2016-17 Wrestling Roster
Roster

Ben Tynan
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kennewick, Wash.
- High School:
- Hanford HS
2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2017 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Fourth Place)
2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Fifth Place)
2016-17 SEASON (Senior): NCAA qualifier at 285 pounds and finished with a 0-2 record ... Placed fourth at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships ... Posted an 18-8 record including 13-4 in duals with six pins and two major decisions ... Won the Bison Open (11-12-16) with a 3-0 record.
2015-16 SEASON (Junior): Compiled a 20-12 record including 7-3 in duals with five pins, a pair of major decisions and one tech fall wrestling at 285 pounds ... Went 2-2 to place fifth at the Big 12 Championships (3-5/6-16) in Kansas City including a pin ... Won the Bison Open (11-14-15) with a 4-0 record ... Placed fifth with 4-1 ledger at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-1-15) ... Won three of five matches at the Cliff Keen Invitational (12-4/5-15) ... Had a pair overtime wins including home opener against Virginia (11-6-15).
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament qualifier for Highline Community College (Wash.), earning All-America honors to complete his sophomore year with 26-4 record … Two-time NJCAA academic scholar athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for Hanford High School … Placed fifth in the Washington state tournament as a senior … Won the 2014 Canadian Junior Freestyle National Championship at 264.55 pounds in Edmonton … Ran cross country and competed in track and field.
PERSONAL: Son of Charles and Lisa Jacobsen … Has one brother, Bruce, and three sisters, Rachel, Leilani and Laura … Mother, Lisa, competed in track and field at Hawai’i, and grandfather, Leo Reed, played college football for Colorado State and drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1961 ... University studies major.
2017 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Fourth Place)
2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Fifth Place)
2016-17 SEASON (Senior): NCAA qualifier at 285 pounds and finished with a 0-2 record ... Placed fourth at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships ... Posted an 18-8 record including 13-4 in duals with six pins and two major decisions ... Won the Bison Open (11-12-16) with a 3-0 record.
2015-16 SEASON (Junior): Compiled a 20-12 record including 7-3 in duals with five pins, a pair of major decisions and one tech fall wrestling at 285 pounds ... Went 2-2 to place fifth at the Big 12 Championships (3-5/6-16) in Kansas City including a pin ... Won the Bison Open (11-14-15) with a 4-0 record ... Placed fifth with 4-1 ledger at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-1-15) ... Won three of five matches at the Cliff Keen Invitational (12-4/5-15) ... Had a pair overtime wins including home opener against Virginia (11-6-15).
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament qualifier for Highline Community College (Wash.), earning All-America honors to complete his sophomore year with 26-4 record … Two-time NJCAA academic scholar athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner for Hanford High School … Placed fifth in the Washington state tournament as a senior … Won the 2014 Canadian Junior Freestyle National Championship at 264.55 pounds in Edmonton … Ran cross country and competed in track and field.
PERSONAL: Son of Charles and Lisa Jacobsen … Has one brother, Bruce, and three sisters, Rachel, Leilani and Laura … Mother, Lisa, competed in track and field at Hawai’i, and grandfather, Leo Reed, played college football for Colorado State and drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1961 ... University studies major.
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


























































