NIL Opportunities

2x NCAA Championships Qualifier

2023-24

• Olympic redshirt year, went 4-0 in his matches. 

2022-23

• NCAA Championships qualifier at 165 pounds
• Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships
• Went 20-13 overall and scored 30 dual points
• Led all starters with 5 falls, fastest fall (4:02) in the Purdue dual
• Recorded a team high 6 major decisions
• Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22

• Went 12-9 overall and recorded 2 falls
• Fastest fall, 1:50 at Michigan State 11/6/21
• Academic All-Big Ten

2020-21

• Qualified for NCAA Championships at 165 pounds
• Went 8-4 on the season, finishing second on the team in dual points scored with 18
• Started the season 6-0, all against Big Ten opponents

2019-20

• 2020 NWCA Honorable Mention All-American at 165-pounds
• Qualified for NCAA Championships at 165-pounds; NCAA Championships canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Went 23-9 on the season, finishing second on the team in wins
• Finished second on the team in dual points with 36
• Went 10-3 in dual bouts, including 6-2 in Big Ten matches
• Led the team in tech. falls with four
• Finished sixth at his first Big Ten Championships, earning an automatic bid to nationals at 165-pounds
• Placed fourth at 165-pounds at Midlands, going 5-2 which including ranked wins over No. 15 Shayne Oster (Northwestern), No. 18 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) and No. 20 Kennedy Monday (North Carolina) at the tournament
• Team Captain
• Illinois Freshman of the Year Nominee
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten 

2018-19

• Made his Midlands debut, going 2-2 competing unattached
• Placed first at 165-pounds at the Maryville Open, going 4-0 with two tech falls 
• Won his first seven matches of his redshirt season
• Placed second at the Lindenwood Open
• Tallied four tech falls and two major decisions in his redshirt campaign

Career Record

*Redshirt Season

High School

• 2018 IHSA Class 1A 160 Pound Champion
• 2017 IHSA Class 1A 152 Pound Champion 
• 2016 IHSA Class 1A 152 Pound Runner-Up
• Ranked the No. 1 152-pounder in the state of Illinois
• Undefeated (47-0) junior season
• Two-time NHSCA All American
• Super 32 All-American
• Coached by Josh Harper 

Personal

• Born on July 15, 2000
• Son of Joe and Elaine Braunagel
• Has an older brother, Jarrid, twin brother and Illini wrestler, Zac, and his younger brother, Joey, is an Illini wrestler too. 
• Member of the National Honor Society