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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

Zachary Lucy

Tristan Daugherty

  • Height 5-5
  • Weight 125
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bartonville, Ill.
  • High School Peoria Notre Dame HS

Biography

NCAA Championship Participant ('25)
Big 12 Championships Sixth Place ('25)

2024-25 SEASON (SENIOR):
Earned automatic qualification for the NCAA Championships at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., where he was selected as a No. 27 seed in the 125-pound bracket … Finished with a 0-2 record at nationals … Earned automatic qualification for nationals after a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 2-3 record … Compiled an overall record of 11-16 … Finished with a record of 2-9 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 5-8 record in dual matches, including a 3-5 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 16 team points in dual competition ... Recorded three bonus-point victories on the season … Picked up three major decision victories … Scored 88 total match points on the season … Secured 15 takedowns … Turned three two-point nearfalls … Turned one four-point nearfall … Scored 23 escapes … Finished with one riding-time point …

BUFFALO: Spent four seasons at Buffalo at 125 pounds, totaling a 25-18 record ... He started every dual for the Bulls as a true freshman, going 7-5 and 5-2 in MAC duals before placing in the MAC championships ... The Bartonville, Illinois native picked up 14 wins in his second season before a fourth-place finish at the MAC Championships ... Daugherty then battled injuries over the last two seasons, recording a 4-1 record in limited action ... Daugherty has eight career bonus point wins, including two falls, two tech falls and four major decisions ... NWCA Academic All-American ... 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the 2020 Peoria Journal Star Wrestler of the Year after becoming the first state champion in Peoria Notre Dame High School history … First wrestler in his school’s history to earn four state medals after also earning three third place finishes … 17 career wins at the state finals were the most at any level in Illinois prep history … Went a perfect 48-0 his senior season and 175-11 over his four-year career … A two-time section champion … A four-time region champion … A two-time Fargo qualifier … Four-time member of the Central Illinois All-Area Team …

PERSONAL: Son of Veronica and Patrick; Has six siblings; Olivia, Destiny, Alysha, Chase, Raul and Patrick Jr ... Majoring in Criminal Justice ...

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
2020-21 (Buffalo) 7-5 0-2 5-2 0-0 16 0-0 - 0-0 1-2 13 1 - 0 0 6 3 37 -- --
2021-22 (Buffalo) 14-13 0-5 6-10 0-0 19 0-0 - 0-0 1-0 17 1 - 0 2 19 2 59 -- --
2022-23 (Buffalo) 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 7 0-0 - 0-0 1-0 7 0 - 0 0 1 1 16 -- --
2023-24 (Buffalo) 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 11 1-0 4:09 1-0 0-0 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 29 -- --
2024-25 11-16 2-9 5-8 3-5 16 0-0 - 0-0 3-1 15 3 0 1 0 23 1 79 2-3 (6th) 0-2
Career 36-35 2-16 20-21 3-5 69 1-0 4:09 1-0 6-3 58 8 0 2 2 50 7 220 2-3 0-2

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Senior

    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'5" 125 lbs