Koy Hopke

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Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Amery, Wis.
High School:
Amery HS
Position:
285 lbs.

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2026 NCAA Championships national qualifier
Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (11/6)
2x Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/6, 1/8)
Winner of Freshman Academic Award at 2025 team banquet
Third-place finisher at the 2025 U20 U.S. Open at 125 kg
2026 NWCA Scholar All-American
2026 Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2024-25: REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (285 LBS) - Match List

Went 2-2 as the No. 14 seed at his first NCAA Championships
- Opened with a 11-7 decision over No. 19 Nate Schon of Drexel
- Lost to eventual national runner-up Taye Ghadiali of Michigan in the Round of 16
- Defeated No. 13 Spencer Lanosga of Navy, 2-0, in the consolations before a loss to No. 12 Braxon Amos of Wisconsin
Finished seventh as the No. 7 seed in his first Big Ten Championships with a 2-2 record
Shut out Michigan State's Josh Terrill, 2-0
Topped Rutgers' No. 19 Hunter Catka, 4-2
Majored Illinois' Ryan Boersma, 9-1, in his Big Ten debut
Won the Soldier Salute with 4-0 record and outscored opponents 18-5 without being taken down; defeated No. 10 Christian Carroll of Wyoming, 6-1, in the semifinals and then downed Nebraska's Cade Ziola in the championship match, 5-3
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his performance
Shut out Drew Blackburn-Forst in an 11-0 major decision in a dual against North Dakota State
Majored Little Rock's Michael Gasper, 8-0
Went 2-1 at the National Duals Invitational with all three matches coming against ranked opponents; lost 4-2 to No. 6 Nick Feldman of Ohio State before taking down No. 10 Wyatt Voelker of Northern Iowa (9-5) and No. 25 Jarrett Stoner of Missouri (5-0)
Placed third at the Bison Open with a 3-1 record; wins came by MD and two pins
Made his collegiate debut by winning the Southeast Open with a 4-0 record; had three bonus-point wins with a pin in his first match and two MD
- Three of four wins came against ranked opponents: MD of No. 33 Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State), MD of No. 14 Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) and decision versus teammate No. 25 Bennett Tabor (Minnesota)
- Swept Big Ten Wrestler and Freshman of the Week for his performance
Led the Gophers in matches versus ranked opponents (21) and shutout victories (8; excludes falls, forfeits, injury defaults and DQ)
Tied for the team lead in overall matches wrestled (34) and Big Ten dual matches wrestled (8)
Tied for third on the team in wins by major decision (6) and wins over ranked opponents (11)
Fourth on Minnesota in wins by fall (3) and tied for fourth in overall wins (23)
Fifth on the squad on win percentage versus ranked opponents (.524, 11-10)
NWCA Scholar All-American
Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2024-25: FRESHMAN (285 LBS)

Did not compete
Winner of Freshman Academic Award at team banquet

HIGH SCHOOL

Comes to the Gophers from Amery, Wis., and Amery High School as one of the top recruits in the country
Ranked ninth overall on MatScouts' final Big Board and was WIWrestle's top pound-for-pound wrestler in the state of Wisconsin
A four-time Division II State Champion, winning three titles at 220 pounds before claiming the heavyweight crown as a senior
Placed third at the 2024 U20 U.S. Open Freestyle Championships at 125 kg
Reached the semifinals at the 2024 U20 World Team Trials and placed fourth
Competed for Team USA at the prestigious Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic in 2024
Was the 2022 U17 freestyle world champion and followed that by winning the freestyle heavyweight title at the 2023 Junior Nationals Championships
Won the triple crown in 2021 as he was the 16U champion in folkstyle, freestyle and Greco-Roman.

PERSONAL

Parents are Byron and Stacy
Has one brother, Kale
Majoring in financial and actuarial mathematics

YEAR	OVERALL W-L	DUAL W-L	B1G W-L	PINS	TFs	MDs	B1G FINISH	NCAA FINISH
2024-25	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	---	---
2025-26	23-11	8-5	4-4	3-0	0-1	5-2	7th	DNP
CAREER	23-11	8-5	4-4	3-0	0-1	5-2	---	1x NQ