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Tristan Daugherty
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- 133
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bartonville, Ill.
- High School:
- Peoria Notre Dame HS
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:
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 |
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