Nick Dardanes

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Oak Park River Forest HS

2014-15 - REDSHIRT SENIOR
Overall Record: 23-5
Dual Meet Record: 9-1
Big Ten Record: 6-1
Pins: 3
Major Decisions: 7
Technical Falls: - -

NCAA Qualifier - Letterwinner - Winner of the team's Intensity Award - Returned to 141 after wrestling at 149 last season - Began his season 17-1 - Won the 141 title at the Bison Open, opening the tournament with a fall sandwiched between two major decisions - Took 3rd place at the Cliff Keen Invitational with a 6-3 win over No. 16 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) in the third-place match - Won nine of his 10 dual matches, with only one victory coming by fewer than four points - Only dual loss was a 10-9 decision against four-time national champ Logan Stieber on Feb. 6, the closest match Stieber wrestled all season - Pinned three opponents, a new single-season career high - Scored pivotal bonus points by earning major decisions over George Fisher (Michigan) on Jan. 9 and Kade Moss (Penn State) on Jan. 25, both duals which Minnesota won by a single point - Took 3rd place at the Big Ten Championships - Earned his 100th career victory with win over Fisher on Jan. 9

2013-14 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Overall Record: 34-5
Dual Meet Record: 13-1
Big Ten Record: 7-1
Pins: 1
Major Decisions: 5
Technical Falls: 2

National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Top-30 team - Finished the season with a 34-5 overall record, including a 13-1 dual record and 7-1 Big Ten record - Took first place at the Bison Open with a 5-0 record, including victories by pin in the semifinals against Hank Goettl of South Dakota State and by technical fall over Nathaniel Rykerd of North Dakota State in the championship match - Took first place in the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open with a record of 5-0 - Finished as the runner-up in the Southern Scuffle with a record of 4-1, which included a victory by technical fall over Natrelle Demison of Air Force - Defeated No. 13 Brody Grothus of Iowa 5-3 as part of the Gophers 19-15 victory in Iowa City on January 25 - Defeated Zach Beitz of Penn State in a sudden victory to secure critical points in Minnesota's victory over the top-ranked Nittany Lions on February 9 - Defeated No. 20 Ian Paddock of Ohio State in the semifinal round of the National Duals Championship - Placed third at the Big Ten Championships with a record of 4-1 - Qualified for NCAA Championships

2012-13 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Overall Record: 30-9
Dual Meet Record: 13-5
Big Ten Record: 6-2
Pins: 1
Major Decisions: 12
Technical Falls: - -

All-American - Academic All-Big Ten - Named to National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Top-30 team - Finished the season with a 30-9 overall record, including a 13-5 dual record and 6-2 Big Ten record - Shared team's Intensity Award - Finished seventh at the NCAA Championships with a 9-5 decision over Zach Neibert of Virginia Tech - Finished third at the Big Ten Championships with a 3-1 record - Won by major decision against No. 5 Brandon Nelsen of Purdue - Finished in first place at Bison Open (11/10/12) - Had string of major decision victories from Nov. 16 - Nov. 24 - Finished third in the Southern Scuffle after a 10-4 decision over Chris Mecate of Old Dominion in the third round - Had 12-4 major decision over No. 7 Mark Ballweg of Iowa at the National Duals Finals

2011-12 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Overall Record: 22-10
Dual Meet Record: 12-4
Big Ten Record: 5-2
Pins: 2
Major Decisions: 9
Technical Falls: 1

Academic All-Big Ten - Finished fourth at the Big Ten Championships - Appeared in his first NCAA championships and finished with a record of 2-2 - Finished the season with 22 wins and nine major decision victories - Had a seven-match winning streak over the course of the season - Won the Bison Open championship after meeting teammate Seth Lange in the title match (11-10 decision) - Fell 9-6 decision to No. 17 Mike Nevinger of Cornell before winning five straight dual matches, including a sudden victory (14-12) over No. 7 Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State - Went 5-2 in Big Ten competition, dropping close matches to No. 6 Hunter Stieber of Ohio State (8-10) and No. 7 Montell Marion of Iowa (2-3),but finishing the stretch with a 3-2 victory over No. 5 Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska - Went undefeated with two major decisions in the National Duals - Earned his first letter

2010-11 - FRESHMAN (REDSHIRTED)
Went 20-4 overall in his first season with the Gophers - Recorded four pins, six major decisions and one technical fall - Placed second in the Bison Open to begin the season - Won his first title as a Gopher at the Kaufman-Brand Open after claiming a 13-3 major decision in the quarterfinals and a 10-5 decision over Seth Noble of Northern Iowa in the championship - Edged Augsburg's Cody Hansen in the finals with a 9-6 decision to pick up his second title of the season - Defeated Northwestern's Colin Shober 7-4 at the Midlands Championship - Wrapped up his first season of action at the Flash Open taking third place, beating Wisconsin's Thomas Glenn by a 14-3 major decision in the third-place match

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2010 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School - Two-time Illinois state champion - Won his second-straight state title as a senior in 2010 at 140-pounds - Ranked No. 2 nationally at 140 by InterMat and No. 3 by Amateur Wrestling News - Rated No. 19 overall high school senior by InterMat - Placed second at the USA Wrestling Junior National Freestyle Tournament - Captured his first state championship at 130-pounds as a junior

PERSONAL
Signed with Minnesota along with twin brother, Chris

Season	Overall	Dual	Big Ten	Pins	Maj. Dec.	Tech. Fall	B1G Finish	NCAA Finish
2010-11 (RS)	20-4	- -	- -	4	6	1	- -	- -
2011-12	22-10	12-4	5-2	2	9	1	4th	DNP
2012-13	30-9	13-5	6-2	1	12	- -	3rd	7th
2013-14	34-5	13-1	7-1	1	5	2	3rd	DNP
2014-15	23-5	9-1	6-1	3	7	- -	3rd	DNP
Totals	109-29	47-11	24-6	7	33	3	- -	- -