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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
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
The Russian Summer
9/28/2016
Colin Carr seized the opportunity of a lifetime earlier this summer, traveling to Russia for nearly three weeks to work on his freestyle skills
Gophers to Host Coaches' Clinic
9/27/2016
Annual coaches’ clinic will feature the Gopher coaching staff, as well as four-time All-American Jared Lawrence, and two-time All-Americans Mark Schwab and Reece Humphrey
Get to Know Luke Becker
9/16/2016
A national champion wrestler and coach, Becker sees potential to accomplish more at his home state school
