Northern Illinois University Athletics

2022-23: Finished the season with an overall record of 31-6, logging four majors wins, seven pins, and one tech fall… No. 1 seed at MAC championships where he defended his 165 title against No. 6 Enrique Munguia (Kent State)… Awarded the 2023 MAC Championship’s Most Outstanding Wrestler… Finished in eighth place at 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships… Became NIU’s 9th All-American after upsetting No. 10 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State)… Started 11 of the team’s 13 duals… Went 6-0 against MAC competition … Started the season with a 16-match win streak… Earned MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week twice … Took home two MAC Wrestler of the Week nods… Academic All-MAC honoree… NWCA Scholar Athlete.

2021-22: Started 12 matches at the 165 weight class for the Huskies... Posted a 26-6 overall record and was a perfect 4-0 in MACtion... Saw an eight-match win streak (Jan. 30-March 17)... Won the 165 title at the MAC Championships (March 4-5)... Represented NIU at the NCAAs for the third-straight year... Won two of his four bouts - beat Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) 2-1, TB-1 and Thomas Bullard (NC State) 4-2... Academic All-MAC honoree... Preseason All-MAC First Team member. 
 
2021: NCAA qualifier... Earned a 6-1 decision win over Braungel of Illinois in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament...Placed second in the 2021 MAC Championships, after winning four out of his five matches in the tournament...Posted a nine-match winning streak from Jan.30-Feb.26...Finished the season with an overall record of 16-4, 8-1 in dual matches.
 
2019-20: A 2020 NCAA national qualifier, however, did not compete as the 2020 NCAA National Championships were canceled due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)…MAC Freshman of the Year...Earned All-MAC Honorable Mention honors…Wrestled to a 19-10 record, including a 7-2 ledger in MAC competition while wrestling at 165…Finished second at the 2020 MAC Championships…Went 3-0 in maj. dec. matches and 3-1 in bouts decided by pin…Biggest victory of the season came against Buffalo’s Troy Keller in the conference regular season finale (Feb. 14), defeating the 2019 NCAA qualifier 5-3 in overtime…Won eight of his last nine matches on the season, suffering a 10-5 rematch to Keller in the first-place match.
 
2018-19: Finished with a 5-4 record, wrestling at 157 pounds… Went 3-0 in matches decided by pin, with victories over Cayden Rooks (Indiana), Crawford (Notre Dame), and Tim Suter (Edinboro)… Gained a sudden victory win over Willy Kaiser (Penn), 5-3… Placed fourth at Michigan State Open.
 
High School: Competed as a varsity wrestler in four seasons … Compiled a career record of 117-39 …Achieved All-SWYL Conference First-Team and All-Area honors in four years at Bakersfield High School … Garnered Second Team All-State honors as a senior … Placed fourth in the California State Tournament as a senior and fifth as a sophomore … Produced a 24-0 in Conference and an overall record of 34-1, as a team, in four years … Participated as an Orca Dual Team member as a senior and placed second in the Mongolia Tournament. 
 
Personal: Son of Patty and Matthew Olejnik ... Birthday: January 11 ... Major: Kinesiology

 

	Overall	Dual	MAC	MD	TF	Fall
2018-19	5-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	3
2019-20	19-10	9-5	7-2	3	0	3
2021	16-4	8-1	6-1	5	0	3
2021-22	26-6	11-0	4-0	5	1	4
2022-23	31-6	10-1	6-0	4	1	7
Career	97-30	38-7	23-3	17	2	20