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Senior
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| Hometown:
New Prague, Minn.
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| Height / Weight:
5-10 / 184
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PRIOR TO OU
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Big Ten Wrestler of the Week...2010 Midlands Champion at 184 lbs....2011 All-American at 184 lbs. (seventh place)
AS A SENIOR (2011-12):
Olympic Redshirt
AS A JUNIOR (2010-11):
Wisconsin's starter at 184 lbs. (ranked in the top 12 all season and as high as third)...34-4 record on the season (excludes open tournaments)...17-0 record in duals...had one win by pin and five by major decision...won the Loras Open at 184 lbs. with a 3-0 record...took second place at 184 lbs. at the Cliff Keen Invite with a 5-1 record...placed first at the Midlands Championships...went 4-0 at the NWCA National Duals...took third place at the Big ten Championships at 184 lbs. with a 4-1 record...took seventh place at the NCAA Division I Championships with a 4-2 record, earning All-America honors
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009-10):
Wisconsin's starter at 184 lbs. (ranked as high as 16th)...17-13 record on the season...4-4 record in the Big Ten...had three wins by pin and one by major decision...went 4-1 at the NWCA National Duals...finished in fifth place at the Big Ten Championships with a 4-2 record...went 1-2 at the NCAA Division I Championships
Summer 2009:
Wrestled at the 2009 FILA Junior World Team Trials and took first in the 84 kg/185 lbs. Greco-Roman competition...wrestled at 2009 Junior World Championships in Ankara, Turkey...also competed at U.S. Junior Nationals in the 84 kg/185 lbs. freestyle division
AS A FRESHMAN (2008-09):
One of four true freshmen starting for Wisconsin...starter at 174 lbs....went 9-15 overall, 5-9 in duals and 1-7 in Big Ten duals...scored 15 dual points on the season...defeated his first ranked opponent when he upset No. 12 Trevor Perry from Indiana, 8-5...went 8-3 while wrestling unattached...finished second at the Stevens Point Open
HIGH SCHOOL:
Two-time Minnesota state-champion...finished fourth at state his freshman year and third his sophomore year...2006 Cadet Freestyle All-American...finished first at 2008 Junior Greco-Roman National Championships and fourth in the freestyle competition... compiled a 181-12 record over four years at New Prague High School...a part of state championship team his senior year...two-time Academic All-State...winner of Minnesota State Tournament Outstanding Wrestler Award in 2008...ranked No. 12 at 171 lbs. in the InterMat Final All-Class High School Rankings of the 2007-08 school year
PERSONAL:
Parents are John and Cathy Rutt...is the oldest of four children, Natalie, Tanner and Nicole
