Evan Bockman

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Weight:
184
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Anchorage, Alaska
High School:
Grace Christian
Prev School:
Utah Valley / California Baptist

Awards and Accomplishments
4x NCAA Qualifier (2022, ’23, ’24, ‘25)
2025 Big 12 Championship (Sixth Place)
2023 Big 12 Championship (Fifth Place)
2022 Big 12 Championship (Seventh Place)
NWCA Scholar All-American (2022)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24)

Career Notes
Finished seven-year college career with a 72-42 record … posted a 32-12 mark in dual action … registered 27 bonus-point victories (four pins, eight tech falls, 15 major decisions).

2024-25
NCAA Qualifier … went 0-2 at the NCAA Championships wrestling on a badly injured knee … suffered a knee injury in the Big 12 semifinals and medically forfeited to a sixth-place finish … posted a 14-9 record on the season, including a 9-4 mark in dual action … registered six bonus-point victories (four major decisions, two tech falls) … tallied seven ranked wins … five of his nine losses came to opponents ranked in the top five … defeated Missouri’s No. 9 Colton Hawks, 1-0, for his highest ranked win of the season in the final dual of the season … third on the team with 38 takedowns.

2023-24 (at Utah Valley)
NCAA Qualifier (at-large) … went 1-2 at the NCAA Championships with a win over No. 13 seed Levi Hopkins (Campbell) in the first round … compiled a 19-9 overall record, including 8-1 in duals … finished 9-5 against Big 12 competition … went 2-2 at the 2024 Big 12 Championships … won the Southeast Open at 197 pounds with a 4-0 record … recorded victories over NCAA qualifiers John Crawford and Levi Hopkins … finished 3-2 at the Penn Keystone Open and 2-2 at the Cliff Keen … defeated three ranked foes in Big 12 duals … led UVU in wins (19) and dual points (33).

2022-23 (at Utah Valley)
NCAA Qualifier … entered the NCAA Championships as the No. 20 seed … finished 1-2 with a victory over No. 29 seeded Trey Rogers of Hofstra … 21-10 overall record (6-1 in duals) at 197 pounds … finished 3-1 against Big 12 opponents … earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … went 3-2 at the Big 12 Championship … went 6-2 at the Cliff Keen Invitational with victories over four NCAA qualifiers (Andy Smith, Jacob Koser, Gavin Hoffman, and Andrew Davison) … led UVU in wins (21) … six bonus-point victories (two pins, four major decisions).

2021-22 (at Utah Valley)
NCAA Qualifier ... 14-11 overall record (5-3 in duals) at 197 pounds ... 6-6 record vs. Big 12 opponents ... placed seventh at the Big 12 Championship ... went 2-2 at the Big 12 Championships ... placed eighth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite with a 4-3 record, which included wins over ranked foes No. 19 Jacob Koser of Navy and No. 22 Alan Clothier of North Carolina ... finished second at the Cowboy Open with a 2-1 record ... had three wins on the year over ranked opponents ... finished third on the team in wins with 14 and fourth in dual wins (5) ... six bonus-point victories (three major decisions, two falls, one tech fall) ... earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors.

2020-21 (at California Baptist)
Wrestled to a 4-3 record during the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 (at California Baptist)
Squad member.

2018-19 (at California Baptist)
Redshirted.

High School
Three-time state champion at Grace Christian School … posted a perfect 43-0 record in his senior season … 2018 Folkstyle national finalist and Fargo Greco All-American (sixth place).