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05/21/2013
Gophers Named NWCA All-Academic Top 30 Team
Nick Dardanes, Scott Schiller, and Kevin Steinhaus receive individual recognition
05/20/2013
Minnesota Wrestling Presents Team Awards
Tony Nelson named Most Valuable Wrestler
03/31/2013
Wrestling Places Eight on Winter Academic All-Big Ten
Overall conference list includes 90 wrestlers
03/27/2013
Minnesota Places 62 on Winter Academic All-Big Ten Teams
For the second year in a row, gymnast Nathan Fortunato posted an unblemished 4.0 GPA.
03/23/2013
Minnesota Boasts Eight All-Americans at 2013 NCAA Championships
The Gophers will finish third at the national tournament
02/23/2013
Gophers Advance to Finals
The Gopher wrestling team advanced to the finals of the National Duals after beating Iowa.
01/25/2013
Minnesota Wrestling: Cribs
Golden Gopher wrestlers take you behind the scenes.
11/12/2012
Minnesota-Hofstra Recap
Recap of Minnesota's 32-6 win over Hofstra at the Sports Pavilion.
03/19/2015
Day 1 NCAA
NCAA Wrestling Action
03/12/2015
Session 3 WR
Big Ten Championships
03/07/2015
Day one Big Tens
Conference Wrestling Tourney
01/30/2015
Gophers vs Iowa
Big Ten Wrestling
11/29/2014
Gophers vs Cowboys
Wrestling Action
Photo Gallery
2014-15 • REDSHIRT SENIOR
Overall Record: 23-5
Dual Meet Record: 9-1
Big Ten Record: 6-1
Pins: 3
Major Decisions: 7
Technical Falls: - -
NCAA Qualifier • Letterwinner • Winner of the team's Intensity Award • Returned to 141 after wrestling at 149 last season • Began his season 17-1 • Won the 141 title at the Bison Open, opening the tournament with a fall sandwiched between two major decisions • Took 3rd place at the Cliff Keen Invitational with a 6-3 win over No. 16 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) in the third-place match • Won nine of his 10 dual matches, with only one victory coming by fewer than four points • Only dual loss was a 10-9 decision against four-time national champ Logan Stieber on Feb. 6, the closest match Stieber wrestled all season • Pinned three opponents, a new single-season career high • Scored pivotal bonus points by earning major decisions over George Fisher (Michigan) on Jan. 9 and Kade Moss (Penn State) on Jan. 25, both duals which Minnesota won by a single point • Took 3rd place at the Big Ten Championships • Earned his 100th career victory with win over Fisher on Jan. 9
2013-14 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Overall Record: 34-5
Dual Meet Record: 13-1
Big Ten Record: 7-1
Pins: 1
Major Decisions: 5
Technical Falls: 2
National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Top-30 team • Finished the season with a 34-5 overall record, including a 13-1 dual record and 7-1 Big Ten record • Took first place at the Bison Open with a 5-0 record, including victories by pin in the semifinals against Hank Goettl of South Dakota State and by technical fall over Nathaniel Rykerd of North Dakota State in the championship match • Took first place in the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open with a record of 5-0 • Finished as the runner-up in the Southern Scuffle with a record of 4-1, which included a victory by technical fall over Natrelle Demison of Air Force • Defeated No. 13 Brody Grothus of Iowa 5-3 as part of the Gophers 19-15 victory in Iowa City on January 25 • Defeated Zach Beitz of Penn State in a sudden victory to secure critical points in Minnesota's victory over the top-ranked Nittany Lions on February 9 • Defeated No. 20 Ian Paddock of Ohio State in the semifinal round of the National Duals Championship • Placed third at the Big Ten Championships with a record of 4-1 • Qualified for NCAA Championships
2012-13 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Overall Record: 30-9
Dual Meet Record: 13-5
Big Ten Record: 6-2
Pins: 1
Major Decisions: 12
Technical Falls: - -
All-American • Academic All-Big Ten • Named to National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Top-30 team • Finished the season with a 30-9 overall record, including a 13-5 dual record and 6-2 Big Ten record • Shared team's Intensity Award • Finished seventh at the NCAA Championships with a 9-5 decision over Zach Neibert of Virginia Tech • Finished third at the Big Ten Championships with a 3-1 record • Won by major decision against No. 5 Brandon Nelsen of Purdue • Finished in first place at Bison Open (11/10/12) • Had string of major decision victories from Nov. 16 - Nov. 24 • Finished third in the Southern Scuffle after a 10-4 decision over Chris Mecate of Old Dominion in the third round • Had 12-4 major decision over No. 7 Mark Ballweg of Iowa at the National Duals Finals
2011-12 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Overall Record: 22-10
Dual Meet Record: 12-4
Big Ten Record: 5-2
Pins: 2
Major Decisions: 9
Technical Falls: 1
Academic All-Big Ten • Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships • Appeared in his first NCAA championships and finished with a record of 2-2 • Finished the season with 22 wins and nine major decision victories • Had a seven-match winning streak over the course of the season • Won the Bison Open championship after meeting teammate Seth Lange in the title match (11-10 decision) • Fell 9-6 decision to No. 17 Mike Nevinger of Cornell before winning five straight dual matches, including a sudden victory (14-12) over No. 7 Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State • Went 5-2 in Big Ten competition, dropping close matches to No. 6 Hunter Stieber of Ohio State (8-10) and No. 7 Montell Marion of Iowa (2-3),but finishing the stretch with a 3-2 victory over No. 5 Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska • Went undefeated with two major decisions in the National Duals • Earned his first letter
2010-11 • FRESHMAN (REDSHIRTED)
Went 20-4 overall in his first season with the Gophers • Recorded four pins, six major decisions and one technical fall • Placed second in the Bison Open to begin the season • Won his first title as a Gopher at the Kaufman-Brand Open after claiming a 13-3 major decision in the quarterfinals and a 10-5 decision over Seth Noble of Northern Iowa in the championship • Edged Augsburg's Cody Hansen in the finals with a 9-6 decision to pick up his second title of the season • Defeated Northwestern's Colin Shober 7-4 at the Midlands Championship • Wrapped up his first season of action at the Flash Open taking third place, beating Wisconsin's Thomas Glenn by a 14-3 major decision in the third-place match
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School • Two-time Illinois state champion • Won his second-straight state title as a senior in 2010 at 140-pounds • Ranked No. 2 nationally at 140 by InterMat and No. 3 by Amateur Wrestling News • Rated No. 19 overall high school senior by InterMat • Placed second at the USA Wrestling Junior National Freestyle Tournament • Captured his first state championship at 130-pounds as a junior
PERSONAL
Signed with Minnesota along with twin brother, Chris
| Season | Overall | Dual | Big Ten | Pins | Maj. Dec. | Tech. Fall | B1G Finish | NCAA Finish |
| 2010-11 (RS) | 20-4 | - - | - - | 4 | 6 | 1 | - - | - - |
| 2011-12 | 22-10 | 12-4 | 5-2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4th | DNP |
| 2012-13 | 30-9 | 13-5 | 6-2 | 1 | 12 | - - | 3rd | 7th |
| 2013-14 | 34-5 | 13-1 | 7-1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | DNP |
| 2014-15 | 23-5 | 9-1 | 6-1 | 3 | 7 | - - | 3rd | DNP |
| Totals | 109-29 | 47-11 | 24-6 | 7 | 33 | 3 | - - | - - |
MORE HEADLINES
Gopher Wrestling Tickets Now On Sale
9/20/2017
Season tickets and single match tickets are now available for the University of Minnesota Wrestling 2017-2018 season.
Colin Carr: The Wide World of Wrestling
9/13/2017
Similarly to how people want to become more cultured and diversify themselves, wrestlers are always looking to learn about different styles throughout the wide world of wrestling.
Miles and Miles
9/5/2017
Miles Patton traveled to Berlin, Germany for seven weeks this summer and was able to immerse himself into a different culture.
