2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2020 NCAA Elite 90 Award Nominee
2020 Big 12 Conference Wrestling Scholar Athlete of the Year
2020, 2017 Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships (Sixth Place)
2020, 2019 National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling First Team
2019-20 SEASON (Senior): First-time NCAA Wrestling Championships qualifier with true sixth place finish at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships ... Claimed 4-2 record at the Big 12 championship two wins over nationally-ranked opponents to advance ... Big 12 Conference Wrestling Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team selection ... Nominated for NCAA Elite 90 Award ... Four-time Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling first team selection ... Ranked No. 30 by NCAA Coaches (3-8-20) ... After Big 12 tournament, ranked No. 23 by FloWrestling.org and No. 31 by TrackWrestling.com ... Put together a 15-12 record including 5-8 in duals with a pair of major decisions ... Had 4-4 record in Big 12 duals ... Won fourth Bison Open title with 3-0 record ... Went 3-2 at Southern Scuffle (1-2-20) ... Career record was 65-52 including 31-34 in duals (13-19 Big 12) … Had 16 major decisions, six pins and two tech falls.
2018-19 SEASON (Junior): Three-time Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling first team selection ... Compiled a 17-10 record overall including 10-6 in duals ... Went 4-5 in Big 12 duals ... Recorded four pins and four major decisions ... Lost pair of close decisions at Big 12 Championships ... Posted impressive 3-1 sudden-victory win over No. 17-ranked Jacob Seely of Northern Colorado (1-27-19) ... Went 4-2 at Cliff Keen Invitational ... Won the Roadrunner Open (11-18-18) with a 4-0 record including three pins ... Won 10 of first 11 bouts to start season ... Career record is 50-40 including 26-26 in duals (9-15 Big 12) … Has 14 major decisions, six pins and two tech falls..
2017-18 SEASON (Sophomore): Two-time Academic All-Big12 Wrestling first team selection … Compiled a 16-15 record overall including 7-10 in duals … Had 2-6 mark in Big 12 duals … Recorded six major decisions, a pair of tech falls and one pin … Involved in three 1-point decisions at Big 12 Championships and went 1-2, now 4-5 in career at tournament … Won third straight Bison Open with 3-0 record, all on major decisions … Placed 4
th at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12-17-17).
2016-17 SEASON (Freshman): Placed sixth at 197 pounds in the 2017 Big 12 Wrestling Championships, finishing with a 3-3 record ... Concluded season 17-15 overall including 9-10 in duals ... Recorded four major decisions and one pin ... That fall came at 3:06 at Wyoming against Nate Shaw ... Named to the 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling first team ... Compiled a 2-2 record at the Virginia Duals ... Went 2-2 at the Midlands Championships (12-29-16) ... Captured the Bison Open (11-12-16) title with 3-0 record and a pair of major decisions.
2015-16 SEASON (Redshirt): Wrestled unattached at 197 pounds and racked up four Open championships including the Bison Open (11-14-15), in the MSU Moorhead Dragon Open / Red Division (12-5-15), Ridgewater Open (1-9-16) and North Country Open (1-30-16) ... One of the training partners for USA National Greco-Roman team member Hayden Zillmer last season ... Compiled a 21-5 record overall with seven pins and four major decisions ... Finished season on seven-match winning streak ... Wrestled unattached at the Midlands Championships (12-29-15) ... Also placed third in the Finn Grinaker Open / Gold Division (11-21-15) and fifth at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time state placewinner and two-time conference champion at 220 pounds for Drew Kelly and Eugene Kreiter at North Scott High School … Compiled a 130-19 record during prep career including 48-2 as a senior … State runner-up in 2015, placed third in 2014 and eighth in 2013 … Won regional in 2013 and 2015, runner-up finish in 2014 … Back-to-back conference championships in in 2014 and 2015, runner-up in 2013 … Placed third at 220-pounds in the 2014 Northern Plains Junior Freestyle Tournament … Set single-season tackle record for the North Scott football team that advanced to the state quarterfinals in 2014 … All-district linebacker … Four-time academic all-state and all-state performer.
PERSONAL: Son of Dave and Pamela Eaton … Has one brother, Wyatt … College major is agricultural and biosystems engineering.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year |
Overall |
Dual |
Pins |
TF |
MD |
Big 12 T |
NCAA |
2015-16* |
21-5 |
0-0 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
2016-17 |
17-15 |
9-10 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3-3 |
-- |
2017-18 |
16-15 |
7-10 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
1-2 |
-- |
2018-19 |
17-10 |
10-6 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0-2 |
-- |
2019-20 |
15-12 |
5-8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4-2 |
CCD |
Career |
65-52 |
31-34 |
6 |
2 |
16 |
8-9 |
0-0 |
*Redshirt season does not count in career totals
2020 NCAA Wrestling Championship Cancelled Covid-19