Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023-2024): finished 5-4 overall and 1-0 in duals … finished 3-2 at the Southeast Open for a seventh-place finish … earned a dual victory over American’s Gage Owen with an 8-5 decision … went 1-2 at the Penn Keystone Open.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE - (2022-23): Went 10-9 overall (3-3) in Big 12 duals … Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after defeating No. 8 Clay Carlson of South Dakota State … went 1-2 at the 2023 Big 12 Championships … defeating Dylan Droegemueller (NDSU) 11-0 …  placed second at the Last Chance Open with victories over Cole Rhemrev (Indiana), Sam Hrabovsky (Iowa State), and Joey Showalter of Indiana … picked up Big 12 dual wins over Drew Woodley (Iowa State), Garrett Kuchan (Air Force).

FRESHMAN ~ (2021-22): 5-10 overall record (3-5 in duals) at 141 pounds ... went 4-7 vs. Big 12 Conference opponents ... just missed out on earning an automatic bid to his second trip to nationals by placing eighth at the 2022 Big 12 Championships ... placed eighth at the Big 12 Championships after going 2-3 at the event with wins over No. 16 Carter Young of Oklahoma State and Cody Phippen of Air Force ... also knocked off No. 5 Allan Hart of Missouri at home on Jan. 29 with a last-second takedown ... dropped a number of tightly contested bouts to nationally ranked foes ... went 2-6 on the year vs. ranked opponents ... ranked as high as 32nd nationally on the season by InterMat ... won four bouts by decision ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. 

FRESHMAN/COVID YEAR ~ (2020-21): NCAA qualifier ... 8-7 overall record (4-2 in duals) at 133 pounds ... earned an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Championships at 133 pounds ... finished his first trip at the NCAA Championships with an 0-2 outing with setbacks to No. 5 Micky Phillippi of Pitt and No. 21 Jared Van Vleet of Air Force ... earned both NWCA Scholar All-American and First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... posted an eighth-place finish at his first trip to the Big 12 Championships after going 1-3 at the event with a victory over No. 8 Ryan Sullivan of West Virginia ... picked up four victories on the season over nationally ranked foes with wins over No. 8 Sullivan (med forfeit), No. 18 Devan Turner of Oregon State (4-1), No. 18 Jason Miranda of Stanford (5-1) and No. 26 Kellyn March of North Dakota State (11-7) ... won his weight class at the season-opening Cal Poly Round Robin on Jan. 3 with a 3-0 record ... also went 2-0 at the Oregon State Tri-Meet with a pair of wins over ranked foes ... ranked as high as No. 15 on the year by FloWrestling and was ranked No. 27 in his weight class in the final NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking ... entered his first trip to nationals as the No. 28 seed ... posted a 3-5 record against Big 12 foes on the year ... won one bout by fall and six by decision.

REDSHIRT ~ (2019-20): Redshirted the 2019-20 season after missing the year with an injury ... did not compete in any matches in 2019-20. 

Before Utah Valley ...
Attended Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nev … four-time Nevada state champion … four-time regional champion ... helped his high school team to a runner-up finish at State his senior year ... is also two-time national champion. 

Other College ...
Was awarded a medical redshirt year for the 2018-19 season at Drexel University in Philadelphia ... appeared in 12 bouts on the year at 133 pounds for the Dragons … went 8-3 including 5-0 in duals, 3-4 in tournaments and 1-0 against EIWA foes before having his season cut short due to injury … went 3-3 in decisions, 3-0 in major decisions and 1-1 in technical falls … earned five dual starts, going undefeated … received a redshirt year after sustaining a season-ending injury ... member of the team that owned the nation’s highest team GPA at 3.63.

Personal ...
Son of Marsha Woods and Cory Severeide … birthday is Aug. 5 ... born in St. George, Utah ... plans to major in business management at UVU ... has two siblings; Broc and Mckenzie ... enjoys anything outdoors, which includes hunting, fishing and hiking.