Tyler Wells

Weight:
141
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Princeton, Minn.

Year	Overall	Duals	Big 12/Big 10 Finish	Major Decisions	Tech Falls	Pins
2023-24	13-10	6-3	DNP	2	3	0
2024-25	16-8	5-4	DNP	3	1	0
Totals	29-18	11-7	...	5	4	0

2024-25 (AT MINNESOTA)
Went 2-2 as the No. 21 seed at the NCAA Championships; after an opening-round loss to the No. 11 seed Evan Frost (Iowa State), defeated No. 27 Ethan Berginc of Army and No. 5 Dominick Serrano of Northern Colorado before a loss in the third round of consolations to No. 13 Tyler Knox (Stanford) ... Did not place at the Big Ten Championships ... Won Pool B at the Patriots Last Chance Open with a 2-0 record ... Earned a 12-3 major decision over Noah Wertanen in the Michigan dual ... Finished second at the Cougar Clash; won by tech fall in the quarters but fell in the finals to No. 20 Dominick Serrano of Northern Colorado, 4-1 ... Majored No. 28 Derrick Cardinal, 10-2, in a dual at South Dakota State ... Recorded a 10-2 major decision over No. 22 Domenic Zaccone in the Campbell dual ... Posted an 8-2 decision over No. 15 Kurt Phipps in the Bucknell dual ... Won both matches at the Mountaineer Invite to win the 133-pound title, including a 3-1 win over No. 8 Connor McGonagle that saw Wells scoring the winning takedown with less than 10 seconds remaining in the match ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

2023-24 (AT MINNESOTA)
Made his NCAA Championships debut as the No. 20 seed and lost in the Blood Round of the NCAA Championships after a 3-2 performance; scored upset wins over No. 14 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) by major decision and No. 12 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) in overtime ... Did not place in his first trip to the Big Ten Championships; went 1-2 with a loss to No. 5 Dylan Ragusin of Michigan and a medical forfeit ... Won in overtime against Wisconsin's Nicolar Rivera, 4-1 (2/16) ... Recorded a 21-5 tech fall vs. Northwestern's Patrick Adams (2/4) ... Upset No. 8 Dylan Shawver, 5-2 SV1, to clinch Minnesota's dual win at Rutgers (1/27) ... Posted a 6-3 SV1 victory over Nebraska's Kyle Burwick (1/19) .. Made Big Ten dual debut with a 6-3 decision over Iowa's Kale Petersen (1/15) ... Finished third at the Cougar Clash with a 3-1 record ... Upset #17 Kurt Phipps of Bucknell, 11-5, in his dual debut (11/16) ... Made his Gopher debut by winning the Bison Open at 133 pounds; went 3-0 with two wins by tech fall and one by major decision ... Tied for fourth on the team in Big Ten wins (5) and was fifth in win percentage against ranked opponents (.444, 4-5) ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... Named Freshman of the Year at annual team banquet.

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-time state champion at Princeton High School in Princeton, Minn. ... Won his last two state titles at 132 pounds, while as a sophomore he captured the 113-pound crown after winning at 106 pounds as a freshman ... One of 31 wrestlers all-time with at least four individual state titles ... Finished with a career record of 162-1 for a winning percentage of .994, the best in state history; he was undefeated as a freshman, junior and senior ... Ranks sixth all-time in Minnesota high school history with 976 takedowns in his career ... Won the 2019 United World Wrestling Championships U15 freestyle title at 41 kg, and he came in third at the 2021 USA Wrestling Nationals 16U freestyle at 120 pounds.