NDSU

2017-18 SEASON (Junior): Wrestled at 125 and 133 pounds … Finished with 5-7 record including 0-1 in duals with a pair of tech falls, one pin and a major decision … Placed fifth at 125 pounds at both the North Country Open (1-27-18) and in the Dragon Open/Red Division (12-2-17).

2016-17 SEASON (Sophomore): Wrestled at 125 pounds ... Compiled a 5-5 record including a pair pins ... Runner-up at the Dragon Open (12-4-16) after winning 2 of 3 matches ... Went 2-2 with one pin at the Bison Open (11-12-16).

2014-15 SEASON (Freshman): Did not compete during the 2015-16 season ... In 2014-15, compiled a 3-8 record including a pair of pins ... Placed third in the MSU Moorhead Open / Red Division (12-7-14).

2013-14 SEASON (Redshirt): Redshirt in the Bison program.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time All-American and Palomar League champion at 106 pounds for Poway High School and head coach Wayne Branstetter ... Capped off senior year with seventh place showing at 106 pounds at the one-class California state wrestling championships ... Compiled 43-5 record with 27 pins for the Titans ... Took the CIF San Diego Section Division II title at 108 pounds ... Won five tournaments including his weight class at the Reno Tournament of Champions ...  ... Earned San Diego Athlete of the Month Finished prep career with a 133-38 record including 68 pins ... Wrestled for Team USA in the 50-kilogram (110 pounds) Greco-Roman bracket at the 2013 FILA Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria ... Earned his spot with win at the USA Junior World Trials in Stillwater, Okla., in June 2013 ... Took third in freestyle and sixth in Greco-Roman at the FILA Junior Nationals in April 2013 ... Won the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals title at 100 pounds held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in April 2012 ... Competed in cross country and golf

PERSONAL: Son of Tirso and Brenda Lara ... Has two sisters, Breannah and Kinnah ... College major is landscape architecture.