2018, 2017, 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Elite 90 Award
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2018 2017, 2016, 2015 National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team
2018, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large First Team
2018, 2017 Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships (Second Place)
2016 Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships (Third Place)
2018, 2017 Big 12 Wrestling Scholar Athlete of the Year
2018, 2017, 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Wrestling Team
2015 NCAA West Region 149 Champion
2015 Western Wrestling Conference Freshman of the Year
2015 All-Western Wrestling Conference First Team
2015 Western Wrestling Conference All-Academic Team
2014 Western Wrestling Conference Coaches Honor Roll
2017-18 SEASON (Senior): #TheGrinder … Three-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Elite 90 Award winner that recognizes top GPA competing at championships … Graduated with bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology with a 3.977 grade point average … Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large first team selection … Named Big 12 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Four-time NCAA qualifier … Record of 4-8 in four NCAA appearances … Big 12 Wrestling runner-up at 157 pounds for second straight season dropping a 4-3 decision to Wyoming’s Archie Colgan … Made fourth appearance on the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic team … Three-time Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling first team selection … Compiled 24-6 record including 15-1 in duals … Had 8-0 record in Big 12 duals … Finished with four pins, four major decisions and a tech fall … Went 4-0 at South Beach Duals including No. 6-ranked B.J. Clagon of Rider … Went 5-4 against nationally-ranked wrestlers … Put together a 14-match winning streak … Went 2-2 at Cliff Keen Invitational … Won his third Bison Open title with 4-0 record … Career record was 95-42 including 46-11 in duals with 18 pins … Finished No. 20 on the school’s all-time win list.
2016-17 SEASON (Junior): For the second straight year, Ream received the NCAA Division I Wrestling Elite 90 Award that recognizes the top G.P.A. competing at the championships ... Maintains a sterling 4.0 grade point average in biochemistry and molecular biology ... NCAA qualifier for the third straight season, moving up to 157 pounds ... Went 0-2 at the NCAA Championshps ... Record is 3-6 overall in three NCAA appearances ... Runner-up at the 2017 Big 12 Championships, dropping an 8-0 decision to Oklahoma State's Joe Smith ... Named to the 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-America® At-Large first team ... Selected the 2016-17 Big 12 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Made third straight appearance on the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) All-Academic team ... Two-time Academic All-Big 12 Wrestling first team selection ... Compiled 24-6 record overall including 17-1 in duals ... Had eight major decisions and five pins ... Defeated three nationally-ranked wrestlers from No. 24 Virginia, No. 5 Virginia Tech and No. 19 Arizona State at the Virginia Duals ... Went 2-2 at the Midlands Championships (12-29-16) ... Claimed the Bison Open (11-12-16) ... Pushed career record to 71-36 including 31-10 in duals with 14 pins.
2015-16 SEASON (Sophomore): With 4.0 grade point average in biochemistry and molecular biology, Ream received the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Elite 90 Award ... NCAA qualifier for the second straight season at 149 pounds ... Went 1-2 at 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in New York City including a stunning 17-2 tech fall over North Carolina All-American Evan Henderson ... Stands 3-4 overall in two NCAA appearances ... Won his final three matches to place third at the 2016 Big 12 Championships including an 8-6 decision over Wyoming's Cole Mendenhall and 15-5 major decision over Northern Colorado's Timmy Box ... Mendenhall and Box both beat Ream during regular season ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Conference Wrestling Team ... Completed season with a 22-17 record including 4-6 in duals ... Logged four tech falls, four major decisions and three pins ... Won the Bison Open (11-14-15), runner-up at the Daktronics Open (11-1-15), placed fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions (12-20-15) and was eighth at the Cliff Keen Invitational (12-5-15) ... Has 47-30 career record at North Dakota State including 14-9 in duals with nine pins.
2014-15 SEASON (Freshman): NCAA qualifier at 149 pounds … Went 2-2 at the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships including wins over Oklahoma State’s Joshua Kindig of Oklahoma State and Ohio State’s Hunter Stieber … Finished the season with a 25-13 record overall and 10-3 in duals including seven pins, five major decisions and a tech fall … NCAA West Region/Western Wrestling Conference champion at 149 pounds … Selected the WWC Freshman of the Year … Earned all-WWC first team honors … Named to the NWCA and WWC All-Academic teams … Placed fourth at the Bison Open and the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open.
2013-14 SEASON (Redshirt): Redshirt in the Bison program ... Western Wrestling Conference Coaches Honor Roll ... Compiled a 14-7 record wrestling unattached at 157 pounds in five tournaments ... Recorded eight pins, a pair of tech falls and two major decisions ... Won three matches to take the Ridgewater Open (1-11-14) ... Placed second in the Briar Cliff Open (2-1-14) with 4-1 record and three pins ... Finished fifth at MSU Moorhead Dragon Open (12-7-13) with 4-1 record including a pair of pins.
HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as national Top 100 recruit out of Holt High School ... State champion senior year at 145 pounds ... Finished season with a 52-1 record ... 35 of those wins came by pin ... Finished fourth, second and third in previous years at state competition ... Holds school record for most career wins in wrestling ... Finished first in back-to-back years at the Fokstyle Junior Nationals in Ceder Falls, Iowa.
PERSONAL: Son of Patrick and Pattie Ream ... Has two older brothers, Kyle and Cam ... Kyle wrestled at Jamestown College and Cam wrestled at Missouri Baptist ... College majors were biochemistry and molecular biology.
