Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley University ...

Senior (2024-2025) ... went 10-7 in 2024-2025 … earned Academic All-Big 12 honors ... finished 4-2 at the Reno Tournament of Champions … defeated Cal Poly’s Jake Honey by major decision and Graham Gambrall (Oregon State) by decision … took eight place at the Cyclone Open … defeated David Malin (Wisconsin) by technical fall and Missouri’s Logan Cole by decision … finished with seven decisions … and recorded one fall, one tech fall, and one major decision.  

Junior (2023-2024) ... held an 8-8 overall record and a 1-3 record in duals. Finished 3-5 against Big 12 opponents. Finished in fifth place at the Southeast Open with a 3-1 record. Went 2-2 at the Penn Keystone Open and Reno Tournament of Champions … recorded two tech falls and a major decision.

Sophomore (2022-2023) ...  finished 9-7 overall (0-2 in Big 12 duals) … finished fourth at the Cowboy Open with a 3-2 record … won the Snow College Winter Classic with a 3-0 record … won the final by a 16-6 major decision.

Freshman (2021-2022) ... 7-4 overall record (3-0 in duals) at 165 pounds ... went 2-2 vs. Big 12 Conference opponents ...  opened the season by going a perfect 3-0 in dual action at the UNC Duals ... followed it up by going 2-2 at both the Cowboy Open and the Reno Tournament of Champions ... won three bouts by decision, two fall fall, and two by tech fall ... earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

Freshman / COVID (2020-2021) ... 1-2 overall record (0-0 in duals) at 165 pounds ... also posted a 1-2 mark against Big 12 Conference foes ... wrestled all three matches during his freshman campaign at the USAFA Round Robin at Air Force on Feb. 20 ... picked up a his victory by a score of 18-11 over Noah Blake of Air Force ... also dropped bouts to Johnny Blankenship of Northern Colorado and Vincent Dolce of Air Force at the event ... won his one match by decision.

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum, Utah ... a 2018 Utah State Champion and a four-time State place winner ... also earned USA Folkstyle All-American honors after placing sixth at nationals during his senior year ... won a Rocky Mountain Rumble title (Utah's biggest tournament) ... compiled a 50-1 record during his senior campaign ... helped the Mustangs capture the 2018 4A State title ... coached by Davey Swensen, Rusty Lofthouse and Jason Lee in high school ... competed club wrestling for Top of Utah and Utah United ... also played football at Mountain Crest and was a All-State linebacker and helped his team appear in the State title game during his senior year.

Personal ... 
Graduated from Mountain Crest HS in 2018 ... birthday is Nov. 22 ... born in Logan, Utah ... plans to major in engineering at UVU ... served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018-2020 in San Jose, Calif. ... his uncle, Ethen Lofthouse, is a current associate head coach for UVU wrestling and a former two-time All-American wrestler for the Iowa Hawkeyes ... another uncle, Luke Lofthouse, is a former assistant wrestling coach for Utah Valley as well as a former All-American wrestler at Iowa ... another uncle, Raider Lofthouse, was a former wrestler at UVU ... enjoys fishing, hunting, playing sports, working on the family farm, and spending time with his family ... greatest sports thrill was winning a State title individually and as a team during his senior year ... favorite professional sports teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the Boston Red Sox ... favorite athlete is Dan Gable ... has five siblings; Alexis, Whitney, Kaitlin, Lincoln and Gable ... parents are Cody and Kimberly Lofthouse.