University of Minnesota Athletics
2023-24 Wrestling Roster
Gliva, Jake

Jake Gliva
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- Hometown:
- Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- High School:
- Simley HS
- Position:
- 133 lbs.
Bio
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
Italics - Redshirt Season (not counter in career totals)
* - indicates year as a starter
- 2024 NWCA Scholar All-American
- 5x Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Named Teammate of the Year at 2024 team banquet
- Made season dual and B1GÂ debut with a 15-3 major decision over Purdue's Dusin Norris (2/11)
- Finished as runner-up at Edinboro Open with a 3-1 record
- Placed fourth at the Mat-Town Open II with a 2-2 record (1/28)
- Made season debut at the Soldier Salute with a fifth-place finish, going 5-2 (12/29-30)
- One of four Gophers to be undefeated in Big Ten duals (1-0)
- Tied for second on the team with five wins by major decision
- NWCA Scholar All-American
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Named Teammate of the Year at annual team banquet
- Went 2-3 in his five starts for the Maroon & Gold during the regular season
- Earned first Big Ten win of the season over Purdue's Dustin Norris (1/22)
- Went 3-2 at the Southern Scuffle, with only losses being decisions to ranked opponents
- Made first start of the season against Augustana, defeating John Babineau by 16-5 decision.Â
- Placed second at the Daktronics Open with a 2-1 record
- Took 3rd Place at Bison Open with 3-1 record
- Academic All-B1G Selection
- Went 13-15 in first season as a starter
- 2022 NCAA Qualifier at 133 pounds
- Placed 8th at the Big Ten Championships to earn automatic bid to NCAA tournament
- Earned three ranked wins on the season, including victory over #11 Brock Hudkins (Indiana) at Big Tens
- Went 3-7 in dual competition, including 2-6 against Big Ten opponents
- Defeated Alex Thomsen by 8-3 decision to contribute to upset dual win over Nebraska
- Earned a team-best 6th place finish at Cliff Keen Invitational with 3-3 record
- Earned first career dual victory inside Maturi Pavilion on 11/28 with decision over Trayton Anderson (South Dakota State)
- Won the Bison Open with a 4-0 record, defeating #31 Kellyn March (North Dakota State) in the finals.
- Academic All-B1G Selection
- Finished 7-1 at 133 pounds in dual meet "extra" matches
- Led team with five major decisions
- Began year with 3-1 decision against Nebraska's Tucker Sjomeling (1/8)
- Had back-to-back majors against Michigan State's Nathan Porter and Andrew Chambal (1/16)
- Closed out season with 16-4 major decision against Northwestern's Matt Vinci (2/21)
- Academic All-Big Ten selection.
- Finished the season with a 6-9 record on the year
- Went 1-5 in dual competition on the season
- Made three Big Ten dual starts for the Gophers
- Made first career Big Ten start against top-ranked Seth Gross at Maturi Pavilion
- Earned first career dual win at South Beach Duals on December 3Â against Harrison Campbell (Duke)
- Made first dual appearance against Lehigh on December 29
- Academic All-Big Ten pick
- Third place finish at North Country OpenÂ
- Don Parker Open Champion
- Sixth place at Daktronics Open.
- 2018 graduate of Simley High School, coached by former Gopher wrestler Will Short
- Three-time Individual State Champion, and a state runner-up as a freshman
- Team State Champion in 2015 and runner-up in 2017
- Four-time All-Conference, All-Section, and All-State selection
- Junior Folkstyle National Champion
- Fargo All-American
- 2017 Freestyle Team Champions
- Two-time Academic All-State honoree.Â
- Son of Keith and Sue Gliva
- Has two siblings; Kyle and Taylor
- Brother, Kyle, wrestled at North Dakota State
YEAR | OVERALL W-L | DUAL W-L | BIG TEN W-L | PINS | TFs | MDs | B1G FINISH | NCAA FINISH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | --- | --- |
2019-20* | 6-9 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | --- | --- |
2020-21 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | --- | --- |
2021-22* | 13-15 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8th | DNP |
2022-23 | 10-7 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | --- | --- |
2023-24 | 11-5 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | --- | --- |
CAREER | 47-37 | 7-15 | 4-12 | 4 | 0 | 15 | --- | 1x NCAA NQ |
* - indicates year as a starter
Gopher Wrestling Tries Gymnastics
Thursday, May 29
Steveson Advances to NCAA Title Match
Friday, March 21
Gable Steveson: NCAA Quarterfinals
Friday, March 21
Gable Steveson: NCAA Pin
Thursday, March 20