Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley ...

Redshirt Junior (2024-2025) ...  finished the season 18-8 and 10-4 in duals … finished 6-5 against the Big 12 … earned Academic All-Big 12 honors ... defeated returning All-American #5 Kai Orine (NC State) during the NC State dual with a 5-0 decision … finished 3-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … defeated #21 Julian Tagg (SDSU) by 5-2 decision in Brookings … finished 1-2 at the Big 12 Championships with a win over NCAA qualifier Hunter Leake … won four times via technical falls, twice by major decision, and ten times by decision … had 39 dual points.  

Redshirt Sophomore (2023-2024) ... 18-9 overall and 7-2 in duals … 11-4 against Big 12 opponents … finished 2-2 at the 2024 Big 12 Championships … won nine straight matches from Jan. 20- Mar. 9 … went 4-1 at the Penn Keystone Open with a second-place finish … placed second at the Reno Tournament of Champions in his first competition at 141 … defeated No. 31 Cole Brooks (Wyoming) and NDSU’s No. 28 Gavin Drexler in dual action.   

Redshirt (2022-23) ... Redshirted due to injury. 

Freshman (2021-22) ... NCAA Qualifier ... 20-8 overall record (8-3 in duals) at 133 pounds ... went 5-4 on the season vs. Big 12 Conference opponents ... earned his first trip to the NCAA Championships after earning an automatic bid by placing fifth at the 2022 Big 12 Championships ... finished his first trip to nationals with a 1-2 outing with a 10-5 decision over No. 32 Dominic LaJoie of Cornell ... earned Utah Valley's highest national seed for the NCAA Championships by entering as the No. 17 seed at 133 ... nationally ranked for the entire season and ranked as high as 13th nationally in his weight class by InterMat ... placed fifth at the Big 12 Championship after going 2-2 at the event with wins over No. 31 Tony Madrigal of OU and Connor Brown of Mizzou ... posted a third-place finish at the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational after going 4-1 at the event with a trio of wins over nationally ranked foes--No. 11 Chance Rich of CSUB, No. 20 Devan Turner of Oregon State, and No. 33 Jake Gliva of Minnesota ... led UVU in wins on the season with 20 (20-8) and also tied for the lead in dual victories with eight (8-3) ... also led the team in dual points with 33 and major decisions with five ... won the Roadrunner Open with a perfect 5-0 clip at the tournament ... recorded five wins on the season over nationally ranked opponents (5-7) ... won 11 bouts by decision, five by major decision, and one by fall ... earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors ... won a US U20 Open National Title in Greco-Roman competition in April by going a perfect 5-0 at the event in April. 

Before Utah Valley... 
Was a three-time Washington State Champion winning the 2018 Class 2A title at 120 lbs., 2019 Class 2A title at 126 lbs. and 2020 Class 2A title at 132 lbs ... was also a Washington State finalist as a freshman in 2017 finishing second at 113 lbs. ... 2019 Junior National Greco Champion ... 2018 Cadet National Greco Champion ... 2019 Junior Pan American Greco Silver Medalist ... Flo Nationals Greco Champion ... 2020 Dave Schultz Excellence Award winner for state of Washington ... 2020 Dave Schultz Excellence Award West Regional Award winner ... recorded a 168-8 overall record breaking the Toppenish High School record of 155 wins set by three-time state champion Andres Aguilera ... helped his high school team win State in 2017, 2018 and 2020 ... coached by Pepe Segovia, David Escamilla and Cesar Godinez in high school ... also ran cross country at Toppenish HS.

Other College ...
Competed the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign at Fresno State ... went 9-7 at 133 pounds on the season ... placed sixth at 133 lbs. at the Big 12 Championship ... went 2-3 in Tulsa with a 2-0 win over No. 6 seed Job Greenwood (Wyoming) and Kellyn March (North Dakota State), 6-4 ... earned dual meet wins over March, 7-3 Christian Nunez (Cal Baptist), 5-4 & No. 7 Mosha Schwartz (Northern Colorado), 11-7 ... won three of four matches at the Cal Poly Round Robin defeating Benny Martinez (Cal Poly), 7-1, Adam Jacob (Cal Poly), 3-1, and Chip Estrella (Utah Valley), 3-1 SV2.

Personal...
Son of Micah and Sabina Drury ... has two younger brothers, Landon & Cael ... birthday is June 12 ... born in Yakima, Wash. ... plans to major in business management at UVU ... enjoys traveling, longboarding & hanging with friends ... favorite athlete is Georges St-Pierre ...