2018-19 Wrestling Roster

Braxton Cody

Braxton Cody

  • Weight:
    165
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Houston, Texas
  • High School:
    Episcopal
2017-18 Match-by-Match Results
2016-17 Match-by-Match Results
2015-16 Match-by-Match Results

2018-19: Redshirt junior ... Wrestling at 174 lbs. ... Represented the 'Cats at the 2019 Big Ten Championships for the second time in his career (3/9) ... Appeared in the starting lineup in duals against Old Dominion, Stanford and Cal Poly ... Wrestled Big Ten duals against Michigan State and Michigan ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017-18: Redshirt sophomore ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Sportsmanship Award winner ... Wrestled at both 165 lbs. and 174 lbs. ... Made his dual meet debut against Northern Colorado (12/10) ... Appeared in two bouts at the Michigan State Open (11/5), including a match against No. 6 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State).

2016-17: Redshirt freshman ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in 14 matches on the season … Moved up to 174 lbs. for the Big Ten dual season ... Wrestled at 174 lbs. for Northwestern at the Big Ten Championships ... Made his debut at 165 lbs. for Northwestern at the Keystone Classic (11/20).

2015-16: Wrestled eight matches unattached at 157 lbs. during his redshirt season.

High School: Cumulated a 115-35 record, including a 43-4 mark his senior year and a 40-9 record during his junior campaign ... Won 64 matches by fall ... Two-time Prep National Qualifier and a top-12 finisher at Prep Nationals in 2014 ... Two-time All-State finalist ... 2015 conference champion ... All-Conference honors in 2014 and 2015 ... Holds school record with 29 reversals in a single season ... Wrestled club for Team Paradigm ... Earned a third place finish in 2013 at Greco State and was a two-time Team Texas National Qualifier ... Captain and four-year letterwinner ... Class valedictorian ... National Honor Society ... Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica ... Four-time highest honor roll.

Personal: Born Braxton Turpin Cody ... Son of Claude Cody and Anne Cody ... Father was a swimmer at Vanderbilt ... Eagle Scout ... Attended same high school as former Chicago Bears quarterback Shane Carden ... Chose Northwestern over Virginia and Cornell ... Major at Northwestern is mechanical engineering.

 
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
2015-16* 0-8 -- -- -- -- -- 0-2 0-4 0-1
2016-17 0-14 0-8 0-8 0-43 -- -- 0-7 0-6 0-1
2017-18 1-10 0-1 0-1 0-5 -- -- 0-4 0-3 0-1
2018-19 0-11 0-6 0-2 0-16 -- -- 0-4 0-5 0-2
Career 1-35  0-15 0-11 0-64 -- -- 0-15 0-14 0-4

* Wrestling unattached
Wrestling - 'Cats Take Down Wisconsin, 27-11, on Senior Night (2/14/25)
Saturday, February 15
Wrestling - Seven 'Cats Claim Victory in 27-12 Win Over Michigan State (2/8/25)
Saturday, February 08
Wrestling - 'Cats Tame Mustangs, Take Down Cal Poly 29-14 (12/19/24)
Friday, December 20
Michael DeAugustino and Yahya Thomas Join 'Big Ten Wrestling & Beyond' (2/20/23)
Tuesday, February 21