Peyton Mocco

2023-24 Wrestling Roster

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Mikayla Schmidt/Mizzou Athletics

*Redshirt seasons (before 2022-23)/ unattached matches do not count toward career records

CAREER HONORS

NCAA All-American: 2023 (Eighth Place)
Five-time NCAA Qualifier: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
Five-time NWCA Scholar All-American: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
Three-time Academic All-Big 12: 2022 (First Team), 2023 (First Team) and 2024 (First Team)
Two-time CSC Academic All-District: 2022-23 and 2023-24
2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Tiger Style Ed Lampitt Total Tiger

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2023-24)

NCAA Qualifier (No. 22 seed, 174 pounds)
Finished sixth at Big 12 Championship (174 pounds)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
CSC Academic All-District
NWCA Scholar All-American
Tiger Style Ed Lampitt Total Tiger Award
Tiger Style Total Person Academic Excellence
Finished his final season at Missouri with a 12-8 record, besting two ranked wrestlers and totaling nine bonus-point wins
Took second place at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 11)
Matched a career season-high three technical falls

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23)

NCAA All-American (Eighth place, 174 pounds)
2023 NCAA Qualifier (No. 7 seed)
Runner-up at Big 12 Championships (174 pounds)
Second place at the Southern Scuffle (174 pounds)
Mizzou Academic Excellence Award winner
Mizzou Iron Man Award recipient
CSC Academic All-District
NWCA Scholar All-American and Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a 4.00 GPA
Was the only tiger to wrestle 30 matches during the season, finishing with a 23-7 record and earning the best winning percentage of his career (.766)
Represented the Tigers in all 11 duals, compiling a 10-1 record
Secured 10 victories over ranked opponents during the season
Tied for third on the team with 10 bonus-point victories
Finished second at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 12), posting a 3-1 record
Went on a 12-match winning streak between November 2022 and March 2023
Earned his best win to date, knocking off No. 5 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State (Feb. 5)
Advanced to the final of the Big 12 Championships (March 4-5), compiling a 3-1 record at the event
Earned the first All-American placement of his career, advancing to the championship quarterfinals and finishing with a 3-3 record at the NCAA Championships (March 16-18)

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

Big 12 Championships Runner-Up (174 pounds)
NCAA Qualifier (No. 11 seed at 174 pounds)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Finished one win shy of All-American honors in his third season as a starter, wrestling to a 18-7 record and a 7-3 dual record
Was runner-up at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2), losing 3-2 to Cade DeVos (SDSU) in the final…Had the fall of the tournament, winning a wild scramble against Matt Finesilver (DUKE) to stick him in the second period
After recovering from injury, finished the regular season 2-0 with a 21-6 (5:37) technical fall over ASU’s Zane Coleman and a 9-6 win against Joel Devine (ISU)
Recorded two bonus-point victories at the Big 12 Championships (March 5-6) en-route to a runner-up finish…Beat No. 2 seeded DeVos in the semifinal in a 2-0 decision.
Won three matches at the NCAA Championships (March 17-19), including a 15-6 major decision over No. 27 seed Sal Perrine (OHIO)…Beat No. 12 seed DeVos (6-2 dec.) and No. 13 seed Finesilver (2-1 dec.), both for the second time on the year

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21)

2021 NCAA Qualifier (No. 10) at 174 pounds
Finished the regular season a perfect 9-0, including four ranked wins
Tallied back-to-back ranked wins at Iowa State Tri-Dual (Jan. 17), beating No. 33, Northern Iowa’s Lance Runyon, and No. 26, Julien Broderson
Beat Broderson by fall in a blistering fast 0:56
Won two bouts at NCAA Championships, March 18-20, highlighted by taking down Oklahoma’s Anthony Mantanona in a 12-2 major decision

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20)

NCAA qualifier at 165 pounds after posting a 27-12 overall record, earning the nation’s No. 30 overall seed in the weight class
Needed an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships after finishing third at the MAC Championships, March 7-8, and was rewarded the berth based on a strong regular season and solid finish at MACs
His 27 wins were second on the team, trailing only Brock Mauller who finished with 28
His six falls were fourth-most on the team and he closed his season with an incredible 15 bonus-point wins among his 27 wins, adding six major decisions and three technical falls to his ledger
Found his stride in December during his first season as a full-time starter, losing just five times from Dec. 14 through the end of the season, finishing the season 19-5 in his final 24 bouts
After a controversial loss in the MAC semifinals where he seemingly won the bout before a video review took the win away, he rallied to win two consolation matches to take third, winning both via major decision

REDSHIRT SEASON (2018-19)

Ended a strong first year with the Tigers at 9-3, including five victories via fall and one by technical fall
Opened his season in the Iowa State Harold Nichols Cyclone Open, Nov. 3, at 157, defeating Northern Illinois’ Pat Schoenfelder and Iowa State’s David Carr in his first two matches
Picked up three bonus point victories in his first three matches in the Roger Denker Open, Jan. 20, before dropping the final match to Isaiah Luellen of Fort Hays State, returning with second place honors
Won his final four matches all in the Missouri Valley Open, Feb. 2, with three victories via fall, to cap off his freshman season

BEFORE MIZZOU

Two-time Wisconsin State Champion
Trained under Mizzou legend Ben Askren at the Askren Wrestling Academy during his high school career
Recorded a first-place finish in the Wisconsin state freestyle tournament in 2017, and a second-place finish in 2017
Finished third at FloNationals in 2017
Ranked No. 20 at 152 pounds by Flo Wrestling
Finished high school with a 4.56 GPA and intends to major in engineering at Mizzou