Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2022-2023 at Gardner-Webb: In his first season in Boiling Springs, he became the starter at 125 and went 24-12 overall on the season ... Got 6th in his first tournament with GWU at the Clarion Open with a 3-2 record ... Was 5th going 3-2 again but at the Appalachian Invitational including a pair of pins ... Victorious in his first six duals of the season ... Finished in 3rd at the ARMS Software Patriot Open with one of them being by fall ... Had a strong performance in the SoCon Championships going 3-1 to finish in 3rd overall ... Defeated Power 5 opponent Ethan Grimminger of Duke by fall within 40 seconds ... Had two major decisions and six pins.

2021-2022 at Northern Illinois: Logged a 4-5 overall record and was 1-1 in MAC play... Helped the Huskies beat SIUE (Feb. 20) with a major decision win over Aaron Schulist (SIUE) 15-1.

2020-2021 at Northern Illinois: Wrestled in a limited capacity due to injury... Was 1-2 overall.

2019-2020 at Northern Illinois: Suffered an injury in his second match of the year (Nov. 17), effectively ending his season…Posted a 7-5 victory over Darren Miller of Bucknell (Nov. 15)…Returned to the mat for the regular season finale vs Drexel, falling to Chase Shields, 6-5 (Feb. 21), to finish the year at 1-2.

2018-2019 at Northern Illinois: Ended the season with a 9-10 record, 5-5 in dual matches competing at 141…Five of his seven victories came by pin, including a 1:02 over Ethan Phillips of The Citadel for his fastest victory of the year.

2017-2018 at Northern Illinois: Finished 14-11 wrestling unattached at 125/133-pounds …  Suited up for seven open tournaments ... Registered six pin fall victories including registering the third-fastest pin on the squad defeating Jack Cheney, of Purdue, 1:08… Scored back-to-back second place finishes at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open (Nov. 4) and the Eastern Michigan Open (Nov. 11) … Went 2-2 en route to a third-place finish at the Pat ‘Flash’ Flanagan Open (Jan. 6) … Took fourth place at the Jim Koch Open (Dec. 2) and fifth at the Harper Open (Jan. 27) … Competed at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29).  

High School: Honored as a four-time MVP, four-time varsity letter winner… All-WaMac for four years… Senior year State Champion…Took second at the Dual State meet at 126 pounds… Career record of 207-4 in his four years at Solon High School… Recorded 200 takedowns his senior year… Awarded Gold Honor Roll from Fall of 2013-2017… Went 16-3 in the Iowa State Championships overall… Top three in state for four years at 106-113-126-126 pounds. 
 
 Personal: Son of Becky and Darren West…Twin brother Bryce West is a current team member of the NIU wrestling team.