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Zach Glazier - Men's Wrestling - University of Iowa Athletics

Zach Glazier

Height 6-0
Weight 197 lbs.
Class RS So.
Hometown Albert Lea, Minn.
High School Albert Lea

2023-24
• 25-4 overall record, including 14-4 in dual matches and 9-4 against ranked opponents
• NCAA qualifier and finished second at the Big Ten Championships competing at 197
• Solider Salute and Luther Open champion
• Started the season 19-0
• Ranked as high as 11th (Intermat) and 7th (AWN)
• Highest-ranked win came against #4 Jaxon Smith (Maryland) in SV1 (4-1) in the Big Ten Championship semifinals
• 50 dual points scored (led the team)
• 16 bonus point wins including seven major decisions, seven technical falls and two pins
• NWCA Scholar-All American
• Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23
• Went 5-2 competing as an attached wrestler and 7-2 overall at 197 pounds
• Posted his first career dual victory — a 18-3 technical fall win over Sacred Heart’s Nick Copley
• Runner-up at UNI Open
• Finished third at Soldier Salute with lone loss coming to teammate Kolby Franklin (4-3)
• Went 1-1 in dual competition and 0-1 in Big Ten duals
• Scored five team dual points
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Letterwinner

2021-22
• Posted a 3-2 record at 197 pounds
• Won title at Luther Open
• Scored one pin academic All-Big Ten
• Dean’s List during fall semester
• Letterwinner

 

2020-21
• Posted a 1-1 record
• Earned his first career win Jan. 22 at Minnesota, a 10-3 decision at 197
• Placed runner-up at the U.S. Junior Nationals
• Letterwinner

2019-20
• Redshirted
• Posted a 19-2 record at 197 pounds while competing unattached
• Won titles at Grand View, Lindenwood, Jim Koch, and Don Parker Blugold Opens
• Won his first 14 matches of the season and ended the season on a four-match winning streak
• Recorded seven pins, six major decisions and two technical falls.

High School
• Won 182-pound state championship senior year in 2019 (47-0)
• Won 170-pound state championship as a junior in 2018 (48-1)
• Team placed fifth in state in 2018… 152-pound runner-up at state as a sophomore in 2017
• Fourth place at state at 126-pounds as a freshman in 2016
• Outstanding Wrestler at Rumble on the Red
• Holds school records for career wins (220)
• Wrestling USA Magazine Scholastic All-America team 2019
• Academic all-state junior and senior year
• Two-time Fargo All-American
• Placed fifth at UWW Cadet World Team Trials
• Graduated suma cum laude.

Personal
• Born February 26, 2001
• Son of Ann and Dan Glazier
• Has one sibling, Cole
• Father, Dan, wrestled at St. Cloud State University
• Majoring in sport and recreation management (business studies)

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
2020-21 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021-22 3-2 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3:39
2022-23 5-2 1-1 0-1 5 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2:00
Career 12-5 1-3 0-1 5 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2:00