2020-21 Wrestling Roster
Roster

Sam Stuhl
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 133
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ellsworth, Wis.
- High School:
- Ellsworth HS
2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (’20, ’21)
2021-22 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled at 141 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 4-2 … Finished 0-2 against ranked competition … Recorded two bonus-point victories on the season … Finished with a record of 2-0 in matches decided by falls, including a season best pin of 0:51 … Scored 21 total match points on the season … Recorded five takedowns … Scored one four-point nearfall … Recorded one reversal … Scored five escapes … Went 4-2 to place fifth at Bison Open (Nov. 13) …
2021-22 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled in six matches on the season, all at 141 pounds, going 4-2 overall ... recorded a pair of pins, including a career best in a time of 51 seconds at the Bison Open on his way to a 5th place finish ... Both losses came against ranked opposition ... Left team in November ... Closes Bison career with a 12-12 record, including three pins, thee victories by tech fall and two by major decision ...
2020-21 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named to Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Appeared in seven matches on the season at 133 and 141 pounds, compiling a 2-5 record ... All seven matches were competed in extra-match format ... Recorded one victory by pin against California Baptist (1/30) ... Also picked up a win by decision against South Dakota State (2/20) …
2019-2020 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team...Wrestled at 141 pounds...Compiled a 6-4 record including three tech falls and two major decisions...Won the Ridgewater Open (1-11-20) with a 3-0 record...Came back to win the consolation bracket at the North Country Open (1-25-20).
2018-2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled unattached at 141 pounds...Put together a 15-6 record with six pins, three tech falls and a major decision...Placed in the top five in four open tournaments including runner-up showing in the Finn Grinaker Open/Gold Division (11-17-18) with a 3-1 record including a tech fall and sudden victory win...Placed fifth at the Jimmie Open (11-3-18), Bison Open (11-10-18) and North Country Open (1-26-19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association Division II state champion, once at Prescott High School and three times at Ellsworth High School...Became the 16th four-time state champion in Wisconsin high school history...Moved up the weight class ladder, starting with individual championship at 120 pounds in 2015 at Prescott, then 126, 132 and 138-pounds at Ellsworth from 2016 to 2018...Member of two state championship teams in 2016 and 2017, state runner-up in 2018...Compiled a 170-12 record in four years of competition including matching the school single-season record with 48-0 ledger...Two-time captain for Ellsworth High School...Representing PINnacle Wrestling, he placed seventh at 138 pounds in the 2018 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals on March 29-31 in Cedar Falls...Runner-up at 138 pounds in the junior division of the 2017 Wisconsin Wrestling Federation Freestyle State Championships, while finishing third in Greco-Roman...Member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Majoring in mathematics education...Son of John Stuhl and Nicole Clymer...Has two brothers and two sisters...Brother, Alex Stuhl wrestled at NDSU...Related to Dave Clymer (1996-2000), who was a 1998 NCAA Division II All-American at heavyweight.
CAREER STATISTICS
*Redshirt season does not count in career totals
2021-22 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled at 141 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 4-2 … Finished 0-2 against ranked competition … Recorded two bonus-point victories on the season … Finished with a record of 2-0 in matches decided by falls, including a season best pin of 0:51 … Scored 21 total match points on the season … Recorded five takedowns … Scored one four-point nearfall … Recorded one reversal … Scored five escapes … Went 4-2 to place fifth at Bison Open (Nov. 13) …
2021-22 SEASON (JUNIOR): Wrestled in six matches on the season, all at 141 pounds, going 4-2 overall ... recorded a pair of pins, including a career best in a time of 51 seconds at the Bison Open on his way to a 5th place finish ... Both losses came against ranked opposition ... Left team in November ... Closes Bison career with a 12-12 record, including three pins, thee victories by tech fall and two by major decision ...
2020-21 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named to Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Appeared in seven matches on the season at 133 and 141 pounds, compiling a 2-5 record ... All seven matches were competed in extra-match format ... Recorded one victory by pin against California Baptist (1/30) ... Also picked up a win by decision against South Dakota State (2/20) …
2019-2020 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team...Wrestled at 141 pounds...Compiled a 6-4 record including three tech falls and two major decisions...Won the Ridgewater Open (1-11-20) with a 3-0 record...Came back to win the consolation bracket at the North Country Open (1-25-20).
2018-2019 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled unattached at 141 pounds...Put together a 15-6 record with six pins, three tech falls and a major decision...Placed in the top five in four open tournaments including runner-up showing in the Finn Grinaker Open/Gold Division (11-17-18) with a 3-1 record including a tech fall and sudden victory win...Placed fifth at the Jimmie Open (11-3-18), Bison Open (11-10-18) and North Country Open (1-26-19).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association Division II state champion, once at Prescott High School and three times at Ellsworth High School...Became the 16th four-time state champion in Wisconsin high school history...Moved up the weight class ladder, starting with individual championship at 120 pounds in 2015 at Prescott, then 126, 132 and 138-pounds at Ellsworth from 2016 to 2018...Member of two state championship teams in 2016 and 2017, state runner-up in 2018...Compiled a 170-12 record in four years of competition including matching the school single-season record with 48-0 ledger...Two-time captain for Ellsworth High School...Representing PINnacle Wrestling, he placed seventh at 138 pounds in the 2018 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals on March 29-31 in Cedar Falls...Runner-up at 138 pounds in the junior division of the 2017 Wisconsin Wrestling Federation Freestyle State Championships, while finishing third in Greco-Roman...Member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Majoring in mathematics education...Son of John Stuhl and Nicole Clymer...Has two brothers and two sisters...Brother, Alex Stuhl wrestled at NDSU...Related to Dave Clymer (1996-2000), who was a 1998 NCAA Division II All-American at heavyweight.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year |
Weight |
W-L |
vs. Rank |
Duals |
Big 12 Duals |
Dual Points |
Falls/ Pins |
Fast Pin |
Tech Falls |
Maj. Dec. |
Take Downs |
Near Fall (2) |
Near Fall (4) |
Rev. |
Esc. |
Ride Time |
Big 12 Champ |
NCAA Champ |
| 2018-19* | 141 | 15-6 | - | - | - | - | 6-0 | 0:24 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 2 | - | - |
| 2019-20 | 141/149 | 6-5 | 0-1 | - | - | - | 0-2 | - | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 2020-21 | 133/141 | 2-5 | 0-2 | - | - | - | 1-1 | 6:41 | - | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - |
| 2021-22 | 141 | 4-2 | 0-2 | - | - | - | 2-0 | 0:51 | 0-1 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| Career | 133/141/149 | 12-12 | 0-5 | - | - | 3-3 | 0:51 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
North Dakota State vs. Air Force
Sunday, February 01
North Dakota State vs. Northern Colorado
Friday, January 30
North Dakota State vs. California Baptist
Sunday, January 25
North Dakota State vs. Iowa State
Sunday, January 11









































