2022-23
• NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds
• Placed seventh at Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships
• No. 12 seed at NCAA Championships, posting a 1-2 record
• Went 19-6 with seven bonus-point victories (four majors, one tech fall, two falls) at 184
• Ranked as high as No. 8 in the national rankings
• Went 11-2 in dual competition and 4-1 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 41 team dual points
• Went 6-5 against ranked opponents
• Letterwinner
2021-22
• Posted a 14-10 record at 184 pounds
• Placed seventh at Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships
• 7-5 in dual meets and 5-3 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 41 team points in dual competition
• Reached as high as No. 15 in the nation
• Co-led the team lead with most pins with three and tallied four major decisions and one technical fall
• letterwinner
2020-21
• Did not compete
• Opened the season ranked No. 8 in the country
• Letterwinner
2019-20
• Second-team All-American
• No. 11 seed at NCAA Championships
• Placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic berth the the NCAA Championships
• Posted a 22-7 overall record
• 22 wins were a team-high
• Five wins against ranked opponents
• Placed runner-up at the Midlands Championships
• Removed his redshirt following Midlands
• Made official debut Jan. 10 at Indiana
• Reached as high as No. 6 in the national rankings
• our technical falls tied for fourth on the team
• First place at Jim Koch Open, first collegiate tournament title
• NWCA Scholar Athlete
• Letterwinner
High School
• Two-time state champion
• Won the 170-pound title as a junior in 2018
• Won the 182-pound state title as a senior in 2019
• Team MVP in 2018 and 2019
• Combined record of 99-1 as a junior and senior
• Recorded 22 consecutive pins his senior season
• Four-time all-conference
• Two-time all-state
• Named conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2016
• Holds school records for fastest pin (11 seconds) and most single-season pins (38)
• 170-pound Cadet Greco National Champion
• 182-pound Junior Freestyle National Champion
• Cadet UWW World Bronze Medalist at 80-kilograms
Personal
• Born February 25, 2001
• Son of Rick and Jill Assad
• Has one sister, Dale Assad
• Majoring in criminology, law and justice
Overall | Dual | Big Ten Dual | Dual Pts. | Big Ten | NCAA | OT | MD | TF | Pins | Fastest | |
Year | Record | Record | Record | Scored | Place | Place | W/L | W/L | W/L | W/L | Pin |
2019-20 | 22-7 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 12 | 4th | — | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0:56 |
2021-22 | 14-10 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 29 | 7th | — | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2:22 |
2022-23 | 19-6 | 11-2 | 4-1 | 41 | 7th | — | 1-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1:29 |
Career | 55-23 | 22-9 | 13-6 | 82 | — | — | 3-2 | 10-0 | 6-0 | 8-3 | 0:56 |