Northern State University Athletics

2024-25: Went 21-5 overall and 7-1 in the NSIC… Won the MSUM Dragon Open… Took fourth at the Midwest Classic and the NCAA Super Region V Tournament… Spent the entire season ranked by the NWCA, sitting as high as fourth… Finished the year top-10 in the country in technical falls… Recorded the 100^th win of his career at the NCAA Super Region V Tournament… Earned NSIC All-Conference first team honors and CSC Academic All-District® accolades…

2023-24: Posted a 28-6 record overall with eight falls, ten technical falls, and four major decisions… Spent a majority of the season nationally ranked, sitting as high as No. 1 at 149-pounds… Went 7-1 in league competition… Honored on the NWCA Scholar All-America team… Named to the NSIC All-Conference first team…

2022-23: Posted a 25-4 record on the year… Spent the entire season nationally ranked… Recorded an upset victory over No. 3 Brik Filippo of Central Oklahoma… Took second at the Jim Koch Open… Tallied NSIC All-Conference first team honors… Took third at the NCAA Super Region V Tournament, going 3-1… Posted a 5-1 record from the NCAA National Championships, earning the first All-America honors of his career with a third place finish… Recorded three upset victories on the second day of the national tournament over No. 3 Nick Young (Gannon), No. 1 Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown), and No. 6 Jalen Spuhler (Parkside)… Named to the CSC Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® teams…

2021-22: Led the Wolves with a 20-5 record… Posted a perfect 9-0 NSIC season… Notched a team leading nine decision wins and five technical falls… Placed fourth at the Midwest Classic… Recorded a third place finish at the NCAA Super Region V Tournament, advancing to the NCAA Championships… Went 1-2 from the national tournament… Named to the NSIC All-Conference first team…

2021: Tallied a 7-3 record on the year… Recorded three decision wins, two major decisions, one victory by fall, and one technical fall…

2019-20: Redshirt season, wrestled unattached… Went 16-8 overall… Placed fourth at the Jimmie Invite and Finn Grinaker… Won the Tyler Plummer Classic… Took third at the Dragon Open and Ridgewater Open...

Prep: Wyatt Turnquist is a 5-foot-10, 133/141-pound wrestler out of Winner High School. He was a 5-year starter and senior team captain for the Warriors under head coach Spencer Novotny. Turnquist is a 4-time state place winner taking eight in 2016, fifth in 2017, and second in 2018. Turnquist went on to win the 2019 South Dakota State Championship at 138 pounds, and led the state in nearfall points. He finished his career with 199 career wins. The Warriors finished fourth in 2017 and second in 2018 and 2019 at the South Dakota State meet. Turnquist was a nominee for the 2019 Argus Leader Wrestler of the Year and earned the Mitchell Daily Republic’s Weekend’s Best Award. He is the son of Domini and Black Turnquist.