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Career Stats

*Redshirt season

CAREER HONORS

• Two-time Academic All-Big 12: 2023 and 2025

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25)

• Academic All-Big 12
• Finished his first season in the starting lineup, 11-8 overall and 3-4 in dual matches
• Started the season ranked No. 23 and climbed as high as No. 18 during the season 
• Earned his first career dual win at Northern Colorado against Remington Peterson, 11-4
• Placed second at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 9) with wins over Cal Poly’s Trevor Tinker and Little Rock’s Keith Miley
• Finished third at the Cyclone Open (Jan. 19) with a win by major decision over No. 30 Juan Mora of Oklahoma
• Totaled three ranked wins, including Juan Mora twice and No. 26 Daniel Herrera of Iowa State

REDSHIRT SEASON (2023-24)

• Bongo Bayly Open Champion (285 pounds)
• Missouri Valley Open Champion (285 pounds)
• Finished redshirt season with a 13-3 record across four different tournaments 
• Earned first place at the Bongo Bayly Open (Jan. 6) and Missouri Valley Open (Feb. 3) at 285 pounds, earning four pins throughout both tournaments
• Competed at the Lindenwood Open (Nov. 18), placing second, and the Soldier Salute (Dec. 29), where he took fifth 

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

• Lindenwood Open Champion (285 pounds)
• UNI Open Champion (285 pounds)
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team 
• Collected a 12-6 record in his redshirt sophomore season
• Won the Lindenwood Open (Nov. 19), posting a 3-0 record
• Dominated the UNI Open (Dec. 10), topping the podium by winning all three of his matches by major decision 
• Opened his season finishing fifth at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 12) with a 3-2 record

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

• Wrestled to a 20-5 record during his second season in Columbia
• Logged 50 percent bonus-point wins, including seven wins by fall
• Closed his season at the Missouri Valley Open, Feb. 5, winning four of five matches by fall

FRESHMAN (2020-21)

• Went 0-2 during his first season in Black and Gold
• Picked up his first collegiate victory in an extra match (exhibition), winning by 2-0 decision against Cade Dallwitz of Central Michigan, Jan. 8

BEFORE MIZZOU

• 2019 Class 5A runner-up at 170 pounds, his first state medal
• Helped Blue Valley SW to a third-place finish at the 2019 state championships
• 2019 Fall Brawl Tournament Champion at 182 pounds, defeating No. 14-ranked Damen Pape in the finals
• Earned the Summer Scuffle 182-pound title in June, 2019
• Claimed his 100th career high school win with a technical fall on Dec. 6, 2019, during his senior season
• 2019 EKL Champion and Regional Champion
• Posted 39 wins as a junior during the 2018-19 season with 16 of those going for pins
• Scored 176 team points, third-most on the team, as a junior and was also third on his team with a pair of technical falls
• Wrestled for head coach Cody Parks at Blue Valley Southwest High School

Personal

• Birthdate: Dec. 28, 2001
• Majoring in Health science, with an emphasis in Rehabilitation and a minor in Spanish 

Nitzel on choosing Tiger Style:
"I chose Tiger Style because it feels right for many reasons. Mizzou has a strong culture, offers multitudes of opportunities and has great coaches that will push and support me in wrestling and in the classroom. I know I can be the best version of myself at Mizzou."