2021-22 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Biscoglia, Kyle

Kyle Biscoglia
- Position:
- wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waukee, Iowa
- High School:
- Waukee
Bio
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HONORS:
2023: NCAA qualifier | 4th at Big 12 Championships (133) | NWCA Scholar All-American | Big 12 All-Academic First Team | College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022: NCAA qualifier | 2nd at Big 12 Championships (133) | First Team Academic All-Big 12 | NWCA Scholar All-American
2021: NWCA Scholar All-American | First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020: First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018: 7th at the Midlands Championship
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): No. 15 seed at NCAA Championships (133 pounds), earning a 7-4 win over No. 6 Michael Colaiocco (Penn) ... Qualified for NCAA Championships with a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships as the 2-seed, ranked No. 16 in the nation ... Started at 133 pounds for UNI in all 12 duals, doing 7-5 overall and 6-2 against Big 12 dual opponents ... at the Collegiate Duals against Lock Haven, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 7 North Carolina State ... Third place at the Daktronics Open ... Third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite with wins over No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan), No. 7 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) and No. 18 Cody Phippen (Air Force) ... Tied for team lead with 7 pins on the season ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team...NWCA Scholar All-American...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): No. 14 seed at NCAA Championships at 133 pounds, notching a fall in 2:35 against 19-seed Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga-Tennessee) in the first round ... Qualified for NCAA Championships with second place finish at the Big 12 Championships as the 2-seed, ranked No. 21 in the nation ... Knocked off No. 22 Kellyn March (North Dakota State) by 8-0 major decision in a dual ... beat No. 27 Trey Crawford (Missouri) as an unranked wrestler in the opening dual of the season ... Took second place at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... Second at UNI Open ... Third at the Daktronics Open ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21 COVID): Went 7-3 on the season and 5-2 in duals ... Competed in all but one dual … earned Big 12 wins over Price (South Dakota State), Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma) and Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)… First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... Recorded two top-25 wins over No. 13 Zach Price (South Dakota State) and No. 11 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma).
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20): Made one dual appearance in a 11-4 loss to Zach Price (South Dakota State) ... Went 18-8 on the season at 133 pounds, notching 8 pins ... Won the Buena Vista Open title with four falls and a 5-0 decision in the final against Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) ... Fifth at the Harold Nichols Open ... Second at the Grand View Open ... Second at the Loras College Open.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Redshirted ... Took seventh at Midlands Championships competing unattached at 133 pounds. ... Tied for first at the Grand View Open ... Won the Jim Koch and Duhawk Open titles at 125 pounds ... Third at UNI Open ... finished 24-5 with 9 falls.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time state champion with wins at 106 pounds as a sophomore and 113 pounds as a junior and 120 as a senior in Class 3A ... set single season and career school records for most wins, best win percentage, most takedowns, most falls and most nearfalls ... two-time academic all-state and member of National Honor Society ... finished prep career with a top-15 ranking in four national polls at 120 pounds (No. 5 The Open Mat | No. 6 Intermat | No. 11 Trackwrestling | No. 12 FloWrestling) ... two-time champ at Iowa/USA Junior Freestyle tournament, with wins at 113 pounds in 2016 and 120 pounds in 2018, and he was second at 113 pounds in 2017 ... two-time freestyle All-American at Fargo ... won the folkstyle nationals USA cadet division in 2015 at 100 pounds ... has placed three times at the Northern Plains Regional ... Super 32 All-American at 106 pounds as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Sarah Biscoglia ... born in St. Petersburg, Florida ... native of Waukee, Iowa ... active member of St. Boniface Church in Waukee ... likes to fish and go boating ... triple major in biology, chemistry and religion ... also recruited by Iowa State, Nebraska, Old Dominion, Maryland, Virginia, Northwestern, Davidson, Gardner-Webb.
*REDSHIRTED ^COVID YEAR
HONORS:
2023: NCAA qualifier | 4th at Big 12 Championships (133) | NWCA Scholar All-American | Big 12 All-Academic First Team | College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022: NCAA qualifier | 2nd at Big 12 Championships (133) | First Team Academic All-Big 12 | NWCA Scholar All-American
2021: NWCA Scholar All-American | First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020: First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018: 7th at the Midlands Championship
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): No. 15 seed at NCAA Championships (133 pounds), earning a 7-4 win over No. 6 Michael Colaiocco (Penn) ... Qualified for NCAA Championships with a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships as the 2-seed, ranked No. 16 in the nation ... Started at 133 pounds for UNI in all 12 duals, doing 7-5 overall and 6-2 against Big 12 dual opponents ... at the Collegiate Duals against Lock Haven, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 7 North Carolina State ... Third place at the Daktronics Open ... Third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite with wins over No. 6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan), No. 7 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) and No. 18 Cody Phippen (Air Force) ... Tied for team lead with 7 pins on the season ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team...NWCA Scholar All-American...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): No. 14 seed at NCAA Championships at 133 pounds, notching a fall in 2:35 against 19-seed Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga-Tennessee) in the first round ... Qualified for NCAA Championships with second place finish at the Big 12 Championships as the 2-seed, ranked No. 21 in the nation ... Knocked off No. 22 Kellyn March (North Dakota State) by 8-0 major decision in a dual ... beat No. 27 Trey Crawford (Missouri) as an unranked wrestler in the opening dual of the season ... Took second place at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... Second at UNI Open ... Third at the Daktronics Open ... First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21 COVID): Went 7-3 on the season and 5-2 in duals ... Competed in all but one dual … earned Big 12 wins over Price (South Dakota State), Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma) and Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)… First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... NWCA Scholar All-American ... Recorded two top-25 wins over No. 13 Zach Price (South Dakota State) and No. 11 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma).
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20): Made one dual appearance in a 11-4 loss to Zach Price (South Dakota State) ... Went 18-8 on the season at 133 pounds, notching 8 pins ... Won the Buena Vista Open title with four falls and a 5-0 decision in the final against Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) ... Fifth at the Harold Nichols Open ... Second at the Grand View Open ... Second at the Loras College Open.
FRESHMAN (2018-19): Redshirted ... Took seventh at Midlands Championships competing unattached at 133 pounds. ... Tied for first at the Grand View Open ... Won the Jim Koch and Duhawk Open titles at 125 pounds ... Third at UNI Open ... finished 24-5 with 9 falls.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time state champion with wins at 106 pounds as a sophomore and 113 pounds as a junior and 120 as a senior in Class 3A ... set single season and career school records for most wins, best win percentage, most takedowns, most falls and most nearfalls ... two-time academic all-state and member of National Honor Society ... finished prep career with a top-15 ranking in four national polls at 120 pounds (No. 5 The Open Mat | No. 6 Intermat | No. 11 Trackwrestling | No. 12 FloWrestling) ... two-time champ at Iowa/USA Junior Freestyle tournament, with wins at 113 pounds in 2016 and 120 pounds in 2018, and he was second at 113 pounds in 2017 ... two-time freestyle All-American at Fargo ... won the folkstyle nationals USA cadet division in 2015 at 100 pounds ... has placed three times at the Northern Plains Regional ... Super 32 All-American at 106 pounds as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Son of James and Sarah Biscoglia ... born in St. Petersburg, Florida ... native of Waukee, Iowa ... active member of St. Boniface Church in Waukee ... likes to fish and go boating ... triple major in biology, chemistry and religion ... also recruited by Iowa State, Nebraska, Old Dominion, Maryland, Virginia, Northwestern, Davidson, Gardner-Webb.
YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK FALL |
2018-19* | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 9-0 | 0:56 |
2019-20 | 18-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 8-0 | 1:06 |
2020-21^ | 7-3 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5:57 |
2021-22 | 21-10 | 10-4 | 8-1 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 8-1 | 2:00 |
2022-23 | 22-11 | 7-5 | 6-2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 1:28 |
CAREER | 68-30 | 22-12 | 17-5 | 9-0 | 2-0 | 25-1 | 1:06 |
*REDSHIRTED ^COVID YEAR
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