11 NCAA Div 1 National Champions, 110 All-Americans, 22 Top-10 NCAA Finishes, 7 Conference Championships, 700 All-Time Dual Wins, including 270 wins under Manning! All-time winningest wrestling coach in program history, NU has recorded at least 10 dual wins in 37 of the last 42 seasons, including racking up a 270-102-3 record under current Head Coach Mark Manning.
Over the past 22 years, the Huskers have finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships 11 times and racked up 70 All-America honors, including five individual national titles. 19 Individual Conference Champions Coached.
In the classroom, NU wrestlers have earned 60 NWCA All-Academic Team selections en route to seven CoSIDA Academic All-America awards
(updated 24 Apr 2023)
List of State champions on NU 22-23 wrestling team:
[1 x 5-time state champion, 3 x 4-time state champions], 4 x 3-time state Champions, 12 x 2 time state Champions, four 1-time state champions!!]
Liam Cronim……………125………………….Graduate………………..Orange, Calif.
Dominick Serrano………….133…………So……………..Windsor, Colo. (Windsor) (Entered Transfer Portal to N. Colorado)
Nebraska’s Best Male Athlete Award 2022
2021-2022 NCAA Runner Up 2022 NCAA Championship final
2020-2021 Second in B1G championship at 149
2019-2020 Honorable Mention All-American; 17-8 regular-season mark
Amateur Wrestling News magazine 2019-20 All-Rookie Team
Sixth at 2023 NCAA Tournament
2022-2023 Second B1G championships
2021-2022 4th place 2022 NCAA Finals at 157
2020-2021 Fourth in B1G championship at 165
2019-2020 (Fr) Third in B1G championship, Honorable Mention All-American
Nebraska'a first 5 TIME All American!!!
Second at 2023 NCAA Tournament
2022-2023 second at B1G championships
2021-2022 7th place NCAA Championship
2020-2021 Third in NCAA Championship-All American
2020-2021 Third in B1G championship
2019-2020 Second-Team All-American
2018-19 NCAA Championships – 6th – 174 pounds as RsFr
Nathan Haas…………184……….RsSo……….Norwalk, Calif. (St. John Bosco) (Entered Transfer Portal-Transfered to California Baptist)
Over the past 22 years, the Huskers have finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships 11 times and racked up 70 All-America honors, including five individual national titles. 19 Individual Conference Champions Coached.
In the classroom, NU wrestlers have earned 60 NWCA All-Academic Team selections en route to seven CoSIDA Academic All-America awards
(updated 24 Apr 2023)
List of State champions on NU 22-23 wrestling team:
[1 x 5-time state champion, 3 x 4-time state champions], 4 x 3-time state Champions, 12 x 2 time state Champions, four 1-time state champions!!]
Liam Cronim……………125………………….Graduate………………..Orange, Calif.
- Fifth at 2023 NCAA tournament
- Second 2023 B1G tournament
- U23 World Team Trials champion in 2019 (Greco-Roman)
- Won gold at the FILA Junior Greco World Cup
- Seven-time Junior Fargo All-American, split between Freestyle and Greco-Roman
- Two-time high school Class B state wrestling champion
- Broke the Gering school record for most wins in a career with 163
- 2021 Pennsylvania state champion at 113
- three-year mark of 92-20.
- Two-time Kansas High School state champion
- 2019 NJCAA National Champion at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
- Four-time Iowa Class 1A state champion; 190-1 record in high school
- Was the sixth-ranked 126-pounder in the Class of 2018 by InterMat
- Rated the seventh-best 126 pounder in the nation in the Class of 2018 by FloWrestling
- First at 60KG in 2020 USA Wrestling Senior Nationals – Greco-Roman
Compiled 168-0 record with 122 victories by fallFour-time Colorado state champion; Class 4A titles at 120 lbs (2017), 126 lbs (2018) and 132 lbs (2019, 2020)Junior National Freestyle ChampionCadet National Freestyle Champion2020 Wrestling USA Dream Team Scholastic All-AmericanA Super 32 All-American, Serrano is ranked No. 2 at 132 pounds by Intermat.2020 Scholastic All-American Dream Team.Amateur Wrestling News (AWN) magazine Second Team High School All-AmericaColorado's Hall of Fame 2020 High School Athlete of the Year
- Placed fifth at the 2021 Big Ten Championships while at Wisconsin U.
- Five-time North Dakota state champion
- 293-18 high school career record
- Three-time member of the Academic Honor Roll
- Three-time individual state champion (2019, 2020, 2022)
- 2018 Minnesota State Champion
- 2017 FLO Reno Worlds All-American
- 2020 State Champion (126)
- Sixth at 2023 NCAA tournament
- 2023 second B1G championships
- Four-time Utah high school state champion
- Five-time first-place finisher at USA Folkstyle Nationals.
- Ranked as high as No. 2 at 145 pounds by some recruiting services.
- Graduated from high school in 2018 and served two-year LDS mission to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2021 NWCA Scholar All-American
Nebraska’s Best Male Athlete Award 2022
2021-2022 NCAA Runner Up 2022 NCAA Championship final
2020-2021 Second in B1G championship at 149
2019-2020 Honorable Mention All-American; 17-8 regular-season mark
Amateur Wrestling News magazine 2019-20 All-Rookie Team
- U23 freestyle division, Ridge Lovett (65 kg) finished third
- 4th place 2022 B1G champion
- UWW Junior Freestyle 2020 National Champion at 61 kg
- No. 3 overall prospect in the class of 2019 in the FloWrestling recruiting rankings
- 169-0 record in high school and was a four-time 5A state champion
- Won the national championship in Greco-Roman at the USA Wrestling Junior National championships in Fargo, N.D.
- 2019 Idaho Wrestler of the Year
- Academic ALL Big 10 - 2021
- 2018 Minnesota State Champion
- Two time Nebraska state champ
- Three-time Nebraska state champion (2018 (126 lbs), 2019 (138 lbs), 2020 (152 lbs))
- 39-4 record as a senior
- 140-23 overall prep record, with 13 of those losses coming during his freshman season
Sixth at 2023 NCAA Tournament
2022-2023 Second B1G championships
2021-2022 4th place 2022 NCAA Finals at 157
2020-2021 Fourth in B1G championship at 165
2019-2020 (Fr) Third in B1G championship, Honorable Mention All-American
- U23 freestyle division Peyton Robb (74 kg) placed fourth
- 5th place 2022 B1G champion at 157
- Outstanding Male Newcomer 2019-20 year, after helping the Husker wrestling team to an 11-3 record, a No. 4 national ranking and a Third place finish at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships.
- Nebraska redshirt freshman Peyton Robb finished second in the 70 kg challenge tournament on Friday at the 2019 USA Wrestling Junior World Team Trials.
- Was the second-ranked 160-pounder and the No. 26 pound-for-pound wrestler in the Class of 2018 according to InterMat. #1 at 160 according to TOM.
- Was FloWrestling’s seventh-ranked wrestler at 160 pounds in the Class of 2018.
- School’s first three-time state champion and racked up a combined 155-6 record in high school
- Capped his prep career with an undefeated 48-0 season and the MSHSL Class AAA title at 160 pounds as a senior in 2018
- Won the Class AAA title at 120 pounds after going 29-3 as a sophomore in 2016
- Won his first state title as a freshman in 2015, as he went 42-2 and won the Class AAA title at 106 pounds
- Was the 2017 Minnesota junior state freestyle and Greco-Roman champion in 2017 at 160 pounds
- Won both the Greco-Roman and freestyle brackets at 69 kg at the 2017 Pan-American Championships
- U23 freestyle division, Bubba Wilson (74 kg) placed fourth
- 6th place 2022 B1G championship-went to NCAA championship DNP
- 19-1 overall record 2021-21
- Won a state championship at MHS in 2019
- Earned a state title during the Freestyle and Greco-Roman season this past summer
- FloWrestling ranked him as the No. 11 high school wrestler in the country at 152 lbs
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
- Two-time Oklahoma state champion
- Two-time Takedown King
- 2022 Geary Invitational Champion
- Four-time team state champions
- Four-time team regional champions
- Two-time Oklahoma state champion
- Four-time Oklahoma state finalist
- Two-time Nebraska Class A state champion
- Ranked No. 6 in his weight class by FloWrestling.
- 35-0 record during his senior year
- High School Athlete of the Year 2020
- 2021 HS State champion
- 2019 Journeymen World Classic gold medalist
- Ranked #13 pound-for-pound in the country for the 2021 class
- Super 32 All-American, a NHSCA Sophomore Championship in 2019, All-America honors at the 2018 Fargo Cadet National Championships
- Ranked #2 in Nation by Flo Wrestling for H.S. 2021
- Two-time Nebraska state champion
- 56-0 senior season record, 213-9 prep career record
- Four-time Nebraska state qualifier
- Holds Class C All-Time Career wins record
- Two-time Texas state champion, capturing the UIL titles in 2019 (152) and 2020 (160)
- 170-pound Reno Tournament of Champions crown in 2019, pinning three of his six opponents
- Won three consecutive Texas-USA Wrestling State Championship titles in Freestyle and Greco-Roman
- In 2019, he won the Junior Boys 160-pound division after capturing Cadet titles in 2017 and 2018.
Nebraska'a first 5 TIME All American!!!
Second at 2023 NCAA Tournament
2022-2023 second at B1G championships
2021-2022 7th place NCAA Championship
2020-2021 Third in NCAA Championship-All American
2020-2021 Third in B1G championship
2019-2020 Second-Team All-American
2018-19 NCAA Championships – 6th – 174 pounds as RsFr
- 5th place 2022 B1G champion
- Ranked fifth nationally in the FloWrestling Class of 2017 Big Board
- #1 ranked HS Sr wrestler at 170 pounds in the FloRankings and InterMat rankings
- Racked up 166 career victories in high school
- Went 44-0 en route to the 2017 Pennsylvania state championship at 170 pounds
- Named 2017 Morning Call All-Area Wrestler of the Year
- Won the 2016 Pennsylvania state championship at 170 pounds
- 2020 Pennsylvania state champion at 170 pound
- State championship junior campaign included a school-record 44 wins on the season
- Earned gold in freestyle at 2019 Fargo Cadet National Championships/bronze in Greco-Roman.
- A 2019 NHSCA Sophomore Champion and a Super 32 All-American
- Ranked #1 in Nation by FloWrestling at 182 for H.S. 2021
- Ranked No. 5 in his weight class by Intermat
Won two, 2019, 2020, California state titles at 182 pounds and owns a 2019 USAW National Folkstyle Wrestling title at 181 pounds. A 2018 Junior Cadet title winner,A Top 10-rated recruit by FloWrestling (No. 7), InterMat (No. 9) and The Open Mat (No. 8), Haas earned a first-place finish at the California World Challenge this past October.2020 Scholastic All-American!
- Won a Class 5A Utah state championship at 182 pounds in 2018.
- He also won a state title in 2017, wrestling less than one year removed from tearing both his ACL and LCL in his knee.
- Van Tassell graduated from high school in 2018 and served a two-year LDS mission. He will join the Nebraska wrestling program for the 2020-21 campaign.
- B1G 2023 Conference champion
- Silas Allred won the 2022 U20 Challenge Tournament
- Two-time Indiana state champion at 195 pounds after taking fifth in 2018 at 182 pounds, Silas Allred became the first-ever wrestler at his high school to win a state title.
- He also won the 2018 Cadet Freestyle Championship at 195 pounds and earned a USA Wrestling National High School Folkstyle title in April.
- He is ranked Fourth at 195 pounds by Intermat.
- 146-2 career record in high school with 138 victories by fall
- FloNationals champion
- Won 74 consecutive matches at one point during his prep career
- 2020 Wrestling USA Academic All-American with 4.317 GPA
- Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award recipient
- Named to the 2020 Scholastic All-American Academic Team with a 4.317 GPA..
- Amateur Wrestling News (AWN) magazine Third Team High School All-America
- Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine's (WIN) Wrestler of the Year in Indiana
- 2022 state champion
- Won the 2019 U-15 Pan American Championships at 85 kg
- State champion and two-time state finalist with a 144-22 overall record
- Sixth-ranked heavyweight in the Class of 2018, according to FloWrestling
- InterMat ranked Emerson as the No. 11 wrestler at 285 pounds in the Class of 2018
- Won NHSCA Senior National Championships title at 285 pounds in 2018
- 182-pound Class 5A Kansas state champion as a Junior
- 195 pounds his senior year and repeated as a state champion
- Three time State Champion
- Andrews was ranked No. 6 at 285 by FloWrestling.
- 2020, 2021, & 2022 Oklahoma state champion at 195, 220, 285
- Captured the 2019 Preseason and Mid-American Nationals titles
- 2022 OWCA 4A Wrestler of the Year
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