Blake Pepper Season 2012-13

? Competed in five tournaments for the Tigers, and got his first career dual start against SIUE.
? Finished in fifth place at the Warren Williams/Daktronics Open, going 6-2 in matches on the day.
? Competed in the freshman/sophomore division at the Joe Parisi Open and won all five of his matches to take the title.
? Lost by a two-point margin in the finals at the Kaufman-Brand Open to finish second overall.
? Won five of his eight matches to earn a sixth-place finish at the UNI Open.
? On Jan. 11, earned his first career dual start against SIUE's Karsten Van Velsor, whom he defeated by pin at 4:02 to help the Tigers to a 40-0 shutout against the Cougars.
? Pepper went 23-8 on the season as a whole with nine of his wins coming by fall, major decision, or technical fall.

? Taking his redshirt year, Pepper competed in five tournaments as an unattached wrestler.
? His first collegiate win came by fall (2:32) against Austin Miner of Missouri Valley at the UCM Open.
? Took sixth place at the Grand View Open after picking up four wins, including two against Gabe Morse of Northern Illinois.
? Had 10 wins overall on the season. Four of his wins came by pin, the fastest of which occurred at 2:01.

? Going 26-4 on the season, he placed fifth at state as a junior, helping his team to a fourth place finish.
? Went 35-5 his sophomore season.
? Battled injuries through his freshman and senior seasons, finishing with an overall career record of 61-10.
? In 2008, took first at state in Freestyle, going on to place seventh at Fargo Nationals.
? In 2009, took the state title in Freestyle again.
? Was a two-time All-Conference football player.
? Earned a total of seven letters in high school between wrestling and football.
? Graduated with Cum Laude honors.

? Blake Pepper is the son of Jim Pepper and Melissa Waterkotte.
? Was born on August 14, 1993, in St. Louis, Mo.
? Has two older brothers, Jimmy and Johnny, and a younger sister, Laura.
? His brother, Jimmy, wrestled at American University.
? Brother, Johnny, is a recent Mizzou graduate and spent his time here as the videographer for the Tiger program.
? Blake chose Mizzou over Washington University and Arizona State.