2018-21 ... redshirted the 2018-19 campaign for the Lancers and also did not compete in any matches in 2019-20 ... posted a 4-3 record during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign which included a pair of bonus point victories.

Personal ...
Born in Minneapolis but raised in Anchorage, Alaska ... birthday is May 18 ... son of Peter and Antonia Bockman ... has one sibling, Justin ... plans to major in History at UVU ... enjoys hunting, camping and fishing.