2021-22
• Placed fourth at Big Ten Championships, earning an automatic bid to NCAA Championships
• Posted a 19-9 overall record at 157 pounds
• Went 10-5 in dual competition and 7-1 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 30 team points in dual competition
• Recorded three major decisions, two technical falls, and two pins
• Climbed as high as No. 6 in the national rankings
• Won title at Luther Open
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Letterwinner
2020-21
• All-American
• Big Ten Conference Postgraduate Scholarship
• Placed seventh at the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 seed
• Earned a berth to the national tournament with a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Overall record of 10-3, including eight wins against ranked opponents
• Tied for the team-high five major decisions
• Reached as high as No. 5 in the national rankings
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NWCA Scholar Athlete
• Letterwinner
2019-20
• All-American
• No. 8 seed at NCAA Championships
• Earned an at-large berth to national tournament
• Recorded an overall record of 15-5, including six wins over ranked opponents
• Had a 9-0 record in Big Ten duals
• Won on the Midlands Championships
• Had a career-long 12 match winning streak
• Had a 6-1 record at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
• Reached as high as No. 2 in the national ranking
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NWCA Scholar Athlete
• Letterwinner
2018-19
• Earned All-America honors, placing fifth at 157 pounds at the 2019 NCAA Championships
• Earned an automatic berth the national tournament following a fourth place finish at the Big Ten Championships
• Was runner-up at the Midlands Championships
• Was 12-7 against ranked opponents
• Reached as high as No. 5 in the national rankings
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NWCA Academic All-American team
• Letterwinner
2017-18
• Posted a 9-7 record at 165 and 174 pounds, going 3-5 in dual competition and 0-4 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 12 team points in dual competition
• Placed fifth at Midlands Championships (6-2)
• Posted five major decisions and one technical fall
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Letterwinner
2016-17
• Redshirted
• Won titles at Grandview and Luther College Opens
• Placed fifth at Midlands Championships (5-2)
• Collected second-place finishes at Joe Parisi Open and Missouri Valley College Open, and a fourth place finish at Northern Iowa Open
• Recorded a 21-6 mark overall
• Had nine pins
High School
• State champion as a senior
• Placed fourth at state as a junior and fifth as a sophomore
• Super 32 champ
• Member of National Honor Society
Personal
• Born November 14, 1997
• Son of Buddy and Amy Young
• Mother ran cross country at Penn State DuBois
• Human physiology major
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 |
2017-18 | 9-7 | 3-5 | 0-4 | 12 | – – | – – | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | – – |
2018-19 | 24-7 | 11-2 | 5-2 | 41 | 4th | 5th | 2-2 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3:37 |
2019-20 | 15-5 | 10-3 | 9-0 | 31 | dnp | x | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 7:57 |
2020-21 | 10-3 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 11 | 2nd | 7th | 2-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – – |
2021-22 | 19-9 | 10-5 | 7-1 | 30 | 4th | dnp | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1:01 |
Career | 77-31 | 37-15 | 24-7 | 125 | 6-3 | 19-1 | 7-1 | 6-1 | 1:01 |