NDSU

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time state champion at Forsyth HS (Mont.) ... won state titles as a freshman (125 lbs.), sophomore (135 lbs.) and senior (152 lbs.) ... Montana state runner-up as a junior at 140 pounds ... compiled a career record of 159-7, with 110 victories coming by fall ... four-time regional champion in four different weight classes ... all-state and all-conference selection all four years ... led Forsyth to back-to-back state titles as a team in his junior and senior seasons ... set the school season record for falls with 33 as a sophomore ... also holds the career record for falls at Forsyth HS ... school record-holder for team points scored ... set the school quick pin record at seven seconds ... took first place in the high school folkstyle division (140 lbs.) at the Tournament of Champions in Great Falls, Mont., in 2011 ... also played defensive end and left tackle on the football team.

PERSONAL: Son of Dale and Rhonda Brauer ... has two sisters, Jordan and Chelsea ... majoring in construction engineering.