Mitch Sliga

Weight:
184
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.
High School:
Fishers

2017-18 Match-by-Match Results
2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2015-16 Match-by-Match Results
2014-15 Match-by-Match Results
2013-14 Match-by-Match Results

2017-18: Redshirt senior ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Wrestled at 184 lbs. ... Picked up another win over Norman Conley in a 6-0 shutout decision at the Big Ten Championships (3/4) ... Pinned his opponent in 4:17 in the final match of the regular season at SIUE (2/18) ... Ended the Big Ten dual season with a victory over Norman Conley of Indiana (2/11) ... Beat Dylan Anderson by a score of 7-2 in Northwestern's win over #14 Minnesota (1/28) ... Finished in second place at the Keystone Classic (11/19), only dropping his final bout to No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) ... Recorded a tech fall over No. 20 Michael Fagg-Daves (Rider) en route to his second-place berth ... Took fourth place at the Michigan State Open (11/5) ... Beat his first two opponents by a combined score of 23-1.

2016-17: Redshirt junior ... Compiled 17 wins on the year … Finished the season ranked No. 22 at 184 lbs … Beat Tanner Lynde of Purdue to make it to the 9th place match at the Big Ten Championships ... Scored 41 points in dual matches, good for third best on the team … Ten dual wins tied for second most … Shared the team lead with four wins by fall … Ranked as high as No. 20 by TrackWrestling ... Faced seven ranked wrestlers on the season … Won three matches at Midlands (12/29-12/30) … Started the year on a seven-match winning streak ... Placed second at the Keystone Classic (11/20) ... NWCA All-Academic Team.

2015-16: Redshirt sophomore ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Placed 10th at the Big Ten Championships after posting a 1-2 record ... Had a 14-14 overall record ... Secured a winning dual record (8-7) and a dual points advantage (29-28) in his sophomore season ... Posted a 3-2 mark at Midlands (10/29-30) ... Won six matches in a row from Nov. 29 to Dec. 18 ... Started the dual season 6-0 ... Dropped down a weight class to 174.

2014-15: Redshirt freshman ... Academic All-Big Ten … Captured 12 wins at 184 lbs. … Finished right at his seed at the 2015 Big Ten Championships at Ohio State, placing 12th at 184 lbs. and putting himself in discussion for an at-large NCAA bid … Won decisions in both of Northwestern's Big Ten dual victories … Took down Maryland's Tony Gardner, 6-2, in the final conference dual of the 2015 season (2/13) … Beat Indiana's Matt Irick 4-1 to help the Wildcats to a 37-9 win (1/18) … Won on four different occasions against Irick, including twice at the Keystone Classic and once at the Big Ten Championships.

2013-14: Freshman ... Redshirt season...compiled a 26-5 record wrestling unattached this season...Went 4-1 at the Michigan State Open, placing fifth...Went 4-1 at Eastern Michigan Open, placing fifth...Finished second at Wisconsin Open, going 3-1 at 184 lbs...Won Cleveland State Open, placing first with 5-0 record...Went 2-2 at 51st Ken Kraft Midlands wrestling unattached, posting 2-2 record...Won Duhawk Open on Feb. 1 at Loras College, placing first at 184 lbs. while posting 4-0 record...In July of 2013, won Junior National Freestyle Title at 195 lbs, while gave him a bid to Junior World Team Trials....Reached quarterfinals at 84 kgs (185 lbs.) at FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas in April, 2014.

High School: 2013 Indianapolis Star Super Team Wrestler of the Year ... 2013 and 2012 Indiana State Champion at 195 ... Posted a four-year record of 178-4, including 99 consecutive wins ... Pinned or had a tech fall against every opponent he faced in 2012-13, except one (13-4 major decision) ... Pinned his 2013 finals opponent in 31 seconds ... 2013 Junior Nationals Freestyle Champion at 195 lbs. ... Went a perfect 8-0 en route to the title, winning six bouts by tech fall, two by fall ... Member of the 2012 USA Cadet World Team where he placed 5th at the Cadet World Championships ... 2012 FILA Cadet FS National Campion ... 2012 USA Wrestling Triple Crown Winner ... Four-time Fargo National Champion ... Four-time Indiana State place winner, regional champion, sectional champion and conference champion ... Two-time semi-state champion ... Team captain and a three-time team MVP and letterwinner ... Played a year of fullback for the Fisher football team ... Junior Academic All-State and had the highest GPA on the Fisher wrestling team for three years.

Personal: Born Mitchell Tyler Sliga ... Son of Christopher and Michelle Sliga ... Competed on the Indiana national team with former NU wrestler Jason Tsirtsis ... Chose Northwestern over Minnesota, Michigan and Cornell ... Major is Economics.

Season	Overall W-L	Dual Meet W-L	Big Ten W-L	Dual Points For-Against	Big Ten Champs.	NCAA Champs	Pins For-Against	Tech Falls For-Against	Major Dec. For-Against
2013-14*	26-5	--	--	--	--	--	3-0	1-0	5-0
2014-15	12-20	7-13	2-7	24-41	--	--	1-1	--	0-3
2015-16	14-14	8-7	2-7	29-28	--	--	1-3	0-1	3-4
2016-17	17-11	10-5	4-5	41-18	--	--	1-4	0-1	3-4
2017-18	17-15	8-7	3-6	34-22	--	--	2-3	4-0	3-2
Career	60-60	33-32	11-25	128-109	--	--	5-11	4-2	9-13