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Brendan Howes
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ramsey, Minn.
- High School:
- Anoka HS
Academic All-Big 12 Team ('25)
2024-25 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big 12 Team ... Wrestled at 165 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 9-9 … Finished with an 0-2 record in dual matches … Recorded seven bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded two victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:05 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up four major decision victories … Scored 124 total match points on the season … Secured 23 takedowns … Turned two two-point nearfalls … Turned one three-point nearfall … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded 10 reversals … Scored 13 escapes … Finished with eight riding-time points …
2023-24 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Competed at 165 pounds at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. … Compiled an overall record of 8-14 … Finished with a record of 1-7 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 5-9 record in dual matches, including a 3-5 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 22 team points in dual competition ... Recorded six bonus-point victories … Recorded four victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:05 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up one major decision victory ... Scored 80 total match points … Secured 14 takedowns … Turned one three-point nearfall … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 16 escapes … Finished with four riding-time points …
2022-23 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled at 165 and 174 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 10-8, including 6-4 at 165 and 4-4 at 174 … Recorded six bonus-point victories … Recorded one pin in a time of 47 seconds ... Secured two tech fall victories … Picked up three major decision victories … Scored 119 total match points … Secured 27 takedowns … Turned five two-point nearfalls … Turned seven four-point nearfalls … Recorded five reversals … Scored 12 escapes … Finished with five riding-time points …
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Anoka, posted a 47-4 year that included 17 tech falls ... Took first at the MSHSL Sectionals at 145 pounds before a pair of fourth-place finishes at the 2022 USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional in May of 2022 ... Finished as the MSHSL AAA runner-up at 138 pounds as a junior in 2021 … In 2019, claimed the freestyle and Greco-Roman Cadet 16U state championships ... Posted a career high school record of 186-42 ... Member of the National Honors Society …
PERSONAL: Son of Cori and Ralph … Has one sister; Lexi … Has one brother; Brad … Major is Undecided …
CAREER STATISTICS:
2024-25 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Academic All-Big 12 Team ... Wrestled at 165 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 9-9 … Finished with an 0-2 record in dual matches … Recorded seven bonus-point victories on the season … Recorded two victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:05 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up four major decision victories … Scored 124 total match points on the season … Secured 23 takedowns … Turned two two-point nearfalls … Turned one three-point nearfall … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded 10 reversals … Scored 13 escapes … Finished with eight riding-time points …
2023-24 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Competed at 165 pounds at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. … Compiled an overall record of 8-14 … Finished with a record of 1-7 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 5-9 record in dual matches, including a 3-5 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 22 team points in dual competition ... Recorded six bonus-point victories … Recorded four victories with falls, including a season best pin of 1:05 … Secured one tech fall victory ... Picked up one major decision victory ... Scored 80 total match points … Secured 14 takedowns … Turned one three-point nearfall … Turned two four-point nearfalls … Recorded three reversals … Scored 16 escapes … Finished with four riding-time points …
2022-23 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Wrestled at 165 and 174 pounds, finishing with an overall record of 10-8, including 6-4 at 165 and 4-4 at 174 … Recorded six bonus-point victories … Recorded one pin in a time of 47 seconds ... Secured two tech fall victories … Picked up three major decision victories … Scored 119 total match points … Secured 27 takedowns … Turned five two-point nearfalls … Turned seven four-point nearfalls … Recorded five reversals … Scored 12 escapes … Finished with five riding-time points …
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Anoka, posted a 47-4 year that included 17 tech falls ... Took first at the MSHSL Sectionals at 145 pounds before a pair of fourth-place finishes at the 2022 USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional in May of 2022 ... Finished as the MSHSL AAA runner-up at 138 pounds as a junior in 2021 … In 2019, claimed the freestyle and Greco-Roman Cadet 16U state championships ... Posted a career high school record of 186-42 ... Member of the National Honors Society …
PERSONAL: Son of Cori and Ralph … Has one sister; Lexi … Has one brother; Brad … Major is Undecided …
CAREER STATISTICS:
| Year | Overall | vs. Rank |
Duals | Big 12 Duals |
Dual Pts |
Falls | Fast Pin |
TF | MD | TD | N2 | N3 | N4 | RV | E | RT | Pts | Big 12 Champ |
NCAA Champ |
| 2022-23 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0:47 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 27 | 5 | - | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 119 | -- | -- |
| 2023-24 | 8-14 | 1-7 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 22 | 4-5 | 1:05 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 79 | 0-2 | -- |
| 2024-25 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 1:05 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 125 | -- | -- |
| Career | 27-31 | 1-11 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 22 | 7-10 | 0:47 | 4-1 | 8-4 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 17 | 323 | 0-2 | -- |
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