Real Woods Season 2023-24

Career
• 2023 NCAA Runner-up at 141 pounds
• Four-time All-American
• Five-time NCAA qualifier
• Three-time conference champion (2 Pac-12, 1 B1G)
• 80-12 career record
• Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American

2023-24
• NCAA All-American, finishing fourth at 141 pounds
• Placed third at the Big Ten Championships
• NCAA No. 3 Seed
• 18-3 record, including 10-2 dual record and 11-3 against ranked opponents
• Eight wins against top-10 opponents
• 40 dual points scored
• One major decision, six technical falls and one pin
• Solider Salute champion at 141

2022-23
• NCAA All-American, finishing as the NCAA runner-up at 141 pounds
• Big Ten champion
• No. 1 seed at the NCAA Championships
• Went 20-1 with 12 bonus point victories (six majors, four tech falls, two falls)
• Went 8-0 in duals and 6-0 in Big Ten duals
• Scored 33 dual team points
• Had a career-long 20 match winning streak during the season
• Posted a 12-1 record against ranked opponents
• Made Hawkeye debut in a 4-2 decision over Iowa State’s Casey Swiderski
• Soldier Salute champion with two tech falls, one major and one fall
• Ranked No. 2 in the nation throughout the regular season
• Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler recipient
• Letterwinner

2021-22 (at Stanford)
• NCAA All-American
• Advanced to the semifinals at 141 pounds before finishing sixth overall
• Was the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 Champion
• Finished 17-4 overall with eight wins against ranked opponents… had a 12-match winning streak during the regular season
• Had seven major decisions, two technical falls and one pin
• Southern Scuffle champion

2020-21 (at Stanford)
• NCAA Qualifier
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• 6-3 overall at 141 pounds
• Received an at-large berth into the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo.
• Reached the quarterfinals at the national tournament as the No. 21 seed, finishing 2-2
• Posted a 6-3 decision over No. 12 seed Grant Willits of Oregon State in the first round
• Earned a 3-1 sudden victory decision over No. 5 seed Dom Demas (Oklahoma) in the second round
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 28) in Corvallis, Ore.

 

2019-20 (at Stanford)
• NWCA First Team All-American (2020)
• Pac-12 champion at 141 pounds
• Just the sixth Stanford freshman to win a conference title in program history
• Finalist for FloWrestling Freshman of the Year and Amateur Wrestling News Rookie of the Year
• TOM DI All-Freshman First Team
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 8)
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• 19-1 overall and 9-1 in duals at 141 pounds
• Registered 14 wins by bonus points
• Ended the season on a 15-match winning streak – matching the 12th longest winning streak in school history
• Only loss came on the road at No. 3 Ohio State (Nov. 10) in his first career dual meet against No. 1 Luke Pletcher in sudden victory
• NCAA Qualifier
• Awarded the No. 3 seed for the NCAA Championships
• Listed as No. 10 in the country on the NCAA’s Most Dominant Wrestler list (all weights)
• No. 1 rated freshman at 141 pounds by Amateur Wrestling News
• Won the Battle at The Citadel (Nov. 3)
• Southern Scuffle champion (Jan. 1-2)
• Helped lead the Cardinal to its highest finish ever in Chattanooga (3rd)
• Pac-12 Champions

2018-19 (at Stanford)
• Redshirted
• 22-1 wrestling unattached at 141 pounds
• Registered 13 technical falls
• Knocked off two ranked opponents
• Won the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), California Collegiate Open (Jan. 26), Rocky Mountain Collegiate Open (Feb. 10) and National Collegiate Open (March 2)
• Runner-up at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)

Freestyle
• Captured silver at 65 kg at the Junior Pan American Freestyle Championships, helping lead the U.S. to a first-place finish in Guatemala City (2019)
• Placed third at the U.S. Open at 65 kg in junior freestyle (2019)

High School 
• A 2018 graduate of Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Ill.
• Four-year letterwinner in wrestling, captained his team as a junior and senior
• Team was two-time state champions (2015, 2018), runners-up in (2017) and third in 2016
• Three-time state champion and runner-up as a sophomore
• Four-time all-conference and all-state

Personal
• Born Dec. 9, 1999
• Son of Raymond and Jennifer Woods
• Has four siblings – Felicity, Aliyah, Blest and True
• Full name is Real Marshall Ray Woods
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford
• Currently a non-degree student

	Overall	Dual	Conf. Dual	Dual Pts.	Conf.	NCAA	OT	MD	TF	Pins	Fastest
Year	Record	Record	Record	Scored	Place	Place	W/L	W/L	W/L	W/L	Pin
*2019-20	19-1	8-1	2-0	36	1st	AA	0-1	5-0	4-0	5-0	0:30
*2020-21	6-3	0-0	0-0	0	2nd	—	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	2:14
*2021-22	17-4	4-1	1-1	16	1st	6th	0-0	7-0	2-0	1-1	2:16
2022-23	20-1	8-0	6-0	33	1st	2nd	0-0	6-0	4-0	2-0	2:08
Career	62-9	20-2	9-1	80	—	—	1-1	18-0	11-0	9-2	0:30

* at Stanford University