2023-24 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 59 kg/130 lbs.

Years on Team USA: 9 (2012-18 and 2021-24)

Residence: Bellefonte, Pa.

Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion Wrestling Club

Club: Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

Personal Coach: Jake Varner

College: Oklahoma City University

High School: Fair Oaks, Calif. (Bella Vista High School)

Born: March 14, 1993

Height: 5’6”

Senior World Teams

2023 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 59 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2013 Junior Worlds (Bronze at 63 kg), 2013 University Worlds (Seventh at 63 kg), 2012 Junior Worlds (Fifth at 67 kg)

Career Highlights

• Senior World Championships bronze medalist

• U.S. World Team member

• Junior World Championships bronze medalist

• Two-time Pan American Championships gold medalist

• Four-time U.S. Open champion

• Three-time University Nationals champion

• WCWA national champion for Oklahoma City University

Career Biography

2024: Third in Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestle-Off…

2023: Senior World Championships bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia… Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial (Hungary) gold medalist… Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov (Bulgaria) bronze medalist… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open runner-up…

2022: Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov (Bulgaria) bronze medalist… Final X runner-up… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… U.S. Open runner-up…

2021: Pan American Championships gold medalist… Fifth in Poland Open… Third at U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Open champion… Third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials…

2020: Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) gold medalist… U.S. Open (Dec. 2019) champion…

2019: Fifth at U.S. Open…

2017: Dave Schultz Memorial International gold medalist… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up…

2016: Guelph Open (Canada) gold medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Seventh in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… U.S. Open (Dec. 2016) champion… Third in Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials… University Nationals champion…

2015: Pan American Championships gold medalist… Grand Prix of Spain silver medalist… Mongolia Open bronze medalist… Fifth at Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… U.S. Open (Dec. 2015) runner-up… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… Third in U.S. Open…

2014: Dave Schultz Memorial International silver medalist… Klippan Lady Open (Sweden) bronze medalist… Seventh in Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Open champion… University Nationals champion…

2013: Junior World Championships bronze medalist in Sofia, Bulgaria… Seventh in World University Games in Kazan, Russia… Seventh in Pan American Championships… Austrian Ladies Open bronze medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze medalist… Fifth in Klippan Lady Open (Sweden)… Fifth in Nordhagen Classic (Canada)… University Nationals champion… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in U.S. Open…

2012: Fifth in Junior World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand… New York Athletic Club International bronze medalist… U.S. World Team Wrestle-Off runner-up… Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Third in University Nationals…

2011: Fourth in New York Athletic Club International… Fourth in Sunkist Kids International Open… Fifth in U.S. Open…

2010: Seventh in U.S. Open…

College: 2012 WCWA national champion for Oklahoma City University… Coached by Archie Randall…

Age-Group: USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals Champion…

Awards: Outstanding wrestler at 2014 University Nationals…

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