University of Missouri Athletics

2009-10: Perry was sidelined with injury during the 2009-10 season.

2008-09: Perry was sidelined his sophomore season and awarded a medical redshirt after having his appendix taken out early in the campaign.

2007-08: Wrestling as a true freshman during the 2006-07 campaign, Perry and the Missouri coaching staff agreed to use the 2007-08 season as a redshirt year in which the Tiger could gain weight and improve his skills on the mat. By the close of his redshirt season, Perry had placed in four tournaments, his highest finish coming at the Roger Denker Open on Jan. 18, as well as at the Missouri Valley College Open on Feb. 2, where he took third at both tournaments. While wrestling to a third-place finish at the Roger Denker Open, Perry defeated Bobbie DeLeon from Missouri Valley College by a 16-0 technical fall in 3:36. Perry collected his second top-three finish with a 4-2 decision of Dan Moore (McKendree) at the Missouri Valley College Open. Six of Perry's 22 wins were recorded by fall, the fastest clocked at 25 seconds when the Tiger pinned Mark Skogrand of Missouri Valley College at the Roger Denker Open.

2006-07: Competing in his first collegiate year of wrestling, Perry made his dual debut, Jan. 13 at the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, after regular starter Mark Ellis was forced out by injury. Taking on Ben Reiter of Penn, Perry suffered a 2-0 loss before falling to third-ranked All-American Dustin Fox of Northwestern, 5-0. Perry's final dual appearance of the season pit him against two-time National Champion Cole Konrad, where he fell victim to the Minnesota grappler in 2:13. In tournament competition, Perry finished fourth at the Missouri Valley Open, Feb. 3. Perry opened the all-day tournament with back-to-back wins by decision.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettering three times in wrestling at Hannibal High School, Perry brought an impressive resume to Mizzou. Wrestling at 275 for three years, Perry won the state championship his junior season (2005) and never finished below third in the state rankings, finishing second in the state of Missouri his senior year (2006).

PERSONAL: Perry was born July 13, 1987 and raised in Hannibal, Mo., to Devin and Jill Perry. He is the older brother of Phillip (17) and is majoring in secondary education.