Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2014-2015 at Gardner-Webb: One of three 20-match winners on the team … Top competitor at 133 pounds all season … Won two matches via major decision … Posted a 20-16 overall mark … Closed the season with a 4-2 mark over his final six bouts … Advanced to the semifinals at the 2015 SoCon Championships and lost in the third-place match by a tight 6-4 decision … Also advanced to the semifinals of the 2014 Cleveland State Open in mid-December … Won four matches at the 2014 Hokie Open.

2013-2014 at Gardner-Webb: Wrestled at 149 lbs where he posted an overall record of 8-21 … Scored a 13-4 major decision victory over Ian Harper (Anderson) in his third match of the season ... Posted a season-high four match win streak … Won his final three Southern Conference bouts.

2012-13 at Gardner-Webb: Posted an overall record of 10-15 on the season … Saw time on the mat at 125, 133 and 141 pounds on the year … Turned in a 2-8 dual match record … Went 1-1 in Southern Conference action … Posted a season-high three-match winning streak on the year … Took fourth-place at the Newberry Open at 133 pounds … Earned wins over Christopher Fox of Central Florida, Chauncey Foster of St. Andrews, Immanuel Henderson of BP-U and Andre Nie of Appalachian State at The Citadel Open at 125 pounds … Defeated Rich Lavarato of George Mason 6-4 at 125 pounds at the Movember Duals … Posted wins at 125 pounds over Dwann Hall of Shorter College and Narcisco Inchaurregui of Notre Dame College at the Cleveland State Open … Also recorded victories at 133 pounds over Travis Laxton of Newberry and Michael Nelems of The Citadel at the Newberry Open ... Earned a spot on the 2012-13 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

High School: Attended Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Turned in an overall career record of 85-37 on the mat at Moeller H.S. ... Posted an overall record of 40-13 his senior year to help his team to an 18th-place ranking in the nation overall among team rankings ... A two-time First-Team All-GCL selection ... A two-time GCL Champion and a two-time Sectional Champion ... Won the District Championship and was named to the First-Team All-District Team his senior season ... Placed sixth overall at the State Championship as a senior ... Was named to the First-Team All-City his senior year ... Tabbed as a SWOWCA All-Star his senior season ... Was awarded the Crusader Award his senior year ... A member of the National Spanish Honor Society ... A four-year member of the Honor Roll ... An Academic All-Ohio honoree.

Personal: Born February 26, 1994 in Hamilton, Ohio ... Son of Doug and Debbie Ziegler ... Has a younger sibling named Conner ... Intends to major in Biology.