Brennan Swafford Season 2022-23

2023-24
• 6-1 record, including six straight wins to start the year
• Won the Luther Open at 174
• Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23
• Posted a 2-0 record, competing unattached, at 174 pounds
• Went 2-0 at Soldier Salute before injury defaulting to finish ninth
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Letterwinner

2021-22
• Posted a 14-7 overall record at 174 pounds
• Placed second at Luther and Harold Nichols Opens, third at UNI Open, fourth at Last Chance Open, and sixth at Southern Scuffle
• Recorded three major decisions, two pins and one technical fall
• Dean’s List honoree during spring semester

2020-2021
• NAIA national champion
• Heart of America Wrestler of the Year award
• Heart of America Conference champion

 

 

2019-2020
• NAIA national champion
• Coe College Invite champion
• Voted teams most valuable pound for pound wrestler
• NWCA All-Academic Team
• Heart of America Conference champion

2018-2019
• 7th-place finish at the NAIA National Championships
• Received the Graceland Male Freshman Athlete of the Year award
• NWCA All-Academic Team
• Heart of America Conference champion

High School
• Placed second in the state championship in 2017 (152) and 2018 (160)
• Three-time conference champion
• Team state champion in 2015
• Third-place at state championship in 2016
• Finished with 128 pins, most in school history and 20th-all-time in the state

Personal
• Born June 23, 1999
• Son of Mark and Jacinta Swafford
• Has three brothers — Josh, Justin and Shea
• Majoring in art

 

	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
2021-22	14-7	0-0	0-0	0	—	—	0-0	3-1	1-0	2-1	2:06
^2022-23	2-0	0-0	0-0	0	—	—	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Career	14-7	0-0	0-0	0			0-0	3-1	1-0	2-1	2:06