As found on Ohio State University’s website , below is Malik Heinselman’s bio. Learn about this wrestler’s career:
CAREER HONORS
- NCAA Qualifier (2019, 2020)
- UWWW Junior Freestyle National Champion (2019)
- NWCA Scholar All-America (2019, 2020)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
- OSU Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2019-20 (Sophomore)
- Put it together at the Big Ten Championships with back-to-back top-20 victories to secure his second qualification for the NCAA Championships in as many seasons
- Finished 7th in the Big Ten Championships to punch NCAA ticket
- Seeded No. 27 for the NCAA Championships
- Recorded no less than three wins and reached the podium in all four tournaments entered
- Late-season surge began by winning the Greyhound Open before a triumph during the season finale dual at Penn State
- Placed at the Michigan State Open (6th) and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (8th)
- Built a 7-0 lead over No. 18 Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) at CKLV before Koelzer bowed out with an injury default
- Overall record of 18-15 with two major decisions, a tech fall and two pins
2018-19 (Freshman)
- Advanced to the NCAA Championships (No. 25 seed) after peeling redshirt midseason and placing ninth at the Big Ten Championships
- Contributed to the team score with a 9-5 win over No. 24 Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) at the NCAA Championships
- Entered the lineup on Jan. 11 and defeated four-time NCAA Qualifier Elijah Oliver
- Michigan State Open (F/S Division), Lindenwood Open and Edinboro Open Champion
- Placed third in the Ohio Intercollegiate Open
- Posted an overall record of 24-11 with three major decisions, two pins and a tech fall
- Went 3-3 in a half dozen Big Ten dual starts
- Wrestler of the Match Award winner for the Penn State dual
- Won the UWW Junior Freestyle National Championship (57 kg) to earn a spot in the World Team Trials
PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
- Three-time 5A Colorado state champion
- Top-50 recruit nationally by both Intermat and FloWrestling
- Compiled a career record of 168-9
- Three-time Fargo freestyle champion
- Fargo greco-roman champion
- Two-time Cadet World Team member
- Junior World Team member
- 2017 Junior U.S. Open champion
PERSONAL
- Son of Brian and Caroline Heinselman
- Has two sisters, Dewi and Maya
- Dave Schultz Excellence Regional Award winner
- Finance (Business) major”
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