165 POUNDS
BRYCE STEIERT - SOPHOMORE
2016-17 SEASON
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Nov. 27
Dec. 11
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2017: NCAA qualifier (2x)
2017: 2nd at MAC Championships
2017: 3rd at Southern Scuffle
2016: NCAA qualifier
2016: 2nd at MAC Championships - 157 pounds
SOPHOMORE (2016-17): Took second at MAC
Championships to earn an automatic bid to NCAAs
... after being ranked at 157 pounds, he moved
up a weight early in the season ... earned his first
national ranking at 165 pounds after knocking off
No. 16 Seldon Wright of Old Dominion in a dual ...
beat No. 9 Nick Wanzek of Minnesota twice at the
Southern Scuffle to take third (Wanzek was ranked
at 174 pounds) ... avenged a loss at the Southern Scuffle by pinning All-American
No. 5 Daniel Lewis.
FRESHMAN (2015-16): First true freshman to start at UNI since 2010 (Joey Lazor former All-American at 141 pounds) ... cracked national rankings Jan. 5, 2016, after
beating No. 18 Tyler Berger of Nebraska ... knocked off two top-20 opponents at
Cliff Keen Invite (No. 17 Eleazar DeLuca of Northern Colorado, 3-2; No. 14 Dylan
Cottrell of West Virginia, 8-3) ... first Panther to earn MAC honors in 2016 season
when named Wrestler of the Week Dec. 3, 2015 ... won upperclassmen division
of Finn Grinaker Cobber Open at 157 pounds ... beat No. 10 Luke Smith of Central
Michigan en route to second place at the MAC Championships ... earned automatic
bid to NCAA tournament ... only 15 true freshmen competed at nationals.
Raider Lofthouse Mike Ciavarro
#16 Seldon Wright #3 Isaac Jordan
Utah Valley (157 lbs)
Virginia Tech Old Dominion
Wisconsin
W 7-4
W 11-3 (MD)
W 3-2
L 7-5
1-0
2-0
3-0
3-1
SOUTHERN SCUFFLE - CHATTANOOGA, TENN. - 3RD PLACE
Jan. 1
Jason Carr Citadel W 2:14 (F)
Jan. 1 Drew Daniels Navy W 8-2
Jan. 1
Dillon Artigliere Cornell W MFF
Jan. 1
#9 Nick Wanzek* Minnesota W 6-4 SV1
Jan. 2
#4 Daniel Lewis Missouri L 7-2
Jan. 2
Cole Walter Lehigh W 8-3
Jan. 2
#9 Nick Wanzek* Minnesota W 5-3
*ranked at 174 pounds
4-1
5-1
6-1
7-1
7-2
8-2
9-2
Jan. 8
Jan. 15
Jan. 20
Jan. 22
Jan. 27
Jan. 29
Feb. 5
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
10-2
11-2
12-2
13-2
14-2
15-2
15-3
16-3
17-3
Shaun’Qae McMurty
Logan Parks Logan Breitenbach
Devan Marry
Austin Reese Isaac Bast #18 Yoanse Mejias Tyler Rill
#5 Daniel Lewis Northern Illinois
Central Michigan Iowa State
Eastern Michigan
Ohio
Kent State
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Missouri
W 19-5 (MD)
W 14-6 (MD)
W 14-5 (MD)
W 20-5 (TF)
W 4:03 (F)
W 4:23 (F)
L 2:03 (F)
W 7-3
W 2:23 (F)
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS - CEDAR FALLS, IOWA - 2ND
March 4 Isaac Bast
Kent State W 14-3 (MD) 18-3
March 4 #27 Seldon Wright
Old Dominion W 10-4
19-3
March 5 #6 Daniel Lewis
Missouri L 7-5
19-4
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - DNP
March 16 #32 Andrew Mendel Army W 6-5
March 16 #6 Daniel Lewis
Missouri
L 6-0
March 17 Cole Walter
Lehigh W 8-4
March 17 #22 Joseph Gunther Iowa W 8-3
March 17 #9 Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State L 10-4
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time medalist at the Iowa high school state championships in
Class 3A ... won state at 160 pounds as a senior ... won state at 145 pounds as a
junior ... was runner-up as a sophomore and seventh as a freshman ... finished high
school career ranked No. 3 in the nation ... set school record for most takedowns in
a season and career ... made national honor society and honor roll ... two-time preseason finalist ... took fourth at Fargo ... also recruited by Purdue, UNC, Nebraska.
20-4
20-5
21-5
22-5
22-6
PERSONAL: From Waverly, Iowa ... son of Kurt (Skip) and Christy ... has a younger
sister, Carly, and an older brother, Andrew, who wrestles at Wartburg College ...
volunteers with the Boys & Girls Club and a Waverly-area wrestling camp ... enjoys
agriculture and barefoot waterskiing ... majoring in business.
BRYCE STEIERT - CAREER STATS @BryceSteiert
YEAR
OVERALL
DUALS
MAC DUALS
DUAL PTS SCORED
MAC PLACE
NCAA PLACE
MD W/L
TF W/L
PINS W/L
QUICK FALL
15-16
23-11
9-4
6-2
35
2
qualified
5-3
1-0
2-0
2:12
16-17
22-6
11-2
8-0
48
2
qualified
5-0
1-0
4-1
2:14
CAREER
45-17
20-6
14-2
83
10-3
1-0
6-1
2:12
BRYCE STEIERT - 165 POUNDS - SOPHOMORE
2015-16 SEASON - 157 POUNDS
JOURNEYMEN/ASICS NORTHEAST DUALS
Nov. 15 Jahlani Callender
Hofstra
W 11-1 (MD)
Nov. 15 Abraham Rodriguez Oregon State
L 8-5
Nov. 15 Richie Lewis
Rutgers
L 2-1 TB1
FINN GRINAKER COBBER OPEN - MOORHEAD, MINN. - 1ST
Nov. 21 Marcus Polak
Minot State
W 17-7 (MD)
Nov. 21 Larry Bomstad
St. Cloud St.
W 16-1 (TF)
Nov. 21 Andrew Fogarty
North Dakota St. W 4-3
Nov. 28
Luke Fortuna Missouri
CLIFF KEEN INVITE - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - 6TH
Dec. 4
#17 Eleazar DeLuca Northern Colorado Dec. 4
Jordan Amine Michigan
Dec. 4
#14 Dylan Cottrell West Virginia
Dec. 5
#2 Ian Miller Kent State
Dec. 5
Andrew Atkinson Virginia
1-0
1-1
1-2
2-2
3-2
4-2
W 3:32 (F)
5-2
W 3-2
W 7-3
W 8-3
L 8-4
L 12-0 (MD)
6-2
7-2
8-2
8-3
8-4
MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS - EVANSTON, ILLINOIS - DNP
Dec. 29 Timothy Schaefer Buffalo
W 3-2
Dec. 29 Cole Walter Lehigh
W 17-5 (MD)
Dec. 29 #18 Tyler Berger Nebraska
W 6-4
Dec. 29 #11 John Boyle American University L 3-1 SV1
Dec. 30 Greg Flournoy George Mason
L 5-4
9-4
10-4
11-4
11-5
11-6
Jan. 6
Jan. 8
Jan. 15
Jan. 17
Jan. 29
Jan. 31
Feb. 5
Feb. 6
Feb. 19
W 9-5
W 2:12 (F)
W 10-4
W 4-2
L 1-0
W 2-0
W 12-6
L 9-4
W 13-2 (MD)
12-6
13-6
14-6
15-6
15-7
16-7
17-7
17-8
18-8
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS - YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN - 2ND
March 5 Andrew Morse
Northern Illinois
W 11-0 (MD)
March 5 #10 Luke Smith
Central Michigan W 6-3
March 6 LeRoy Barnes
Missouri
L 10-2 (MD)
19-8
20-8
20-9
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - NEW YORK, NEW YORK
March 17 Spartak Chino Ohio
W 7-2
March 17 #11 Luke Smith Central Michigan W 4-1
March 17 #6 Joseph Smith Oklahoma State
L 6-2
March 18 Justin Staudenmayer Brown
W 4-3
March 18 Tyler Berger Nebraska
L 12-2 (MD)
21-9
22-9
22-10
23-10
23-11
Devan Marry
Austin Culton Jake Spengler Devin Geoghegan #10 Luke Smith #26 Spartak Chino
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Virginia Tech Old Dominion
Central Michigan
Ohio
Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer Iowa State
#2 Ian Miller Kent State
Alex Smythe
Buffalo