2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships All-American (184, 6th Place)
2016, 2015, 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championships Qualifier
2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championships (Second Place)
2016, 2015 National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team
2016 Big 12 Conference Wrestling All-Academic Team
2016 Big 12 Conference Wrestler of the Week
2015 Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Year
2015 NCAA West Region 184 Champion
2015, 2014 Western Wrestling Conference First Team
2015 Western Wrestling Conference All-Academic Team
2015 Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week
2014 NCAA West Region 174 Champion
2014 Western Wrestling Conference Coaches Honor Roll
2015-16 SEASON (Senior): Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third straight season and finished with a 2-2 record including a pair of 3-2 losses ... Had 7-7 record in three NCAA tournament appearances ... Big 12 Conference runner-up at 184 pounds, posting a 2-1 record ... Had 6-1 record in Big 12 and NCAA West Region tournaments ... Compiled a 32-6 record including 10-0 in duals with 10 pins, six tech falls and seven major decisions ... Won 26 straight bouts in dual competition to end career ... Placed third in the Midlands Championships with four straight wins on the second day (12-30-15) and finished 6-1 overall with a pin and a tech fall ... Had 20-7 record in four Midland Championships appearances, placing third twice, fourth and eighth ... Placed seventh at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 4-2 record ... Opened season with titles at the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-1-15) and Bison Open (11-14-15) with an 8-0 record including four pins, two tech falls and a pair of major decisions ... Finished career with a 106-30 record, good for a .779 winning percentage, to rank No. 7 on the all-time win list ... Recorded 23 pins, 14 tech falls and 11 major decisions.
2014-15 SEASON (Junior): Capped impressive season with a sixth place showing at the NCAA Championships to earn All-American honors, coming through the loser's bracket with a 5-3 record with five straight wins against nationally-ranked opponents ... NCAA West Region champion at 184 pounds ... Named to the NWCA All-Academic team ... Named Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week three times (11-18-14, 12-8-14, 1-20-15) ... Compiled a 36-7 record including 13-0 in duals with eight pins, four tech falls and three major decisions ... Placed third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 5-1 record including an 8-3 decision over No. 1-ranked Gabe Dean of Cornell (12-6-14) ... Went 14-4 against nationally-ranked opponents during the season ... Placed fourth at the Midlands Championships with a 3-2 record ... Went 4-0 with two pins and a tech fall to take the Bison Open (11-8-14) ... Placed second in the Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open (11-2-14).
2013-14 SEASON (Sophomore): NCAA West Regional champion at 174 pounds ... Qualified for NCAA Championships ... Compiled record of 27-8 overall including 13-3 in duals ... Had four tech falls, three major decisions and one pin ... First team all-Western Wrestling Conference performer ... Named to WWC Coaches' Honor Roll ... Posted 2-1 record at NWCA National Duals (2-16/17-14) ... Went 6-1 at Midland Championships (12-29/30-13) to earn third place ... Runner-up at the Bison Open (11-9-13), winning three of four matches.
2012-13 SEASON (Freshman): Went 11-9 overall and 5-4 in dual competition with four pins ... Defeated No. 20 George Ivanov of Boise State (11-16-12) by the score of 8-7 in double-overtime ... Went 5-3 to place eighth at the Midlands Championships (12-29/30-12).Â
2011-12 SEASON (Redshirt): Competed unattached as a redshirt, posting a record of 21-5 with three pins ... Won 16 consecutive matches in a streak dating from Nov. 12, 2011, to Jan. 28, 2012 ... Claimed fifth place at the Bison Open (11-12-11) with a 4-2 record ... Won the Maroon Division at the Finn Grinaker Cobber Open (11-19-11) with a perfect 4-0 mark ... Won the White Division of the Dragon Open (12-3-11), going 4-0 ... Took the title at the Ridgewater Open (1-7-12) with a 3-0 record ... Went 4-1 and earned runner-up honors at the Grand View Open (1-28-12).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time Minnesota state champion of Crosby-Ironton High School ... Holds the school's all-time wins record ... Went 43-1 as a senior en route to his third straight state crown ... Won the cadet national triple crown in 2007, winning national titles in folkstyle, freestyle and Greco-Roman ... One of only eight wrestlers to achieve the feat.
PERSONAL: Son of Nick and Mary Zillmer ... Has one older sister, Megan ... College major is physical education ... Father played collegiate basketball ... Member of NDSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Council.
