One National Champion, Seven All-Americans and National Coach of the Year
2011-12 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Overall Record: 17-6 Dual Meet Record: 9-5 Big Ten Record: 5-3 Pins: 8 Major Decisions: 3 Technical Falls: 0
All-American• 2012 NCAA Runner-up at 149 lbs. •named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Year on the team • voted Freshman of the Year on the team • named Best Male Freshman of the Year at the 2012 Golden Goldy's • fell to Penn State's Frank Molinaro (4-1) in the championship match • defeated undefeated (32-0) Jamal Parks of Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals by a 3-2 decision •finished second in votes for 2012 Freshman of the Year by InterMat •went undefeated at the National Duals, including a sudden victory against Missouri's Kyle Bradley • won a 15-5 major decision over teammate Matt Mincey to claim the Bison Open championship • dropped two regular season duals to #1 Frank Molinaro of Penn State (10-16) and #2 Jamal Parks of Oklahoma State (5-6) • defeated #14 Kyle Bradley of Missouri in the Southern Scuffle (T.N.) semifinals en route to a second place finish • met a string of other ranked opponents during Big Ten competition in which he went 5-3, falling to #16 Cam Tessari of Ohio State and #7 Eric Grajales of Michigan but defeating three other ranked wrestlers by pinning #10 Eric Terrazas of Illinois at 7:08, pinning #14 Cole Scmitt of Wisconsin at 2:35, and defeating #13 Ivan Lopouchanski of Purdue (11-4) • letterwinner
2010-11 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Overall Record: 16-1 Dual Meet Record: 0-0 Big Ten Record: 0-0 Pins: 9 Major Decisions: 3 Technical Falls: 0
Freshman who competed in 17 matches in first year as a Gopher • went 16-1 overall with nine pins and three major decisions • started out the season as co-champions with teammate Danny Zilverberg at the Bison Open • won his first title in the maroon and gold at the Kaufman-Brand Open, after scoring a 6-4 decision in the second round before recording three falls, a major decision and pin of Iowa's Jake Ballweg in 1:54 in the championship match • won the Husky Open after pinning Augsburg's Tony Valek in the final at 2:22.
High School:A 2010 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School • named "Mr. Minnesota High School Wrestler" by the MNWrestling Coaches Association in 2010 • ranked No. 4 nationally at 145 by InterMat and No. 6 by Amateur Wrestling News • USA Wrestling Triple Crown Cadet National winner.
Personal:Son of Jay and Sally Ness • brother of former Gopher All-American and national champion Jayson Ness.
