2023-24
• NCAA runner-up at 125
• Placed third at the Big Ten Championships
• 27-5 overall record; 18-5 mark against ranked opponents and 10-3 dual record
• Seven wins against top-10 ranked opponents, including victories over #1 Matt Ramos (Purdue) and #2 Braeden Davis (Penn State)
• 14 bonus-point wins including 10 technical falls and two pins
• Champion at both the Luther Open and Solider Salute
• NWCA Scholar All-American and Academic All-Big Ten
2022-23
• Posted a 13-1 record, competing unattached
• Won titles at the UNI Open, Flanagan Open and Don Parker Open and was runner-up at the Soldier Salute
• Won 10 of his 13 matches via bonus points (four majors, five technical falls, one fall)
• Only loss came against teammate Spencer Lee at the Soldier Salute
• Academic All-Big Ten selection
2021-22
• Posted a 17-8 record
• Went 4-2 in dual meets, making his collegiate dual meet debut vs. Minnesota on Jan. 7
• Scored 12 team points in dual competition
• Placed eighth at Big Ten Championships and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships
• Climbed as high as No. 10 in the national rankings
• Recorded four major decisions, two technical falls and two pins on the season
• Was the third true freshman to compete at the NCAA Championships under Head Coach Tom Brands
• Earned the John and Dorothy Sill Most Dedicated Wrestler team award
• Won title at Harold Nichols Open, placed second at UNI Open and third at Southern Scuffle
• Dean’s List honoree during fall semester
• Letterwinner
High School
• State champion in 2019, 2020, 2021
• State runner-up in 2018
• Team state champion in 2018
• 171-3 record throughout high school
• Champion at the Super 32 challenge in 2020
• Fargo Cadet Freestyle Champion in 2017
• Fargo Junior Freestyle Champion in 2019 and 2021
Personal
• Born Oct. 8, 2002
• Son of Sam and Angie Ayala
• Has two brothers, Dru and Knox
• Majoring in pre-business
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 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 12 | 8th | X | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1:34 |
*2022-23 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | — | — | — | 0-0 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 0:47 |
Career | 17-8 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 12 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1:34 |
*Competed unattached