2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Brown, Connor
Connor Brown
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Oak Grove, Mo.
- High School:
- Oak Grove
Bio
| YEAR | WEIGHT | OVERALL RECORD | DI RECORD | DUAL RECORD | FALLS | TECH FALLS | MAJOR DECISIONS | CONF FINISH | NCAA FINISH |
| 2017-18 (SDSU) | 125 | 23-16 | 17-6 | 9-7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5th | DNP |
| 2018-19 (Wisconsin) | 125 | 11-3 | 11-3 | 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
| 2019-20 | 133 | 10-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 125 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 133 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7th | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 11-11 | 11-11 | 5-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6th | DNP |
| CAREER | 66-42 | 53-42 | 27-20 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
Career Honors
- 2018 NCAA Qualifier
- 2023 NCAA Qualifier (26 seed)
- 2023 Hap Whitney Coach’s Award recipient
- 2023 NWCA Scholar All-American
- 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022-23)
- 2023 NCAA Qualifier (No. 26 seed)
- Hap Whitney Coach’s Award recipient
- Sixth at Big 12 Championships (133 pounds)
- NWCA Scholar All-American and Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Compiled an 11-11 record in his final season of collegiate wrestling
- Started for the Tigers at 133 pounds, earning a dual record of 5-4
- Won his first two matches at Big 12 Championships (March 4-5), including his first ranked win of the year over No. 19 Cody Phippen of Air Force, to advance to the championship semifinals
- Claimed victories in three consecutive duals against Air Force (Jan. 13), Wyoming (Jan. 14) and Oklahoma (Feb. 3), two of which were major decisions
- Opened his season with three bonus-point victories (two falls, one major decision)
- Placed second in the 133-pound bracket at the Tiger Style Invite (Nov. 12)
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22)
- Placed seventh at Big 12 Championships, March 5-6 (133 pounds)
- Wrestled primarily at 133 pounds, going 6-9 overall, including a 3-2 record at the Big 12 Championships
- Knocked off 3-seed Gabriel Tagg (SDSU) at the Big 12 Championships, beating him twice at the tournament with the second coming by fall (5:33)
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21)
- Wrestled to a 6-2 record during his second year in Black and Gold
- Opened his season with two victories at the North Dakota Sate Quadrangular (Jan. 3), including a two-point victory over No. 26, Oregon State’s Brandon Kaylor
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
- A former National Qualifier, he went 10-1 in his first season with the program after transferring from Wisconsin
- Wrestled primarily at 133 pounds
- Battled a shoulder injury late in the season, limiting his bouts following the turn of the new year
- Of his 10 wins during his first season at Mizzou, six came by fall
- His only loss of the season came at the UNI Open, Dec. 11, a 6-5 decision against Ramazan Attassauov of Iowa State
BEFORE MIZZOU
- Began his college career at South Dakota State (2018-19) and earned NWCA All-Academic Team
- Compiled a record of 23-16 as a freshman and qualified for the NCAA Championships at 125 pounds in 2018
- Transferred to Wisconsin as a sophomore and collected an individual record of 11-3 during the 2019-20 campaign
HIGH SCHOOL
- Won four consecutive state titles at Oak Grove
- Went 48-0 during his senior year
- Named Missouri Wrestler of the Year in 2017
- Collected a cumulative record of 170-5 in high school
Big 12 Champion: Rocky Elam
Thursday, March 09
Wrestling Cinematic vs. Iowa State
Friday, February 17
Connor Brown Senior Video
Thursday, February 16
Mitchell Bohlken Senior Video
Wednesday, February 15
