Willie Miklus

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Altoona, Iowa High School: Southeast Polk

Weight: 184 Birthdate: 07/16/1993 Major: Psychology

04/30/2015

Seven Tigers Named To 2015 Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team

Tiger Style grapplers among 35 total MAC wrestling student-athletes to receive honor

04/23/2015

Mizzou Wrestling Honored At Missouri State Capitol

Coaches and student-athletes were honored on the house floor, and also received an exclusive tour of the building

04/07/2015

Tiger Style Sweeps 2014-15 MAC Postseason Awards

Willie Miklus, Drake Houdashelt, and Head Coach Brian Smith each honored for outstanding seasons

03/21/2015

Waters Takes Third, Cox Takes Fifth at NCAA Championships Session #5

Mayes & Miklus each win seventh place contests to round out strong Tiger showing

03/20/2015

Five Tigers Grab All-American Honors At NCAA Championships Session #4

Redshirt senior Drake Houdashelt (149) competes for National Championships tomorrow

03/21/2015

Missouri Wrestling at the National Championships - March 21, 2015

Missouri Wrestling at the National Championships

? 2014 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

? Took his redshirt in his first season with the Tigers and competed in five tournaments at 197 pounds.
? Finished in fourth place at the Warren Williams/Daktronics Open, picking up his first collegiate win by a fall at 4:09 against North Dakota State's Tommy Peterson.
? Took third place at the Joe Parisi Open, winning five of his six matches including a 6-4 decision over Missouri's Justin Heberlie.
? Was crowed the champion at the Kaufman-Brand Open after winning his first two matches by fall followed by another win over Justin Heberlie.
? Another third-place finish came from the UNI Open, with his only loss coming against Mizzou's J'den Cox.
? Miklus picked up 17 wins this season with nine of them coming by fall, the fastest of which occurred 50 seconds into the match.

? Took second place at state his freshman and sophomore seasons at 119 and 145 pounds respectively.
? Won state titles his junior and senior seasons at 171 pounds and 220 pounds, respectively.
? Had a perfect senior season, going 47-0 with a total of 368 takedowns on the season.
? In 2011, was the Folkstyle Nationals runner-up at 171 pounds. Took eighth place at 189 pounds at Junior Freestyle Nationals.
? Lettered all four years in wrestling.
? Miklus decided to train at the Olympic Training Center for the year immediately following high school (2011-2012) before joining the Missouri squad.

? Willie was born to Garry and Luann Miklus on July 16, 1993 in Des Moines, Iowa.
? Has three younger siblings - Tim, who is an incoming freshman on the Tiger wrestling squad for the upcoming season, Erin and Sean.