2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Ahrendsen, Adam

Adam Ahrendsen
- Position:
- wrestler
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Clutier, Iowa
- High School:
- Union HS
Bio
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HONORS:
2023: Big 12 All-Academic Second Team
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25): Posted a 16-10 record with six pins, three major decisions and one technical fall with a 1-3 dual record (0-1 in Big 12 duals) ... Won his first career dual match against South Dakota State at the NWCA Multi-Division National Dual Meet Championships ... BVU Open champion at 285 pounds with two falls ... Runner-up at both the Grand View Open and Loras Opens at 285 pounds ... Also competed at the Soldier Salute and Cyclone Open at 285 pounds.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Posted a 15-7 record with one major decision and five falls ... Earned fourth place at Daktronics Open at 197 pounds... Finished with third place at the Jim Koch Open ... Placed seventh in the Soldier Salute at 197 pounds ... First place at the Pat Flanagan Open ... Made his first collegiate dual start against Iowa State.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022-23): Compiled a 7-9 record at 197 pounds ... Fourth place at the Cyclone Open ... Tied for fifth place at the UNI Open at 197 pounds, pinning Chase McCleish (Jackrabbit Wrestling Club) in 5 minutes ... Eighth place at 197 pounds at the Soldier Salute, where he pinned Royce Hall (Bellarmine) in 31 seconds... Big 12 All-Academic Second Team
FRESHMAN (2021-22): Redshirted ... led the team in falls with 10 with a 17-6 record ... competed unattached at 197 pounds ... won the freshman/sophomore division of the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... won the Loras Open ... opened career with third-place finish at the Grand View Open ... fifth at the Daktronics Open ... was sixth at the UNI Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time Iowa state finalist for Union High School ... was a Fargo finalist ... was a super 32 All-American ... was a part of the National Honor Society ... four-time high school wrestling letter winner.
PERSONAL: Parents are Cory and Jan ... sibling is Michael ... the best lesson that he has ever learned is to have fun in what you do ... his favorite wrestling memory is going to Cadet Duals ... from La Porte City, Iowa ...majoring in biology and pre-professional: veterinary.
*REDSHIRTED
HONORS:
2023: Big 12 All-Academic Second Team
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25): Posted a 16-10 record with six pins, three major decisions and one technical fall with a 1-3 dual record (0-1 in Big 12 duals) ... Won his first career dual match against South Dakota State at the NWCA Multi-Division National Dual Meet Championships ... BVU Open champion at 285 pounds with two falls ... Runner-up at both the Grand View Open and Loras Opens at 285 pounds ... Also competed at the Soldier Salute and Cyclone Open at 285 pounds.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Posted a 15-7 record with one major decision and five falls ... Earned fourth place at Daktronics Open at 197 pounds... Finished with third place at the Jim Koch Open ... Placed seventh in the Soldier Salute at 197 pounds ... First place at the Pat Flanagan Open ... Made his first collegiate dual start against Iowa State.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022-23): Compiled a 7-9 record at 197 pounds ... Fourth place at the Cyclone Open ... Tied for fifth place at the UNI Open at 197 pounds, pinning Chase McCleish (Jackrabbit Wrestling Club) in 5 minutes ... Eighth place at 197 pounds at the Soldier Salute, where he pinned Royce Hall (Bellarmine) in 31 seconds... Big 12 All-Academic Second Team
FRESHMAN (2021-22): Redshirted ... led the team in falls with 10 with a 17-6 record ... competed unattached at 197 pounds ... won the freshman/sophomore division of the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... won the Loras Open ... opened career with third-place finish at the Grand View Open ... fifth at the Daktronics Open ... was sixth at the UNI Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-time Iowa state finalist for Union High School ... was a Fargo finalist ... was a super 32 All-American ... was a part of the National Honor Society ... four-time high school wrestling letter winner.
PERSONAL: Parents are Cory and Jan ... sibling is Michael ... the best lesson that he has ever learned is to have fun in what you do ... his favorite wrestling memory is going to Cadet Duals ... from La Porte City, Iowa ...majoring in biology and pre-professional: veterinary.
YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK FALL |
2021-22* | 17-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 10-2 | 0:50 |
2022-23 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0:31 |
2023-24 | 15-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0:17 |
2024-25 | 16-10 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 6-4 | 0:40 |
CAREER | 37-26 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 13-8 | 0:17 |
*REDSHIRTED
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