2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 53 kg/116 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 8 (2017-25)

Residence: Corvallis, Ore.

Hometown: Scotts Valley, Calif.

Regional Training Center: Beaver Dam RTC

Club: Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club

College: Simon Fraser University

High School: Scotts Valley, Calif.

Born: Nov. 5, 1996

Olympic Teams

2024 Olympic Games (11th at 53 kg)

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (22nd at 53 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Gold at 53 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2019 U23 Worlds (7th at 55 kg), 2018 U23 Worlds (5th at 55 kg), 2017 U23 Worlds (9th at 55 kg)

Career Highlights

• U.S. Olympic Team member

• Senior World Championships gold medalist

• Two-time U.S. World Team member

• Pan American Championships gold medalist

• U.S. Open champion

• Three-time U23 U.S. World Team member

• Two-time WCWA national champion and four-time All-American for Simon Fraser University

• Two-time California high school state champion

Career Biography

2024: 11th in Olympic Games in Paris, France… Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier finalist in Acapulco, Mexico, qualifying the U.S. to compete at 53 kg at the 2024 Olympic Games… Poland Open champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestle-Off champion… Fifth in Zagreb Open (Croatia)…

2023: 22nd in Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia… Fifth in Pan American Championships… Fifth in Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary)… Final X champion…

2022: Senior World Championships gold medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Pan American Championships gold medalist… Yasar Dogu (Turkey) bronze medalist… Fourth in Zouhaier Sghaier Tournament (Tunisia)… Final X champion…

2021: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…

2020: Sixth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… U.S. Open (Dec. 2019) champion…

2019: Seventh in U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Fifth in Poland Open… Final X runner-up… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Open…

2018: Fifth in U23 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania… Eighth in Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial… 10th in Grand Prix of Spain… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament runner-up… U.S. Open runner-up… U23 Women’s Nationals champion…

2017: Ninth in U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland… Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist… U23 Women’s Nationals champion… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… University Nationals runner-up…

2016: SFU Clansman Open (Canada) champion… Fourth in University Nationals… Fourth in U.S. Open…

2015: Third in UWW Junior Nationals…

College: 2018 and 2019 WCWA national champion at 123 pounds for Simon Fraser University… Second in 2017 WCWA National Championships at 123 pounds… Third in 2016 WCWA National Championships at 123 pounds… Coached by Mike Jones…

High School: 2014 and 2015 California high school state champion for Scotts Valley High School…. Second in 2013 California state championships…

Age-Group: Third in 2015 Junior Nationals… 2014 Junior Nationals champion… 2014 and 2015 USA Wrestling Folkstyle Junior Nationals champion…

Awards: 2019 Miranda Medal winner as top U.S. college women’s wrestler…

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