Career Highlights

Wresting Career Highlights

2005:

• NYAC Holiday Tournament champion
• Ranked fifth in Sunkist Kids International Open
• Ranked fifth in the Junior World Championship

2006:

• ASICS National High School Wrestler of the Year
• Second in Junior World Championships
• FILA Junior World Team Trials champion
• Pan American Championships gold medalist
• Second in U.S. World Team Trials
• U.S. Nationals champion

2007:

• Pan American Games gold medalist
• U.S. World Team Trials champion
• DNP in World Championships
• U.S. Nationals champion
• Fifth in Kiev International
• Second in Takhti Cup (Iran)
• Third in Ivan Yarygin International (Russia)

2008:

• Pan American Championships gold medalist
• Second in U.S. Nationals
• U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
• Olympic freestyle gold medalist - youngest Olympic wrestling champion in U.S. history

Additional Wrestling Accolades

• Four-time state champion-two in Arizona, two in Colorado
• Two-time ASICS High School First Team member
• First high-school wrestler to win U.S. Nationals since USA Wrestling became the sport's national governing body in 1983
• Ranked No. 1 nationally at 125 pounds by Wrestling International News magazine