2024 NCAA All-American (Seventh, 133)
2024 133-Pound Big Ten Champion
Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2022, 2024-25)
Three-time Big Ten Championships Placewinner (2022, 2024-25)
Four-time Big Ten Championship Starter (2021-22, 2024-25)
2023 Midlands Runner-Up Finish
2023 U23 World Team Trials Participant
2024-25 (Redshirt Senior): 2025 NCAA Championships qualifier ... 2025 Big Ten Championships placewinner ... closed season with 22 wins ... finished regular season ranked No. 10 in the coaches poll ... earned the No. 10 seed at the NCAA Championships, where he went 3-2 and advanced to the Blood Round (3/20-21) ... picked up two wins to finish sixth at the 2025 Big Ten Championships in Evanston, Illinois (3/8-9) ... team leader with 52 team points in dual action ... defeated No. 31 Ryan Miller in dual win over Penn (2/19) ... majored Andrew Hampton in dual victory over Michigan State (2/14) ... defeated No. 18 Tyler Wells by 8-2 decision at No. 8 Minnesota (2/2) ... worked a 7-5 decision over No. 24 Zan Fugitt in dual home win against Wisconsin (1/19) ... downed No. 9 Nic Bouzakis by 4-3 decision in dual at No. 4 Ohio State (1/12) ... opened Big Ten dual season with decision over Angelo Rini in dual victory at No. 24 Indiana (1/10) ... 2024 Midlands runner-up at 133 pounds, finishing with four victories and a ranked win (12/29-30) ... earned 19-3 tech fall in dual at No. 7 Virginia Tech (11/22) ... added a 9-5 decision in dual with No. 6 NC State (11/17) ... opened season with a pin in dual win over Duke (11/9).
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior): 2024 NCAA All-American ... 2024 Big Ten Champion ... finished season with a team-high 27 victories ... 2023-24 team dual meet scoring champion with 53 team points ... wrestled to a seventh-place finish and All-America status at the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Missouri (3/21-23) ... earned No. 4 seed at 133 pounds for the national tournament ... went 4-0, including a 23-8 tech fall over Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) to earn the program's first individual Big Ten title since 2019 at the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in College Park, Maryland (3/9-10) ... closed the season with three consecutive wins over top-20 opponents, including victories over No. 6 Aaron Nagao (Penn State), No. 12 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) and No. 16 Braxton Brown (Maryland) ... earned runner-up finish at 2023 Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (12/29-30) ... moved up from 125 to 133 pounds to begin the season.
2022-23 (Redshirt Sophomore): Wrestled to a 12-5 record at 125 pounds before missing the rest of the season due to injury.
2021-22 (Freshman): 2022 NCAA Qualifier ... 2022 Big Ten Championships placewinner ... 2021 Matmen Open placewinner ... finished season with 23 victories, a 15-5 record in dual action and four Big Ten dual wins as full-time starter at 125 pounds ... registered 54 dual points ... went 2-2 as first NCAA Championships (3/17-19) ... placed seventh with a 3-2 record at 2022 Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska (3/5-6) ... finished sixth at the 2021 Matmen Open (12/29-30) ... opened season with an 11-0 record.
2020-21 (Freshman): Finished true freshman season with four wins ... earned postseason spot at 125 pounds and went 2-3 at Big Ten Championships, which included a 6-5 decision over No. 13 Patrick McKee in the first round ... pinned Purdue Kooper Loehr in extra match against the Boilermakers (Jan. 31) ... recorded first varsity win of career in extra match at No. 11 Ohio State (Jan. 24)
Prior to Rutgers: Competed at Elyria High School in Ohio … went 46-3 and captured section and regional titles as a senior … Ohio state tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 … three-time Ohio state placewinner, finishing second (sophomore), third (junior) and fourth (freshman) … four-time Beast of the East placewinner, finishing second as a junior and third as a senior … two-time Walsh Ironman placewinner, finishing third as a senior and fifth as a junior … won two Maumee Bay individual titles in 2018 and 2020 … 2017-18 Wrestler of the Year as a sophomore by the
Morning Journal … No. 8 ranked wrestler at 126 pounds by
FloWrestling … No. 11 126-pounder in the country by
Intermat.
| YEAR |
OVERALL |
DUALS (B1G) |
TRN (B1G/NCAA) |
MD (DUALS) |
TF (DUALS) |
F (DUALS) |
FASTEST |
DUAL PTS. |
| 2020-21 |
4-3 |
--- |
2-3/--- |
--- |
--- |
1 (0) |
4:30 |
0 |
| 2021-22 |
23-11 |
15-5 (4-4) |
3-2/2-2 |
4 (2) |
2 (2) |
--- |
--- |
54 |
| 2022-23 |
12-5 |
2-1 (0-0) |
---/--- |
4 (0) |
--- |
2 (1) |
4:22 |
9 |
| 2023-24 |
27-7 |
13-3 (6-2) |
4-0/4-2 |
5 (2) |
5 (4) |
2 (1) |
4:29 |
53 |
| 2024-25 |
22-11 |
13-4 (5-2) |
2-3/3-2 |
5 (3) |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
5:45 |
52 |
| CAREER |
88-37 |
43-13 (15-8) |
11-7/9-6 |
18 (7) |
9 (8) |
6 (3) |
4:22 |
168 |
