2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Cameron Riggs
- Weight:
- 149
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- North Platte, Neb.
- High School:
- Maxwell
CAREER NOTES
Academic: Two-time Academic All-NSIC (2021, 2022)…
2021-22 | RS-JUNIOR SEASON:
Season: Went 13-4 in his junior campaign…was 3-0 in duals…recorded three major decisions, a tech fall and two pins…runner-up at Cobber Invite and Dakota Wesleyan Open…took fourth at the Don Parker Open…took fifth at the North Country Open…named Jim & Dave Hazewinkel Tough Man of the Year…
Cobber Invite (11/6): Went 2-1 to finish runner-up with a major decision…dominated Gabriel Schumm of North Dakota State with a 13-2 major decision in the quarterfinals…won a 5-1 decision over Laken Boese of Mary in the semis…lost a tight 4-2 decision to No. 1 Joey Bianchini in the first place match… Dakota Wesleyan Open (11/13): Went 3-1 to finish runner-up with one major decision…shut out Cole Zebley of Fort Hays State with a 6-0 decision…won an impressive 14-1 major decision over Kade Sammons of Augustana in the quarterfinals…earned a 10-5 decision over Ethan Krey of Briar Cliff in the semis…finished runner-up with a medical forfeit… King (1/6): Put away Wyatt Coleman in just 55 seconds with a pin… North Country Open (1/23): Went 2-1 to take fifth…lost a 6-5 decision to Drew Woodley of Iowa State in the quarterfinals…thumped Gabriel Bellefeuille of Concordia-Moorhead with a 20-4 tech fall at 6:30…won an electric fifth-place match with a 16-12 decision over Ryan Watts of North Dakota State… Upper Iowa (1/27): Pinned Conner Manderfeld at 4:12… Southwest Minnesota State (2/3): Won a thrilling 5-4 decision in TB-1 over Luke Peterson… Don Parker Open (2/5): Went 3-2 to finish fourth…won a 4-2 decision over Cade Willis of Augsburg…blanked Brady Gross of Augsburg with a 3-0 decision in the quarterfinals…lost a 3-2 decision to Parker Dobrocky of Rochester Tech in the semifinals…lost to Gross by pinfall at 2:30 in the third place match…
2020-21 | RS-SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Season: Appeared in one match during the pandemic-shortened season…went 1-0…
UW-Parkside (2/4): Won a 7-3 decision over Cayden Henschel in an exhibition match at 141…
2019-20 | RS-FRESHMAN SEASON:
Season: Went 12-4 while competing primarily at 141…recorded one major decision, one tech fall and five pins…runner-up at the North Country Open…took third at the Don Parker Open competing at 149…took fifth at the BVU Open and Ridgewater Open…
BVU Open (12/7): Went 4-1 to take fifth…pinned Tyler Fleetwood of Wartburg at 6:57…won a 9-5 decision in TB-1 over Bailey Bright of Briar Cliff…lost a 5-0 decision to Sebas Swiggum of Minnesota in the quarterfinals…advanced to the fifth place match with a medical forfeit…won a 16-4 major decision over Taylor Vasquez of Morningside to take fifth… Ridgewater Open (1/11): Went 1-1 to earn a share of fifth…lost a 3-2 decision to Caleb Gross of South Dakota State in the quarterfinals…pinned Cade Lundeen of Concordia-Moorhead in just 1:44… North Country Open (1/25): Went 3-1 to earn a runner-up finish…pinned Quinn Youngs of Augsburg at 1:40…lost a 8-4 decision to Brady Gross of Augsburg…pinned Kaleb Horn 25 seconds in…steamrolled Elias Audley of UW-Eau Claire with a 18-3 tech fall at 3:28 in the true-second match… Don Parker Open (2/8): Went 4-1 to take a share of third while competing at 149…lost a 8-0 major decision to Jakob Bergeland of Minnesota…pinned Jerimiah Pierre of Northland Tech at 1:41…won with an injury default against Alex Backes of Concordia-Moorhead…won a 7-3 decision over Blake Legred…followed with another 7-3 decision over Kellen Shauer of Concordia-Moorhead…
2018-19 | REDSHIRT SEASON:
Season: Went 22-7 in his redshirt season, competing primarily at 141…posted one major decision, two tech falls and a whopping 11 pins…his 11 pins tied him with Vince Dietz for the Huskies lead…earned the Dragon Open title…runner-up at the Huskies Open and Don Parker Open (149)…took third at the Dakota Wesleyan Open…took fourth at the North Country Open…took fifth at the Yellowjacket Open…named one of the SCSU Redshirt Wrestlers of the Year…
Prep: A record-setting 204-0 four-time Nebraska State champion at Maxwell High School…three-time NSAA Class D State Champion at 132 (2016, 2017, 2018)…2016 NSAA Class D State Champion at 113…four-time District Champion…four-time Conference Champion…2018 NE/USA Junior State Champion in Greco…2018 NE/USA Junior State Runner-up in Freestyle…took fifth at the 2017 USAW Preseason Nationals…took third at the 2017 NE/USA Junior State Greco Championships…took third at the 2017 NE/USA Junior State Freestyle Championships…
Personal: Son of Dan and Carolyn Riggs…marketing major and business management minor…
