Will Feldkamp

Will Feldkamp - 2024 Big 12 Championship

Weight:
184
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dexter Township, Mich.
High School:
Dexter
Prev School:
Clarion / Northern Illinois

Awards & Accomplishments
81-36 Career Record (36 Career Falls)
2023 NCAA All-American (Seventh Place)
3x NCAA Qualifier (2022, ’23, ‘24)
3x NWCA Scholar All-American (2022, ’23, ‘24)
2024 Big 12 Championships (Sixth Place)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F23)
2x Academic All-MAC (2023, 2022)
2023 MAC Champion
2022 MAC Runner-Up

2023-24
NCAA Qualifier at 184 pounds … posted a 14-11 record in his final season of collegiate wrestling … faced an up-and-down season battling to stay healthy but advanced to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships … scored 4.5 points at the national tournament … scored crucial bonus points at the NCAA Championships with a fall and a major decision … 12-of-14 wins on the season came with bonus points (six falls, three tech falls, three major decisions) … was a runner-up at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational … delivered one of the biggest wins of the tournament when he pinned Oregon State's No. 3 Trey Munoz in the semifinals … registered seven ranked wins … posted a 6-5 dual record.

2022-23 (At Clarion)
NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds … placed seventh and scored 10.5 team points … third in NCAA Division I last season with 14 pins … compiled a 29-6 record with 18 bonus-point wins … only losses in the national tournament were to eventual champion Aaron Brooks and No. 5 seeded Marcus Coleman … 2023 MAC Champion … went 11-0 against conference foes.

2021-22 (At Clarion)
NCAA qualifier at 197 pounds ... NWCA Scholar All-America ... Academic All-MAC selection ... runner-up at 184 pounds at the MAC Championships ... pinned Chattanooga's Matthew Waddell in the pigtail round of the NCAA Championships, after entering the bracket as the 32nd seed ... went 20-6 on the season, including a 10-2 mark in duals ... dominant pinner that won nine matches by fall on the season ... scored bonus points in 50 percent of his duals ... won the Shorty Hitchcock Open with four wins, including two by fall ... at one point pinned four straight opponents in dual matches, starting with Bloomsburg's David Tuttle ... helped Golden Eagles to a dual win over Buffalo by pinning Sam Mitchell ... reached the finals of the MAC Championships with a sudden victory over Edinboro's Cody Mulligan and a decision over Ohio's Carson Brewer.

2020-21 (Northern Illinois)
Finished the season with a 5-2 record at 197 pounds ... won three matches by fall ... got his first win of the season with a pin over Ohio's Jake Walker in a dual ... pinned Clarion's Brett Wittmann in a quad meet held at SIU-Edwardsville ... also defeated the Cougars' Sergio Villalobos by decision that same day ... closed season with an 11-4 decision over Kent State's Ryan Boyle.

2019-20 (Northern Illinois)
Finished the season with a 1-2 record competing at 184 pounds … won his first bout of the year with an 8-3 decision over Oklahoma’s Jake Boyd at the Michigan State Open … suffered a season-ending injury in his third match of the year at the MSU Open.

2018-19 (Northern Illinois)
Finished season with a 12-8 overall record, including an 8-6 mark in dual action … recorded three major decisions and four falls.

2017-18 (Northern Illinois)
Amassed a record of 9-3 wrestling unattached … competed in three open tournaments … earned two pins and a tech fall en route to a first-place finish at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... wrestled to a second-place finish at the Jim Koch Open … placed third at the Pat ‘Flash’ Flanagan Open … finished with three pins, two tech falls, and two major decisions.

High School
Prepped at Dexter High School … awarded captain and MVP junior year … at 171 pounds, recorded a 42-5 record placing second in conference, first in sectionals, and fourth in the state meet … as a sophomore, conference champion with a record of 35-5 … as a junior, placed first in MUSAW Chelsea Folkstyle, Chelsea Greco, and Chelsea Freestyle ... also lettered in football.