NDSU

2006-07 (Redshirt): Powerful heavyweight competed in three open tournaments as an unattached wrestler with an 11-5 record and two pins... Finished third at the Bison Open and fifth at the Kaufman-Brand Open.

High School: Graduated in 2006 from Canby High School...Coached by Corey Fink...Two-time Class A Minnesota state placewinner that won the heavyweight championship in 2005 and finished third in 2006...Finished with a career record of 114-21...Member of Minnesota Junior National Wrestling Team...Earned All-American status at the 2006 Asics/Vaughan Junior Wrestling National Championships with an eighth-place finish in freestyle... Academic all-state selection.

Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering...Son of Loren and Karen Hacker...Family includes one sister, Emily.