Brandon Kingsley

Photo by: Jerry E. Lee

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Apple Valley, Minn.
High School:
Apple Valley HS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Four-time letterwinner ('14, '15, '16, '17)
Leads all active Gophers in career falls (25)
Six-time open tournament champion

2016-17 - REDSHIRT SENIOR
Overall Record: 6-10
Dual Meet Record: 0-6
Big Ten Record: 0-4
Pins: 2
Major Decisions: 1
Technical Falls: - -

Letterwinner - wrestled at three different weights during the season, starting at 165, then 157 and finishing at 149 - Finished 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational wrestling at 165 - Finished 2-2 at Southern Scuffle wrestling at 157 - Pinned Kaleb McPhee (Iowa Central) in just 22 seconds in first match of season at Daktronics Open - Pinned Dominic Kincaid (California Baptist) at Cliff Keen - Finished career with 25 pins, most of any Gopher on the 2016-17 roster

2015-16 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Overall Record: 20-13
Dual Meet Record: 10-6
Big Ten Record: 5-4
Pins: 6
Major Decisions: 1
Technical Falls: 1

Letterwinner - first season as full time starter - had six pins, five coming in 100 seconds or fewer - had winning overall record and winning records in dual and Big Ten matches - wrestled against ten ranked opponents - earned a 3-2 decision over No. 14 Chance Marstellar (Oklahoma State) - fell one match short of having chance to compete for spot at NCAA Tournament - earned second place finish at Daktronics Open to start season - won four straight matches in wrestlebacks at Southern Scuffle - finished one match shy of placing at both Cliff Keen Invitational and Southern Scuffle - scored an average of 4.2 team points in dual match victories, which is the highest total on the team

2014-15 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Overall Record: 11-5
Dual Meet Record: 1-2
Big Ten Record: 1-2
Pins: 3
Major Decisions: 1
Technical Falls: 3

Letterwinner - Finished runner-up at the Bison Open after dropping a 4-3 decision to teammate Nick Wanzek in the finals - Finished runner-up at the Luther Open, putting together a dominant four-match run to the finals that included a pin 32 seconds into his match against TreJon House (Milwaukee School of Engineering), a pin 49 seconds into his match with Blake Letney (Luther) and a pair of technical falls - Avenged loss to teammate Wanzek at Aloha Open with a 5-3 victory - Earned a 4-0 win over Nick Gravina (Rutgers) during a road dual on Jan. 11 - Seven of his 11 victories (63.6 percent) came with bonus points - All three of his falls came in less than one minute, totaling just 1:56 of match time all together

2013-14 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Overall Record: 25-6
Dual Meet Record: 3-2
Big Ten Record: 2-1
Pins: 14
Major Decisions: 2

Technical Falls: 1

Letterwinner - Finished the season with a 25-6 overall record, including 14 pins - Went 4-1 at the Bison Open, placing second behind teammate Dylan Ness - Went 5-1 at Harold Nichols Cyclone Open, with four pins - Went 4-0 at the Dragon Open - Pinned Dylan Marriott of Northwestern to earn a victory in his first-ever Big Ten match - Went 5-0 at the North Country Open

2012-13 - FRESHMAN (REDSHIRTED)

Overall Record: 21-4
Dual Meet Record: - -
Big Ten Record: - -
Pins: 10
Major Decisions: - -

Technical Falls: 5

Finished the season with a 21-4 overall record, competing solely in open meets - Finished the Daktronics Open with a 3-2 record - Went undefeated in the Flash Flanagan Open, Worthington Open and North Country Open - Finished the Bison Open with a 5-2 record seeing a 9-1 major decision over Jaykob Miller of Jamestown - Scored a fall over Brad Mass of MSU Mankato during the first round and Tyler Johnson of Dickinson State in the second round of the North Country Open - At the Flash Flanagan Open won by pin over Matt Smith of NIU

HIGH SCHOOL
Wrestled for Apple Valley High School in Minnesota - Received All-America awards senior year - Two-time All-Conference honors - Earned six letters in wrestling and four academic letters - While competing for Apple Valley, the team won five state championships and five conference championships

PERSONAL

Son of Roger and Sheila Kingsley - Father was a wrestler for St. Cloud - Has four siblings: Aaron, Jordan, Kylene and Alexa - Older brother, Jordan, also wrestled for the Gophers - Brandon's most memorable moment in sports was getting his 200th win and 150th pin in the same tournament - Wrestled for the Minnesota Storm National Dual Team - Enjoys frisbee golf, Netfilx and video games

Season	Overall	Dual	Big Ten	Pins	Maj. Dec.	Tech. Fall	B1G Finish	NCAA Finish
2012-13 (RS)	21-4	- -	- -	10	1	5	- -	- -
2013-14	25-6	3-2	2-1	14	2	1	- -	- -
2014-15	11-5	1-2	1-2	3	1	3	- -	- -
2015-16	20-13	10-6	5-4	6	1	1	DNP	- -
2016-17	6-10	0-6	0-4	2	1	- -	- -	- -
Totals	62-34	14-16	8-11	25	5	5	- -	- -