Mitch Mueller

Position:
Player
Height:
5-7
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
High School:
West
Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa

Awards and Honors
2010 ISU Most Improved Award
2007, 08, 09 Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open 149-pound Champion
2006 Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open 141-pound Champion

2009-2010
Ended final season as a Cyclone with a 27-9 record...finished career at Iowa State with 87 victories...recorded seven major decisions and three technical falls...opened his final NCAA tournament with an 11-2 major decision over Frank Gayeski of Liberty...advanced to the quarterfinal round with an 8-4 decision over Anthony D’Alie of Central Michigan...lost his next two matches to fall just one match short of becoming an All-American...won his fourth Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open...registered a fourth-place finish at the Midlands Championships...finished second at the Big 12 Championships for the third time in his career...defeated All-American Kyle Borshoff of American 3-1...Academic All Big 12 first team...finished his Cyclone career with 93 victories.

2008-09
Concluded junior year as an Iowa State wrestler with a 24-9 mark at 149 pounds, recording four major decisions, one technical fall and one pin ... qualified for his third NCAA Championships and posted a 3-2 mark, falling just one win short of All-America accolades ... avenged an earlier loss to Boise State’s Jason Chamberlain with a first round NCAA victory by decision, 5-2 ... took second-place at the Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championship ... went 3-1 in Big 12 action ... decisioned Minnesota’s Joe Grygelko, 10-4 ... was 3-0 against Nebraska’s Robert Sanders ... tallied a six-match winning streak to close out the regular season that included victories over Missouri’s Andrew Sherry (6-3) and Oklahoma State’s Luke Silver (5-3) ... posted a 3-2 record at the Midlands Championship ... scored a technical fall of Dickinson State’s Jose Serrato, 23-6 (5:59) ... won his third Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open title in dominating fashion, recording three major decisions in five victories.

2007-08
Finished second Cyclone season with a 23-13 record with seven major decisions and a pair of technical falls and pins ... posted a 2-2 mark at NCAA Championships ... finished as the 149-pound Big 12 runner-up ... avenged a dual loss to Josh Wagner of Missouri in the semifinals of the league tournament via 9-5 decision ... won five straight matches including major decisions over Arizona State’s Jerrad Trulson (20-7) and Kyle Larson of Oregon State (13-5) and tallied seven takedowns en route to a 20-5 (7:00) technical fall of Wisconsin’s Kendall Vogel ... picked up back-to-back conference wins by downing Ryan Freeman of Oklahoma State (3-2) and Oklahoma’s three-time NCAA qualifier Will Rowe (5-2) ... won three matches at NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals including a 5-3 sudden-victory win over Mitch Smith of Hofstra ... placed eighth at Midlands Championships ... defeated All-American Don Fisch of Rider 3-2 ... blanked Jacob Naig of Wartburg 5-0 to claim his second-straight Harold Nichols/Cyclone Open title ... opened sophomore season with a 12-3 major decision over Northern Illinois’ Kalen Knull.

2006-07
Went 18-16 in initial season as a Cyclone at 141 pounds ... posted a 1-2 mark at NCAA Championships ... returned to the mat after a Feb. 9 injury to place fourth at Big 12 Championships ... recorded first technical fall by a score of 24-8 (5:33) over Oklahoma’s Nolan Spring ... upset Oklahoma State two-time All-American Nathan Morgan in overtime, 5-3 ... opened NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with an 11-3 major decision of Michigan’s Justin Chrzanowski ... placed sixth at Midlands Championships ... cruised to Harold Nichols Open 141-pound title with two pins and a major decision ... opened season with a 14-4 major decision over Luke Satern of Buena Vista ... won first ten matches of ISU career.

2005-06
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Career record of 177-7 ... captured 135-pound title at National Junior Championships ... champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman at 2005 Western and Rocky Mountain Junior Regional ... 2005 Central Junior Regional freestyle champion ... ranked third by NWCA and sixth by Amateur Wrestling News at 135 pounds ... sixth-team AWN All-American selection ... Iowa high school state champion as a junior ... three-time third-place finisher at Iowa high school state tournament ... freestyle All-American at 2004 Junior Nationals ... 2004 Junior National Southeast Regional champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman ... 2004 Western Regional freestyle champion ... 2004 Asics Tiger High School All-America honorable mention ... 2003 Greco-Roman runner-up at Northern Plains Regional ... 2003 FILA cadet freestyle national champion ... Cadet National freestyle runner-up in 2002 ... coached by Mark Reiland.

Personal
Born July 20, 1986 ... son of Austin and Jeannie Mueller ... management major with a minor in marketing.